President Donald Trump will reintroduce the National Space Council despite heavy lobbying  to cut the panel from SpaceX, the aerospace company owned by his top adviser Elon Musk.

Politico reported on Friday that the White House is currently looking to staff the council, which, according to law, is chaired by the vice president and crafts federal policies involving space and coordinating with agencies whose portfolios include space policies.

The panel was previously revived by Trump during his first term and continued by former President Joe Biden. The council’s last meeting took place near the end of Biden’s term in 2023.

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