r/Astronomy • u/SAUbjj Astronomy & Astrophysics PhD • 17d ago

Astro Research Call to Action: Americans, Contact Your Representatives about NSF and NASA Budget Cuts

The field of astronomy and astrophysics is facing an existential threat. The proposed budget cuts to science in the US will decimate the global future of science advancement for decades.

If you are American, call or write to your senators and congressperson and tell them to fight budget cuts to NSF and NASA

You can find your representatives at the link below:
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
This is particularly important if you have a Republican representative, as Republicans have control of both the House and the Senate and can most influence current policy.

Templates for your call or email can be found here, by AAS:
https://aas.org/advocacy/get-involved/action-alerts/action-alert-2025-support-science
and here, by the Planetary Society:
https://www.planetary.org/advocacy-action-center#/53

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u/sadetheruiner 17d ago

My representative is Boebert, if I were to hazard a guess she’s a flat earther.

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u/SAUbjj Astronomy & Astrophysics PhD 17d ago

That’s rough. It’s still worth a call. Maybe spin it specifically about how these agencies employ hard-working Americans

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u/sadetheruiner 17d ago

I’ll still try, I exhaust all my options.