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NASA To Face $1.3 Billion Cut Next Year Under Sequestration

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-for-less dept.

littlesparkvt writes "A budget forecast that was released on Friday shows that the defense department isn't the only department getting hammered: NASA is as well, if the automatic budget cuts happen. According to Nature magazine, NASA will lose '$417 million from its science budget, $346 for space operations, $309 for exploration, $246 for cross agency support, among other cuts.'"

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  1. Damn Democrats!!1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Those damn Democrats and their spending cuts! Why don't they spend more, like good Republicans?

  2. Re:Budget cuts should not be imposed by AsmCoder8088 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, I would like to point out that as a taxpayer Al Gore contributed to DoD's budget and therefore took the initiative in creating what we know of today as GPS.

  3. Re:Budget cuts should not be imposed by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Space Nutters don't like being told their religion is wrong. NASA invented the wheel, the computer, the lever, the Sun, the car, colors, Teflon and Tang. Reality be damned, everything useful ever came from launching rockets.

    Don't go confusing NASA with Apple now.

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