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Proposed $5.6 Billion NASA Budget Cut Threatens Future Space Missions
The proposal would end more than 50 science missions and erase thousands of jobs, according to the Planetary Society and 113 House members.
- On Wednesday, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology reviewed a White House proposal to slash NASA's funding by $5.6 billion next year, with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defending the request.
- Addressing the nation's nearly $39 trillion debt, Committee Chair Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, questioned the proposal, stating, "We must address this alarming situation and soon, but we must be smart in how we do so."
- Ranking member Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., warned that cutting $5.6 billion, or 23%, from fiscal 2026 levels is "not wise," while the Planetary Society warned the plan would terminate more than 50 active science missions.
- Defending the plan, Isaacman urged focusing on "needle-moving objectives" while eliminating bureaucracy, noting the agency must avoid programs "too big to fail, but at the same time too costly to succeed."
- Amid competition with China, the White House prioritizes landing American astronauts on the moon by 2028 and building a lunar base by 2030 to "lead the world in space exploration.
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Proposed $5.6 billion NASA budget cut threatens future space missions
Potential budget cuts at NASA are threatening future missions just weeks after Artemis II's historic trip around the moon.The House Committee on Space Science and Technology reviewed a White House proposal on Wednesday to slash the space agency's funding by $5.6 billion next year. New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman appears to support parts of the proposed cuts."We cannot establish programs that are designed to be too big to fail, but at the s…
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