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Trump’s administration has I issued a proposal To reduce about a quarter of NASA’s budget in 2026, reduce the sizes of the international space station crew and the amount of research conducted there. At the same time, it puts a new financing that is likely to benefit Elon Musk’s Spacex by giving priority to human missions to Mars, and re -focusing on “hitting China to the moon”.
Suggested cuts are part of the President of President Trump’s budget for next year. It will reduce $ 508 million from the International Space Station, which reduces the size of its crew and focuses on “its reduced research ability … on the decisive efforts of the moon and Mars exploration programs.” It also reduces 2.265 billion dollars in space science missions, and includes ending things like Mars Sample Return Mission, and the goals that they will achieve by human trips to the Red Planet.
At the same time, the proposal offers a billion dollars in spending on “programs that focus on Mars”, with no details about where this money will go. like New York Times He writes“Musk’s Spacex” will seek to “supposed” to search for NASA’s funding to help a championship that is not available to Mars, which was called Musk, will be launched next year. Another $ 7 billion will be allocated to explore the moon, but it indicates the gradual disposal of SLS missiles and the Orion capsule of NASA for future commercial alternatives. Gateway Lunar will finish after Artemis III mission, According to Nasa.
The plan reduces $ 1.161 billion in Earth sciences, eliminating financing for things like “low -priority climate satellites”. It will reduce $ 346 million in spending on “green aviation”, which focuses on climate for air traffic control and defensive spending, in addition to $ 143 million in STEM participation programs.
Casey Dreier, head of space policy at Space Explography Developing Society, non -profit. He said New York Times The proposal is “the largest one of NASA in American history” and that it indicates that “America is accomplishing the world in space, and that we are a nation that moves inward.”