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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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May 08, 2017
Planetary Society CEO, President Respond to the Signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017A statement in response to the enactment of HR.244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017.
Mar 30, 2017
Bill Nye Joins March for Science as Honorary Co-chair, SpeakerThe Planetary Society today announced that CEO Bill Nye (The Science Guy®) will join the global March for Science as a speaker and honorary Co-chair.
Mar 10, 2017
World Premiere of “Bill Nye: Science Guy” Film at SXSW Film FestivalBill Nye is retiring his kid show act in a bid to become more like his late professor, astronomer Carl Sagan. Can Bill show the world why science matters in a culture increasingly indifferent to evidence?
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