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NASA Authorizers In Senate Say More Money Needed For Human Spaceflight

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Thursday, September 17th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Senate NASA authorizers called on President Obama to boost human-spaceflight funding yesterday as it scrutinized a report spelling out alternatives to the agency's underfunded moon-focused Constellation program. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Space and Science subcommittee, said he wants Obama to give NASA billions of additional dollars and also tout to America the benefits of sending astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. Nelson did not advocate for any of the human-spaceflight options, including Constellation, laid…

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