Original title: US Astronomers Warn Research Cuts Are a Gift to China
00:00 Why the US versus China? Why is this a worry from a national security perspective, Bruce? Well, the U.S. has long been a leader in astronomy dating back to the end of World War Two. And it’s part of a broader push by the United States to invest in science. And, you know, there are lots of spillover effects from having those sorts of investments. China is making big investments in science. Now, there is concern among many scientists that the Trump administration’s plans to reduce spending, say, by the National Science Foundation, will have an effect not just on the projects themselves, but also on the scientific ecosystem of post-docs and graduate students and all the people who are there to make sense of all the data that gets generated. Bruce just read really quick. Is there any evidence that the US government kind of heeds the warning from the scientific community here in America? Well, we’re still waiting to find out just what the budget allocation will be. Of course, the budg