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Save NASA Science Press Conference On Monday, October 6, 2025, amid the government shutdown, leaders from 20 national science, education, and space organizations, led by The Planetary Society and its CEO Bill Nye, gathered with Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04) and invited Members of Congress at the U.S. Capitol to urge protection of NASA’s and the National Science Foundation’s science budgets. The White House’s proposed 47 percent cut to NASA’s science budget threatens an “extinction-level” event for space exploration.
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Dec 09, 2013
Bill Nye Calls on President Obama to Embrace Planetary Exploration for NASA’s FutureBill Nye the Science Guy and CEO of The Planetary Society sent President Barack Obama an open letter last week, asking him to move the country’s space program forward by embracing planetary exploration at NASA.
Apr 24, 2013
Planetary Society Testimony for Congressional NASA FY14 Budget HearingsThe Planetary Society's official testimony to Congress on the FY14 NASA Budget proposal.
Mar 05, 2013
The Planetary Society Stands Against the Sequester, Encourages a 2013 Omnibus BillThe Planetary Society joins the chorus of voices denouncing the implementation of the Sequester, the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts to almost all federal programs. We strongly encourage Congress replace the sequester and pass an omnibus spending bill for the remainder of 2013.
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