Garver: “a lessening of tensions” in the NASA budget debate

By Jeff Foust on 2010 September 2 at 10:51 am ET

In a luncheon speech Tuesday at the AIAA Space 2010 conference in Anaheim, California, NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver sounded an optimistic and even a bit of a conciliatory note about the ongoing debate in Congress about the future direction of the space agency. “All four bills, I believe, do acknowledge that there are things […]

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Nobel laureates and others push for restoration of White House NASA budget provisions

By Jeff Foust on 2010 September 1 at 11:32 am ET

A letter released late yesterday signed by 30 people, including 14 Nobel laureates and seven former astronauts, asks Congress to restore funding for key elements of the FY2011 NASA budget proposal. The letter, directed specifically to House Science and Technology Committee chairman Rep. Bart Gordon, specifically discusses technology development, commercial crew, robotic precursor missions, and […]

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