Under the Republican President Donald Trump, the US administration has proposed billions in NASA’s budget cuts, put into a major partnership with risky partnership, and transferred the priorities of the space agency on Mars to Mars.
Reacting to these cuts, the European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Joseph Ashbaiker emphasized “the importance of cooperation in space activities”.
Ashbaiker said ESA Old assesses the impact of NASA’s budget for the upcoming financial year released on 2 May, as questions remained questions about the “full results” of changes.
Administration budget proposal Artemis Moon program for NASA involves cuts as the US has transferred its ambitions to Mars, IT cuts want to affect the work of European researchers – for international cooperation, in which Europe is a technical and scientific partner.
If confirmed in more detailed submission in late May or early June, it will remove and provide about 6 billion dollars (€ 5.29 billion) from NASA budget, Reuters report, “Promote the Mangal-focused agenda pushed by billionaire spam musk.”
The Congress requests measures to become effective.
The proposed deduction follows the earlier deduction in March, resulting in three offices in NASA to close and IT chief scientist and main technology roles are abolished.
They follow a commendable press release from NASA on 29 April, proud “NASA climbed new heights in the first 100 days of Trump administrationDespite the ongoing uncertainty around the agency’s budget, “this is a” of a “win” litni, “including progress towards both the moon and Mars to achieve humans.
Risk of billions throughout the agency
The proposed budget will have a 24%deduction in $ 24.8 billion in the current budget of NASA, possibly threatening major science projects and thousands of researchers from all over the world.
However, according to Reuters, Cuts will survive NASA’s human exploration portfolio. In fact, the Republican administration proposed an increase of $ 1 billion for “Mars-centric programs”.
This would indicate a change in NASA’s priorities away from the Moon, which during Trump’s first presidential post, found a push towards Mars, which is now pushed by musk.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program, which is a bed by cost overran, and Orion Spacecraft Crew Capsules will be dropped by 2027.
Instead, both SLS and Orion are likely to convert from SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Program, Secured a launch service contract From NASA to 2032 in March 2025.
Moon still an entrance to Mars
In its public release on 2 May, the White House maintained the budget, “China was focused on funding on beating back to the moon and putting the first human on Mars. ,
It echoed NASA’s press release on 29 April, stating that it was “putting the first ‘agenda in the US” and “” Ensuring that the United States wins the space race at this vital turn. “
“By allocating more than $ 7 billion for lunar exploration in new investments for Mars-centered programs and starting $ 1 billion, it ensures that America’s human space exploration efforts are unique, innovative and efficient,” it has been said.
It said that it will achieve IT objectives by cutting NASA’s workforce and IT services, NASA center operations, convenience maintenance, construction and environmental compliance activities. Other climate and environment-focused initiatives will be abolished.
Edited by: Matthew Ward Egius