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Less than two days after NASA announced its new lunar exploration architecture, some in Congress—Republicans, no less—are considering cutting it. The New York Times reports that a group of fiscal conservatives have proposed “Operation Offset”, over $500 billion in budget cuts over 10 years to pay for hurricane relief without tax increases or deficit spending. […] Now that NASA has formally released its Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS)—even though many of the details of plan had been leaked to the public weeks, if not months, ago—members of Congress are weighing in. Nor surprisingly, people like Reps. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and Ken Calvert (R-CA) are supportive: Calvert said he “welcome[s]” the study […] The Washington Post reported Friday that legislation has been introduced in the Senate to lift the Iran Nonproliferation Act (INA) restrictions on NASA. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced S.1713 (“A bill to make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 related to International Space Station payments”) yesterday. […] The Senate passed its version of the Commerce/Justice/Science appropriations bill on Thursday, approving the $48.9-billion bill on a 91-4 vote. The bill includes $16.4 billion for NASA in FY06, $60 million less than what the President requested and $75 million less than what the House approved earlier this year. There appears to be no significant […] At least one member of Congress is concerned that hurricane relief may put a squeeze on NASA’s budget. The Huntsville Times reports that Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL), speaking in his Huntsville office Monday, said that the combination of supplemental spending for hurricane relief as well as Iraq could make it difficult for Congress to fully […] The Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday morning on NASA’s fleet of passenger aircraft, with the rather provocative title of “NASA Passenger Aircraft: Mission Required or Expensive Perk?” (Readers may recall that this hearing was scheduled for July, but pushed back until after the summer recess.) […] Aerospace Daily reported Thursday that the House is expected to approve an amendment to the Iran Nonproliferation Act (INA) that would permit NASA to continue purchasing ISS services from Russia. The change will be added to a bill yet to be identified that the House Judiciary Committee will mark up when it returns from summer […] The member organizations of the Space Exploration Alliance, including such activist groups such as the National Space Society and the Mars Society, kicked off this week an effort to organize visits to Congressional district offices during the August recess. The primary purpose, according to NSS and Mars Society documents, is to urge their support for […] As the STS-114 mission winds down, some members of Congress have been talking about the mission, or even talking to members of the crew. SPACE.com reported that Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) visited JSC on Friday and took a few minutes to talk to the crew. DeLay in particular, SPACE.com […] Aerospace Daily reports that Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), chair of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee, plans to meet with his Senate counterpart, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), chair of the space subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, as well as ranking member Bill Nelson (D-FL). The discussion will be in advance of any […] |
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