FY 2026 Budget Request - NASA
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Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request

Not only is Trump leveling science funding at NASA, like he did with the National Science Foundation, but look closely at the budget. Beginning next year at 800 million and by 2030, 3.5 billion (nearly 20% of its budget), NASA is required to work towards “Commercial Moon and Mars Infrastructure and Transportation”. The ultimate subsidy for the commercial space sector.

They also eliminated STEM engagement program, which provided funding for the next generation of scientists to participate in NASA opportunities. I can’t wait for all this greatness Trump has been preaching to arrive.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
    122·
    5 days ago

    So, we all know what’s going on here, right? They’re gutting any part of our society that relies on intellectual work and trying to compete with motherfucking robots to bring factories back. They want to cram everyone into sweatshops. The plan was never to bring good jobs back, the plan was always live-in factories and suicide nets on the windows.

    E: well, at least the Roman space telescope lives on, I guess. I’m unreasonably excited for it; it’s already built and just needs to be launched, basically.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      651·
      5 days ago

      The Roman telescope will likely get shoved in storage. I work on it right now, we are talking internally about what this means. Obviously, I have no more information than you do, but the cuts are severe enough that there’s no way we will be able to keep working on it at the current levels if this goes through.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      5 days ago

      The plan was never to bring good jobs back, the plan was always live-in factories and suicide nets on the windows.

      Bold of you to assume they’ll spring for nets.