Depressing but not very surprising.
Eliminate climate monitoring. Done
Continue to bankroll hugely expensive NASA owned launcher without any missions (because NASA is not budgeted for both the launcher and payloads so big they need it). Done
Cancel asteroid capture mission because they are too stupid or short sighted to realize that's the best way to get around the Solar System (not just Mars) with massive (metres thick) radiation shielding. Done.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
