Senate CJS Appropriators Want to Transfer NOAA Satellites to NASA, Increase NASA Budget Accordingly

Senate CJS Appropriators Want to Transfer NOAA Satellites to NASA, Increase NASA Budget Accordingly

Senate Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee appropriators had a surprise for everyone when they marked up the FY2013 appropriations bill today.  They want to transfer NOAA’s satellite activities other than operations to NASA, …

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Senate Subcommittee Adds $100 Million for Mars Missions, Cuts Commercial Crew

Senate Subcommittee Adds $100 Million for Mars Missions, Cuts Commercial Crew

The big news out of the Senate Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee today — the decision to transfer NOAA’s satellite programs to NASA (except for operations) — overshadowed other key recommendations.   Among them …

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SpaceX Demo Flight to ISS Still on for April 30 But Expectations Need to be Dampened

SpaceX Demo Flight to ISS Still on for April 30 But Expectations Need to be Dampened

Dampening expectations for a complete success was a major theme of today’s NASA press conference following the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the SpaceX demonstration flight to the International Space Station …

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