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In fact the budget never even mentions NASA’s Earth-science division, which is in charge of climate research. Timing was politically motivated, but Trump did not criticize the NTAA’s lack ofĪlthough the NTAA doesn’t include the cuts President Trump proposed, it also doesn’t protect any of those programs. NTAA on March 21, but it had been ready for his signature since March 9 – a week before the White House released its proposal. In this case, the NASA budget had already been developed and passed. While Senators and Representatives develop various portions of the budget in Proposal serves as a statement of the President’s priorities which can be referenced Proposal to Congress, it is rarely expected to become law.

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Though the President traditionally submits a full budget

$102 million of climate-related researchīut that is NOT the same budget that President Trump.

The White House released a budget proposal on Thursday, March 16th with cuts to NASA that include: What you’ve been reading about in articles like “Trump’sīudget is everything scientists have been fearing” is true. Headlines about Trump’s budget slashing science funds? Pro-business agenda very clearly, it does not address the future of climate change research, leaving the issue up in the air. While the new budget reflects President Trump’s Science,” a clear reference to climate change. White House would make decisions about NASA “based upon solid science, not politicized Trump advisor Bob Walker told The Guardian the very next day that the Trump This did little to satisfy the climate science community though, as senior Trump softened his tone after the election, telling the New York Times he hasĪn “open mind” and that there is “some connectivity” between humanity and climate

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The President has a history of public denials of climateĬhange dating back to 2010, including an infamous series of tweets in which heĬlaimed that the “concept of global warming” is a hoax developed by China to

Statements about climate change had the scientific community rattled even President Trump didn’t make specificĬampaign promises about NASA, but his pro-business attitude and Get to use these facilities, and I hope they’re going to be paying us a lot of The PresidentĬelebrated this shift while signing the budget, saying “the private sector will The development of modern propulsion technology, and more. Private entities are mentioned elsewhere too, as the budget encourages their involvement with the International Space Station, The budget targets a “human space flight mission to Mars inĢ033” and demands that NASA “contract with an independent, non-governmental” Makes the White House’s directive very clear: get to Mars, and do it with the private sector. However, the NTAA still reflects a change in priorities and Million and calming some fears that President Trump would slash NASA’s capabilities. The budget is NASA’s largest ever, increasing its 2017 allocation by $200 Of 2017 (NTAA) on March 21, approving a $19.5 billion budget for the spaceĪgency in 2018. President Trump signed the NASA Transition Authorization Act