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Space

NASA Hill Backers Claim Consensus On Bill Hastening Heavy-Lift Rocket

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Monday, July 19th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Key lawmakers and the White House signaled support last week for moving forward with building space technologies based on NASA's Constellation manned-spaceflight program, which President Barack Obama has sought to dismantle. The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a policy-setting NASA authorization bill July 15. It would direct the space agency to begin building a heavy-lift rocket now instead of Obama's previous target date of 2015 and to continue working on a crew capsule based on the ill-fated…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]