the budget was moved over to SpaceX on the lie of private sector efficiency. But to the credit of SpaceX, they did blow up more rockets than the inefficient NASA ever did.
How can you look at SpaceX and not say they are much more efficient than NASA? It’s actually a good thing they blew up so many rockets as part of research and development. It allowed them to achieve a rocket that can do things no other rocket can, like landing back on it’s launch pad, at a fraction of the cost of a NASA rocket to boot. The phrase is move fast and break things for a reason. I am all for giving NASA more budget, but I also think we should invest in SpaceX technology. It’s clearly superior no matter what you thing of Elon and his cronies.
It was largely restored under the 2026 congressional budget at levels similar to 2025. The trump administration tried to punish centers in blue states by taking away their funding, the worst of which was Goddard with a 50% budget cut. Basically they tried to cancel nearly every earth observing science mission, which is Goddards bread and butter.
And a lot of the NASA science budget was cut because it was too boring for the toddler administration who want to play with their flashy toys.
the budget was moved over to SpaceX on the lie of private sector efficiency. But to the credit of SpaceX, they did blow up more rockets than the inefficient NASA ever did.
How can you look at SpaceX and not say they are much more efficient than NASA? It’s actually a good thing they blew up so many rockets as part of research and development. It allowed them to achieve a rocket that can do things no other rocket can, like landing back on it’s launch pad, at a fraction of the cost of a NASA rocket to boot. The phrase is move fast and break things for a reason. I am all for giving NASA more budget, but I also think we should invest in SpaceX technology. It’s clearly superior no matter what you thing of Elon and his cronies.
It was largely restored under the 2026 congressional budget at levels similar to 2025. The trump administration tried to punish centers in blue states by taking away their funding, the worst of which was Goddard with a 50% budget cut. Basically they tried to cancel nearly every earth observing science mission, which is Goddards bread and butter.