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Congress Returns To Face NASA Funding Controversies

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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

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By Dave Ahearn Congress is returning to Capitol Hill to decide funding issues for the U.S. space program, controversies that began last year. Debates will center on a wide array of topics, from money for space programs to export controls on satellites and other sensitive-technology items shipped to China. Those issues include whether to provide $1 billion to NASA to help it recover from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee commerce,…

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