For those who value science, there is little consolation in seeing Donald Trump occupy the White House. But 快猫短视频 has scouted around, and found a few areas where things might continue as usual or even improve: space exploration, infrastructure, and certain kinds of drugs. But all of those come with big caveats.
Space
Trump himself has said little about his plans for space exploration. But in a 19 October , two of his space advisors 鈥� Robert S. Walker, former chairman of the House Science Committee, and Peter Navarro, an economist and public policy expert 鈥� sketched out the details of what a Trump NASA plan would look like. The upshot: more leaving Earth, less observing it.
鈥淭oday, [NASA] has been largely reduced to a logistics agency concentrating on space station resupply and politically correct environmental monitoring,鈥� the pair wrote. 鈥淣ASA鈥檚 core missions must be exploration and science 鈥� and inspirational!鈥�
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NASA should aim for human exploration of our 鈥渆ntire solar system鈥� by the end of the century, they say. Meanwhile, Earth observation missions (many of which are helping us fight climate change) should be handed over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, though there are no plans to increase that agency鈥檚 budget. Trump鈥檚 NASA will also probably keep partnering with private industry 鈥� a continuation of Obama鈥檚 space plans.
Infrastructure
Trump struck a surprisingly -like note in his victory speech. 鈥淲e are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none.鈥�
That鈥檚 a useful promise, if he can deliver on it. As just one example of the state of the country鈥檚 infrastructure, nearly 10 per cent of America鈥檚 bridges (58,495 out of 609,539) are considered 鈥渟tructurally deficient鈥� and need repairs, according to a study released in February by the . Given that a Trump presidency makes dangerous climate change more likely, boosting infrastructure should provide much-needed resilience against the elements.
Trump has proposed $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, a staggering amount. But it鈥檚 not clear where he intends to find the money, given that he has also expressed a commitment to not raising taxes.
Drugs
The biotech industry, which was worried about Hillary Clinton鈥檚 promises of regulation, seems relieved about Trump鈥檚 win 鈥� stock prices were up all over the world on 9 November. Trump has also promised to remove the ban on importing medicines, and speed up the approval of generic drugs. This could make such drugs cheaper and easier to access, but might mean pharmaceutical companies have fewer incentives to develop new drugs.
Another kind of drug had a great night on Tuesday. Recreational marijuana was legalised in California, Massachusetts and Nevada, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions. It鈥檚 impossible to tell how a Trump administration will react to this development, but the man himself seems indifferent to it, so the measures stand a chance of sticking around.
