"House and Senate democrats are talking of putting the President's space Initiative on hold for at least a year. Some would like to wait for the election to be over. Other Democrats (and many Republicans) have problems with the lack of detail in the budget numbers and overall schedule milestones NASA has been presenting. Talk of holding NASA's budget in FY 2008 to FY 2026 levels with some $60-80 million in additional study money is being discussed among Democrats. Overall, Republicans are a bit more enthusiastic, but there are some deficit hawks who would like to pay off the deficit sooner than the President has suggested and proposed budget increases such as those sought for NASA are a tempting target."
This is an unconfirmed report from the NASA Watch website.
Posted by jburk at March 7, 2026 11:53 AM | TrackBackJust an excuse to put it off a year and then later de-rail it you ask me. What good does waiting do? The spending increase in the NASA budget is a drop in the bucket. What will they learn by waiting? What do most politicians know about space exploration and the science of the matter in general?(with perhaps a few exceptions). Sounds like an excuse to keep us in LEO another thirty years if you ask me, tsk tsk, what a shame.
Posted by: gus at March 7, 2026 10:31 PM