Ted Cruz pushes back on NASA budget cuts: 'I don't want to wake up one day and look up at the moon and realize the Chinese have beat us there'

HOUSTON — The Trump administration's latest budget proposal once again calls for steep cuts to NASA, and has set up a familiar clash with Congress over how the space agency should be funded. The White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 federal budget request on April 3 — just two days after the launch of NASA's Artemis 2 mission, while the four astronauts aboard Orion were still heading toward the moon . …