Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s nominee to be NASA administrator, appears April 9 before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and testifies that NASA is a “force multiplier for science.”
NASA / Bill Ingalls

The prospect that NASA’s space science budget could face major cuts is prompting worried feedback. Those wake-up alarms are being sounded due to an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) draft budget called a “passback” to the space agency.

Reaction to that news from the space science community has been swift.

But what’s the next shoe to drop in sorting out NASA’s space science budget?

Go to my new Sky and Telescope Astronomy & Observing News – “NASA’s Space Science Budget: Major Cuts Loom Large” – at:

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/nasas-space-science-budget-major-cuts-loom-large/