Donald Trump administration will not announce its budget plans to the public for at least a few more weeks. However, the upper officials of public institutions began to be informed about the priorities of the president.

Of course, this includes NASA. As expected, the president’s plan for the space agency is to use NASA’s big budget more effectively. In other words, Trump NASA, “You spend the money uncontrolled,” he seems to greatly reduce the budget. According to a rumor, the White House plans to largely cut funds for science programs in the space agency.

According to information leaked from the White House, NASA’s budget will be cut by about half. But of course this is not precise information.

On the other hand, NASA managers warn that if the budget is reduced to half, this will be an unprecedented event in NASA and that countless scientific projects will have to close.

“Leave these things, focus on military affairs”

On the other hand, the US is currently competing with China in military and commercial terms, and space is the most important area in this contention. It is known that the country, which is strong in the space race, will be ahead of the world’s military race. Military experts argue that the United States is preparing to place armed satellites in space to hit Chinese satellites in space, technically, the United Nations rules are forbidden to send weapons into space. However, as you guessed, no one no longer takes the United Nations decisions seriously. On the other hand, China does not stand empty and rapidly implemented numerous space projects, including downloading robots to the Moon. China, like the US, is thought to have armed satellite projects to use when the time comes.

Considering all these details to the President of the United States, Trump may probably plan to give NASA to a budget for “focusing on military projects” by leaving “spending money for scientific work”.