US EditionBill Nye visits DC to fight proposed cuts to NASA budget
Bill Nye and over 300 advocates protested a proposed 47% cut to NASA science funding that risks ending dozens of missions and losing U.S. leadership in space, officials said.
- The Trump administration has proposed cutting NASA's budget by approximately 24% for the 2026 fiscal year, reducing it from around $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion.
- Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society, said that cutting NASA science in half would end several missions and has called these cuts an 'extinction-level event for space exploration.'
- More than 300 advocates participated in a Day of Action in Washington urging Congress to reject the proposed budget cuts, as reported by Axios.
- Casey Dreier from The Planetary Society emphasized that Congress has shown bipartisan opposition to the cuts but stressed the need to finalize legislation protecting NASA's budget.
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Bill Nye asks Congress to push back against 'extinction-level' NASA budget cuts
The Trump administration has proposed cutting NASA's budget by approximately 24% for the 2026 fiscal year. The agency's total budget would decrease from around $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion. Around $6 billion of the cuts would impact the agency's planetary…
Bill Nye visits DC to fight proposed cuts to NASA budget
(NEXSTAR) – Former television host Bill Nye "The Science Guy" visited Capitol Hill on Monday to advocate against President Donald Trump's budget for NASA. He's the CEO of the Planetary Society, a non-profit space organization. President Donald Trump's budget proposal for NASA would cut the agency's funding by 24% from FY2025 to FY2026. In FY2025, the agency received $24.8 billion in funding. The White House proposed $18.8 billion for the next …
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