House Appropriations Committee Details NASA Cuts and Terminations in FY2009 and FY2010
The House Appropriations Committee has posted the FY2010 Commerce, Justice Science Appropriations bill (unnumbered) as ordered reported from committee, along with a summary of the bill, and a list of terminations and reductions. The committee made the following terminations and reductions to NASA for either FY2009 or FY2010:
Termination
NASA visitor centers, program terminated to support higher priorities, FY2009 -$7 million
Reductions:
NASA, Exploration: deferral pending outcome of Blue Ribbon Panel on human space flight FY2010 -$566.5 million
NASA commercial crew and cargo, program phase out FY2009 -$113.9 million
NASA, Earth science other missions and analysis: reduction reflects no need for operations for failed science mission FY2010 -$32 million
NASA institutional investments construction of facilities: reduction to support higher priority programs FY2010 -$23 mllion
NASA space and flight support: program reduction to support higher priority programs FY2010 -$17.7 million
NASA various innovative partnership programs: reduction to support higher priority programs FY2010 -$9.3 million
NASA, informal education: reduction to support higher priority programs FY2010 -$2.1 million
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