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Senators Charge NASA Not Following Law With Constellation Wind Down

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Monday, June 28th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Six pro-NASA senators are ramping up their complaints that the agency allegedly is not following the law and fully funding the ill-fated Constellation space flight program before any final approval is given to dismantle it. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and a bi-partisan group of senators sent NASA Administrator Charles Bolden a letter last Friday charging the space agency should not be curtailing funding for Constellation this fiscal year because of language in the FY '10 war supplemental…

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