NASA’s budget is still an unfathomable mess. Trapped between the two, the fate of the space agency remains in the air. Congress passed a short-term resolution on November 12 that left the government until January 31 to ratify NASA’s budget. This week, news emerged that the Trump administration is even shutting down the center’s library — NASA’s largest — and threatening to destroy an undetermined number of books, documents, and journals in the process. More on NASA: NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage