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Cool NASA Tech That Will Never See Space
coondoggie writes to tell us that with the "new and improved" NASA budget on the way it looks like many of the cool projects NASA has in the works will never see the light of day, let alone space. The biggest cut looks to be the Ares heavy lift rocket but other cuts include a new composite spacecraft, deep space network, inflatable lunar habitat, and an electric moon-buggie.
Doesn't really bother me too much, but it has these stupid link underlines on Opera. While a tiny thing, it's incredibly annoying looking.
NASA can concentrate on their roots
No, under Obama administration's plan NASA will manage some outsourced projects with the end goal of privatizing space technology. They will not have or develop expertise in house.
This is different from how the administration is throwing money at NIH. They will be funding projects (or, more likely given their history, consuming huge amounts of money while having not a whole lot to show for it). But it's a big first step toward the end goal of crushing private pharmaceutical companies so the government can take over drug development and manufacturing.