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>> budget squeeze >> will still be around after this congress and the agency can stabilize once again 2026 budget - 24.4 billion 2025 budget - 24.8 billion
by thegrim33 6mo ago
>> budget squeeze
>> will still be around after this congress and the agency can stabilize once again
2026 budget - 24.4 billion
2025 budget - 24.8 billion
2024 budget - 25.3 billion
2023 budget - 25.3 billion
2022 budget - 24.0 billion
2021 budget - 23.2 billion
2020 budget - 22.6 billion
2019 budget - 21.5 billion
2018 budget - 20.7 billion
2017 budget - 19.6 billion
2016 budget - 19.2 billion
What part of these numbers are you interpreting as some sort of insane budget restriction?
- andrewstuart 6mo agoYou’re kinda implying that there’s a few people standing around in a shed, and that really don’t cost too much.
- zamadatix 6mo ago24.4 in 2026 is less than 19.2 in 2016. I wouldn't call it a giant squeeze or anything though, but these raw numbers almost imply the opposite kind of misunderstanding.
- SiempreViernes 6mo agoThe admin has tried two times in a row to cut the total budget by 20%, and the science budget by 50% So, probably that squeeze?
- elictronic 6mo agoCongress sets the budget not the president. The administrations budget is aspirational, and if they want to force it they are required to use political savvy and whatever influence they have built up. Yeah so zero influence as all of that is towards cover ups, stock manipulation, and incompetence.
- chaboud 6mo agoThe executive has the veto and a willingness to leave the government non-functional (funny how anti-government types are often okay with kneecapping government). They're not powerless.
- hatsix 6mo agoYes, but this President has decided that he can move money around or just not spend the money, regardless of the budget, and this Congress has let him.
- SiempreViernes 6mo agoTechnically true, but the president also selects the administrator of NASA, and this presidency isn't terribly fussed about following laws about how allocated money can be used. So don't be surprised if suddenly half the NASA budget is used to pay for a second ballroom or more missiles to CENTCOM.
- idiotsecant 6mo agoYes, as we know this Congress is famous for doing its own independent thinking and not rubber stamping everything that arrives with a little bit of mango colored makeup on it.
- nine_k 6mo agoAre these numbers adjusted for inflation? $19.2B in 20216 dollars would be $26.4B in 2026 dollars.
- aaronharnly 6mo ago2027 White House proposed budget[1]: $18.8 billion 2026 White House proposed budget[2]: $18.8 billion [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget_fy2027.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget... [2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal... [2] is represented as deltas, explainer here https://spacenews.com/white-house-budget-proposal-would-phase-out-sls-and-orion-scale-back-iss-operations/ https://spacenews.com/white-house-budget-proposal-would-phas...
- casefields 6mo agoCongress passes the budget since they have the power of the purse. Presidents have requested all sorts of nonsense to appease the base.
- SilentM68 6mo agoThat is true, but in all fairness, every politician has at one time, or another requested all sorts of nonsense to appease the base, not just presidents hence the term "political lobbying". If you look up the definition of 'politics," it's the method or strategy: sometimes used to describe the tactics, schemes, or "art" used to gain influence, sometimes carrying a negative connotation of manipulation or intrigue. Everybody has done it since the beginning of time :|
- WaltPurvis 6mo agoIt has been 30 years since Congress last passed a budget.
- VanTheBrand 6mo agoAccounting for inflation the 2026 budget is 2 Billion less than the 2016 budget.
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- dkural 6mo agoThis part: Let's now adjust for inflation so you can see the budget squeeze. $19.2 billion in 2016 dollars is worth $26.4 billion and change, once adjusted for inflation, in March 2026. Feel free to do it yourself. Magic of compounding. 24.4 for 2026 is notably less than 26.4. Budget squeeze.
- parineum 6mo agoAn 8% budget cut isn't a crisis. You're just scrambling to be technically correct now that you've been shown the data that their budget hasn't really changed much. Politicians and pundits lie and exaggerate this stuff all the time. Don't take the bait. This administration certainly isn't the most pro-science, but they did just complete a spin around the moon, something that will get more kids interested in science than anything NASA has done in the last 40 years.
- adalacelove 6mo agoThat's like 4 times the ESA budget, and still insignificant compared to the money poured into AI. Several companies could cover that budget with quarterly profits.
- gloosx 6mo agoThe part that the dollars are worth about 35% less now compared to 2016?