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September 7th, 2025
Signs of the times.
Image credit: NASA Watch/Keith Cowing
A new protest focused on budget cuts is slated to be held outside NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
“We are a peaceful protest group, and we stand in solidarity with other scientific advocacy groups,” explains the NASA Needs Help website.
“We’re fighting for science, engineering, and exploration. Tell Congress to push back on the 2025 Presidential Budget Request that cuts NASA Science by 47%, STEM education by 100%, and NASA’s full budget by 25%!”
The protest is to be held Monday, September 15, between 8 AM to 1 PM.
Win the Space Race
As explained by the website:
Image credit: NASA Needs Help
“Current NASA leadership is already acting on the President’s and OMB’s proposed budget by beginning to greatly reduce the number of civil servants and contractors, which will be detrimental to the mission of this Agency.
Cuts to NASA’s science budget will drastically hinder NASA’s ability to produce science from current and future missions.
To win the Space Race to the Moon, NASA was prioritized and appropriated $68 billion in 1965 alone (adjusted for inflation).
Image credit: NASA Needs Help
In 2026, with goals to reach Mars, NASA’s proposed budget is only $18.8 billion.
Some of the cuts to NASA science involve turning off spacecraft that are already in space and actively sending back data. NASA contributes to agriculture, weather predictions, and safety.
Without NASA Earth science, early detection for natural disasters and forecasting would be imprecise and difficult.”
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