During the first year of the Biden administration, NASA produced a comic book about how a “first woman and the first person of color will walk on the Moon.” 

The agency followed that by publishing an additional graphic novel about the fictional character, Callie Rodriguez, and adding a “diverse crew” to join her, according to a NASA press release that quoted then-NASA Administrator Bill Nelson saying, “Diversity is at the core of NASA’s missions and the reason we continue breaking the boundaries of what’s possible. ‘First Woman’ embodies the rich history of countless women who broke barriers and continue to lead NASA to the stars.”

According to NASA, the full comic book project with printing and all the accompanying immersive online content cost about $1 million. The comic project was canceled after the Trump administration came into office earlier this year, as it was considered a project focused on “environmental justice.”

The comic book project was among several examples of “diversity, equity, and inclusion”-focused expenses and climate-related........

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