NYTimes: New Budget Delays or Cancels Much-Promoted NASA Missions

"...despite its administrator's vow to Congress six months ago that not "one thin dime" would be taken from space science to pay for
President Bush's plan to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars."

"Among the casualties in the budget, released last month, are efforts to look for habitable planets and perhaps life elsewhere in
the galaxy, an investigation of the dark energy that seems to be ripping the universe apart, bringing a sample of Mars back to Earth
and exploring for life under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa - as well as numerous smaller programs and individual research
projects that astronomers say are the wellsprings of new science and new scientists."

"The agency's administrator, Michael D. Griffin, says NASA needs the money to keep the space shuttle fleet aloft, complete the
International Space Station and build a new crew exploration vehicle to replace the shuttle."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/sc...ce/02nasa.html

No surprise here.
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Time to contact (again) our senators and representatives. It seems that
even Republicans are increasingly willing to buck the administration, as
Bush is becoming a "lame duck" sooner than expected. What the heck, maybe
even write a letter-to-the-editor?

Dennis

Hilton Evans wrote:
"...despite its administrator's vow to Congress six months ago that not "one thin dime" would be taken from space science to pay for
President Bush's plan to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars."

"Among the casualties in the budget, released last month, are efforts to look for habitable planets and perhaps life elsewhere in
the galaxy, an investigation of the dark energy that seems to be ripping the universe apart, bringing a sample of Mars back to Earth
and exploring for life under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa - as well as numerous smaller programs and individual research
projects that astronomers say are the wellsprings of new science and new scientists."

"The agency's administrator, Michael D. Griffin, says NASA needs the money to keep the space shuttle fleet aloft, complete the
International Space Station and build a new crew exploration vehicle to replace the shuttle."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/sc...ce/02nasa.html

No surprise here.


And not news. The related JPl RIFs were announced in Dec.

Phil

On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:13:01 GMT, "Hilton Evans"
wrote:

"...despite its administrator's vow to Congress six months ago that not "one thin dime" would be taken from space science to pay for
President Bush's plan to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars."

"Among the casualties in the budget, released last month, are efforts to look for habitable planets and perhaps life elsewhere in
the galaxy, an investigation of the dark energy that seems to be ripping the universe apart, bringing a sample of Mars back to Earth
and exploring for life under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa - as well as numerous smaller programs and individual research
projects that astronomers say are the wellsprings of new science and new scientists."

"The agency's administrator, Michael D. Griffin, says NASA needs the money to keep the space shuttle fleet aloft, complete the
International Space Station and build a new crew exploration vehicle to replace the shuttle."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/sc...ce/02nasa.html

No surprise here.

They should turn ISS over to the UN and let them pay for it, along
with any country that wants to send astronauts there.
-Rich

they didn't get ride of those projects. they just delayed them, put your info correct...
back in Feb. he told congress that they would have to delay some programs for this moon missions.
Which was broadcasted on NasaTV..