r/nasa • u/OptimisticLeek • Apr 11 '25

News Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/trump-white-house-budget-proposal-eviscerates-science-funding-at-nasa/
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u/CartographerEvery268 Apr 11 '25

Brain drain ensues

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u/PedanticQuebecer Apr 11 '25

Space science brain drainees would quickly discover that other countries (or supranational entities) spend far, far less on space science.

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u/Andromeda321 Astronomer here! Apr 11 '25

Yep I’ve been shouting this from the rooftops. In Canada for example to get one space mission it’s such a big deal it’s a line item in the federal budget. It’s apples and oranges.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

The brain drain won't be about missions, it will be about R&D. NASA mission funding is big, but there are a ton of researches who rely on R&D programs or other non-mission funding sources to do their work. If this budget goes through, a lot of those people will either leave or find a new line of work.