The Obama administration’s proposed budget has deep cuts for NASA funding. NASA is taking to the kitchen and the streets in order to draw attention to the drastic cuts. Bake sales, car washes and more are planned for tomorrow nationwide.
Car washes, bake sales 6/9: 20 such events across the country in an effort to save NASA planetary science projectshttp://t.co/QLOJny7P
— The SETI Institute (@SETIInstitute) June 8, 2012
It really has come to this: Scientists to Hold Bake Sale for NASA Saturday – http://t.co/c1ztZdCd via @YahooNews
— motorharp (@motorharp) June 8, 2012
More from Yahoo! News:
Scientists are trading telescopes for aprons this week to sell Milky Way cupcakes, Saturn cake, and chocolate chip Opportunity cookies in an effort to salvage U.S. planetary science projects.
The 2013 budget proposal submitted by the Obama administration earlier this year would cut funding for NASA‘s planetary science projects by about $300 million. While Congress is still deliberating over the federal budget, groups of scientists are planning a series of demonstrations — in the form of bake sales, car washes and other events — for Saturday (June 9) to plead their case.
Though planet-studying spacecraft usually cost millions, or even billions, of dollars, every penny helps. That’s the reasoning behind the Planetary Exploration Car Wash and Bake Sale to be held by University of Central Florida students and professors who hope to sway lawmakers into providing more money for studying the solar system. It is one of nearly 20 planned demonstrations for Saturday at sites across the country, organizers said.
“We’re not asking for more of the pie, we’re asking for less of a bite out of the pie,” Laura Seward, a graduate student at the university who organized the event, said in a statement. “A strong robotic planetary exploration program is essential for a strong human planetary exploration program.”
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Nice touch using Obama’s own “piece of the pie” wording against him. Well done!
We suppose Obama thinks NASA has enough “thingamajigs.”
Scientists to hold bake sale for NASA. I'm sure there'll be plenty of Moon Pies.
— Warren Holstein (@WarrenHolstein) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/JohnnyAWhat/status/211112022824329216
Groan! We still giggled, though.
Twitter users are upset that NASA must resort to this to draw attention to its needs, but most are giving NASA props for originality.
This annoys me so much, that NASA needs a bake sale to afford projects. http://t.co/GAKS1chM
— David H (@crypticscholar) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/liz_gorman/status/211099289324236801
This is the world Libertarians want us to live in: http://t.co/oYcSLwA5
— GUY aka John Small Berries (@superdeformed) June 8, 2012
Scientists are holding a bake sale for NASA. This is how bad things have gotten in the US. http://t.co/sjCRyMmJ
— Gregory Gay (@Greg4cr) June 8, 2012
Protest fundraising: #nasa bake sales in response to #science cuts. Would it work to @SaveTheELA @SaveEC? http://t.co/QWE8VLZd cc @JJVenky
— Dr. Linda Campbell (@LM_Campbell) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/EJMagic24/status/211100225539026944
https://twitter.com/KyleHorner/status/211108265508093952
Yes. Well done, scientists!
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