Senate Approps Action On NASA Budget

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Reports FY 2006 CJS Spending Bill (Science Excerpt)

“$16.4 billion for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): $200.0 million above the FY05 level and $60.0 million below the request.”

Mikulski Includes $250 Million for Hubble in Federal Spending Bill

“Senator Barbara A. Mikulski announced today that the Senate version of the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill includes $250 million for a Hubble servicing mission. Assuming that the shuttle safely returns to flight and that the NASA Administrator concludes that a shuttle mission is safe, this ensures that there is money in the federal checkbook for a Hubble servicing mission.”