Republican space officials criticize “mindless” NASA science cuts

But this week, three prominent Republican space policy officials broke their silence. All three men have played an important role in setting Republican space policy over the last decade. Slashing the SunThe cuts were part of a "passback" proposal sent to NASA leadership by the White House Office of Management and Budget two weeks ago. "Certainly, the space agency needs to modernize and reform practices and personnel management—but not at the expense of world-class science programs," the Republican officials wrote this week. "Deep cuts to NASA’s science programs would be the end of America’s leadership in space science.