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Well, tonight we'll probably find out. I expect Obama will at least mention his decision on NASA, whatever it turns out to be.
But many Kennedy Space Center workers who supported Obama in his run for the President in 2008, feel let down by the President who as candidate promised to re-energize the agency and protect jobs here.
“The President pledged that he would minimize the spaceflight gap, but without a plan for exploration beyond research and development, he is threatening to turn the gap into an abyss with no end in sight,” Kosmas said.
“It is simply unacceptable and I will fight back, along with my colleagues from both parties, to maintain a robust space program and to preserve as many Space Coast jobs as possible.”
In a mini-briefing on Wednesday arranged for for the Orlando Sentinel and Florida Today by the White House, an administration official said he was confident that when the budget was made public on Monday, Congress and the public would back the plan to invest $6 billion in helping commercial rocket companies develop and launch spaceships that could fly astronauts to the space station.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This just in from Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. Considering that until now Nelson has been a fierce defender of Obama’s space policy, this criticism will be viewed by many as especially harsh. RB
Following is Sen. Bill Nelson’s response to initial reports on the administration’s NASA budget:
“Based on initial reports about the administration’s plan for NASA, they are replacing lost shuttle jobs in Florida too slowly, risking U.S. leadership in space to China and Russia, and relying too heavily on unproven commercial companies.
“If the $6 billion in extra funding is for a commercial rocket, then the bigger rocket for human exploration will be delayed well into the next decade. That is unacceptable.
“We need a plan that provides America with uninterrupted access to space while also funding exploration to expand the boundaries of our knowledge.”
Most of them are, why would that be a difference ? :lol:MeteorWayne":1d2t6fkh said:Sounds like good advice....that will be ignored
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NASA Announces Two News Conferences To Discuss The 2011 Budget And A Bold New Approach To Exploration
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold news conferences on Monday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget request and announce bold new developments in the nation's civil space effort.
On Monday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Chief Financial Officer Beth Robinson will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget during a teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EST. This is a change from the previously announced 3 p.m. Monday news conference in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Following remarks, reporters will have an opportunity to ask questions. To dial into the news conference, news media representatives should call:
800-857-5728 or 1-630-395-0025 and use the pass code "NASA"
A limited number of phone lines are available, so people are encouraged to call early. Replays of the teleconference will be available approximately one hour after the call ends. To listen to a replay, call:
866-431-2903 or 203-369-0952
On Tuesday, Administrator Bolden, Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will introduce new commercial space pioneers, launching a game-changing way of developing technology to send humans to space.
The announcement will take place at 10 a.m. in the National Press Club's ballroom, located at 529 14th Street NW in Washington. Reporters attending the event will have the opportunity to ask questions after remarks by Dr. Holdren and Administrator Bolden. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will carry the briefing live.
In addition to the two NASA events, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will participate with Dr. Holdren in a briefing by the Office of Science and Technology Policy about the federal government's 2011 research and development budget. The briefing will take place at 1 p.m. EST, Monday, Feb. 1 in the auditorium of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The association is located at 1200 New York Avenue, NW, with an entrance at 12th St. and H St. NW.
To listen to the news conferences online, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
"We are cancelling the [Constellation] programme, not delaying it," the president's budget chief Peter Orszag said.
President Obama is expected to make an official statement this afternoon.
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