In April 2026, while the crew of Artemis 2 was still travelling around the Moon, the Trump administration put forward a budget proposal to gut NASA. This week, we’re joined by space policy analyst and host of the Talking Space podcast, Gene Mikulka, to go over the threats to space science and the grassroots resistance to the cuts. Check out the <a href="https://www.talkingspaceonline.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Talking Space podcast</a> here and follow <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/genejm1017.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Gene on Bluesky!</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1shlLZP6sA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Astronauts for America interview</a><a href="https://failuretolaunch.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Find our merch store here!</a><a href="http://www.patreon.com/failuretolaunch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Support FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and join our Discord community!</a>FTL theme song by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@djdanarchy/featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DJ Danarchy</a>

The Coup of OKB-1 (w. Joe Kassabian)

This is a podcast about all the mistakes, failures, and explosions that made space exploration possible.