Tasks include to collaborate with the public and private sector, including universities and non-profits, to address the need for trained personnel in specialized STEM fields. Image: Sergii Chernov/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe White House has issued an action plan under a 2022 policy on supporting research and development in space and on the Moon, including a focus on the government’s workforce needs in the STEM fields.
Tasks in that area include to “address the gaps identified by the U.S. Space STEM Task Force Roadmap and other relevant reports” and to “collaborate with the public and private sector, including universities and non-profits, to address the need for trained personnel in specialized STEM fields.”
“Consideration should be given to formal and informal learning environments, providing access to underrepresented groups, and career progression opportunities,” it says. Also under the area of research and development are work to advance science and enable an “enduring human presence” in space.
The plan also addresses other major areas of emphasis for agencies under the 2022 strategy document such as international cooperation, including on the development of best practices for safe spaceflight, and improved oversight of “space weather, human-made interference, and hazardous near-Earth objects” such as asteroids.
Separately, the White House issued what it termed the first policy directive on establishing a reference system to “unambiguously describe the positions of all crewed and uncrewed vehicles, regardless of operator.” It orders NASA to work with other agencies and international partners to develop an implementation plan within two years.
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