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NASA's acclaimed Science Program -- the "crown jewel" of the U.S. space agency -- is in danger!
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December 18, 2007: Congress Hears Our SOS!
The Planetary Society applauds Congress’ work on the omnibus Appropriations bill, which increases funding for planetary exploration and restores funds to science within a total $17.3 billion for NASA. This action to appropriate funds for 2008 comes three months into the fiscal year.

The science increase is especially gratifying to Planetary Society members, who have fought for two years to restore funding to NASA's science budget as part of the Society's Save Our Science! campaign.

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November 8 , 2007: Arecibo Statement - Protecting the Earth
On Thursday, November 8, 2007, The Planetary Society will present a statement to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics urging Congress to prevent Earth's largest radio telescope -- Arecibo -- from closing due to lack of funds, leaving the planet more vulnerable to a future meteorite impact.
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If we don't act now, space science in NASA will be gutted and crucial missions of exploration will be cancelled. It could be decades before we see another string of successes like the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Exploration Rovers, Cassini-Huygens, and Stardust.

The U.S. administration's proposed budget for 2007 drastically cuts NASA's science programs. Even now, before the cuts have been approved, NASA is eliminating funding for a mission to explore the ice world of Europa.

Join the Fight for Science and Exploration!

If we don't act now, space science in NASA will be gutted and crucial missions of exploration will be cancelled. It could be decades before we see another string of successes like the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Exploration Rovers, Cassini-Huygens, and Stardust.

The U.S. administration's proposed budget for 2007 drastically cuts NASA's science programs. Even now, before the cuts have been approved, NASA is eliminating funding for a mission to explore the ice world of Europa.



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This campaign is supported by:
Jim Bell / Richard Berendzen Baruch Blumberg Michael Brown James Cameron Sir Arthur Clarke Frank Drake Ann Druyan Louis Friedman Owen Garriott Heidi B. Hammel Shirley Hufstedler Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. Leon Lederman Jon Lomberg Geoff Marcy Bruce Murray Bill Nye the Science Guy Risto Pellinen Robert Picardo Donna Shirley Neil deGrasse Tyson Steven Weinberg
And thousands of Members of The Planetary Society all over the world.

This budget hurts the future of the Human Flight program and Science



The U.S. administration is defending the NASA budget, saying that it is growing. But the funds allocated for NASA are more than $1 billion less than those pledged a year ago in order to support the "Vision" and the rest of the NASA program. This year, NASA warned that increased shuttle cost estimates would require major cuts to Science and the U.S. administration agreed!

This is a woefully short-sighted decision. Cutting Science is ridiculous! It is the part of NASA that is working best, producing the most spectacular results, and leading the way of exploration. Do we really want to punish success?

This budget could also essentially stop human exploration in its tracks. The commitment to 17 more Shuttle flights could delay the sorely needed new Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), dooming us to Earth orbit for at least another two decades. The end result: this budget hurts the future of the Human Flight program and Science. It is literally the "worst of all possible worlds."

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