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House Panel Revises NASA Policy Bill In Hopes of Quick Approval

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Friday, September 24th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford A House panel revised its NASA authorization bill yesterday to be more in line with a Senate version that accelerates plans for developing a new heavy-lift rocket and has heftier funding for commercial cargo and crew-development activities. House Democrats want to take up the three-year policy-setting bill for the space agency before they leave Washington the end of next week for the mid-term elections. The House Science and Technology Committee unveiled yesterday compromise NASA legislation that differs…

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