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Work Continues on New NASA Spaceships, Despite Uncertainties

NASA is pushing ahead with work on its new Orion space capsule and Ares rockets despite their ambiguous status as lawmakers discuss the agency's 2011 budget request.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/20/new-nasa-spaceships-forge-uncertain-atmosphere/


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NASA Outreach Program ‘Confirmed’ Despite White House Denial, Rep Says

The White House is disavowing a plan to have NASA conduct outreach to Muslim countries, but a congressman who talked to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden about that plan last month said the initiative was very real until somebody slammed the brakes on it.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/14/nasa-outreach-program-confirmed-despite-white-house-denial-rep-says/


Armstrong: “Obama hurting space Effort”

Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has issued a strongly worded rebuke of President Barack Obama, criticizing the president for proposed revisions to the U.S.' space program. Armstrong, along with astronauts James Lovell and Eugene Cernan, called the proposal “devastating” in a letter obtained by NBC News. Read below for the full text:

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1004/armstong_obama_hurting_space.html

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Lost in Space

The only nation to put a man on the moon soon won't be able to put one into orbit, leaving astronauts in the lurch. When America's space shuttle program ends in September, the U.S. will be completely dependent on Russian rockets for transport into space. But what will happen to American astronauts if U.S.-Russian relations sour?

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/09/lost-space-nasa-constellation-soyuz/


Update: Obama to End NASA Constellation Program

On the eve of the fullest moon of the year, NASA scientists were told they won't be able to visit any longer. In his new budget, President Obama plans to eliminate the space program's manned moon missions.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/27/obama-budget-drop-nasa-constellation-program/?test=faces


Obama to End NASA Constellation Program?

When President Obama releases his budget on Monday, there may be a big hole where funding for NASA's Constellation program used to be.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/27/obama-budget-drop-nasa-constellation-program/


NASA Network Security Torched

GAO says NASA has been successfully targeted by cyber attacks 1,120 times in the past two years and significant holes still remain...

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46208

NASA Wants Proposals for Space Taxis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA plans to use $50 million of federal economic stimulus funds to seed development of commercial passenger transportation service to space, agency officials said on Monday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57944520090810