U.S. space science in flux: Grant rules, rockets, and reorganization

U.S. space science in flux: Grant rules, rockets, and reorganization

Between budget battles, proposed grant rule changes, and an exploding Blue Origin rocket, there's a lot to cover in U.S. space policy right now. Jack Kiraly, The Planetary Society's director of government relations, joins host Sarah Al-Ahmed to walk through a cascade of developments affecting NASA and the broader U.S. science community, including a proposed rule change at the Office of Management and Budget that would hand control of federal research grant decisions to political appointees, bypassing the peer review process that has underpinned U.S. science for decades. Kiraly also discusses a major reorganization at NASA, a new competition for the management of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the fallout from the New Glenn explosion, and what it means for the future of Artemis.

Plus, in What's Up, the names of the Artemis III crew are revealed.

Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2026-us-space-science-in-flux

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