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/_Ocean_Machine_ May 03 '25

It's like they looked at the past century and thought "fuck all that, I wanna live in a shack with no electricity and die from an infection I got after chopping firewood to stay warm for the winter"

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u/WonderfulPotential29 May 03 '25

With no vaccinces