Be a Space Advocate

Though active grassroots campaigns, Planetary Society Members influence political decisions and ensure future space exploration. We won the battle to save a mission to Pluto and we fought to keep Voyager and the Hubble Space Telescope alive. Now we are rallying to save planetary science in NASA, which is facing a devasting budget cut of more than $300 million. NASA will be forced to wind down its exploration of Mars and give up on flying missions to the outer planets. When you join your voice to those of others who want to keep our exploring spacecraft flying, you will be heard by governments and space agencies, and together we will keep scientific exploration alive.

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Take Action Alert: Tell Congress to Save Our Science!

NASA’s Science program—including Planetary Science—is slated for drastic cuts in the proposed U.S. budget for fiscal year 2013. NASA has already been forced to largely back out of planned missions to Mars with the European Space Agency in 2016 and 2018. Any future flagship missions to the outer planets will be gone. NASA’s proud tradition of planetary discovery will be devastated.

Congress is now considering this proposed budget. There is still time to restore the needed portion of NASA’s budget to the planetary science program and prevent these destructive cuts. Please take action now by sending a message to your Congressional representatives: Save Our Science to keep NASA’s crucial discoveries coming!

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Planetary Society Statement on Proposed Cuts to Planetary Science

Today, on behalf of its tens of thousands of members around the world, The Planetary Society submitted written testimony to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the U.S. Senate for its hearing on "Priorities, Plans, and Progress of the Nation's Space Program."

Thirty Percent for Science: Planetary Society Calls for Increased Investment for the Future

The Planetary Society has called on the U.S. Administration to rebalance NASA's portfolio of programs and missions so that Science is given 30 percent of the agency's budget. "Science is the best place to invest in NASA, Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye said, "In this era of constrained budgets, we must invest in areas with the greatest possible returns."

NASA Budget Pushes Science to the Brink

The U.S. Administration is proposing a budget for Fiscal Year 2013 that would force NASA to walk away from planned missions to Mars, delay for decades any flagship missions to the outer planets, and radically slow the pace of scientific discovery, including the search for life on other worlds.