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Several members of Congress are concerned that NASA won’t have enough money to continue the shuttle program, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday. In a letter sent to President Bush last week, 29 House Republicans and six Democrats, led by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), said that they are concerned about a shortfall of […] The Los Angeles Daily News reports that Congress “is expected to reach agreement this month” on a NASA authorization bill. House and Senate staff have been working to reconcile differences between their two versions of the legislation, S. 1281 and HR 3070, and conferees will meet this month to finish the work. The article doesn’t […] It’s no surprise that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) is a big supporter of the International Space Station. Using her position as chair of the space subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, for example, she has held hearings on the benefits of ISS research and has proposed designating the ISS as a “national laboratory”, a […] The Dallas Morning News reports that Congressman Ralph Hall hopes to succeed Rep. Sherwood Boehlert as chairman of the House Science Committee. Boehlert will have to step down from the chairmanship of the committee after the 2006 elections because of term limits on committee chairs. Hall, a longtime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party […] Compared to the heated debate last year about how much money NASA should get, this year NASA’s budget sailed through with relatively little public debate, at least about the top-level figures. As such, there has been little public reaction now that the bill has been passed. Some politicians have spoken, such as Rep. David Dreier […] I did not get a chance to watch yesterday’s House Science Committee hearing on the troubled NPOESS satellite program, but it was pretty clear from both the post-hearing press releases by the full committee and the Democratic leadership that no one is very pleased about the cost overruns and schedule delays this program has encountered. […] The Senate passed the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations conference report earlier today on a 94-5 vote, following up on a 397-19 vote by the House last week. NASA administrator Michael Griffin issued a press release after the Senate passed the bill, offering “my sincere thanks to the House and Senate for endorsing and funding, for the second […] The House Science Committee plans to hold a hearing of the full committee on Wednesday morning to discuss the status of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Earth Satellite System (NPOESS), a weather satellite program that has encountered serious delays and cost overruns. (The link to the media advisory announcing the hearing isn’t working as of this […] The Senate approved by unanimous consent late Tuesday the amended version of S.1713, the legislation that allows NASA to purchase Russian hardware and services for the ISS. The Senate had previously approved the bill—also by unanimous consent—back in September, but had to go through the process again after the House amended the legislation somewhat when […] A reader was kind enough last night to send me an excerpt from the NASA section of the C-J-S appropriations bill conference report. (The full report is now available online; the NASA section is about two-thirds the way down the page.) Some highlights that stood out after a cursory reading of the report on the […] |
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