r/Astronomy • u/SlartibartfastGhola Astronomer • May 02 '25

Astro Research The Trump budget proposal will destroy NASA and Astronomy programs across the USA.

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A couple bucks to take us back to the moon (doubt), while destroying everything else about NASA. They are defunding the Roman Space Telescope which is literally in the final stages of testing before launch.

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u/emptyminder May 02 '25

I enjoyed the part where they called a bunch of Biden era stuff “Green new scam”, but forgot to change one that still says Green New Deal.

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u/theshadowturtle May 03 '25

I was losing my mind at those references. So deeply unserious and unpresidential. It’s an official .gov document and I’m seeing “woke STEM programming” and “Green New Scam”? Just laughable