Tag: Trump
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Trump Proposes 23% NASA Budget Cut During Artemis Moon Mission
Will Trump’s 23% NASA Budget Cut Kill the Artemis Program? President Trump released a fiscal year 2027 budget blueprint calling for a 23% cut to NASA’s $24 billion budget—a $5.5 billion reduction—just two days after the agency launched four astronauts on humanity’s first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. The timing underscores the political…
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What would happen if Trump retaliated against Musk’s companies?
A remarkable schoolyard brawl erupted online Thursday between President Donald Trump and his former “First Buddy” Elon Musk during which the pair traded insults and barbs. The war of words reached a crescendo during the afternoon when Trump threatened Musk’s federal contracts. “The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of…
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Trump pulls Isaacman nomination for space. Source: “NASA is f***ed.”
The Trump administration has confirmed that it is pulling the nomination of private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. First reported by Semafor, the decision appears to have been made because Isaacman was not politically loyal enough to the Trump administration. “The Administrator of NASA will help lead humanity into space and execute President Trump’s…
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If Congress actually cancels the SLS rocket, what happens next?
The White House Office of Management and Budget dropped its “skinny” budget proposal for the federal government earlier this month, and the headline news for the US space program was the cancellation of three major programs: the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and Lunar Gateway. Opinions across the space community vary widely about the…
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Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
Although SpaceX founder Elon Musk is known for outspokenness and controversial comments on his social media site X, he has been relatively restrained when it comes to US space policy in recent years. For example, he has rarely criticized NASA or its overall goal to return humans to the Moon through the Artemis Program. Rather,…
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Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin propose ‘Amazon-like’ delivery to the moon in 2020
Jeff Bezos shows off the concept for Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch system during a 2015 news conference in Florida. The rocket could reportedly be adapted for moon missions. (Blue Origin Photo) Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has reportedly proposed sending a robotic lander to the moon’s south polar region by 2020,…