NASA Obama Backs New Launcher and Bigger NASA Budget

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President Obama plans to request Congressional funding for a new heavy-lift launcher aimed at facilitating human missions to the moon, asteroids, and Mars' moons. This decision was made during a White House meeting with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. The proposed budget includes an additional $1 billion for NASA in 2011 to support the development of the new launcher and enhance the agency's robotic Earth-monitoring spacecraft. This initiative marks a significant shift in the U.S. human space flight program. The focus on advanced space exploration reflects a commitment to expanding NASA's capabilities.
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“[/size]President Barack Obama will ask Congress next year to fund a new heavy-lift launcher to take humans to the moon, asteroids, and the moons of Mars, ScienceInsider has learned. The president chose the new direction for the U.S. human space flight program Wednesday at a White House meeting with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, according to officials familiar with the discussion. NASA would receive an additional $1 billion in 2011 both to get the new launcher on track and to bolster the agency’s fleet of robotic Earth-monitoring spacecraft .”[/size]​
Read more here: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/12/exclusiveobama.html
 
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