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Congress Cuts NASA's Budget On Apollo Anniversary

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bush's-mars-trip-might-be-delayed dept.

colonist writes "A House appropriations subcommittee voted to cut NASA's budget request by 7 percent on the 35th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon. The panel also cut environment and science programs, but increased funding for veterans' affairs. NASA would get $15.1 billion next year, $229 million below this year and $1.1 billion below the President's request. Most of the cuts are on new initiatives. The subcommittee is the first step of a long budget process and major changes to the bill are expected."

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  1. Figures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until they detect signs of oil on Mars, this trend will unfortunately continue.

  2. Trip to mars by mpupu · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Congress is now sponsoring the "Y-Prize", which awards 1M to the first private spaceship that safely lands on Mars surface.

    They're also outsourcing NASA jobs to India, I guess.