US space scientists rage over axed projects


	US space scientists rage over axed projects

kmcolo

2-15-2006 2:36 PM

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<p id="aug">Tony Reichhardt</p><div id="abs"><a class="backtotop hidden" href="#top">Top<span class="hidden"> of page</span></a><h3 class="hidden">Abstract</h3><p class="lead">Critics say proposed cuts will devastate the field.</p></div><div id="articlebody"><p class="norm">Proposed cuts to NASA's science budget have unleashed a storm of anger from US astronomers and planetary researchers, who say the reductions would cause irreparable harm and drive young people from the field.</p><p class="norm">Under a NASA budget unveiled on 6 February (see <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439644a"><span class="i">Nature</span><span class="b">&nbsp;439</span>, 644; 2006</a>), growth in science spending between 2007 and 2010 would be slashed by 17%. The budget proposed by President George W. Bush has yet to be approved by Congress, but many planned projects — from planet searches to a Mars sample return, as well as scores of individual research grants — are likely to be scrapped (see <a href="#t1">'Some cuts proposed at NASA'</a>).</p></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/85919A15-0ACE-4F2B-9630-9120B520BB41/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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