Trump again looks to cut NASA budget by billions of dollars

[Zorro]

Despite the wave of enthusiasm of this week’s moonshot launch of Artemis II, President Donald Trump once again wants to chop billions of dollars from the agency, including its science missions, according to documents released Friday by NASA.

Trump last year sought to reduce NASA’s budget by about $6 billion, and his proposed budget for fiscal 2027 seeks to do the same.

Congress ultimately ignored Trump’s 2026 proposal to cut funding for NASA and gave the agency close to what it has seen in previous years, or nearly $24.5 billion. It also handed more than $10 billion to NASA on top of the annual budget through Trump’s One, Big Beautiful Bill.

For 2027, the administration is seeking to drop funding to just under $18.9 billion. That includes dropping the science budget from $7.25 billion to just under $3.9 billion and space technology from $920.5 million to $624.3 million. The space operations, which includes the International Space Station, would have a tighter belt as well with a drop from nearly $4.2 billion to just over $3 billion. The administration also once again seeks to drop funding for STEM engagement to $0.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2026/04/03/nasa-budget-trump-artemis/

[Walleye]

1. Trump hates anybody that's smarter than he is. And that's just about everybody on the planet.

[Marie Marie]

2. Is this a favor to Elon and SpaceX?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. I Can't See How

NASA is the agency with which SpaceX is contracted.
Space Force, too. But, it's not like SF gas a budget that is 10x NASA.
It's not even 2/3rds higher.
So, I can't see how this benefits Musk & his company.

[Marie Marie]

5. Thanks for that... I didn't know how the funding worked with Elon having contracts with

government agencies.

[bif]

3. But endless funds for war.