Proposal Slashes Billions From NASA Science Budget

The Associated Press reports:

NASA’s science budget could be cut nearly in half under an early version of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to Congress, a move that would terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing and future missions. The budget plan, sent to NASA by the Office of Management and Budget, would give NASA’s Science Mission Directorate $3.9 billion, down from its current budget of about $7.3 billion.

The budget proposal, though not yet formally submitted to Congress, would eviscerate a long list of planetary and astronomical missions, including the next major NASA space telescope and the agency’s goal of bringing samples of Mars back to Earth to search for signs of ancient life. “They’re going to run NASA into a very deep ditch if they proceed with this kind of savagery,” Bill Nelson, the NASA Administrator under President Biden, said in an interview.

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Massive (68%) cut to NASA astrophysics proposed in WH budget. If this stands, it’s the end of American pre-eminence in space science. https://t.co/fhXnXCQ9Hk

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) April 11, 2025

Cutting NASA science by 50%??

This would devastate our leadership in space, especially at local facilities like JPL.

NASA science helps us understand Earth and protects us from natural disasters.

The Administration must not proceed with this plan, and I will use my position on… pic.twitter.com/jpiZXO7H7w

— George Whitesides (@gtwhitesides) March 7, 2025

Breaking news: NASA’s science budget could be cut nearly in half under an early version of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to Congress, a move that would terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing and future missions. https://t.co/qdRM968oZJ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 11, 2025