Efforts To Raise NASA's Budget

Senators Hutchison, Landrieu, Mikulski and Shelby Pledge to Introduce NASA Funding Amendment

“Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences and Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) today pledged to introduce an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill to provide $1 billion in additional funding for NASA when the bill reaches the Senate floor.”

Technical Societies Call for Increase to NASA Budget, AIAA

“In a letter, the group asked Congress to support an increase to NASAs FY08 budget of $1.4 billion for aerospace research and technology. The budget is currently under review on Capitol Hill.”