Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Congress Warns NASA About Shortchanging SLS/Orion For Commercial Crew

Texas, home state of NASA's Johnson Space Center, much of NASA's manned space program, and about 12,000 NASA jobs. A state that, unlike its counterpart in Florida, is solidly red and at open war with the President. So surprise, surprise most of the NASA stuff the President wants to cut is in Texas, and the Texas Senators are fighting him on it. Relevant article [chron.com] on the subject.

Just thought I would point that out in case any of you are actually still naive enough to think this debate is about science, exploration, and all that shit.

In other news, Texas and Alaskan Senators say oil industry is "over-regulated," midwestern Senators defend corn subsidies, and Michigan Senators defend auto bailout.

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/5TTnyEoj7k4/congress-warns-nasa-about-shortchanging-slsorion-for-commercial-crew

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