Aki Roberge
akiroberge.bsky.social
Aki Roberge
@akiroberge.bsky.social
Astrophysicist studying planet formation and space telescope concepts. SciFi / fantasy fan.
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If you are concerned about the proposed 50% cut to #nasa's science budget, then write your representative in congress. The #planetarysociety provides on online form that will only take 2 minutes of your time:

https://www.planetary.org/advocacy-action-center#/50
March 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Here are our 5 bullet points of what we did this week; keep in mind that NASA receives less than 1% of the entire federal budget.

1 week. All in 1 week. 🚀🚀

1. NASA installs heat shield on first private spacecraft bound for Venus

phys.org/news/2025-02...
NASA installs heat shield on first private spacecraft bound for Venus
Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and their partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Rocket Lab's Venus mission will be the first private mission to the planet.
phys.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM