House committee maintains NASA budget cut
Posted: Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 7:45 AM ET (1145 GMT)
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2010 spending bill Tuesday that maintains a large cut in NASA's exploration budget made by a subcommittee last week. The committee's Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill includes $18.2 billion for NASA, the same amount a subcommittee approved in a markup last week. That amount is above the $17.8 billion NASA received in 2009 but below the White House request for $18.7 billion, and includes a $670 million cut in exploration. That cut was previously explained to be a "timeout" until a blue-ribbon panel completes a review of NASA's human spaceflight plans later this summer. Two members of Congress who represent Florida's Space Coast region has asked in a letter to the committee's leadership Monday that the money be restored. The full House of Representatives is scheduled to take up the spending bill next Tuesday.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2010 spending bill Tuesday that maintains a large cut in NASA's exploration budget made by a subcommittee last week. The committee's Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill includes $18.2 billion for NASA, the same amount a subcommittee approved in a markup last week. That amount is above the $17.8 billion NASA received in 2009 but below the White House request for $18.7 billion, and includes a $670 million cut in exploration. That cut was previously explained to be a "timeout" until a blue-ribbon panel completes a review of NASA's human spaceflight plans later this summer. Two members of Congress who represent Florida's Space Coast region has asked in a letter to the committee's leadership Monday that the money be restored. The full House of Representatives is scheduled to take up the spending bill next Tuesday.| <<previous article | next article>> |
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