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Cutting Space Programs Could Make A Nosediving Economy Even Weaker

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Monday, April 20th, 2009

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As President Obama and Congress prepare to decide future funding levels for NASA, a study released today suggests cutting space spending could make an already staggering U.S. economy even weaker. The study by the California Space Authority (CSA) shows not only that space programs provide immense numbers of jobs directly, they also support innumerable other jobs thanks to space workers spending their paychecks to buy homes, cars, food and much more. While the CSA study focuses on how space programs…

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