NASA's senior leadership has instructed mission leaders to prepare closeout plans due to expected budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration. These directives may not merely be for planning purposes, considering the tight deadlines imposed, with plans due soon after the July 4 holiday. Projects are instructed to consider a closeout direction effective by October 1, 2025, with an assumption of missions completing their operations within three months thereafter. The proposed NASA budget seeks a significant reduction, impacting science missions particularly hard.
Dozens of mission leaders have been asked to prepare 'closeout' plans by the end of next week regarding ongoing NASA science missions.
The closeout plans must assume direction will be given for completion by October 1, 2025, with significant time constraints imposed by recent directives.
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