I have a new article published by The Guardian:

'Shrinking space exploration budgets may be bad news, but smaller missions can still teach us a lot about the universe

 
You would be forgiven for thinking that shrinking space budgets are a total disaster. Certainly, they're not good news but the irony is that having less money may force us into missions that might previously have been overlooked, yet still have the potential to revolutionise our understanding of the universe. ...'

You can read the full article here.