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House hearing on human spaceflight today

A reminder that at 10 am EDT today, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will be holding a hearing titled "NASA Human Spaceflight Past, Present, and Future: Where Do We Go From Here?", which will be webcast on the … Continue reading

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Upcoming: CJS markup, human spaceflight hearing

Although it wasn't on the committee's schedule over the weekend, the Senate Appropriations Committee has added a markup of the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill, which includes NASA and NOAA, for Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 pm. That will be … Continue reading

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Briefs: strange space bedfellows, human spaceflight poll, Mars mission budget squeeze

Here's something you don't see every day: a Tea Party group saying it's in agreement with a pair of Democratic senators. Florida-based TEA Party in Space (TPIS), part of the larger Tea Party Patriots coalition, announced Monday that it has … Continue reading

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Rubio worries about "full retreat" from human spaceflight

In an op-ed published today in the Orlando Sentinel, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) worries about the future of NASA's human spaceflight efforts under the current administration. "The president's space policy is jeopardizing America's longstanding commitment to manned space exploration," he … Continue reading

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Adams on human spaceflight, delayed budgets, and sea versus space

More end-of-the-year odds and ends: Among the new members of Congress taking office next week is Rep.-elect Sandy Adams (R-FL), who defeated Suzanne Kosmas in November in Florida's 24th district, which includes the Kennedy Space Center. In an op-ed in … Continue reading

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