SPACE: The missing element of the first National Space Council meeting of the Biden administration. “There was, though, a missing element to this meeting: the space industry. In the previous administration, council meetings included panel discussions with outside witnesses, including company executives. At this meeting, though, the panels consisted exclusively of council members themselves. Industry was even excluded from the audience at the meeting, held in the atrium of the U.S. Institute of Peace near the State Department, with the room filled instead with government officials.”

With this administration, if you want a seat at the table, you’ve got to pay the toll.