FY 2026 Budget Request - NASA
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Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request

Not only is Trump leveling science funding at NASA, like he did with the National Science Foundation, but look closely at the budget. Beginning next year at 800 million and by 2030, 3.5 billion (nearly 20% of its budget), NASA is required to work towards “Commercial Moon and Mars Infrastructure and Transportation”. The ultimate subsidy for the commercial space sector.

They also eliminated STEM engagement program, which provided funding for the next generation of scientists to participate in NASA opportunities. I can’t wait for all this greatness Trump has been preaching to arrive.

  • Tony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish
    46·
    6 days ago

    So, Trump wants NASA to get to the Moon and Mars by 2030 while on a slashed budget with limited scientists? Get ready for more spacecraft to drop out of the sky.

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.netEnglish
      43·
      6 days ago

      No, Trump does not want NASA to get to the Moon or Mars.

      Trump wants NASA to be a tool that funnel money from the government to billionaires, aka Musk and Bezos

    • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      Sadly, getting more places with less money is absolutely possible, but the key to making it happen is abandoning planetary science. It’s a shift from a paradigm where engineering exists to support planetary science efforts to engineering for engineering’s sake