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"  Winner: Space Shuttle Odd as it seems, the retiring shuttle is a winner because the budget allows funding to continue even if the launch schedule slips past 2011. The Space Shuttle won&amp;#039;t get a life extension, but nor will it be put to rest before its full mission roster is completed. Added cost: $600 million. Winner: Earth Sciences The Orbiting Carbon Observatory sat, created to deliver precise, time-dependent global measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide, was destroyed in 2009 when the rocket failed during launch. The budget funds a new one, as part of a slate of new satellites that will conduct earth sciences missions. Earth and climate studies will get increases by $382 million in 2010, and $1.8 billion between 2011 and 2014. Winner: Kennedy Space Center The spaceport will be redesigned to accommodate more launches\u2014including those of private space companies. It will need to help after the shuttle stops flying. The cost: about $2 billion over 5 years.  Winner: Robots NASA&amp;#039;s Exploration Directorate will have more money to fund robot explorers to the moon, Mars or asteroids. These usually cost under $800 million per mission, and are dubbed &amp;quot;precursor&amp;quot; missions to human visits.  Winner: International Space Station New capabilities &amp;quot;could include a centrifuge to support research into human physiology, inflatable space habitats and a program to upgrade Space Station capabilities.&amp;quot; The proposed budget increases ISS funding by $463 million over 2010 alone, and $2 billion over the next four years. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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