Agency-by-agency highlights of Trump's 2019 budget
February 14, 2018
Highlights from President Donald Trump's budget for fiscal year 2019, released Monday.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025 and to have private businesses running the place instead.
Under Trump's 2019 proposed budget, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025. The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development.
Many space experts are expressing concern. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat who rocketed into orbit in 1986, said "turning off the lights and walking away fro...
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