McDonald Observatory Upgrades Amount of request: $1,000,000
Request FY27 funding to upgrade the McDonald Observatory telescope for robotic operations and space-tracking capability.
Occurrences
Evidence
Cuellar's FY27 Community Project Funding page says he submitted a $1,000,000 request for McDonald Observatory upgrades to make a 2.7-meter telescope fully robotic and improve tracking of satellites, near-Earth asteroids, and transient space objects.
Assessments
Official congressional documentation says Cuellar submitted a FY27 Community Project Funding request for $1,000,000 to upgrade McDonald Observatory’s 2.7-meter telescope for robotic operations and improved space-tracking capability. The claim is to request that funding, so the promise was fulfilled in the same term.