NASA Wants A Flat Budget For Fiscal 2013, Aviation Week “NASA will take only an $89 million cut in its topline spending request for fiscal 2013 compared to this year’s […]
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The Latest Nonsense Ed Weiler Would Have You Believe
Ed Weiler Says He Quit NASA Over Cuts to Mars Program, Science Insider “The Mars program is one of the crown jewels of NASA,” says Ed Weiler. “In what irrational, […]
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Florida: No Space Pork Here (Update)
NASA cost, denial key to saving space program, Florida Today “Perhaps the single biggest threat to the nation’s space program in the next decade is the repeated, rampant multi-billion dollar […]
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Webb Space Telescope Events on Capitol Hill Today
Panel Discussion: U.S. Leadership in Astronomy: Space Telescopes Today, Tomorrow and Beyond “Featuring: Eric Smith, NASA Headquarters, Dr. John Grunsfeld, Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Dr. Meg […]
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Large NASA Programs: Located In Florida = "Jobs", Out of State = "Boondoggle, Pork"
NASA budget erratic, Florida Today “The good news for Kennedy Space Center and Brevard is in the form of a major investment in a new super rocket and Orion crew […]
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Paying for Webb Overruns and Delays
Will Tight Budgets Sink NASA Flagships?, Science (subscription required for full access) “One big question that needs to be answered relatively soon is where NASA will find the money to […]
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AURA's Ongoing Twitter Lobbying Campaign for JWST Funding
NASA Acknowledges James Webb Telescope Costs Will Delay Other Science Missions, Space News “In the report, NASA also acknowledged for the first time that building and operating the long-delayed flagship […]
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Senate Votes To Fund Webb – But Other Missions Will Suffer
Senate Passes Budget With Full Funding for James Webb Space Telescope “The Senate today passed its Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) 2012 Appropriations Bill, which includes full funding […]
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Webb Budget Problems Linger
Budget fight rages over James Webb Space Telescope, Washington Post “But if Congress provides less than the $530 million that NASA says the project needs next year, the schedule will […]
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Bolden's Plan for Webb
NASA head visits Baltimore to show off Webb telescope “Bolden said Friday he does not intend to cut any single program to make sure that Webb proceeds as planned. Instead, […]