There's a letter from Neil Armstrong, James Lovell and Eugene Cernan to Chairwoman Mikulski and Ranking Member Shelby coming out shortly.Make of it what you will when it's published.
Prediction: They will come out in full support of the Senate Bill.Here we go!
The case still needs to be made though....We seriously underfund NASA!A half a penny of federal discretionary spending dollar?A tiny tiny portion of the federal budget? http://www.federalbudget.com/chart.gifGiven the tiny amount spent compared to the tens of billions or more congress will authorize in a hearbeat, even during these economic times, it's amazing that there is so much time and argument spent about NASA in Congress. They could eliminate the NASA budget entirely and it wouldn't change a thing in the big federal spending picture. And that argument goes for doubling the NASA budget too!Yet NASA assures so much for this nations future, and humanity. There are those that accept underfunding as a fact of life, that it will never change.That has been a big mistake in my view. We do not make our wheels squeek as well as others that get far more funding for questionable returns to the nation. That needs to change.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/20/2010 05:45 pmThere's a letter from Neil Armstrong, James Lovell and Eugene Cernan to Chairwoman Mikulski and Ranking Member Shelby coming out shortly.Make of it what you will when it's published.Letter is out:http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=31271
Quote from: 2552 on 07/20/2010 10:00 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 07/20/2010 05:45 pmThere's a letter from Neil Armstrong, James Lovell and Eugene Cernan to Chairwoman Mikulski and Ranking Member Shelby coming out shortly.Make of it what you will when it's published.Letter is out:http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=31271Synopsis: They say both the House and Senate bills represent good progress, please fund NASA.
SEC. 204. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON HUMAN EXPLORATION OF SPACE.(b) ELEMENTS.—The review shall include—(1) a broad spectrum of participation with representatives of a range of disciplines, backgrounds, and generations, including civil, commercial, international, scientific, and national security interests;(2) input from NASA’s international partner discussions and NASA’s Human Exploration Framework Team;(3) an examination of the relationship of national goals to foundational capabilities, robotic activities, technologies, and missions authorized by this Act;(4) a review and prioritization of scientific, engineering, economic, and social science questions to be addressed by human space exploration to improve the overall human condition; and(5) findings and recommendations for fiscal years 2014 through 2023.
Now, is exactly the time to take sides. We are in the final stages of this game.