Another year and another planetary society day of action.

This week on planetary radio.

I'm Sarah Al Ahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the Human Adventure

across our solar system and beyond. Every year, passionate space advocates from the United States travel to Washington, D.C.

to ensure that their vision for the future of space exploration gets the funding and the support that it needs.

Nearly 100 advocates gathered this year on Monday, April 29th,

2024 to call for increased funding and better support for NASA's

groundbreaking science programs. Today we'll dive into what happened during this year's day of action and why it matters.

You'll hear from members of the Planetary Society staff, space advocates from across the United

States and various Congress people, including the co-chairs

of the Congressional Planetary Science Caucus, Representatives Don Bacon and Judy Chu.

We'll close out our show with the great Dr Bruce Betts for What's Up.

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place within it. This year was a little different from previous days of action,

and not just because I was there for the first time,

with NASA space facing cuts for the first time in a decade

and a proposed budget that doesn't quite meet the needs of the United States ambitious space program.

Advocates found themselves energized to make their voices heard.

They had a lot to say about supporting missions like Mars Sample Return, the Dragonfly Mission to Titan,

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