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Senate Appropriators Slam NASA Commercial Crew Program

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

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The heads of a NASA budget-writing panel questioned yesterday the space agency’s subsidization of four private companies that are developing systems to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. While the harshest criticism of NASA’s commercial-crew effort came from Republicans during a Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) subpanel hearing, Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) also expressed concerns about the nascent program to help launch a private space transportation industry. “I think it’s bold, I think it’s promising, but I’m concerned that it’s behind schedule,” she…

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