NASA Cracks "Stimulus Checkup" Top Ten
Keith’s note: Looks like NASA made it – twice – into Sen. McCain and Sen. Coburn’s “Stimulus Checkup” Press conference and full report.
“4. Research to Develop Supersonic Corporate Jets ($4.7 Million) (Page 7)
The benefits of NASA’s current research, experts say, will likely go first to business executives, who can afford one of the handful of personal supersonic jets that companies hope to roll out in several years, with a price tags in the tens of millions of dollars…
95. Despite Delays and Overruns, Space Telescope Gets Boost ($65 million) (Page 51)
The James Webb Space Telescope, named for a former NASA administrator, will eventually replace the Hubble telescope, and it is getting a major boost from $65 million in stimulus funding for its prime contractor, Northrop Grumman.”