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Senate Report: The Destruction of NASA\u2019s Mission <\/p>\n
Keith\u2019s note: the following report was issued today: \u201cThe Destruction of NASA\u2019s Mission\u201d Whistleblowers reveal OMB\u2019s Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency \u2013 U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member Full report <\/a>. \u2014 Excerpt below<\/a>.<\/p>\n NASA stunned the world and inspired generations on the day Americans first set foot on the moon. Since then, NASA\u2019s breakthroughs and discoveries have superpowered America\u2019s innovation economy, achieved global leadership in space technology, leveraged earth sciences to protect the American public from natural disasters, and pushed the boundaries of knowledge about the origins of our universe with stunning images collected by space-based telescopes.<\/p>\n NASA has always been, at its core, an elite science agency.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s motto is fittingly \u201cFor the Benefit of All.\u201d We all benefit from NASA\u2019s research and technology development that leads to ever more capable weather satellites. For example, next generation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellites, as developed by NASA, include new instruments that greatly improve the ability to forecast severe weather events and detect wildfires\u2014saving lives and preventing further destruction when disasters hit.<\/p>\n We all benefit from NASA\u2019s Earth science satellites, which track drought conditions, inform emergency response operations, and fortify national resilience. And we all benefit from NASA\u2019s fundamental research that continuously expands our understanding of the cosmos. For a quarter-century, the Chandra X-Ray Telescope, one of NASA\u2019s \u201cGreat Observatories,\u201d has collected invaluable data on black holes, supernovas, dark matter, and stellar evolution.<\/p>\n Today, all of this progress is at risk. While our nation is rightly focused on winning the race against China to return to the moon, it would be a Pyrrhic victory to simply plant another American flag on the lunar surface without staying to establish a U.S. base and carry out the science and experiments that are an essential part of NASA\u2019s mission. We need this permanent presence to foster the innovations that will enable the next era of space exploration and utilization to benefit all of humanity. There is simply no winning the space race without fully funding NASA science, research, and development.<\/p>\n As part of Ranking Member Cantwell\u2019s oversight of the potential impacts of President Trump\u2019s budget request (PBR) for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26), Democratic staff on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation have uncovered evidence of an illegal plot already in motion. Based on whistleblower documents and interviews, this staff report finds that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been directing NASA\u2014since early summer\u2014 to begin implementing the devastating cuts demanded in President Trump\u2019s proposed budget for FY26, in clear violation of the Constitution and without regard for the impacts on NASA\u2019s science missions and workforce.<\/p>\n While this report documents the illegal destruction happening at NASA, there can be no doubt the Trump Administration is trying to execute similar plans at agencies across the federal government.\u2019<\/p>\n