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Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), chairman of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee, has announced his public support for NASA’s decision to proceed with the launch of the space shuttle, speaking out in opposition to a Los Angeles Times editorial Thursday which argued that NASA should ground the shuttle: Human space flight is an […] NASA’s budget easily survived three attempts to either transfer funds from it or prevent it from being spent on its intended projects during floor debate on the HR 5672 appropriations bill Wednesday: Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), introduced an amendment that would transfer $783M from “various accounts” within NASA to NOAA. Gilchrest brought forward the amendment […] The full House is currently debating HR 5672, the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce appropriations bill, although they have not yet debated any of the NASA provisions of the bill. However, the AP reports this morning that some members will attempt as early as today to cut exploration program funding from NASA and distribute it […] I noted last week that members of Congress had been quiet, at lease in public, about NASA’s decision to proceed with the STS-121 launch despite no-go recommendations from two key officials. Now, after Monday’s surprise reassignment of astronaut and JSC engineering director Charlie Camarda (which now appears to be associated with “management style” rather than […] Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA), chairman of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee, will appear on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” call-in show Wednesday morning at 7:30 to 8 am. Given that C-SPAN is billing him as “Space Subcmte Chairman”, expect some questions about the upcoming shuttle mission and other NASA issues—or ask your own, or […] A NewScientist.com summary of Wednesday’s House Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee hearing on “space and U.S. national power” plays up the worst-case scenario of an attack on US civil and military satellites: If the US does not protect its Earth-orbiting satellites, the equivalent of a car bomb in space could take the economy back […] NASA’s decision to proceed with the July 1 launch of the shuttle Discovery on STS-121, despite the objections of two key officials, has attracted a good deal of media attention. However, in looking through the various news reports, I haven’t seen any comments from members of Congress, although they have not been shy in the […] The full House Appropriations Committee approved a budget bill Tuesday that includes $16.7 billion for NASA. Florida Today reports that the portion of the bill dealing with NASA was unchanged from what the subcommittee passed last week. The full House will take up the budget bill at some point, while the Senate has yet to […] Sorry about the short advance notice about this (complicated by being out of town earlier this week): the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing this morning (10 am, Rayburn 2212) on “space and U.S. national power.” Scheduled witnesses include: Lieutenant General C. Robert “Bob” Kehler, USAF, Deputy Commander, […] An article in this week’s Space News (freely available online) provides some additional details on the changes a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee made to the proposed FY07 NASA budget. The subcommittee approved $16.709 billion for NASA, down from the $16.792 billion in the President’s original request. As previously noted, the subcommittee transferred $100 […] |
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