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Congress Awaits Indication from NASA about Budgetary Needs.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2003

By Gwyneth K. Shaw, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 17--WASHINGTON -- Six months after the Columbia disaster, Congress is still waiting for an indication from NASA about how much money the agency needs, when it will be needed and what's in store for the future of the space program.

Part of the problem is the timing: Although NASA has been working on a number of fixes for the shuttle fleet, it is waiting for the report of the independent board investigating the tragedy. That report is expected Aug. 26, late in the congressional budget process and at a time when shoehorning a significant funding increase for the agency would be difficult.

Also, a full-scale consideration of the longer-term goals of the...

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