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NASA Would Snag Ability To Cancel Constellation Contracts Under Budget Plan

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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford NASA will be allowed to cancel unwanted contracts from the defunct Constellation manned-spaceflight program if Congress passes the massive fiscal year 2011 budget deal reached late last week. The full-year appropriations act for the entire federal government repeals leftover statutory language, crafted by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) in NASA's FY '10 appropriations act that banned the space agency from ending those business pacts. Congress and President Barack Obama already agreed to kill Constellation, former President George W.…

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Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns

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Trump Signs Spending Package With $839 Billion Defense Bill, Ending Partial Shutdown

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