NASA budget cuts angered the U.S. space scientists.

<P> Compared with the ecstatic material scientists, the U.S. space scientists are now extremely angry and disappointed. .National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) budget in the recently held a press conference announced that its scientific part of the budget in 2007 to 2010 the growth rate will be reduced by 17%. .Although the Bush administration's budget to go through Congress, but it is certain that: from planetary exploration, Mars sample return to the individual research projects, many already-planned projects may be abandoned. .NASA's science budget deeply angered the United States of astronomers and planetary scientists, they say budget cuts will cause irreparable loss, and force young people to leave the area. .</ P> <P> submitted to Congress in the budget, NASA's budget is 168 billion dollars, the 2006 budget has increased 1%, NASA's science budget increased slightly in 2007, but in the next 5 years .will be reduced. .Griffin on the budget Feb. 6 news conference explained that the science budget cuts are needed to pay for the shuttle to complete the International Space Station shuttle flight costs. .He regretted to say: "This is what we need." NASA's science budget is currently 52.5 billion, and expects to reach 6.8 billion by 2010, Griffin said NASA's science funding in the past 10 years has increased significantly .But "we can not afford this in the future growth." .</ P> <P> Alan Boss is a planetary scientist at Washington Carnegie, NASA science budget, he said the reduction would be detrimental to the U.S. space science, like superconducting super collider project was canceled in 1993, the physical .significant impact resulting from the same study, the project investment of $ 2,000,000,000 in and forced to interrupt. .He said: "The high-energy physics community has yet to recover from the blow." </ P> <P> scientists to thank Secretary Mike Griffin NASA's efforts to balance the budget. .However, the University of Arizona planetary scientist Jonathan Lunine of scientific funding for the NASA space shuttle for the aging and deeply "confused and frustrated," he said: "It looks like NASA is in its use of resources rather than success on the failure." .</ P> <P> Charles Beichman, California Institute of Technology that bear the brunt of the impact of the new planetary exploration, which is particularly attractive to young scientists. .NASA is to "search for terrestrial planets were" project to develop new technologies, the project cost in 2007 was $ 10,000,000 has been arranged. .It now appears that the budget will be erased. .NASA claimed that the "search for terrestrial planets are" project will be "postponed indefinitely." .</ P> <P> scientists are not only the size of science funding cuts angry, but also to make way for the decision and the announcement means angry. .Space Science Institute, said planetary scientist Heidi Hammel, NASA's advisory committee last year, virtually no work, so we do not know how to make the decision to cut, it sounds like a black-box operation. .</ P> <P> Fiona Harrison, California Institute of Technology has a detection project - NuSTAR X-ray astronomy satellite, after two years of preparation is about to start later, she was in the budget news conference that her project was canceled ., this unexpected interruption to make her feel inexplicably. .She estimated that some 200 NASA scientists plan to appeal or submit a letter of protest. .American Astronomical Society President Craig Wheeler said, the Institute will require NASA's science programs should work with other research institutions to increase the 2007 budget to enjoy the same rights as generous. .</ P> </ p>.