"The extraordinary threat by the White House to veto the VA-HUD budget bill unless NASA is properly funded is a first in American political history. There is no record of LBJ, let alone any other President, threatening to veto a budget bill because NASA did not get what it needed. It is a characteristic of this administration that they take a frustratingly long time to make up their minds but, when they do come up with a policy, they stick to it. It took them three years to come up with the Moon-Mars vision but, now that they have, they seem to be determined to support it."
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Posted by jburk at August 2, 2024 11:42 AM | TrackBackSo what if a veto does occur. Well the good thing is that it will force some sort of compromise on the numbers. On the bad side though Nasa will be forced to work with funds already in hand, which may restrict if not down right delay or cancel some on going work.
Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 3, 2024 08:12 AMI wondered just how long the russian were going to put up with Nasa and non payment for soyuz utilized to keep the ISS going. Not that much longer according to the AP. Russia Wants Payment for Space Trips
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid;=624&ncid;=624&e;=3&u;=/ap/20040804/ap_on_sc/russia_space_station
Over on nasawatch I noticed that alot of shuffling of managers internally and also of some leaving to other outside space companies is happening. Has the commission report started to clear some of the dead wood or is something else a foot.
Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 13, 2024 08:26 AM