Augustine Update: Sept. 4, 2009
The official website for the Augustine committee has posted an update saying that a “Summary Report” will be transmitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) next Tuesday, September 8. Rumors have been rampant all week that an executive summary of the report would be issued imminently. NASA’s legislative affairs website continues to show congressional hearings on the report for September 15 (House Science and Technology Committee) and September 16 (Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee) though the hearings are not listed on those committees’ websites yet. The Augustine committee is mandated to provide options for the future of the human spaceflight program. How quickly the Obama White House will make decisions based on those options is unclear, but with the FY2010 budget being debated in Congress and the FY2011 budget request in formulation by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), time is short.
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