The Atlantic points out that during his term, Trump systematically weakened one of the core scientific assets of the United States: NASA's planetary science missions, through budget cuts, project freezes, and administrative interventions. Political interference around key missions such as the return of Mars samples has placed these high-risk, high-reward scientific programs in uncertainty, even on the verge of being abandoned. For nearly 60 years, NASA has established a cross-planetary exploration system with relatively limited public investment, accumulating irrevocable scientific heritage for all humanity. The Trump administration's disregard for scientific missions has been criticized as a major destructive act, not only delaying specific project progress but also eroding America's long-term leadership in basic science and space exploration at a deeper level.
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