No New NASA spending now NASA budget tight but stable now its survival mode. – Clara Moskowitz 4/15/11 Senior Writer Space.com 2011 Budget Should Allow Flexibility – – “NASA's Despite Cuts,” Space.com, A new federal spending bill represents a cut to NASA's funding, but a lessening of restrictions on how the agency spends The new measure is a political compromise between democrats and that for the rest of this year. republicans, and includes significant spending cuts in the 2011 federal budget. NASA will have to make do with about $18.5 billion, putting its budget roughly $240 million below last year's funding level. NASA and the rest of the federal government had been in limbo while lawmakers haggled over the budget. But on Thursday (April 14), Congress passed a spending measure called a continuing resolution that will cover the last five months of the year 2011. The new budget compromise followed a series of stopgap measures Congress Experts said NASA will likely be able to had used to fund the government in lieu of agreeing on an official fiscal year 2011 budget. accomplish most of the plans on the table under the new bill. "NASA will be able to do what it has to do until the next budget," space policy expert Roger Handberg, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida, told has been survival mode since last fall when the first continuing resolution was put in SPACE.com. "NASA place." NASA is living within its means now to avoid further cuts. Clara Moskowitz 4/15/11 Senior Writer Space.com 2011 Budget Should Allow Flexibility – – “NASA's Despite Cuts,” Space.com, NASA leaders expressed gratitude that the agency can now move forward fully toward its new direction. "This bill lifts funding restrictions that limited our flexibility to carry out our shared vision for the future," NASA administrator Charles Bolden this funding, we will continue to aggressively develop a new heavy lift rocket, said in a statement. "With multipurpose crew vehicle and commercial capability to transport our astronauts and their supplies on American-made and launched spacecraft." Overall, Bolden admitted the need for spending cuts, and was optimistic that they agency would be able to do a lot with what it's are committed to living within our means in these tough fiscal times given. "We - and we are committed to carrying out our ambitious new plans for exploration and discovery," Bolden said.
No New NASA spending now NASA budget tight but stable now – its survival mode. Clara Moskowitz 4/15/11 – Senior Writer Space.com – “NASA's 2011 Budget Should Allow Flexibility Despite Cuts,” Space.com, A new federal spending bill represents a cut to NASA's funding, but a lessening of restrictions on how the agency spends that for the rest of this year. The new measure is a political compromise between democrats and republicans, and includes significant spending cuts in the 2011 federal budget. NASA will have to make do with about $18.5 billion, putting its budget roughly $240 million below last year's funding level. NASA and the rest of the federal government had been in limbo while lawmakers haggled over the budget. But on Thursday (April 14), Congress passed a spending measure called a continuing resolution that will cover the last five months of the year 2011. The new budget compromise followed a series of stopgap measures Congress had used to fund the government in lieu of agreeing on an official fiscal year 2011 budget. Experts said NASA will likely be able to accomplish most of the plans on the table under the new bill. "NASA will be able to do what it has to do until the next budget," space policy expert Roger Handberg, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida, told SPACE.com. "NASA has been survival mode since last fall when the first continuing resolution was put in place." NASA is living within its means now to avoid further cuts. Clara Moskowitz 4/15/11 – Senior Writer Space.com – “NASA's 2011 Budget Should Allow Flexibility Despite Cuts,” Space.com, NASA leaders expressed gratitude that the agency can now move forward fully toward its new direction. "This bill lifts funding restrictions that limited our flexibility to carry out our shared vision for the future," NASA administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement. "With this funding, we will continue to aggressively develop a new heavy lift rocket, multipurpose crew vehicle and commercial capability to transport our astronauts and their supplies on American-made and launched spacecraft." Overall, Bolden admitted the need for spending cuts, and was optimistic that they agency would be able to do a lot with what it's given. "We are committed to living within our means in these tough fiscal times - and we are committed to carrying out our ambitious new plans for exploration and discovery," Bolden said.