Trump Musk Rose “is the biggest crisis ever” in NASA

The row between Donald Trump and Eileon Musk due to the main spending bill has exacerbated the uncertainty over the future of NASA, which faces deep discounts.

The Space Agency has published its budget request to Congress, which will witness funding for science projects that were reduced by about half.

Forty scientific tasks, under development or in space, are already in line with it.

The president threatened to withdraw federal contracts with Musk, Space X. NASA depends on the Falcon 9 Rocket Fleet of the company to return the international space station provider with crew and supplies. The space agency also expects to use its missile in the instant vehicle to send astronauts to the moon and eventually to Mars as soon as it is developed.

Dr. Simeon Barber, the space scientist at the Open University, said that uncertainty had a “chilling effect” on the human space program.

“The amazing stock exchanges, the amazing decisions and our role we witnessed last week undermining the same foundations that we build on our ambitions.

“Space sciences and their exploration depend on long -term planning and cooperation between the government, companies and academic institutions.”

Regardless of the dispute between the president and Mr. Musk, there is also concern about the deep discounts that the White House requested for the NASA budget.

All sectors are allocated to savings, regardless of an attempt to send astronauts to Mars, which received a batch of $ 100 million (74 million pounds).

According to Casey Dryer, head of space policy at the Planetary -based Planetary Association, which enhances space exploration, potential cuts represent “the biggest crisis to counter American space program.”

NASA said that its request to reduce its total budget by about a quarter of “align () the governor of science and technology to the basic tasks to explore the moon and Mars.”

“If these proposals are approved by Congress, it will mainly transform the agency’s focus,” Dr. Adam Baker, Space analyst at the University of Cranfield told BBC News.

“President Trump re -fills NASA for two things: to wear astronauts on the surface of the moon in front of the Chinese and the astronauts return to an American flag on Mars. Everything is secondary.

Those who supported the proposals say that the White House budget gave NASA a clear purpose, and for the first time since the days APollo Moon declined in the 1960s and 1970s, when the goal was to overcome the Soviet Union on the moon. NASA critics say that since then the Space Agency has become a routine inhumane bureaucracy He greatly goes on the budget in its space tasks and waste the money of taxpayers.

One of the most terrible examples of this new missile in NASA for its plans to return American astronauts to the moon, the space launch system (SLS). Its development has been delayed, and the costs have moved to cost $ 4.1 billion (3.3 billion pounds) for each launch. On the contrary, the Spacex and Starship missile system is estimated to cost about $ 100 million (80 million pounds) for each launch because it is designed to be reusable. Jeff Bezos Blue Origin Space Company is a similar savings for the proposed Glenn New Glenn missiles.

For a surprise, no one, the gradual SLS will be eliminated under the White House proposals, in the hope that Starship and New Glenn will be able to solve its place. However, the past three development operations have not succeeded in development, and the Blue Asset recently began to test the moon missile.

Dr. Barber says: “Anxiety is that NASA may jump from the pan, to the fire.”

“These alternatives are developed for SLS by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

“If they lose their appetite for this endeavor, Spacex or Blue Origin says they need more money to develop their systems, so Congress will have to give them,” says Dr. Barber.

Dr. Barber says Dr. Barber is the possible loss of 40 missions to explore other planets and monitor the impact of climate change on Earth from space, many of which include cooperation with international partners.

“I think it is very sad that what took a long time to build can expel a wreckless ball without any plan to rebuild it after that.”

Projects facing the ax include dozens of planetary missions in space that have already been paid for most development and launch costs, with a relatively small savings suggestion in operating costs.

Also under threat, there are two cooperation with the European Space Agency: an ambitious plan to bring Mars rocks collected by NASA’s Rover to Earth and the task of sending Rosalind Franklin Rover to the Red Planet to search for signs of past life.

Professor Sir Martin Swing, President of the UK Space Company, Sari Satlette Taillette Technology Ltd., and co -author of A. Royal community report on the future of space He says that although the development is “unwanted”, there may be a rise to Europe as it bears more responsibility for its space exploration program.

“Maybe we were relying on NASA, the big player to bear a lot of focus in space,” BBC News told BBC News.

“It is an opportunity to think about how Europe wants to get a better balance in its space activities.”

But there is more negative aspect of Europe in the short term. In addition to the return of Mars and ROVER samples, ESA risks reaching the International Space Station if it ends, and budget discounts will cancel NASA’s extensive contributions behind it, the moon gate, which is a multi -bonding space station planned for a role around the moon.

In its recently published strategy ESA She mentioned that she “will seek to build a more independent space of space, and continue to be a reliable, strong and desirable partner with space agencies from all over the world”, while including that he will do so with or without NASA.

Discounts also face many current and suggested land monitoring programs, according to Dr. Baker.

“These land control programs are Canary in the coal mine,” BBC News told BBC News.

“Our ability to predict the effect of climate change and mitigates this significantly. If we stop this early warning system, this is a frightening possibility.”

Budget proposals were not approved by Congress. Casey Dieryer of the BBC News Association told many Republicans that they told the pressure groups separately that they were ready to vote against the discounts.

But Mr. Dryer worries a strong possibility that political networks may mean that no budget will be agreed. The low White House budget is likely to be placed in place as a temporary measure, which cannot be reversed, because once the space tasks are stopped, it is difficult, if not impossible, start again.