Planetary Society Science Alliance Seeks Halt To NASA Science Budget Cuts

Mark Carreau October 06, 2025
Leaders from 20 national science, education, and space organizations, led by The Planetary Society and its CEO Bill Nye, along with 300 advocates from across the country gathered to urge protection of NASA’s and the National Science Foundation’s science budgets. The Planetary Society Original image data dated on or a

Leaders from 20 national science, education, and space organizations, led by The Planetary Society and its CEO Bill Nye, along with 300 advocates from across the country, gathered to urge protection of NASA’s and the National Science Foundation’s science budgets.

Credit: The Planetary Society
HOUSTON—With federal lawmakers struggling to end a government shutdown, The Planetary Society led a multiorganizational effort into the halls of Congress on Oct. 6 to oppose significant proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget. The leadership from 20 national science, education and space organizations...
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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