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NASA Authorizers Skeptical About Obama’s Shift To Commercial Spacecraft

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Monday, March 1st, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama's attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA's leader Feb. 25 about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight vehicles. House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) said he fears the space agency's plan to spend taxpayer money on generating a commercial crew-transporting industry could end up making those firms "too important to fail" and "wards of the state." NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, during the contentious hearing…

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Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) plans to request nearly $1.5 billion for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone in a future fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill. Last week, Space Force’s Space […]

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

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Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]