Mars base added to moon plan Politico “Republicans in Congress are pushing for major cuts across the federal budget, but so far, they’re not willing to sacrifice a plan to build a moon colony.” In fact, Republicans on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee are eyeing an even more ambitious goal: building a base on Mars, too. “… The [NASA] Administrator shall establish a program to develop a sustained […]

NASA rebuts Cuyahoga County GOP claim of pending cuts at Cleveland’s Glenn Research Center “The Republican group’s news release also cited former NASA administrator Mike Griffin as a source on the layoffs. “The fact that the Obama administration is seriously considering moving human space flight work out of Glenn is deeply troubling,” Griffin is quoted as saying. “To eliminate Glenn’s role in human space flight is to call into question […]