Budget cuts may doom extra shuttle launch, Orlando Sentinel
“Just weeks after President Barack Obama signed into law a new blueprint for NASA — one that was supposed to add another space shuttle launch next year — the compromise is in danger of coming undone by a lack of money. But with gains likely on Election Day, congressional Republicans are expected to have the muscle to block increases in the federal budget — including a $300 million uptick for NASA — during this year’s lame duck session.”

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