Key Senate Panel Approves NASA 2011 Funding

By Kristin Majcher (kristin_majcher@aviationweek.com)
Washington

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science subcommittee quickly approved its version of NASA’s Fiscal 2011 spending bill July 21, providing a $19 billion topline — the same level as the Obama administration’s request - in a key step that furthers a nascent compromise between Capitol Hill and the White House.

Of the total, $1.6 billion funds the two remaining ...

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