The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an FY06 supplemental appropriations bill this week for hurricane relief and military operations. Included in the bill is $35 million for repairs to NASA’s Stennis Space Center, according to an article yesterday in Aerospace Daily. The funding is notable since the Bush Administration had not requested any funding for Stennis in the bill, yet both the Senate and the House (which previously included $30 million) added the money. Given that NASA previously estimated hurricane damages to both Stennis and Michoud at $760 million, and that only a fraction of that funding was included in previous appropriations, this is still only a drop in the bucket.
