President - elect Donald Trump plans to stop all research into climate change by Nasa , according to one of his senior advisers , Bob Walker . “It could put us back into the ‘dark ages’ of almost the pre-satellite era,” he said. As part of a crackdown on “ politicized science ” , Nasa ’s Space Science Division will lose funding , which was expected to increase to $ 5000 next year , in favor of deep space exploration . During the election campaign , Trump pledged to completely explore the solar system by the close of the century . Nasa is currently a world leader in research into climate phenomena and its satellites are vital for collecting information on climate change .
President - elect Donald Trump plans to stop all research into climate change by Nasa , according to one of his senior advisers , Bob Walker . As part of a crackdown on “ politicized science ” , Nasa ’s Space Science Division will lose funding , which was expected to increase to $ 5000 next year , in favor of deep space exploration . During the election campaign , Trump pledged to completely explore the solar system by the close of the century . Nasa is currently a world leader in research into climate phenomena and its satellites are vital for collecting information on climate change .