On Lunar Anniversary, NASA Budget on Block
On the 35th anniversary of the first lunar landing, NASA struggled with money problems as it aimed to return to human space flight after the Columbia disaster.
As astronaut Neil Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crew members, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, gathered in Washington for a gala celebration of their July 20, 1969, landing on the lunar surface, NASA’s proposed 2005 budget took a beating on Capitol Hill.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration would get $229 million less than it did in 2004 if a spending bill approved by a House subcommittee becomes law.
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