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<p>President Bush has signed into law the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, for Fiscal Year 2009. Among other things it <em>requires</em> NASA to fly ULF-4 and ULF-5 Shuttle Utilization flights AND the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer flight <em>in addition to</em> the baseline flight manifest prior to retirement of the Shuttle. Yet it says in Sec. 611(c) that these events are "anticipated to occur in 2010". In addition, it apparently (you have to wade through the language...18 pages of it...) authorizes Orion/Ares I, but makes no mention of Ares V. It also states that the goal of Lunar exploration is a <em>human-tended </em>lunar base, not a continuously tended one!</p><p>My question is does this FY2009 law supercede the Continuing Budget Resolution which expires the end of March 2009, and whether it does or doesn't can't the 112th Congress pass modifications to it, and/or the next President refuse to spend the funds, even though HR 6063 <em>mandates</em> certain items?</p><p>Is this good or bad? I'm not sure...</p><p>Ad LEO! Ad Luna! Ad Ares! Ad Astra! </p>