"This is good, but in the meantime, it means that science personnel is being defunded,"
"The effect is the US is not achieving the scientific return it can from its multi-billion dollar investments it has made in technology."
"I take the implementation of the House budget as indication that the constituents' pressure is having an effect,"
"Unfortunately, damage is being done already. Even if funding is reinstated, we have already lost people."
The White House proposed canceling THEMIS, a pair of spacecraft orbiting the Moon that map the lunar magnetic field. Lead scientist Vassilis Angelopoulos will receive partial funding for fiscal year 2026. Budget reductions are defunding science personnel and diminishing scientific return on multi-billion dollar technology investments. Missions already in space targeted for cancellation represent a $12 billion cumulative investment. Operating missions slated for cancellation cost taxpayers less than $300 million per year, about 1–2 percent of NASA's annual budget. Advocates rallied on Capitol Hill. Concerns remain that the administration might withhold funds even if Congress approves them, possibly triggering legal battles.
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