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NASA ends financial support for planetary-science advisory groups amid advisory-structure drawdown

NASA will end financial support for several planetary-science advisory groups as part of a broader drawdown of the agency’s advisory structure. The move withdraws funded, independent panels that advise on planetary missions and scientific priorities, reducing formal external input into NASA’s decision-making.

Discovered 2026-01-21T04:31:25.423032-08:00 | 2026-01-21T04:31:25.423032-08:00

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  • Removes funded external advisory capacity that helps set mission priorities and instrument selections at a time when NASA is already facing major program and budget pressures (see recent civil-space budget and program disruptions) (source:59be9443-e831-40a1-aeea-386d00663def).

  • Adds to a pattern of agency reductions that have included facility closures and divestments, raising near-term risks to continuity of science planning and institutional knowledge (source:01f4fc89-ca82-4b45-9401-4b5e5b88dfcf) (source:7e00e098-e558-4a6e-a7ae-7a9cebf36ae3).

  • Could complicate international mission partnerships and program timelines already stressed by funding decisions such as cuts affecting Mars Sample Return and potential impacts on ESA collaborations (source:a591fac8-8597-47e4-8fe5-28fef9d02c4) (source:4a9b7682-e9df-4316-bdc9-f180033102d4).

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Scientific American Leonard David SpaceNews.com
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