Earth Science Update

Earth Science Isn’t Slipping at NASA, Mike Grififn, Washington Post

“The reality is far different. NASA’s annual budget for Earth and space science is more than $5.3 billion, almost 32 percent of our expenditures, up from 24 percent in the early 1990s, and 17 percent during the Apollo era.”

The Planet NASA Needs to Explore, Washington Post

“NASA’s budget for science missions has declined 30 percent in the past six years, and that trend is expected to continue. As more dollars are reallocated to prepare for missions back to the moon and Mars, sophisticated new satellites to observe the Earth will be delayed, harming Earth sciences.”