April 11, 2025 | 7:29 a.m. PT
Close to-final passback funds exhibits 50% cuts to NASA science
Casey Dreier, Chief of Area Coverage
Passback is when the Workplace of Administration and Funds — the White Home’s accounting arm — supplies a near-final funds proposal to NASA previous to its official launch. It is not set in stone, however it’s very near being so. Immediately, reporting signifies that NASA’s passback decimates science: a 50% lower, falling significantly onerous on Astrophysics (lower by 70%) and Earth Science (-53%). Planetary Science and Heliophysics endure cuts that, in every other 12 months, can be thought-about extraordinary: X and X, respectively.
The reporting, sadly, was true. There may be nonetheless time for the White Home to rethink, however it is a very unhealthy signal.
