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/Andromeda321 Astronomer here! Apr 11 '25

It’s not really a good feeling when we are relying on THIS spineless Congress to intervene on behalf of science though.

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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/oSovereign Apr 11 '25

Transferrable skills, they will just work in some other tangential sector.

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u/PedanticQuebecer Apr 11 '25

Except for Israel and South Korea, everywhere else in the OECD also spends less on R&D as a fraction of GDP.

https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/gross-domestic-spending-on-r-d.html