Budget Jitters at JPL
JPL Continues Battle of Budget, Arcadia Weekly
“Congressmen Adam Schiff and David Dreier have been the budget bodyguards for the local space center, which Schiff calls the “crown jewel” of the nation’s space program. Budget cuts for NASA and continued efforts to direct priorities to the manned space program and the space shuttle has put the robotic explorations popularized by JPL into a secondary position.”
JPL Budget Not Likely to Lead to Lay-offs, Valley Sun
“JPL is budgeted project by project, O’Toole said. The projects that JPL is now working on have already had their budgets approved. It is this year’s budget constraints that are more of a concern for O’Toole than the 2008 purposed budget.”