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That’s the suggestion of an Orlando Sentinel article, which argues that neither NASA nor the Bush Administration have done much since the initial announcement of the new space initiative in January to curry favor with members of Congress. The lack of specifics on the long-term cost of the initiative (recall the back-and-forth debate at a […] The Senate Budget Committee announced its FY2005 budget resolution on Thursday, an initial step in the budget process. The budget, Reuters reports, cuts $7 billion from President Bush’s FY05 budget proposal for defense and has more cuts for other discretionary spending programs. For NASA, according to the Chairman’s Mark (see page 26), the committee budgets […] The House of Representatives passed on Thursday HR 3752, the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004. The bill puts into law definitions for suborbital vehicles and trajectories, and specifies that suborbital vehicles will be regulated as launch vehicles and licensed, and not treated as aircraft and thus be certified. The bill also extends the […] Several members of Congress, led by Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO), introduced a resolution in the House on Wednesday calling on NASA to establish an independent panel to review its decision cancelling the SM4 Hubble servicing mission. The resolution also asks NASA to continue preparations for that mission until the independent panel completes its review. The […] The House of Representatives approved by a nearly unanimous vote a bill that would provide awards to amateur astronomers who discover near Earth asteroids (NEAs). The Charles “Pete” Conrad Astronomy Awards Act (HR 912) would give the NASA administrator the authority to provide small ($3,000) cash awards to amateur astronomers (who must be US citizens […] On Tuesday night the NBA’s Washington Wizards will be in Houston to take on the Rockets. On Wednesday morning another group of visitors from Washington will be in Houston to deal with rockets and other space issues. The Senate Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on science, technology, and space will be holding a hearing Wednesday morning in […] Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) introduced legislation this week that would authorize funding for NASA to carry out searches of near Earth objects (NEOs). The “George R. Brown Near-Earth Object Survey Act” (HR 3813) is a short bill that can be summarized in this single sentence taken directly from the bill: “The [NASA] Administrator shall plan, […] The AP reports Saturday that Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, chairman of the space subcommittee of the House Science Committee, has some competition in next month’s Republican primary in California: former Congressman Bob Dornan, better known as “B-1 Bob”. The article indicates that the two have feuded over the years, primarily on foreign policy issues, notably the […] The House Science Committee approved two space-related bills during a markup session Wednesday afternoon. On a voice vote the committee approved the Charles ‘Pete’ Conrad Astronomy Awards Act (HR 912), which provides awards for amateur astronomers who discover near Earth objects; and the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 (HR 3752), which amends existing […] Congress is holding two hearings this week on space issues, and both will take place at roughly the same time. Wednesday at 1 pm the full House Science Committee is holding a markup session on several bills. Included in the list is the Charles ‘Pete’ Conrad Astronomy Awards Act (HR 912), which would establish an […] |
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