It seems that nobody watched this. It will eventually be archived (probably later today), here:http://appropriations.senate.gov/webcasts.cfm
Quote from: yg1968 on 07/21/2010 02:50 pmQuote from: Drapper23 on 07/21/2010 02:36 pmQuote from: yg1968 on 07/21/2010 02:35 pmQuote from: Drapper23 on 07/21/2010 02:33 pmLive Sreaming of Senate NASA Appropriations Subcommittee Markup Of NASA Budget http://appropriations.senate.gov/Thanks. Has it started? Yes. It started at 10:00AM. Did anybody watch this?There is an article on the meeting (prior to it), here:http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2010/07/nasa-compromise-holds-for-now.htmlIt seems that nobody watched this. It will eventually be archived (probably later today), here:http://appropriations.senate.gov/webcasts.cfm
Quote from: Drapper23 on 07/21/2010 02:36 pmQuote from: yg1968 on 07/21/2010 02:35 pmQuote from: Drapper23 on 07/21/2010 02:33 pmLive Sreaming of Senate NASA Appropriations Subcommittee Markup Of NASA Budget http://appropriations.senate.gov/Thanks. Has it started? Yes. It started at 10:00AM. Did anybody watch this?There is an article on the meeting (prior to it), here:http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2010/07/nasa-compromise-holds-for-now.html
Quote from: yg1968 on 07/21/2010 02:35 pmQuote from: Drapper23 on 07/21/2010 02:33 pmLive Sreaming of Senate NASA Appropriations Subcommittee Markup Of NASA Budget http://appropriations.senate.gov/Thanks. Has it started? Yes. It started at 10:00AM.
Quote from: Drapper23 on 07/21/2010 02:33 pmLive Sreaming of Senate NASA Appropriations Subcommittee Markup Of NASA Budget http://appropriations.senate.gov/Thanks. Has it started?
Live Sreaming of Senate NASA Appropriations Subcommittee Markup Of NASA Budget http://appropriations.senate.gov/
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - The bill provides $19 billion for NASA, $278 million above the Fiscal Year 2010 level and equal to the President’s request. The total funding includes $1.6 billion for Space Shuttle operations; $2.78 billion for Space Station operations; $3 billion for development of the next generation Crew Launch Vehicle and Crew Exploration Vehicle; $5 billion for science; and $904 million for aeronautics and space technology research. The bill restructures NASA’s human spaceflight programs, providing for a new heavy lift launch vehicle and crew capsule for exploring beyond low-Earth orbit, extending the life of the International Space Station through 2020, supporting the burgeoning commercial space industry, investing in new technology development, and allowing one additional Space Shuttle flight, if determined to be safe.
Does "integrated heavy lift launch vehicle system" mean a single vehicle, and not a system of vehicles? No way for this to leave a back-door for Ares I to squeeze back in as part of a "system"?
Yeah, the $300 million plus up for HLV is a little scary. I wonder what was raided? But I don't follow it closely, maybe that was already accounted for...
Quote from: mr_magoo on 07/21/2010 05:25 pmYeah, the $300 million plus up for HLV is a little scary. I wonder what was raided? But I don't follow it closely, maybe that was already accounted for...Very likely commercial crew. Mikulski said that they only support commercial cargo.
Well, if true then they are moving closer to the House version. More for HLV, kill CC.
Both houses of Congress (Senate and House) must pass a bill, but it does not become law until the President signs it.The President of the Untied States has three choices. He can sign a law which makes it a law the moment he signs it. He can veto a law, and his veto can be overturned by a 2/3 vote of both houses of congress (not likely). The third thing he can do is called a pocket veto. If the President does not sign a bill within 10 days and congress is in secession then it becomes law. If however congress adjourns and he does not sign the bill, it is automatically vetoed. Right now the House is working on it’s version of the bill. Both House and Senate versions must be reconciled by committee before the whole House and the whole Senate votes on it. Also the President can only Veto a bill as a whole (He can’t veto a part of a bill) so there will likely be non space things thrown in the budget.Due to it being an election year the budget is not likely to be passed before October(when the fiscal year ends). However if the Democrats lose esp. if they lose the house then the outgoing congress will vote in a budget to prevent the incoming congress from being able to change things until the budget expires.
Shelby: CJS Bill Sustains Human Space FlightShare Today at 9:46am“The Administration canceled the only realistic approach for the United States to return to low earth orbit and beyond,” said Shelby. “The President’s budget proposal surrendered our nation’s leadership in space to the Russians, Chinese, and Indians and instead chose to set up an entitlement program for the so-called commercial space industry.“This proposal was simply unacceptable. The overarching point is simple: No so-called commercial space company has ever carried anything successfully to the space station, much less safely launch and return a human being. We cannot risk human lives or the entire future of the space program by deploying an unproven commercial crew concept. The risk is too great.
