The Senate ignored the White House proposed NASA budget!
The White House had proposed that NASA science be cut 47% and on the research spacecraft side, 60%. That would turn 3/5 satellites currently in operation into rocks. This is incredibly short-sighted as practically all of these are doing "firsts" of some sort and it's stupid to kill them now when we already spent all the money in the development. Why do all that and not even get science back?
Also, you ever try to run something on less then half of the paycheck you got last year?
However, I didn't think Congress would agree to that bc that means we essentially cede the Moon and Mars to China and everything beyond to the EU. Also we'd be unable to learn how to protect our satellites and astronauts.
The Senate ignored it entirely and their proposal essentially leaves it the same as last year. TBD what the House and others try to do but that's a big departure from earlier this year when they were just signing whatever the White House said.
The White House had proposed that NASA science be cut 47% and on the research spacecraft side, 60%. That would turn 3/5 satellites currently in operation into rocks. This is incredibly short-sighted as practically all of these are doing "firsts" of some sort and it's stupid to kill them now when we already spent all the money in the development. Why do all that and not even get science back?
Also, you ever try to run something on less then half of the paycheck you got last year?
However, I didn't think Congress would agree to that bc that means we essentially cede the Moon and Mars to China and everything beyond to the EU. Also we'd be unable to learn how to protect our satellites and astronauts.
The Senate ignored it entirely and their proposal essentially leaves it the same as last year. TBD what the House and others try to do but that's a big departure from earlier this year when they were just signing whatever the White House said.
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