NASA Watch and Peter Hague argue the optics are brutal: leadership celebrated the TLI burn, then OMB dropped a major cut, raising fears of trading lunar plans for science cuts.
Last night #NASA and White House cheered the TLI burn to send #ArtemisII to the Moon. Less than 12 hrs later - on Good Friday when people aren't at work - OMB drops a massive punitive cut to @NASA.
Is Trumps NASA budget proposal some more Art Of The Deal crap to get Congress to sign off on the new lunar landing plan in exchange for not taking a flamethrower to science?
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