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NASA Supporters: New Spending Plan Does Not Jibe With Law

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Monday, February 28th, 2011

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President Barack Obama proposed an $18.7 billion NASA budget for fiscal year 2012 recently that some supporters of the space agency said does not jibe with Congress' wishes. The FY '12 measure, which freezes NASA spending at FY '10 levels, supports President Barack Obama's plan to dismantle President George W. Bush's Constellation space-exploration program and support the development of a commercial space industry. Yet the request to Congress does not completely jibe with the NASA Authorization Act of 2010, which…

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