Trump aims to cut $6 billion from NASA budget, shifting $1 billion to Mars-focused missions

Reportage: SpaceX Crew-4 mission (April 2022) - Kennedy Space Center director Janet Petro speaks to members of the media after the arrival of NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX’s Crew-4 mission, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Florida.. The Trump administration has floated a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA, while allocating $1 billion of remaining funds to Mars-focused initiatives, aligning with an ambition long held by Elon Musk and his rocket maker SpaceX. A copy of the discretionary budget posted to the NASA website on Friday said that the change focuses NASA's funding on "beating China back to the Moon and on putting the first human on Mars." NASA also said it will need to "streamline" its workforce, information technology services, NASA Center operations, facility maintenance, and construc ... Read full article.