Congress Sets its Sights on the NASA Budget

NASA (https://www.nasa.gov) Administrator Jared Isaacman faced tough questions from both chambers of Congress last week over the Trump administration’s proposed twenty-three percent cut to the agency’s budget. But behind the bottom-line numbers lies a more specific debate — one with real stakes for the commercial space industry and the supply chains that keep American rockets flying.
The Artemis II mission may have captured the world’s attention last month — sending four astronauts farther from Earth than any humans in history. But on Capitol Hill, the glow didn’t last long. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle arrived at the same question: can NASA stay ahead of China while cutting nearly six billion dollars from its own budget?


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