American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
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The AAS Public Policy team uses the Policy Blog to communicate with the membership about current events in the science policy world. Most policy blog posts are written by the John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow. The AAS was established in 1899 and based in Washington, DC. Our membership of about 7,700 individuals also includes physicists, mathematicians, geologists, engineers, and others..
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
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On 11 March, the White House released its President's Budget Request (PBR) for FY25, which includes detailed funding priorities for NASA. In this post, we dig into what the PBR has in store for NASA's Science Mission ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
1M ago
In a new feature, the AAS Policy Blog hosts a series of posts written by guest authors who assess our progress on decadal priorities and identify new opportunities and challenges for the coming decade. This week, Bethany ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
1M ago
Congress has just released the latest budget agreement for its fiscal year 2024 (FY24) funding. In this post, we take a closer look at what this budget agreement means for key NASA missions ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
1M ago
Cuts to NSF in FY24 Appropriations are deep. What will this mean for astronomy, as well as our current and future telescopes and observatories ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
1M ago
The AAS Policy Blog will have a series of posts written by guest authors who will assess our progress on the decadal priorities and identify new opportunities and challenges for the coming decade. This week, Daniel Baker ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
3M ago
Congressional Visits Day (CVD) is an opportunity for AAS members to advocate for their science with policy makers in Washington, DC. The deadline to sign up for AAS CVD 2024 is Friday, 2 February ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
4M ago
The upcoming New Orleans meeting will be jam-packed with interesting sessions covering all aspects of astronomy. In this post, we highlight some of the policy-related sessions that you can look forward to attending ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
5M ago
The White House recently released a proposal for legislation on commercial space authorization and regulation. Here we take a look at the proposal and highlight what it would mean for astronomy ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
5M ago
The last few months have seen significant legislative action on space activities. In this blog post we discuss these bills, their impact on our community, and the steps the AAS has been taking to advocate our needs to ..read more
American Astronomical Society Policy Blog
7M ago
With just a few weeks left until the deadline to avert a government shutdown, John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow Yaswant Devarakonda discusses how we got here and what we can expect to happen next ..read more