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NASA budget cuts threatening Mars mission
KIAHLawmakers on Capitol Hill now have President Obama’s 2013 budget, a political plan built on more taxes for wealthier Americans, more money for infrastructure and education, and less money for things some of us in Houston like. "I'm proposing some...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Space Programs, NASA
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Schiff criticizes proposed funding cuts to Mars projects
Rep. Adam Schiff today vowed to fight a quarter-billion dollars in proposed funding cuts to NASA's Mars exploration programs out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge "tooth and nail."
The statement came after President Obama...Tags: Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Satellite Technology, Politics, Adam Schiff
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It's the wrong time
Congress has many difficult decisions in the near future. With the nation trying to reduce a $1.3 trillion debt and a struggling economy, it also has to decide the future of the space program. To soar far away from Earth and even on to Mars, NASA has...Tags: Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Cape Canaveral, NASA
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NASA Administrator Bolden to speak in Virginia Beach Thursday
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is scheduled to discuss the agency’s new deep space rocket in Virginia Beach on Thursday. Appearing at an aerospace conference, Bolden will talk about the Space Launch System, a vehicle NASA hopes will send...Tags: Barack Obama, Constellation Program, Technology, Rocketry, Space Programs
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NASA chief: Hampton Roads could be leader in green aviation
VIRGINIA BEACH — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said Hampton Roads could become a leader in the emerging field of green aviation but he warned the industry won’t blossom overnight.
“It is a possibility, but we’re not there yet,...Tags: Barack Obama, Air Transportation Industry, Hampton Roads, Mark R. Warner, Space Programs
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NASA chief: "Canadians are incredible at robotics"
Attention Canada: NASA likes your robots.
Speaking at an aviation conference Thursday in Virginia Beach, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden praised our northern neighbors for their skills in the artificial intelligence world.
"Canadians are incredible at...Tags: Space Programs, NASA
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NASA head visits Baltimore to show off Webb telescope
A full-size model of the James Webb Space Telescope, the tennis-court-length receiver that will be assembled in and operated from Maryland, is on display at the Inner Harbor through Oct. 26.
"Webb will find the first galaxies in the universe," said...Tags: Entertainment Events, Barbara A. Mikulski, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Inner Harbor, Frank R Wolf
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NASA head says Webb telescope plan in place
The James Webb space telescope program, over budget and behind schedule, has a plan in place for a 2018 launch that doesn't draw too heavily on resources for other projects, NASA's administrator said Friday.
"I'm spreading the costs across the agency...Tags: Entertainment Events, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Politics, Labor Markets, White House
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Space Shuttle lifts off for last time
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Atlantis and four astronauts thundered into orbit Friday on NASA's last space shuttle voyage, writing the final chapter in a 30-year story of dazzling triumphs, shattering tragedy and, ultimately, unfulfilled expectations....Tags: Weather, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Atlantis, Trips and Vacations
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Shuttle program opened doors for minorities, women
In 1972, President Nixon gave his blessing to ramp up Apollo's successor, the Space Transportation System (STS). Two years later, work began on the first space shuttle, a test vehicle that NASA planned to christen Constitution.
Those plans changed...Tags: Minority Groups, Constitutional Issues, African Americans, Elections, Gene Roddenberry
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NASA: Muslim world, here we come
Now that the space shuttle program has been retired, NASA can start focusing on its primary mission: reaching out to the Muslim world.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy promised that America would be the first country to land a man on the moon. It was an exciting...Tags: Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Ice Hockey, John F. Kennedy, Family
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The Endeavour Is Coming to L.A.
Gayle Anderson was live in Exposition Park at the California Science Center as the facility prepares for fundraising and the arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. NASA Administrator General Charles Bolden announced April 12, 2011 the California...Tags: Social Media, Arts and Culture, Science, Technology, Rocketry
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