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One effect of the Republican takeover of the House will be a renewed push to cut the national deficit, a much needed and overdue change in policy. However, according to Space Policy Online, one deficit-cutting plan being contemplated would impose severe cuts in NASA’s budget, placing many of its programs, especially the Artemis return to the moon program, in peril. The plan would cut discretionary non-defense spending across the board, rolling it back to fiscal 2022 levels. The plan would cut NASA spending from $25.4 billion to $24 billion. House Republicans should think of another way of cutting the deficit...
