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

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

June 10, 2026 · 56 min

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Jack Kiraly discusses significant changes in U.S. space science funding and NASA's reorganization.

Jack Kiraly, The Planetary Society's director of government relations, joins Sarah Al-Ahmed to discuss proposed grant rule changes that could upend U.S. science funding, a major NASA reorganization, and the fallout from the destruction of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

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