Ed Weiler Says He Quit NASA Over Cuts to Mars Program, Science Insider “The Mars program is one of the crown jewels of NASA,” says Ed Weiler. “In what irrational, Homer Simpson world would we single it out for disproportionate cuts?” Weiler’s resignation in September caught the space science community by surprise. But he says it was the culmination of a soul-sapping and ultimately unsuccessful battle with the Office of […]