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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch

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NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has been directed to prepare for up to 20% in budget cuts that would touch on every aspect of the observatory's operations.

NASA 's $25.4 billion budget request for 2025 set aside $317 million to fund the Webb space telescope.

The Hubble Space Telescope program is facing a potential 20% budget cut of its own.

Hubble and Chandra X-ray Observatory are facing the end of their mission.

Tariq Malik is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and co-host of the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle .

He is also an Eagle Scout and has the Space Exploration merit badge.

Trump has nominated billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA administrator.

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