On Monday, Congress made good on those promises, releasing a $24.4 billion budget plan for NASA as part of the conferencing process, when House and Senate lawmakers convene to hammer out a final budget. The result is a budget that calls for just a 1 percent cut in NASA’s science funding, to $7.25 billion, for fiscal year 2026.
This is absolutely great news. This policy of gutting NASA and Science funding was going to be one of the most damaging aspects of Trump 2.0. Once those programs are ended and the jobs are lost...
This is absolutely great news. This policy of gutting NASA and Science funding was going to be one of the most damaging aspects of Trump 2.0. Once those programs are ended and the jobs are lost they cannot just be turned back on quickly. A large portion of America's upcoming scientists and researchers were looking at a bleak future with their only prospects being to leave the country to find work in their field. Hopefully this continues to be the path forward with congress as we navigate these dark years.
This is absolutely great news. This policy of gutting NASA and Science funding was going to be one of the most damaging aspects of Trump 2.0. Once those programs are ended and the jobs are lost they cannot just be turned back on quickly. A large portion of America's upcoming scientists and researchers were looking at a bleak future with their only prospects being to leave the country to find work in their field. Hopefully this continues to be the path forward with congress as we navigate these dark years.
Wonderful news! Still disappointing to see cuts but given the catastrophe we were looking at this is much better.