Bill Nye the Science Guy Trashes Trump’s Typo-Riddled Plot
The Daily Beast • • science
Key Points:
- Bill Nye criticized President Trump's proposed 2027 budget for NASA, calling it lazy, riddled with typos, and a mistake to cut science funding while boosting the Artemis program.
- The proposal includes a 23% overall cut to NASA's budget and a 47% reduction in science funding, reducing it from $7.25 billion to $3.9 billion, and would terminate funding for about 40 missions.
- The budget labels some NASA programs on in-space sustainability and long-term operations as "frivolous," drawing strong criticism from the science community and groups like The Planetary Society.
- GOP Senator Jerry Moran and others have warned that cutting science funding while supporting exploration is misguided, while NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended the budget as sufficient for core agency functions.
- This proposal follows a previously rejected 18% budget cut attempt, with Nye questioning why similar cuts have resurfaced despite congressional pushback.
