Executive Branch
Human Space Exploration Update (June 26 – July 7, 2017)
Visits NASA KSC: Pence: ‘We will put American boots on the face of Mars’ Vice President Mike Pence’s pledge to put American boots on Mars as part of a new era of space exploration fired up workers during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. “Here from this bridge to space, our nation will return to the moon and we will put American boots on the face of Mars.” (See also: Insider Q & A: From concept to reality, KSC as a multi-user spaceport)
Space Council: Trump reestablishes National Space Council An executive order from President Trump has re-established the National Space Council, a cabinet level group of administrative personnel responsible for coordinating U.S. space policy. In its new iteration, the panel will also have a user’s advisory panel with representation from the U.S. aerospace industry. The council has been impaneled and dismantled since the late 1950s. The council was last functional during the George H. W. Bush administration. Vice President Mike Pence will chair.
Citizens for Space Exploration – a pro-space, taxpayer, grassroots advocacy group 
(http://www.bayareahouston.com/content/c_s_e/c_s_e) – has traveled to Washington, D.C. the past 24 years to meet face-to-face with Members/staff of Congress to discuss the value of America’s investment in space exploration. In order to sustain that dialogue on a regular basis, Citizens distributes “Space Exploration Update” to Congressional offices on a weekly basis. The intent is to provide an easy, quick way to stay abreast of key human space exploration program and policy developments.