Proposed Federal Budget Would Devastate U.S. Space Science

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Scientists are rallying to reverse ruinous proposed cuts to both NASA and the National Science Foundation

How NASA will achieve a crewed return to the moon and send astronauts to Mars⁘goals that the agency now considers part of ⁘winning the second space race⁘⁘while also maintaining its leadership in science is unclear.

Rumors began swirling about the demise of NASA science in April, when a leaked OMB document described some of the proposed cuts and cancellations . Those included both the beleaguered, bloated Mars Sample Return (MSR) program and the on-time, on-budget Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope , the next astrophysics flagship mission.