House passes NASA authorization bill
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 7:01 AM ET (1101 GMT)
The House of Representatives approved a NASA authorization bill Wednesday night that previously passed the Senate. The House approved the bill, S. 3729, by a 304-118 margin, more than the two-thirds majority needed to approve the bill. The bill, identical to the one the Senate passed in early August, authorizes funding for NASA for the next three years, including $19 billion in the 2011 fiscal year that starts Friday. The bill includes a number of policy provisions, including calling for one additional shuttle flight and immediate development of a heavy-lift launch vehicle. The bill does not itself provide any funding for the agency; that will come in appropriations bills to be considered by Congress after the November elections. For the time being NASA and other federal government agencies will operate under a stopgap funding bill through at least early December.
The House of Representatives approved a NASA authorization bill Wednesday night that previously passed the Senate. The House approved the bill, S. 3729, by a 304-118 margin, more than the two-thirds majority needed to approve the bill. The bill, identical to the one the Senate passed in early August, authorizes funding for NASA for the next three years, including $19 billion in the 2011 fiscal year that starts Friday. The bill includes a number of policy provisions, including calling for one additional shuttle flight and immediate development of a heavy-lift launch vehicle. The bill does not itself provide any funding for the agency; that will come in appropriations bills to be considered by Congress after the November elections. For the time being NASA and other federal government agencies will operate under a stopgap funding bill through at least early December.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Space Force selects companies to develop space-based interceptor prototypes
Posted: Sun, Nov 30 8:40 AM ET (1340 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Monday, December 1
Spaceport Cornwall shortlisted as testing location
BBC — 5:57 am ET (1057 GMT) 'We’d love to be in India': Elon Musk makes the case for Starlink’s rural connectivity mission
Business Today — 5:57 am ET (1057 GMT) Russia’s War Drones Still Using Starlink Despite Pentagon Crackdown
United24 Media — 5:56 am ET (1056 GMT) On Space Command: Springs focuses on the mission, not politics
Colorado Springs Gazette — 5:54 am ET (1054 GMT) China's first space documentary screened in Bulgaria
Xinhua — 5:52 am ET (1052 GMT) |
