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Friday, January 29, 2010

NASA Budget Conference Monday with Bolden: Commercial Space Launch Accepted

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. S.W., in Washington.

The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site. Questions will be taken from media representatives at headquarters and participating field centers. NASA budget and supporting documents will be here at 12:30 PM, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.

Varied reports indicate that the President will pledge $6-billion to commercial space launch development and increase NASA's operational budget over the next five years in his proposed federal budget. The Constellation Ares-1 and Ares-V moon landing program is expected to end if his proposal is adopted by the Congress. Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin was especially critical today comparing President Obama's space policy to that of Richard Nixon cancelling Apollo.

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