Nasa’s planned budget cuts could set back space science, but show how to future-proof the agency

By Loizos Heracleous, Professor of Strategy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

The 2026 Nasa budget proposal would slash around US$6 billion (£4.4 billion) in funding. This is a huge reduction, amounting to around 25% of recent Nasa budgets. The savings would mainly come from Nasa science programmes, potentially devastating high profile missions and international collaborations.

However, the budget proposal also represents an intentional redirection of Nasa’s focus by government through resource…

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