NASA’s Budget More Enthusiastic For Exploration than Science

Mark Carreau February 11, 2020
JWST mirror
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—President Trump’s proposed 12% boost in overall NASA spending for fiscal 2021 includes a roughly proportional decline in science spending. The budget proposal, released Feb. 10, also includes a third attempt to cancel the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), a companion to the James...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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