The space community was buzzing today with the news that President Barack Obama was in an afternoon meeting with the NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to discuss the future direction of the space agency."The President confirmed his commitment to human space exploration, and the goal of ensuring that the nation is on a sustainable path to achieving our aspirations in space," said White House spokesman Nicholas Shapiro. There will be a clear idea of the future direction prior to the President's Statue of the Union addess to Congress next month.
Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) was critical of NASA's human spaceflight funding today.
For more on the meeting between Obama and Bolden linked are articles from The Huntsville Times, SpaceNews, MSNBC, SpaceflightNow, The Orlando Sentinel, Florida Today, SpacePolitics, and NASAWatch. There will be much more said about this meeting in the days ahead.
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