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President Trump’s Wannabe Space Race Saves NASA’s Funding—For Now

SPACE CASE

The president wants to massively cut most nonmilitary R&D—except for NASA. An interview with ‘How We’ll Live on Mars’ author Stephen Petranek reveals why.

David Ewing Duncan
David Ewing Duncan
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