Funds for Space Station Cut
The Senate approved an appropriation bill today providing only about one-fifth of the amount requested by President Reagan for a manned space station, prompting a protest by NASA Administrator James Fletcher.
Senators voted 86 to 11 to approve the $59.1-billion appropriation for next year for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and 15 other independent agencies. Most of the money appropriated went to housing, social and environmental programs. “A very sharp difference in priorities,” noted Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.). The bill now goes to House-Senate conferees.
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