Re: Panel Cuts Bush's Budget Request for NASA

From: james_anatidae (parshallNOSPAM_at_citcom.net)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:12:21 -0400

"rk" <stellare@NOSPAMPLEASE.erols.com> wrote in message
news:Xns952FD97C614DErk@199.184.165.239...
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64974-2004Jul20.html
>
> Panel Cuts Bush's Budget Request for NASA
>
> By Guy Gugliotta and Dan Morgan
> Wednesday, July 21, 2004; Page A02
>
> A key congressional subcommittee slashed President Bush's NASA budget
request
> by more than $1 billion yesterday, dealing a sharp early blow to the
> administration's efforts to set in motion an ambitious plan to send humans
to
> the moon and Mars.
>
> The panel eliminated $438 million the administration had requested to
begin
> work on a new "crew exploration vehicle" to replace the space shuttle, cut
its
> request for medical and biological research in space by $103 million, and
> eliminated $70 million for lunar exploration.
>
Leaving only enough money for the white elephant ISS and some extra coffee
filters for the Mission Control breakroom, right?

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