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Looking back: Space policy and advocacy in 2025
2025 was one of the most consequential years for space policy in modern U.S. history.
In this special year-in-review episode, Planetary Radio takes a deep dive into what happened behind the scenes in U.S. space policy and advocacy as NASA faced unprecedented proposed cuts to its science programs. With nearly half of NASA’s science budget at risk, dozens of missions threatened, and months of leadership uncertainty at the agency, this year became a defining moment for the future of space science.
Sarah Al-Ahmed is joined by Casey Dreier, chief of space policy at The Planetary Society…
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