NASA Budget Word Clouds: Bolden Vs Tyson, NASA Vs Tomorrow

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson both testified before the Senate on NASA’s FY 2013 budget the other day. Simple word clouds reveal starkly different messages. Click on word cloud image to enlarge.

Testimony by NASA Administrator Bolden Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

“Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, today it is my privilege to discuss the President’s FY 2013 budget request for NASA. Our requested budget of $17.7 billion will enable NASA to execute the balanced program of science, space exploration, technology, and aeronautics agreed to by the President and a bipartisan majority of Congress.”

Testimony by Neil deGrasse Tyson Before the Committee on Commerce Science & Transportation

“Currently, NASA’s Mars science exploration budget is being decimated, we are not going back to the Moon, and plans for astronauts to visit Mars are delayed until the 2030s –on funding not yet allocated, overseen by a congress and president to be named later.”