President Trump is proposing a $19.1 billion budget for NASA in 2018 that is about the same as the current year’s $19.3 billion allocation.
But Trump’s vision for NASA calls for some dramatic shifts from the priorities the space agency pursued under President Obama, according to a broad budget outline the White House released Thursday. Line-item details on the administration’s proposed spending plan for NASA and other executive branch agencies are expected in the coming weeks. The change in funding priorities would include a cut in Earth science programs, but support for a mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, elimination of education programs, but more resources to improve cybersecurity of the space program.
NASA funding to focus on outer space
2018 budget to be $19.1 billion