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Trump wants NASA out of space station by 2025, businesses in
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025, and private businesses running the place instead.
Under President Trump’s 2019 proposed budget released today, US government funding for the space station would cease by 2025. The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development.
Many in the space arena have already expressed concern. Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat who rocketed into orbit in 1986, said it makes no sense to walk away from the space station.
NASA has spent close to $100 billion on the orbiting outpost since the 1990s.
Altogether, the budget seeks to increase NASA’s budget slightly, to $19.6 billion.
— AP
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