The budget proposal made by the White House provides for the abandonment of entire space missions. Important collaborations with Europe, such as the return of Mars samples or the future station around the Moon, would simply be canceled.
The 2026 budget proposal for the White House for NASA has the effect of a bomb. If some cuts were more or less expected, the extent of the savings requested from the space agency is much more considerable than one could imagine. Result: a forecast budget amputated by $ 6 billion, a drop of 24.3 % compared to its current level.
It would be “The largest annual reduction in NASA expenses in American history”quickly reacted the Planetary Society, a non -profit organization. “This would recklessly reduce NASA’s scientific budget by 47 % (from 7.5 to 3.9 billion, editor’s note). »
“Lost time”
The Mars Sample Return program, which provides for the return to earth, in the 2030s, of samples of rocks and Martian soils, would be abandoned, even though the Rover Perseverance is currently collecting them on Mars. “Not to mention the money thrown out the window that it would represent …
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