Preliminary 2026 Budget of Trump Administration Proposal of The largest single-year cut for NASA funding in the agency’s 67-year history. Cuts are part of the broad government of the White House “Skinny Budget” Align Alone with Elon Musk’s Dogi Vishlist. The agency’s science programs in NASA’s part will be canceled, the Gateway Space Station Project will be canceled and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orien Capsule will be phased out after three flights after measuring.
NASA’s funding from Trump’s proposal will be deducted from more than $ 6 billion from its 2025 budget, which will be from $ 24.8 billion to $ 18.8 billion to $ 18.8 billion. This is a 24 percent reduction and, according to the Planetary Society, the biggest single-year decline in NASA funding. Space.com They say The most cruel cut will be for space science (reduction of $ 2.3 billion), Earth science ($ 1.2 billion) and inheritance human exploration program ($ 900 million less).
Also the chopping block will be the gateway, the planned lunar orbit space station that will serve as a center for the Moon and (finally) the mission of Mars. Ditto for a joint program with the European space station to return the Mars on Earth. The White House proposes to abolish NASA’s permanent aviation efforts (a healthy planet, rich?) And “wrong Deia (diversity, equity, inclusion and access) initiative towards any money.”
In addition, the White House’s budget will phase the SLS of Boeing and the Orion of Lockheed Martin after only three flights – the projects that cost $ 26.4 billion and $ 21.5 billion to produce. The Trump administration wants a “more cost -effective commercial system” to replace them. (I am not a NASA budget expert, but it looks like the President’s billionaire Backers, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.)
The only area that will see an increase will be human space exploration, promoting $ 650 million. Bloomberg They say It invests a new increase in lunar exploration funding by more than $ 7 billion and $ 1 billion in Mars exploration.
If there is a silver lining for those who care about science, the Congress will have to approve the budget, so all those bullet points can be reduced before the 2026 funding is approved. Trump’s political capital is nowhere where it was on the opening day. Recently voting is revealed Dip supportWith more than half of Americans To see 47th President as “dangerous dictator”.
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