Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“The NRC (National Research Council) report also calls into question the Obama administration’s continued focus on the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), highlighting ‘an underlying concern that ARM would divert U.S. resources and attention’ from other potential missions. This is a mission without a realistic budget, without a destination and without a certain launch date. The Committee has heard a number of concerns about ARM, as well as promising alternatives such as a flyby mission to Mars and Venus in 2021. Congress should provide NASA with guidance and funding priorities that reflect our current budget reality while allowing them to develop an inspirational human spaceflight mission.”

Source: House Science Committee chair Lamar Smith (R-TX), reacting to the release of the National Research Council's report on Human Space Flight requested by Congress in 2010.

FMI: http://science.house.gov