Republicans Send Deficit Reduction Recommendations to Select Committee (NASA excerpts) “We propose reductions of $177 million (based on the FY12 request) by taking the following actions: * Cancellation of OCO-2 mission (received $89.0 million in the FYI 1 CR; $91 million savings in FY 12; $149 million savings over five years). Life cycle cost savings could be higher as NASA struggles to define a launch vehicle to carry OCO-2 to […]