Matt Hourihan
@matthourihan.bsky.social
Dad (x3) and hub (x1). R&D policy @ AAU.
The smartest bed is the dumbest bed, as it turns out.
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The smartest bed is the dumbest bed, as it turns out.
Should have been Episodes 7, 8 and 9.
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Should have been Episodes 7, 8 and 9.
Strong statement from Appropriations Chair Collins. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
Senator Collins’ Statement on President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026 | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
May 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Strong statement from Appropriations Chair Collins. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
NSF thread below. bsky.app/profile/davi...
This from Jeffrey Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social) on NSF budget request: Trump has proposed cutting NSF's budget by more than half, to $4B, in FY 2026. The math in his "skinny" budget request is hard to follow, so here's a quick analysis:
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NSF thread below. bsky.app/profile/davi...
Aeronautics (-37%) and Space Technology (-48%) suffer as well -- cuts to sustainable aviation, advanced propulsion, other unidentified R&D. These are underappreciated bits of the US tech ecosystem.
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Aeronautics (-37%) and Space Technology (-48%) suffer as well -- cuts to sustainable aviation, advanced propulsion, other unidentified R&D. These are underappreciated bits of the US tech ecosystem.
NASA science and tech is ugly too.
*Science Directorate* gets a massive cut (-47%) as feared. Mars Sample Return is canceled, climate monitoring satellites canceled, Landsat restructured.
*Office of STEM Engagement* -- which runs Space Grant -- is zeroed out.
*Science Directorate* gets a massive cut (-47%) as feared. Mars Sample Return is canceled, climate monitoring satellites canceled, Landsat restructured.
*Office of STEM Engagement* -- which runs Space Grant -- is zeroed out.
May 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NASA science and tech is ugly too.
*Science Directorate* gets a massive cut (-47%) as feared. Mars Sample Return is canceled, climate monitoring satellites canceled, Landsat restructured.
*Office of STEM Engagement* -- which runs Space Grant -- is zeroed out.
*Science Directorate* gets a massive cut (-47%) as feared. Mars Sample Return is canceled, climate monitoring satellites canceled, Landsat restructured.
*Office of STEM Engagement* -- which runs Space Grant -- is zeroed out.