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Congress

NASA Defends Manned-Spaceflight Funding Plans

Julie Samuel

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

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NASA’s leader defended its diminished budget proposal before Congress yesterday, facing accusations that the space agency is “over-prioritizing” its new commercial crew effort. NASA Administration Charles Bolden told Senate and House committees that President Barack Obama’s $17.7 billion plan for the agency in fiscal year 2013, a slight drop of $59 million from FY ’12 levels, “will enable NASA to execute the balanced program of science, space exploration, technology, and aeronautics agreed to by the president and a bipartisan majority…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

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Congress

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Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]