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The End of NASA Science

Large and small science projects have been delayed or canceled as NASA reallocates funds to manned space flight.

When President Bush unveiled his proposed budget last month, it was clear that the winners at NASA were the Space Shuttle program and International Space Station, and the losers were science missions. Now it’s becoming clear just how bad those losses are. In the view of many experts, the most historically successful NASA efforts — telescopes, space probes, and research into everything from climate change to aviation safety — are taking the worst hits.

Within the past month, several NASA missions have been cancelled or delayed due to the constraints of the proposed 2007 budget. Funding for small research projects and data analysis will be slashed; astrobiology will be cut by 50 percent; astronomy and astrophysics will lose 20 percent of its funds over the next five years; and money for aeronautics research will be cut by 18 percent.

By Kate Greene

Full Story: http://www.technologyreview.com/BizTech/wtr_16599,307,p1.html

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