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December 15, 2012

AIA Study Warns Of Sequestration Impacts To NASA, NOAA Programs

Budget Cuts Would Put More Than 22,500Jobs At Risk, Harm Regions With Innovative Aerospace Clusters

As negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff heat up, little attention has been paid to the impact that mandatory budget cuts would have on the nation's civil space program and our ability to accurately forecast dangerous storms. A new economic impact analysis concludes that over 20,000 NASA contractor jobs and over 2,500 NOAA jobs related to weather satellites could be lost in 2013 if the Budget Control Act's sequestration mandate takes effect on January 2, 2013.

'Ebb' And 'Flow' Flying Low And Nearly Out Of Fuel, Their Mission Is Complete

Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the moon are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a mountain near the moon's north pole at about 1728 EST Monday, Dec. 17.