Briefs: Missing space in R&D policy; NASA budget
/-- Obama promises major investment in science - AP
/-- Obama vows investment in science - BBC
/-- Obama outlines science vision - physicsworld.com
Perhaps, as the reader suggests, if NASA had not dropped most of its R&D in favor of funding a handful of giant development projects like Ares I, it would get more backing for such activity.
[Update: Rand Simberg comments on the speech: There's Something Missing - Transterrestrial Musings.]
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Meanwhile, NASA's budget for 2010 is formed with a temporary administrator in charge: NASA Budget Being Drafted Without a Top-Level Advocate - Aviation Week
Posted 04/27/09 | 14:43:12 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Space policy
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