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Obama Expected To Call Today For Axing NASA’s Constellation Program

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Monday, February 1st, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Florida, Alabama, and Texas lawmakers are girding for a battle over NASA's future this week following word President Barack Obama today will recommend canceling the Constellation program and tapping private companies to build rockets to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Constellation, a space-shuttle replacement effort initially intended to carry astronauts to the moon by 2020, includes the Ares I launch vehicle and Orion capsule, as well as the future Ares V heavy-lift rocket and Altair…

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Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

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Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

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Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]