4月11日讯,两位知情人士透露,根据美国总统特朗普提交给国会的预算提案初稿,美国国家航空航天局(NASA)的科学预算可能被削减近一半,此举将终止价值数十亿美元的正在进行的和未来的任务。知情人士表示,美国白宫管理和预算办公室(OMB)的预算计划将为NASA科学任务理事会拨款39亿美元,低于目前约73亿美元的预算。NASA的天体物理学预算将遭受重创,从约15亿美元降至4.87亿美元,行星科学预算将从27亿美元降至19亿美元。
NASA and SpaceX plan to hold an event on the launch of a manned rocket on March 12.
NASA said that the Artemis Lunar Landing Program 2 mission has been moved to April 2026, and the 3 mission has now been moved to mid-2027.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman as director of Nasa.
Reports of frequent contacts between billionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin should be investigated and many US agencies "would be concerned" if true, the head of NASA said on Friday, following a Wall Street Journal report that Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2022.
NASA and SpaceX plan to complete the separation from the space station on or after 9:05 PM Eastern Time on October 22.
Ken Tejonassam, a portfolio analyst, said the slightly higher-than-expected US CPI data "added more uncertainty to the market". He said inflation was proving trickier than the Fed had expected, especially in areas such as housing, healthcare and motor vehicle insurance. "While inflation has come down from its peak, it's not cooling fast enough, which is the key issue." The strategist said the data made it harder for the Fed to justify another 50 basis points cut this year.