By Dave Ahearn GREENBELT, Md.--Even before President Obama releases his detailed federal government budget plan for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, leaders of NASA centers across the nation are learning how to do more with fewer people and less money. They described their coping strategies during a recent symposium on sustainable space exploration conducted by the American Astronautical Society near Goddard Space Flight Center. For example, Ellen Ochoa, now deputy director of Johnson Space Center in Houston and…
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