Post-DEI, who will be the next Americans to walk on the moon?

President Trump’s campaign to excise Diversity Equity and Inclusion from the federal government has had some controversial effects on NASA messaging. According to Ars Technica, language referring to the “first woman and the first person of color” to walk on the moon has been removed from the Artemis program website.

The idea that the first moonwalker since Apollo 17 would not necessarily be a white male began during the first Trump administration, when then NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine...