American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer, Bill Nye, slammed Donald Trump for his proposed 23 percent budget cut to NASA. Nye pointed out the importance of the organization. Plus, this comes at a very critical time for the organization, which launched the Artemis II lunar mission earlier this month.
Bill Nye has a warning for Donald Trump
Bill Nye, who is best known for Bill Nye the Science Guy, slammed President Donald Trump after the President proposed a 23 percent cut to NASA’s budget. Nye called this a “huge mistake.” He also pointed out how leading in science is essential to the US’s progress around the globe.
During an interview with NBC, Nye candidly said that the proposal to cut NASA’s budget by 23 percent was “a huge mistake. NASA is the best brand the U.S. has. People around the world recognize NASA. The word science is in the Constitution. That’s what keeps the U.S. ahead.”
“You cannot be a leader in space without being a leader in science. It’s just a mistake.” Nye continued, “Members of Congress and their staff said the President’s Budget Request, the PBR, is dead on arrival, and they pushed back and overwhelmed that request. Why it’s happened again is not clear.”
Previously, the Trump administration proposed an 18 percent cut to NASA’s $24.4 billion budget. But the move was rejected by both chambers of Congress. Continuing on his point, Nye further pointed out, “Objectively, this time, the President’s Budget Request is written — how would I describe — it’s much lazier…There are typos; they refer to 2026 instead of 2027, and they left out some language arbitrarily. It’s sort of cut and paste without paying attention.”
Interestingly, the proposal comes at a time when NASA launched the Artemis II lunar mission. It was also the first crewed flight beyond low-Earth orbit since 1972. NASA further asserted that Artemis II was just the beginning of an array of space missions in the future.
Originally written by Sourav Chakraborty on Mandatory.
