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![[OC] Percent annual change in NASA's proposed budgets, 1960 - 2026](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/xo7ty8x0ca6f1-1536x960.png "[OC] Percent annual change in NASA’s proposed budgets, 1960 – 2026")
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Now overlap it with Republican presidencies: Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Trump, arguably the worst modern-day presidents for the American people, it’s as if they wouldn’t care about science and research at all.
I’m pro NASA but this latest dip might be proportionate to the immediately preceding increases.
Maybe % of GDP or something would help answer that?