-Would effectively eliminate the space science program for the future. Canceled would be the last of the Great Observatories, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility and the Contour Mission to explore the nuclei of comets. Cancel all future Explorer and Discovery-class space probes. Would "eliminate" future generations of space scientists. Cancel Mars 2003 mission, Mars sample return mission of 2005. Eliminate all outer planetary missions such as the Europa Orbiter, Pluto Express, Origins Program, Next-Generation Space Telescope, Space Interferometer Mission, STERO Sun-Earth connections mission, Solar-B probe, Solar probe.

SPACE SCIENCE RESEARCH: $120 million cut

-Thousands of university grants, study contracts, and NASA field center agreements with universities and researchers.

EARTH SCIENCE: $285 million cut

-Slash the technology infusion effort, Earth Observing System follow-on programs, cancel Earth System Science Pathfinder, threaten weather, climate, and natural disaster prediction efforts. Would hamper the distribution of EOS data products from the first generation of EOS spacecraft now set for launch. Also threatened would be reliable forecasting of such weather patterns as El Nino, seasonal and regional temperature and precipitation studies, hurricane and storm analyses, and other environmental research programs.

GLOBE and TRIANA: terminated

-Elimination of the GLOBE destroys a network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. More than 10,000 participating schools effected by the cut. Triana would end a first-ever space project to study sunrise-to-sunset observations of changes to ozone, aerosols, and ultra-violet radiation reaching the Earth.

SPACE SHUTTLE: $150 million cut

-Cancel or reschedule missions, fewer missions per year, and force a reevaluation of the International Space Station assembly manifest.

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: $100 million cut

-Delay the development of the station crew rescue vehicle, forcing increased reliance upon the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in the interim for astronaut emergency escape.

MISSION SUPPORT-$225 million cut

-Deferral of all construction programs. Cause increases in power outages from existing equipment, electrical failures, leaking roofs, structural failures, and marginally safe equipment and utility tunnels. Would be forced to conduct agency-wide furlough of three weeks, eliminate all workforce hiring, and cause forced separations of personnel.