NASA authorization bill vote this week

There was one additional item in Rep. Tom Feeney’s press release about the Cape losing Orbital’s Taurus 2 business. The full House, he said, will take up HR 6063, the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, on Wednesday.

The web site WashingtonWatch.com has its own analysis of the bill, claiming that the bill will cost the “average family” $190.88 (or $60.98 per person). That seems to be based on the authorized spending level for FY09 in the bill; the actual cost will depend on exactly how much ends up getting appropriated, which could be significantly less.