Politicians On Both Sides Of The Aisle Will Try To Save Jobs In
Their States
Members of Congress from states with a large stake in the manned
space program are lining up to oppose President Obama's move to
scrap the Constellation and Ares programs that it was hoped would
have eventually boosted people beyond low earth orbit to the moon
and beyond.
Recovery Act Funding To Be Used To Design And Demonstrate Crew
Transportation Concepts
With the President's budget apparently moving NASA away from
carrying humans into space, the agency has awarded $50 million
through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's
capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth
orbit.
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