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Lamar Smith Wants NASA ARM Money Spent On Exploration

Monday, June 6th, 2016

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An influential lawmaker wants NASA to redirect billions of dollars it might spend on its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to space exploration programs with connections to future Mars missions.House Space, Science and Technology (SST) Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said May 18 this money would be better spent on programs like deep space habitats or propulsion technologies. Smith said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently estimated that the total ARM cost would be $1.7 billion. CAPITOLSmith slammed ARM as a…

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