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NASA Money Sponge Update

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
August 29, 2011
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NASA’s smaller programs could be at risk, Orlando Sentinel
“The trend has alarmed astronomers and others, who are concerned that less-visible projects — such as robotic Mars missions and various space probes — will be sacrificed. “So, we have one giant money sponge (JWST) already sucking up dollars with yet another money sponge (SLS) on the drawing board. Since the money simply is not there to do either project to begin with, trying to do both of them together will devour funds from smaller NASA programs,” wrote Keith Cowing in a recent post on his influential blog NASA Watch.”
JWST and SLS: Dueling Giant Money Sponges, earlier post

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