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Bill Nye put out an open call to President Obama recently, making a case for planetary sciences and exploration, explaining why the field is so very, very important to instrumental problem solving, innovation, jobs and the economy, mankind’s progress, as well as the U.S.’s national character. Over the years, NASA has faced an ebbing and flowing budget, buy Nye, the CEO of the Planetary Society, makes a case for a $1.5 billion budget for planetary science.
Despite the progress created by NASA’s planetary exploration program, the White House has proposed deep cuts to Planetary Science for 2014. Make your voice heard if you support the work of the program–
The campaign is still going on! Show your support for the planetary sciences with Bill Nye here: http://planetary.org/get-involved/be-a-space-advocate/
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