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More NASA Sequester Impacts

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
February 25, 2013
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Letter From NASA to Senate Appropriators Regarding Impact of Sequestration
“Overall, for purposes of this assessment, the Agency assumed that the FY 2013 Continuing Resolution, with all of its terms and conditions, would be extended from March 27 to September 30, 2013, and that the sequester would cancel 5.0 percent of the fullyear amount, which would be the equivalent of roughly a 9 percent reduction over the remaining seven months of the fiscal year. NASA’s assessment of the impacts of a March 1 sequester is presented in the enclosure.”
TexMessage: Stockman blames Obama and Senate for NASA sequestration, Houston Chronicle
“Steve Stockman, R-Friendswood, slammed President Obama and the Senate for sequestration’s possible cuts to NASA. “NASA funding fulfills one of the few legitimate functions of government. Friday’s destructive explosion over Russia of a meteor we never saw, and the near-hit by an asteroid, should be a warning to Obama against further cuts to NASA,” Stockman said in a statement. “Cuts to NASA jeopardize our safety and security.”
Federal cuts will affect Northeast Ohio if budget stalemate continues, Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A letter that NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., delivered to the U.S. Senate said the sequester would cut $7.3 million from the agency’s $551.5 million aeronautics budget, and would result in cancellation of construction projects to repair or replace infrastructure at NASA Glenn.
Hard Budget Realities as Agencies Prepare to Detail Reductions, NY Times
“NASA plans to cancel six technology development projects, including deep-space communications.”

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5 responses to “More NASA Sequester Impacts”

  1. xMaxSmartx says:
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    NASA Policy: “We reserve the right to really mean it.”

  2. Saturn1300 says:
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     I don’t think this will affect SpaceX much. This whole year they are doing reviews.Around $10 million each. They have a pad abort in Dec.  

  3. jski says:
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    George Will says it best: “Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of crying “Wolf!” about spending cuts under the sequester. He is actually crying “Hamster!”