{
  "id": 10728826,
  "title": "NASA has Underspent on Research and Analysis for 15 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/nasa-has-underspent-on-research-and-analysis-for-15-years",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T16:16:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eos",
    "slug": "eos",
    "url": "https://eos.org/research-and-developments/nasa-has-underspent-on-research-and-analysis-for-15-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NASA has consistently underspent on research and analysis (R&A) programs for 15 years, despite recommendations from community-led decadal surveys and directives by Congress. According to recent investigative research, R&A spending has remained flat while actual value has decreased by 30% since Fiscal Year 2011. Mark Sykes, a planetary scientist, discovered that NASA spent significantly less than the recommended amounts throughout this period.",
  "summary": "Spending for NASA’s research and analysis programs has remained relatively flat for 15 years, ignoring recommendations from community-led decadal surveys and directives by Congress.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}