Rick
06-04-2008, 09:59 AM
flatoday.com
A House panel has approved legislation that lays out a congressional
blueprint for NASA for the next year.
The "NASA Authorization Act of 2008" bill gives NASA the green light
to pursue some significant goals. Among them, it would add three
shuttle flights to the International Space Station before the entire
fleet is retired. Two of those flights are now labeled as
"contingency;" the third is a brand new flight that would take the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station.
The bill would also authorize about $20.2 billion for NASA, about $2.6
billion more than what the White House recommended in its 2009 budget.
About $1 billion of the extra money is specifically to accelerate the
Constellation program.
A House panel has approved legislation that lays out a congressional
blueprint for NASA for the next year.
The "NASA Authorization Act of 2008" bill gives NASA the green light
to pursue some significant goals. Among them, it would add three
shuttle flights to the International Space Station before the entire
fleet is retired. Two of those flights are now labeled as
"contingency;" the third is a brand new flight that would take the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station.
The bill would also authorize about $20.2 billion for NASA, about $2.6
billion more than what the White House recommended in its 2009 budget.
About $1 billion of the extra money is specifically to accelerate the
Constellation program.