Trump targeted the Roman Space Telescope for cancellation or crippling cuts four separate times — Congress protected it each time, and the observatory that repeatedly faced extinction is now scheduled to launch nine months early aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, after Trump budgets proposed canceling or cutting the mission four times while Congress kept funding it through to launch. The observatory carries a 2.4 m wide field of view primary mirror with a Wide-Field Instrument and Coronagraphic Instrument to study dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
Three Trump budgets proposed terminating WFIRST/Roman and a fourth proposed a severe late-stage cut. Congress repeatedly funded the observatory through to launch. The post Trump targeted the Roman Space Telescope for cancellation or crippling cuts four separate times — Congress protected it each time, and the observatory that repeatedly faced extinction is now scheduled to launch nine months early aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. appeared first on Space Daily .
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