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A draft budget proposal would end support for the International Space Station (ISS) by 2025. The U.S. was previously committed to operating at the ISS until 2024:
The Trump administration is preparing to end support for the International Space Station program by 2025, according to a draft budget proposal reviewed by The Verge. Without the ISS, American astronauts could be grounded on Earth for years with no destination in space until NASA develops new vehicles for its deep space travel plans.
The draft may change before an official budget request is released on February 12th. However, two people familiar with the matter have confirmed to The Verge that the directive will be in the final proposal. We reached out to NASA for comment, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
Also at the Wall Street Journal.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday January 26 2018, @03:47PM (1 child)
We have every right to expect them to be honored. We are entitled to our earned benefits.
You being entitled to something because of contracts doesn't mean squat when the government decides to renege.
Yes, you are a typical millennial that refuses to acknowledge such things.
You're being stupid. He's not refusing to acknowledge that, he's acknowledging *reality*: regardless of the legal issues, those funds will probably not be there by the time he retires, or maybe even when you do. It's not his doing, it's yours: your generation is the one that succeeds the most at the polls, and chooses most of our leaders.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @07:31PM
Nice blame passing there! How is it my fault if you people don't go out and vote?! And the people you vote for are just the same old democrats and republicans anyway. So you know where you can stuff it! This is what causes all our problems.