Defense & policy · first seen 29 Aug, updated 29 Aug
Trump targeted the Roman Space Telescope for cancellation or crippling cuts four separate times — Congress protected it each time, and the observatory that repeatedly faced extinction is now scheduled to launch nine months early aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
Three Trump budgets proposed terminating WFIRST/Roman and a fourth proposed a severe late-stage cut. Congress repeatedly funded the observatory through to launch. The post Trump targeted the Roman Space Telescope for cancellation or crippli…
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