Trump Breaks NASA Briefing to Credit Space Telescope He Tried to Cancel
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President Trump interrupted NASA’s post-launch briefing for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to congratulate the agency and claim funding, a moment that echoes his earlier attempts to cancel or slash funding for NASA’s science missions; Congress shielded Roman from cuts, and Trump later signed an order establishing a U.S. Space Academy.
Topics:science#budget-cuts#donald-trump#nancy-roman-space-telescope#nasa#space-and-spaceflight#spaceflight
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