The scientific community was appalled by the news that president Donald Trump's administration was looking to deal a devastating blow to NASA's science budget. In its 2026 budget request, released last month, the White House announced it was looking to more than half funding for NASA's science directorate, leading to overwhelming and practically unanimous criticism from the scientific community, as well as both Republican and Democrat lawmakers. The "skinny" budget calls to end operations of several spacecraft currently orbiting Mars, including Mars Odyssey, a probe that has been orbiting the Red Planet for a record 24 years, and Maven (Mars […]