House Passes NASA Authorization Bill

simonbp writes "The US House of Representatives has just passed the Senate version of the FY2011 NASA Authorization Act. This bill is a compromise between Obama's proposed budget and earlier House bills. It cancels Ares I in favor of commercially-operated crew transportation to ISS, adds technology development funds, and keeps a version of Orion and a new heavy-lift 'Space Launch System' to both be operational by 2016. The timing of this bill was crucial to keeping key NASA personnel and contractors from being laid off."

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[ArcherB]

Cost of Iraq war 750 BILLION dollars. NASA's annual budget floats a bit under 20 billion. That's 30+ years of NASA, genius.

That's $750 billion over eight years, and it's still less than what the government wasted on a single "stimulus" bill. Also, Constellation was still being funded through the Iraq war. I think it would be more honest to say that "stimulus" killed Constellation.

Loss of life: over 100+k CIVILIANS. Yes, the people there were happy to see you because they're alive and are afraid to piss off the guy with the gun. The angry ones, alas, are dead. If a military from a powerful country which killed all your leaders and 100k of your pals waltzed into your town, you'd grinning ear to ear too.

Let's see, if my leaders had ruined my country and raped my daughters, I think I welcome those 100,000 waltzers.

Evidently, you were not there and have spent no time talking with these people. In other words, you know nothing of which you speak.