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Business/Financial

House To Decide Bill With $2.5 Billion For NASA, NOAA; Mikulski Urges Approval; Money Set For Satellites And Their Sensors

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Monday, February 23rd, 2009

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The House this week will consider legislation to provide $1.4 billion for NASA earth science to fund critical satellite missions, funding that merits approval, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said. That appropriation, contained in an omnibus funding bill, includes $150 million for new NASA earth science missions to measure ice sheets, climate and atmosphere to better predict environmental changes, Mikulski added. She chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee commerce, justice, science and related agencies subcommittee. The measure also includes $606 million…

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