#US #science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war
Facing an extreme budget, the
#NationalAcademies hosted an event that ignored it.
The top-line budget numbers proposed earlier indicated things would be bad: nearly 40% taken off
#NIH budget,
#NSF down by over half.
#NASA's budget includes sharp cuts for planetary science, which would be cut in half and then stay flat for the rest of the decade, with the Mars Sample Return mission canceled.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/us-science-is-being-wrecked-and-its-leadership-is-fighting-the-last-war/