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Ajax the Bitter's avatar

Its not just the NSF. I am hearing talk that NASAs budget will be cut by 20%. The next gen space based telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman telescope which is fully assembled and ready to launch in two years, would be abandoned. Its teeth grindingly infuriating to see these cuts happening and not being able to do a damn thing about it.

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Roberta Gottlieb's avatar

NIH is getting massive cuts. I hope the next time Dear Leader gets sick, they treat him with leeches and cod liver oil.

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lmc's avatar

Actually Trump's proposed budget slashes NASA's science budget by 50%, including completely closing Goddard Space Flight Center! The Planetary Society has described it as an extinction level event

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lmc's avatar

As a former physicist turned engineer who works on NASA science missions, I can tell you this isn't true.

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Ajax the Bitter's avatar

At this point I am not ready to start slinging around the blame finger. I just want to find the levers to pull to get the bleeding to stop. I feel like we are entering the dark ages. And I am so damned ashamed my country is leading the charge into a new age where ignorance is king.

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Colette's avatar

Can't speak for the engineers, but earth scientists at least tend to know what time it is.

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