Colorado Senators Ask Obama To Keep NASA a Priority
Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, both Democrats, wrote a letter to President Obama yesterday calling for him to “keep NASA a priority” despite the difficult budgetary situation.
The letter basically asks the President to include funds in his FY2012 budget request to implement the 2010 NASA Authorization Act. The Senators specifically mention their support for the Orion spacecraft and commercial crew and cargo, but interestingly omit the new Space Launch System (heavy lift launch vehicle) that is also required under the law.
Acknowledging that NASA funding “impacts thousands of Colorado jobs,” they say the Act “codifies a plan … that will help keep America at the forefront of space exploration.” Despite the “austere budgetary times,” they ask him to “keep NASA a priority so we do not cede our leadership position in space.”
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