"There are two things: the astonishing lack of transparency and the abject refusal to acknowledge political reality. This is the least transparent NASA budget request I've ever seen - and I've literally looked through every single one since 1960."
"The 2027 request also appears to largely ignore Congress's insistence on keeping NASA well funded. Lawmakers resoundingly rejected the White House's proposed 2026 budget, which Dreier described as an 'extinction-level event for space science and exploration in the United States'."
"Dreier also pointed out that the White House was allocating $438 million to 'Mars Technology' without providing any further cost breakdowns."
"Dreier described the latest budget request as a 'copy-paste budget' from its last attempt, calling it out as 'sloppy and unprofessional.'"
The White House Office of Management and Budget proposed a 2027 budget that would cut NASA's science budget by 47% and overall funding by 23%. This proposal has drawn criticism from space advocacy groups due to its lack of transparency and failure to specify which missions would be affected. The budget request disregards Congress's previous rejection of similar cuts and has been described as a 'copy-paste budget' from prior proposals, containing significant errors and vague allocations.
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