Republican Budget Cuts Threaten NASA's Space Exploration Plans
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 02, 2014 - NASA's space program is facing budget cuts from a Republican-controlled Congress from January, which will likely have in its sights a controversial plan to redirect an asteroid around the Moon as a stepping stone to a future Mars mission. "Those who say we've got to go back to the Moon instead of an asteroid, well, show me the money," Bill Nelson, the Democrat who currently chairs the Sena ... more

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