NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won't be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. That gap, as matters now stand, is to run from the 2010 retirement of the space shuttle fleet ordered by President Bush, to the first manned flight of the next-generation Orion-Ares spacecraft system in 2015. But President-elect Obama and the Congress to be seated in January may wish to shrink…
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The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]
White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA
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The House on Wednesday narrowly voted to pass its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill […]
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