Lawmaker questions NASA’s rocket decision
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 30, 2011
WASHINGTON — A California congressman is asking a federal watchdog agency to investigate whether NASA’s plans to build a big new rocket violates government rules on competition, as the Space Launch System relies heavily on existing agreements with shuttle and other manufacturers. In a letter dated Sept. 22, U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., requests that [...]
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Wolf presses White House on Webb telescope funding
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WASHINGTON — A top Republican from the U.S. House is pressing the White House to offer suggestions on how it would deal with NASA’s troubled James Webb Space Telescope, a program that has broken its budget and schedule and now is expected to cost .7 billion and be done by 2018. In a letter dated [...]
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Tags: funding, House, presses, Telescope, Webb, White, Wolf
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