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Obama's Impending NASA Decisions

Posted by kdawson on from the in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-run-out-of-money dept.

eldavojohn writes "From delaying Project Constellation to an additional $2 billion in funding, Space.com looks at some immediate decisions the President Elect will have to make once he takes office in January. The biggest one will be the shuttle plan: do we retire the shuttle fleet or keep it on for more missions? If it is retired, we would have to rely on another country to bring our astronauts into space between 2010 and 2015 as a new fleet is built. Will Obama hold true on his $2 billion pledge to NASA?"

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  1. Re:The bigger question... by WatersOfOblivion · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. Re:I love the space program but ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    but do the astronauts do anything that cant be automated or done on earth?

    I'm sure the same can be said of your job...

    :-)

  3. Re:The bigger question... by Theoboley · · Score: 5, Funny

    and evidently you have no comprehension of contractions.

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  4. Re:First by conspirator57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    you mean you didn't have 5 years of ASP experience 2 years after it came out, either? if you're a representative sample of America's information workforce, we're in deep trouble... Time to build another Technology business park in a rural county. That'll fix it. :P

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