More Bad News For Planetary Science Budgets
NASA Operating Plan for FY 2013 to Target Planetary Overall, Cuts Research and Completed Missions, Planetary Exploration Newsletter
“In his FY13 budget request, President Obama proposed the NASA Planetary budget be cut by more than 20% from its FY12 level (From $1.5B to less than $1.2B). Under the initial Continuing Resolutions covering the first half of the fiscal year, the Administration chose to operate NASA Planetary at this reduced level. Congress restored more than $222M of the President’s cut in its FY13 appropriation passed on March 21 and signed into law by the President. Congress’s action is now being reversed by NASA and others in the Administration through the preferential application of rescission and sequestration cuts of more than 15% to the NASA Planetary Science budget.”
Let’s see…
NASA HSF cut – check!
NASA Education cut – check!
NASA Planetary Exploration cut – check!
Next!
Meanwhile the stupid damned Space Launch System keeps uselessly sucking up billions. Call or write your Representative and Senators. Tell them to end the money-wasting SLS pork program, and use the money to properly fund space science and commercial space.
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“And tonight’s success reminds us that our preeminence – not
just in space, but here on Earth – depends on continuing to invest
wisely in the innovation, technology, and basic research that has always
made our economy the envy of the world.”
–President Barack Obama the night of the Curiosity landing