Trump's proposed NASA budget is a 'horrible threat to our future' in space, Planetary Society CEO says

The words "nasa national aeronauts and space administration" are etched into the stone facade of a building under a glass awning.

The new chief of the Planetary Society says she is prepared once again to fight NASA's science budget cuts, after helping the advocacy group do so last year.

Planetary Society CEO Jennifer Vaughn said the political environment is "so raucous" for space organizations like hers, in conversation with Space.com Editor-in-Chief Tariq Malik, along with Ad Astra editor-in-chief Rod Pyle, during the "This Week in Space" weekly podcast on Friday (April 24) that Malik and Pyle co-host.