Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill
Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill
Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill
Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill
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Going to need to now that SpaceX has entered complicated territory in its relationship with the U.S. Government.
Im not his biggest fan, but I agree with wolverines fat brother on this one.
So:
– 4,1 billion USD for the SLS Block 1B Crew of Artemis IV and V.
– 2,6 billion USD for the completion of the Gateway space station.
– 20 million USD for the Orion of Artemis IV.
– 250 million USD more per year for the ISS for FY2025 to FY2029.
– 700 million USD for the development of the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter.
– 325 million USD for the development of the vehicle that will deorbit the ISS.
– 1 billion USD for improvements to NASA’s Kennedy, Johnson, Marshall and Stennis centers and the Michoud Assembly Facility.
What is the astrophysics budget in this proposal?
Gee, could it be because a lot of that will go to Texas and his constituents are pissed they will lose their jobs if NASA doesn’t get this money? Like so many other Republicans: he was complacent and did nothing about Trump. Deal with it Bud. You went lookin’ for love in all the wrong places…..
How about $34 Billion– you know the budget when we went to the MOON.
You want to go to Mars??? Better make it $160 Billion over their current budget of $18B.
(Biden funded it up to $24B much bigger, more manly)
…OR the proposed 2026 DJT budget of $4B…FOUR!!
We will divert 160B from DOD and give it to NASA.
Who will make a Orbital Mars Stations like the ISS…also replacing the ISS and not cede dominance to China’s crewsled space station and give up our presence in LEO.
And the DOD wil still have $660B to F! around with.
Looks like nothing in it to fund NASA’s science missions. All for manned programs.
Build a vertical farm in space, send food from above and alleviate billions of acres and global supply chain choke points
The military is getting a 130 billion increase. While nasa gets a 24% cut. Its absurd.
I work at NASA on one of those programs. I’ve been eyeballing leaving because of all the budget talk. Now I don’t know if I should stay or go! My heart can’t take this. Does anyone know when all this will be “resolved” and voted on?
People still trusting these idiots will never baffle me.
Someone figured out there’s a significant NASA presence in Texas.
Is the Mars Telecom Orbiter just the Marslink concept that SpaceX has been selling?
Would be a good way to ensure they don’t accidentally send money to Goddard or JPL.
Suddenly he saw that jobs would be lost in Texas where a lot of NASA infrastructure is, and he’s afraid for his own ass.
Disagree with the motivation, do agree with the goal.
Libertarians are now left of Republicans. 0_0.
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Still no funding for NASA science… killing off missions in flight l(e.g., Juno, New Horizons, OSIRIS-APEX), missions in development (e.g., DAVINCI, VERITAS, Mars Sample Return), and eviscerating basic research.
This provides mediocre infrastructure funding in red states, while sacrificing US scientific leadership.
If congress is serious about going back to the Moon, to Mars, and US scientific/technical leadership, then NASA (and the other science agencies) need budget increases—not cuts and bloodletting for the sake of billionaires.
I hope folks in the US are calling their representatives.