Trump's NASA budget cuts earth, climate science programs
Source: The Hill
Trump's NASA budget cuts earth, climate science programs
BY ALI BRELAND - 03/16/17 02:24 PM EDT
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) programs on climate and earth science face cuts under President Trump's first proposed budget blueprint.
The president's plan, unveiled Thursday, requests $19.1 billion for NASA overall, a 0.8 percent decrease from last year's $19.3 billion budget.
While NASA managed to escape many of the steeper reductions facing other federal agencies, the blueprint does target many programs tied to climate work.
Earth science programs would be cut slightly from $1.9 billion to $1.8 billion in annual funding.
The blueprint, though, calls for eliminating four earth science missions: PACE, OCO-3, DSCOVR Earth-viewing instruments, and CLARREO Pathfinder.
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