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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 21h

An initial recap of a wildly successful joint Day of Action:

www.planetary.org/articles/sav...

300 space advocates rally in D.C. to Save NASA Science

The Save NASA Science Day of Action drew nearly 300 people from across the United States to Washington, D.C., to promote space science and exploration.

www.planetary.org

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 2d

You can help: planetary.org/dayofaction

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 2d

Got to talk about our joint efforts to #SaveNASAScience during today’s Day of Action on ABC News:

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 2d

Today is our Save NASA Science Day of Action! You can take actions online to support the nearly 300 registered participants on the ground with me here in the D.C.

planetary.org/dayofaction

The Day of Action to Save NASA Science

Take action with us to help reject cuts that threaten NASA's science and exploration programs.

planetary.org

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 3d

The government may be shut down, but that won't stop our Save NASA Science Day of Action. Nearly 300 advocates are joining me here in D.C. on Monday to #SaveNASAScience

More: planetary.org/dayofaction

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 4d

Maxwell Zhu joined me on this month's Space Policy Edition podcast to discuss our recent work exploring the rapid expansion of China's space science program.

Listen here: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...

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Chandelis Duster @chandelis.bsky.social · 7d

“It would require turning off 20 space missions in space now that are returning good science. Literally just turning them off and letting them tumble into the darkness.”

@caseydreier.bsky.social at @planetarysociety.bsky.social warns what could happen if proposed NASA science cuts take place.

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 14d

With our new tool, we can see that NASA's MAVEN project — marked for termination next year — has received similar funding levels in 2025 as it did in 2024. A good sign for the project. More: www.planetary.org/mission-spen...

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 14d

Just published the **Mission Spending Tracker**, which analyzes and compares *monthly* expenditures for threatened NASA science missions. A great way to check for premature spending impacts on missions proposed for termination: www.planetary.org/mission-spen...

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 15d

It's been down for weeks, unfortunately.

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 20d

This builds upon a the bipartisan congressional letter released yesterday by Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA) and Don Bacon (R-NE): chu.house.gov/media-center...

Reps. Chu, Bacon Lead Colleagues in Urging House Appropriators to Explicitly Protect NASA Funding in Upcoming Continuing Resolution

Lawmakers warn a CR anomaly for NASA is needed to prevent the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from prematurely making dramatic cuts at NASA without the consent of Congress

chu.house.gov

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 20d

[BREAKING] The Planetary Society and 14 partner organizations released a joint letter calling for explicit NASA science protections in Congress's stopgap spending bill.

Read it here:

www.planetary.org/press-releas...

Coalition of science, education, and space organizations urges…

A coalition of science, education, labor, and space advocacy organizations today sent a joint letter to congressional appropriations leaders urging them…

www.planetary.org

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The Planetary Society @planetarysociety.bsky.social · 22d

JUST IN! Congress is considering a stopgap bill to keep the government open through Nov. 20. OMB is planning to cut billions from NASA during this, risking paid-for missions and thousands of jobs.

Tell Congress to protect NASA science and prevent these cuts: www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...

Advocacy Action Center

The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.

www.planetary.org

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 24d

As NASA faces unprecedented cuts to its science programs, we need to reframe the question from ‘What can we take from the Cosmos?’ to ‘What can the Cosmos give us if we bother to look?’

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 24d

In my latest piece for The Planetary Report, I argue that we’ve largely lost the rhetorical ability to defend the unquantifiable values of space exploration—beauty, curiosity, discovery—in the face of an unrelenting focus on utilitarian pragmatism.

www.planetary.org/articles/a-c...

A cosmic perspective worth fighting for

NASA's science budget is under threat. Here's what that could mean to the human endeavor of exploration.

www.planetary.org

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 26d

[DATA UPDATE]: The rate of new grants at NASA increased in August, but the agency is still on track to award nearly 20% fewer grants in 2025 vs 2024:

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 28d

Credit to Sean Duffy today for showing up today and getting excited about this potential biosignature discovery. He wasn't involved in this budget process, and this is an great moment to engage and build his excitement for NASA science. Huge opportunity for science community!

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 28d

- The FY 2026 budget also cancels two Mars orbiters that provide critical data relay services for Perseverance: MAVEN and Mars Odyssey. Does that hinder future operations?

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 28d

- If MSR is considered to be too expensive, why would sending humans be the preferred option? Will it cost less?
- China has plans to launch their Mars Sample Return in 2028 — the budget cancels America's MSR program — are we admitting that we can't keep pace at Mars?

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 28d

Here's what I hope to see answered in today's Mars discovery announcement:

- Perseverance is facing a 23% budget cut next year — will this be reconsidered?
- Will this reignite the effort to pursue MSR?
- If not, are humans expected to return these samples? When? Can humans land at Jezero?

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 28d

I'm very excited to welcome Ari Koeppel as our new (and first!) AAAS Policy Fellow. He will join us in D.C. to assist in our outreach and space policy efforts during this critical time.

And a huge THANK YOU to our members who enabled this new program.

Learn more:
www.planetary.org/articles/int...

Introducing Ari Koeppel, our first AAAS Policy Fellow

In a milestone that reflects our expanding advocacy and outreach presence in Washington, D.C., Ari Koeppel will join The Planetary Society as the…

www.planetary.org

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 29d

This will be an exciting announcement. But Perseverance is facing a 23% budget cut to operations in FY 2026 that will directly impact the ability to make more discoveries like this going forward.

www.nasa.gov/news-release...

NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding - NASA

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 10, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover

www.nasa.gov

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer is my guest on this month’s Space Policy Edition podcast. We discuss his feature article, “How NASA Engineered its Own Decline”, and much more. Don’t miss this one!

www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...

Space Policy Edition: Does the rise of Elon mean the fall of NASA?

Atlantic writer Franklin Foer joins the show to discuss how NASA enabled the rise of Elon Musk, and, in doing so, sowed the seeds of its own decline.

www.planetary.org

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · Sep 3

If our elected leaders truly believe we're in a new space race with China, then we cannot afford to abandon space science.

Read the NEW OP-ED by me and Maxwell Zhu today in Payload Space: payloadspace.com/op-ed-space-...

Op-ed: Space Science Is Part of the Space Race with China

Beijing is pressing ahead with an ambitious space science effort designed to close the gap with—or even exceed—US capabilities in the coming decades. If our elected leaders believe that America’s cont...

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · Sep 2

NASA's Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) website has been down for at least a week now — has anyone heard anything about why that may be the case?

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov

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