The Planetary Society led a coalition letter with 23 organizational signatories calling for the rejection of draconian cuts to NASA and science in FY 2027 proposed by the White House.
Coverage here, letter PDF in comments.
www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...
The White House’s budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal year would cut NASA’s budget by 23% and force the cancellation of dozens of missions.
You can help by submitting a comment to the process discussing how it would impede the scientific process: planetary.org/ombgrantrules
We also have an official statement on the proposed rules: www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Casey Dreier
The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions.
dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭
Will you be in the Washington, D.C. area on Wednesday, June 3? Come see me and @weinersmith.bsky.social discuss "Our Future on Mars?" at The National Air and Space Museum! airandspace.si.edu/whats-on/eve...
The Planetary Society created a fact sheet and action alert about the recent OMB proposal that would, among other things, insert politics into the proposal review process across science. More discussion here: www.planetary.org/articles/whe...
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
The Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued a statement in response to the Office of Management & Budget’s…
Text of the letter: planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdfs/...
This is very similar to the 2026 cycle. House sets NASA Science at $6B, not great, but much better than the $3.9B proposed. Sets the floor going forward, Senate will likely come in higher.
What a fantastic Day of Action! 130 Planetary Society members came from 34 states and held over 200 meetings in Congress to #SaveNASAScience from the draconian cuts proposed in FY 2027. Between the two of us, Bill Nye and I did 13 TV interviews, from 6am to 6pm, local to national stations.
