UPDATE: On the eve of the full report of 
Human Space Flight Review Committee, Alabama United States Senator Richard Shelby attacked the committee's full report as "worthless" in a speech on the Senate floor earlier today [video] in what many observers deem as a warning to the White House about the space politics ahead.
Human Space Flight Review Committee, Alabama United States Senator Richard Shelby attacked the committee's full report as "worthless" in a speech on the Senate floor earlier today [video] in what many observers deem as a warning to the White House about the space politics ahead. Meanwhile, Human Space Flight Review Committee Chairman Norman Augustine will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, in Washington. NASA-TV will webcast the press conference.
Augustine will be accompanied by committee member Ed Crawley. Printed copies of the committee's final report will be available during the press conference and an electronic copy of the report will be posted to the committee's Web site at the start of the briefing.
Augustine will be accompanied by committee member Ed Crawley. Printed copies of the committee's final report will be available during the press conference and an electronic copy of the report will be posted to the committee's Web site at the start of the briefing.
President Obama is expected to study the full report with the presidential science advisor and the NASA Administrator to formulate federal budget plans for the civil space program. Indications from the NASA administrator and unamed White House sources point to the United States building a new Ares V-like heavy-lift booster and cede to the commercial sector launches to Low Earth Orbit for the so-called 'Dash Out' option.
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