‘Blunt’ NASA boss says sequestration will widen the gap with Russian space program, Huntsville Times The gap between America and Russia, which can still launch astronauts, will not close, Bolden said. “The gap is going to get bigger,” he said. “I’m just being very blunt about. Anybody who thinks this is no big deal – it’s a big deal.” No furloughs seen in NASA’s Huntsville programs because of sequestration, Huntsville […]

Marshall Space Flight Center may feel minimal hit from sequestration, Rep. Mo Brooks said, Huntsville Times “During a speech today at the Washington Update Luncheon at the Von Braun Center, Brooks spoke in encouraging terms when asked what impact the budget cuts, known as sequestration, would have on Marshall Space Flight Center. Brooks began his answer by saying he had breakfast today with Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, who talked recently […]

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 […]

Sequestration and Planetary Exploration, Future Planetary Exploration (Van Kane) “I’d hoped that I’d never need to write this post. The latest news in the United States is that a poison pill known as the Sequester is looking increasingly likely. If it happens, it will be a body blow to NASA’s planetary science program.” Sequestration: A Primer for the Perplexed, Science “On 1 March, an $85-billion across-the-board cut in federal spending–the […]

White House details automatic cuts, calls them ‘blunt, indiscriminate’, The Hill “Cuts of approximately $110 billion are set to take effect in Jan. 3, according to an agreement reached by the administration and Congress, with half of the cuts falling on discretionary and non-discretionary defense budgets, and the other half affecting non-defense budgets.” U.S. budget sequester cuts science over 8 percent, Nature “NASA would lose $417 million from its science […]