House committee approves NASA authorization bill
Posted: Thu, Jun 5, 2008, 1:53 PM ET (1753 GMT)
A committee of the US House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday that would authorize additional funding for NASA but also require the space agency to add another shuttle mission to the manifest. The House Science and Technology Committee unanimously approved HR 6063, the NAS Authorization Act of 2008, during a markup session Wednesday. The bill would authorize a $20.2-billion budget for NASA in fiscal year 2009, although there is no guarantee that level of funding would be appropriated. One provision of the bill would require NASA to add another shuttle mission to fly an experiment, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, to the ISS before the fleet can be retired in 2010. The committee turned down a proposed amendment that would allow the space agency to make greater use of alternative fuels. The legislation must still be approved by the full House, while a companion bill has not been introduced yet in the Senate.
A committee of the US House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday that would authorize additional funding for NASA but also require the space agency to add another shuttle mission to the manifest. The House Science and Technology Committee unanimously approved HR 6063, the NAS Authorization Act of 2008, during a markup session Wednesday. The bill would authorize a $20.2-billion budget for NASA in fiscal year 2009, although there is no guarantee that level of funding would be appropriated. One provision of the bill would require NASA to add another shuttle mission to fly an experiment, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, to the ISS before the fleet can be retired in 2010. The committee turned down a proposed amendment that would allow the space agency to make greater use of alternative fuels. The legislation must still be approved by the full House, while a companion bill has not been introduced yet in the Senate.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Thursday, October 29
Firefly’s SciTec Achieves Operational Milestone for U.S. Space Force FORGE System
Firefly Aerospace — 4:20 am ET (0820 GMT) The US space industry will suffer for Ukraine’s Starlink outage, experts say
Defense One — 4:19 am ET (0819 GMT) Astroscale Awarded £15 million MOD Contract as UK Government Strengthens Focus on Resilience in Space
Astroscale — 4:17 am ET (0817 GMT) Pentagon Watchdog Declines to Probe Ukraine Intel, Starlink Cuts
Bloomberg News — 4:17 am ET (0817 GMT) On-orbit services firm secures £15m MOD contract for new space defence programme
Insider Media — 4:15 am ET (0815 GMT) |
