US science is being wrecked
a year ago
- #budget cuts
- #NASA
- #scientific research
- Trump administration's 2026 budget proposes massive cuts to scientific research agencies.
- Cuts include retiring unique scientific experiment facilities, reducing supported scientists, and halting entire research areas.
- Previously funded grants are being terminated, and funding is delayed for ideological screening.
- Universities face arbitrary funding freezes, potentially causing decades-long damage to US science.
- National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation face cuts of nearly 40% and over 50%, respectively.
- NASA's planetary science budget would be halved, canceling the Mars Sample Return mission.
- Earth Science and Astrophysics budgets also face significant reductions, affecting current and future missions.
- Active missions like Juno and New Horizons, along with two Mars orbiters, would be discontinued.
- The National Academies of Science's State of the Science event largely ignored current issues, focusing on uncertain future scenarios.