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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/30/space.flight.gap.ap/index.html<br /><br />Interesting. Kinda sums up what folks have been saying around here for a while now.<br /><br />Quotes from story:<br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><br /> - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin recently told lawmakers that China's ambitious space program could feasibly beat the United States in the race back to the moon, although he and outside experts say there's no indication yet that China is on that path.<br /><br />- U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, this month proposed increasing NASA's funding by $1 billion. Mikulski also called for a space summit between Congress and the White House to raise the profile of NASA's budget needs.<br /><br />- Nelson said the gap could be narrowed to three years if NASA were to get an extra $400 million above the 2008 budget request and an extra $800 million each in 2009 and 2010. NASA's budget request for 2008 is $17.3 billion.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br />