Congress prepares to continue throwing money at NASA’s Space Launch System

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From Tech Crunch:
"Congress will pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its associated architecture, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts.

Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees recommend earmarking around $25 billion for NASA for the next fiscal year (FY 24), which is in line with the amount of funding the agency received this year (FY 23). However, both branches of Congress recommend increasing the portion of that funding that would go toward the Artemis program and its transportation cornerstones, SLS and the Orion crew capsule."

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/13/congr ... ch-system/

SIGH!

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[helicon]

From Tech Crunch:
"Congress will pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its associated architecture, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts.

Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees recommend earmarking around $25 billion for NASA for the next fiscal year (FY 24), which is in line with the amount of funding the agency received this year (FY 23). However, both branches of Congress recommend increasing the portion of that funding that would go toward the Artemis program and its transportation cornerstones, SLS and the Orion crew capsule."

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/13/congr ... ch-system/

SIGH!

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Hmmm...

[seigell]

From Tech Crunch:
"Congress will pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its associated architecture, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts.

Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees recommend earmarking around $25 billion for NASA for the next fiscal year (FY 24), which is in line with the amount of funding the agency received this year (FY 23). However, both branches of Congress recommend increasing the portion of that funding that would go toward the Artemis program and its transportation cornerstones, SLS and the Orion crew capsule."

SLS at least made it out of Earth's Atmosphere on the 1st Try!!

AND they didn't pollute our Night Skies with 4500 entrained shiny satellites to finance it!!

But, Senator Shelby's legacy continues...

[GCoyote]

From Tech Crunch:
"Congress will pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its associated architecture, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts.

Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees recommend earmarking around $25 billion for NASA for the next fiscal year (FY 24), which is in line with the amount of funding the agency received this year (FY 23). However, both branches of Congress recommend increasing the portion of that funding that would go toward the Artemis program and its transportation cornerstones, SLS and the Orion crew capsule."

SLS at least made it out of Earth's Atmosphere on the 1st Try!!

AND they didn't pollute our Night Skies with 4500 entrained shiny satellites to finance it!!

But, Senator Shelby's legacy continues...

Agreed. Dollars + jobs = votes + donations. Congress just uses a different math than we do.