Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Big battle brews over planned NASA cuts

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget blueprint for ending NASA's program to return astronauts to the moon by 2020 is fueling a titanic political fight as lawmakers from Texas move to protect jobs, astronauts and the Johnson Space Center. Obama wants to push total spending on NASA to nearly $100 billion over the next five years by adding $5.9 billion to cover the costs of increased 'earth science' missions...

[I.e., we'll soon be dependent on China for lift capability because Oby intends to focus NASA on 'combating climate change'.]

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