NASA’S “ONE GIANT LEAP” toward DEI

Shocking! It started already at the end of the first Trump administration!

"... NASA had embraced DEI ideology over the past several decades, including during the first Trump Administration to some degree; in 2020 then-NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine added “Inclusion” to the agency’s list of core values, joining safety, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. ...

Biden’s Executive Order 13985 on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, signed on January 20, 2021, was the first of several EOs that sought to embed equity considerations in all government programmatic activities. ..."

NASA’S “ONE GIANT LEAP” TOWARD DEI - OpenTheBooks

Inclusion added to NASA signage under the first Trump Administration. The current Trump Administration has since removed this extra “core value.” The addition seems redundant given “teamwork,” another core value, already conveys mission cohesion.