Senate Pushes Back On Trump’s Plan To Shrink NASA

Jared Isaacman

The timing of Trump’s dismissal of Isaacman points to the latter’s association with Elon Musk.

Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA
With minimal fanfare and no press, the White House released details of its plan for a scaled-down NASA that calls for cuts to its workforce and several flagship programs. The surprise came the day after the budget’s release when the Trump administration pulled its nominee to head NASA, the well...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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