Quantum Windbag
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I expect rdean will come in here and blame Bush, but the rest of us can call up our congresscritters and let them know we support NASA.
Shining shoes for NASA | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
FACT: NASAs total budget is less than 1% of the Federal spending. Way less than 1%. FACT: The proposed fiscal year 2013 budget out of the White House has huge cuts to NASA. Planetary sciences alone has $300 million slashed from it.
FACT: If this cut stays in the budget, NASA will have to pull back from some big and exciting planetary missions. Its already made NASA back out of an agreement with the European Space Agency on two ambitious Mars probes.
FACT: This sucks. A lot. America leads the way in scientific planetary missions, and this cut will hurt that, significantly.
Shining shoes for NASA | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine