Since about 1970.
Maybe earlier.
The leftist advocates of the Welfare State whine and cry about NASA and Defense but spend trillions on socialism.
You've been lied to your whole life.
Since Apollo, NASA gets enough to keep our space endeavors on life support.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was truly a budget-cutting effort, but I also understand the cynicism of killing a program that may provide data countering the groupthink of climate activists.