T he Pentagon is considering options to plug a potential gap in missile-warning satellite coverage that include using hardware developed for civil space programs , according to a senior U.S. Air Force official.
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The U.S. Congress adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday recess on the verge of authorizing for the first time the space exploration vision outlined by U.S. President George W. Bush in January 2004.
NASA Gets $16.5 Billion, but Big Questions Loom for Future
PRIVATE para: PRIVATE hnjset: The $16.5 billion NASA budget the U.S. Congress approved and sent to the White House Nov. 16 largely funds the U.S. space agency’s new exploration priorities but leaves unaddressed NASA’s main problem in the year s ahead.
Lawmakers Question Feasibility of NASA’s Budget Planning
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin returned to the House Science Committee Nov. 3 to answer a litany of questions lawmakers first asked back in June about the U.S. space agency’s new direction. At the hearing, Griffin also publicly acknowledged what many in the space community have known for months -‑ that the space shuttle program needs about $5 billion more than previously budgeted for the five years remaining until its planned retirement.
NASA Debuts Exploration Plan Facing Formidable Challenges
W ith the nation’s attention focused on the hurricane-ravaged U.S. Gulf Coast, NASA unveiled with minimal fanfare a $104 billion plan for landing four astronauts on the Moon by 2018.
Griffin Scrubs CEV Work Plan To Eliminate Waste
After concluding that U.S. President George W. Bush’s vision for future space exploration is unaffordable if NASA continues to be run the way it has been in the past, agency officials from Administrator Mike Griffin on down have started making major changes, particularly in the area of procurement, a top agency official said July 22.