NASA Rewrites Moon Mission Goals in Quiet DEI Retreat
24th March 2025
The purge of DEI language from US federal websites has claimed another victim. This time, it is NASA’s pledge to land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon as part of the Artemis program.
Artemis III is planned to be the first mission to put boots on the lunar surface in more than half a century, and the original goal, set during the first Trump presidency, was for the mission to include a woman. This was later extended to include the first person of color.
Now, however, it’s all about humans with text that might fall foul of the US administration’s avowed intent to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs at federal agencies scrubbed. British journalist Oliver Morton first noted the change.