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fromTheregister
2 weeks agoCongress saves NASA budget, kills Mars sample mission
US Congress has rejected plans to slash NASA's science budget, restoring most funding with one notable exception: Mars Sample Return remains cancelled. A joint explanatory statement was released earlier this month, and lawmakers have passed the bill. The legislation, passed with 82 senators voting for it, 15 against, and three abstaining, reverses an earlier proposal that would have cut NASA's overall budget by nearly 25 percent and halved science spending - potentially shutting down many active missions.
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fromNature
2 weeks agoDaily briefing: The neural circuit that can make it hard to start a difficult task
A neural 'motivation brake' reduces willingness to begin unpleasant tasks; suppressing it in macaques increased initiation, suggesting potential implications for treating motivation deficits in depression.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month agoJared Isaacman Confirmed to Head NASA at Pivotal Moment for the Space Agency
After a year of back and forth, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire who has paid to go to space twice, to head the space agency. His confirmation comes at a pivotal moment for NASA, which is under mounting pressure from both budget cuts and technical hurdles that together could scuttle its most ambitious missions.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 months agoJPL's rough ride: Can California's shining star of space science recover?
Designing the system to return Mars samples to Earth at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - the Southern California lab that pioneered American rocketry and the scientific exploration of our solar system - was her dream job. As she worked toward degrees in mechanical engineering, she watched JPL launches and became enamored with the photos the lab took on Mars.
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