Thematically, more on the stupid budget, this time regarding NASA Earth Science

Because of the budget battling, and even after the loss of the Glory aerosol and solar energy measuring satellite, NASA's always-beleaguered Earth Science budget (and missions) are taking more hits for the team; now two promising missions are being put on the long-term shelf.

NASA cuts 2 Earth Science missions on White House orders

With U.S. President Barack Obama under pressure to rein in federal spending, the White House eliminated funding for the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) and Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice (DESDynI) missions, Steve Volz, associate director for flight programs at NASA’s Earth Science Division, said in a Feb. 24 interview.

Here's the main crap:

While NASA’s Earth Science Division fared better in the president’s 2012 budget proposal than other parts of the agency, the division stands to receive some $1.7 billion less between 2010 and 2015 than forecast just last year.

That spending plan, which called for giving Earth science a growing share of a NASA budget expected to surpass $20 billion within four years, included enough funding to build and launch all four top-tier decadal survey missions by the end of 2017.

The NASA budget plan unveiled Feb. 14 puts last year’s growth plans on hold. The agency’s overall spending would be frozen at $18.7 billion, and Earth science, after receiving a $400 million boost for 2012, would remain flat at $1.8 billion through at least 2016.

Can I say ridiculous again, like the British fellow did repeatedly? Or maybe I can say something even more profane?