Space exploration is an expensive hobby, everyone knows that, but far fewer people know how many inventions are making our daily lives easier, thanks to space exploration. However, according to NASA's new draft budget, the Hubble Space Telescope's budget may decrease in the coming years, after the James Webb Space Telescope takes over some missions, and other projects may be shut down as well.
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It is a normal part of space missions that sooner or later they will end. This can happen for a number of reasons: parts can fail, the device can run out of fuel, or even so much dust can build up on the device that it can't charge itself through its solar cells.
However, in the case of the Hubble Space Telescope, there may be another, less dramatic reason behind this: lack of money.
the Article by IFLScience According to NASA, it has submitted its budget plan for 2025, which amounts to $25,383,700,000 – the same amount as in previous years.
Which means that NASA's budget, in real terms, is constantly decreasing.
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Converted, this equates to 9.203 billion Hungarian forints, which is a huge amount, but at the same time it represents only 0.4 percent of the US budget for 2025.
An interesting comparison: While NASA receives 34 cents out of every $100, the defense budget receives orders of magnitude more money, $12.26.
NASA's draft also provides insight into the future of the programs.
Important NASA projects
- Chandra: The Chandra project will be 25 years old in June, and was originally planned for just 5 years at the space agency. However, according to NASA, Chandra has become more difficult to operate in recent years, requiring a lot of manual intervention to perform tasks, which also makes data processing complex. Its budget will be $41.1 million in 2025, falling to $26.6 million in 2026 and only $5.2 million in 2029.
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- Hubble: A similar fate may await the Hubble Space Telescope: In 2025, the project's budget will be reduced by 5 percent, and further cost reductions can be expected in the following years, as the James Webb Space Telescope takes over certain missions. .
Since NASA has recently had to fight for every penny with decision makers, it is possible that there will be more budget adjustments in the future and less money going to Hubble as well.
- the passenger: By contrast, the budget for the Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 spacecraft will be increased next year — from $6.5 million to $7 million — and will likely spend even more in 2029. Voyager-1 is currently experiencing technical problems, not It is not yet clear how it can be solved.
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