NASA, Dissent and Budget Cuts
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Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave risk to astronauts.
Experts decried potential rescissions of funding for science agencies as well as cuts to government researchers and grants.
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Space.com on MSNSenators push back on Trump's proposal to cut NASA science funding by 47%The Senate appropriations committee initially voted in favor of a bill rejecting Trump's NASA budget cuts, but discussions are still ongoing.
The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope scrapped.
Department of Transportation Secretary and former reality TV star Sean Duffy is now NASA’s interim administrator, while the Senate appears to be on track to give the agency its biggest budget in decades,
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It remains an open question as to whether NASA and the United States’ space program will survive Donald Trump's second term.