“I have a future of an incurable disease”
Harley, a retired NASA astrophysicist who signed the ‘Voyager Declaration’ dissent letter, spent decades advancing science missions to explore the origins of life and the universe. Now diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson’s, he is alarmed by severe cuts to NASA’s science budget and U.S. medical research funding, including for neurological diseases. Harley warns that without investment, America risks falling behind in both space exploration and life-saving treatment breakthroughs.