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NASA Hill Backers Prod Agency To Follow New Law

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Monday, November 22nd, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers are pressing NASA to follow new human-spaceflight plans spelled out in a policy bill while the space agency's budget-setting legislation is stalled in Congress. The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee plans to hold a Dec. 1 hearing on implementing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010, which President Barack Obama signed into law on Oct. 11. Even though the law dismantles the Constellation program, former President George W. Bush's program to send…

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