Cuts to NASA’s budget could derail America’s Mars ambitions

NASA may have to cancel major space missions due to budget cuts

Potential cuts of up to 50 per cent of NASA's science budget could mean cancelling missions including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Voyager probes

Cuts to NASA’s budget could derail America’s Mars ambitions

Such major and arbitrary cuts to NASA’s budget would do very little to save money, but they will undercut and decimate one of the most cost-effective programs within the federal government.

NASA might have to cancel significant space missions in order to reduce expenditures

NASA headquarters in Washington, DC John M. Chase/Getty Images NASA is preparing for substantial budget cuts that could force cancellations of ongoing and upcoming missions across the solar system, and experts warn that it is facing a “brutal” future. The space agency has already launched several layoffs as part of a broad restructuring of the [...] Source The post NASA might have to cancel significant space missions in order to reduce expenditu…

NASA continues BioNutrients space-fermented food research - Science Tech Updates

NASA’s BioNutrients series of experiments is testing ways to use microorganisms to make nutrients that will be needed for human health during future long-duration deep space exploration missions. Some vital nutrients lack the shelf-life needed to span multi-year human missions, such as a mission to Mars, and may need to be produced in space to […] The post NASA continues BioNutrients space-fermented food research appeared first on Science Tech U…