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Well, NASA had a good run. But it is clear after the Agency town hall today that NASA’s role as the global preeminent Space Agency is over. Despite a proposed 50% cut to the Science budget, agency leadership is inexplicably moving forward with the President’s budget request. This has already led to the cancellation of dozens of projects and Missions as well as the displacement of thousands of employees. There is no coherent long-term vision, no credible plan to achieve the priorities the agency claims to uphold under such drastic financial constraints, and no meaningful advocacy from leadership to push back against the cuts. The future of NASA’s scientific mission is being gutted in plain sight. At least we can afford to give Billionaires more tax cuts though and SpaceX can get more money picking up what NASA used to do . Last time Trump was in office this was proposed but NASA didn’t act in it until the budget was passed and it wasnt. This time they are just doing it not waiting. Same thing is happening at NOAA. It’s very scary. Yet you do nothing, but talk. Where’s the action to stop this stupidity? Do something.