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Senate approves $19.5 billion NASA spending plan
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson ^
| Feb 17, 2017
| U.S. Senator Bill Nelson
Posted on 02/18/2017 1:56:58 PM PST by mdittmar
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Senate today unanimously approved a one-year spending plan for NASA that, for the first time, explicitly requires the space agency to send humans to Mars in the next quarter-century.
The bill, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), would give the space agency $19.5 billion for the current fiscal year. It would also, among other things, require NASA to establish a human settlement on Mars and continue the commercial space industrys development of a new American-made rocket to once again send American astronauts to and from the International Space Station without having to rely on Russia.
This bill marks the beginning of a new era of American spaceflight by explicitly directing NASA to put humans on Mars and helping our commercial space industry continue to grow, said Nelson, the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees NASA.
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posted on
02/18/2017 1:56:58 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Are they getting rid of the Climate Change office?
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:00:32 PM PST
by
rstrahan
To: mdittmar
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:03:04 PM PST
by
SteveH
To: mdittmar
I am a NASA supporter when they stick to space and not politics. I do think from a strategic standpoint the US needs a long term presence on the moon and mars ahead of other countries. Not sure that necessarily requires humans to be there. I would further automate exploration of space. Much cheaper.
To: mdittmar
Some one needs to tell the Senate that a voyage to Mars today using rocket tech will leave the crew blind on arrival.
There are several articles on this which were posted on FR some months back - before the election I believe.
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:09:12 PM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: mdittmar
Has DJT drained the islamonazi Swamp obama installed at NASA to divert its funding to pro- Islamic “causes” and programming?
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:09:41 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
To: mdittmar
What about Muslims in space? (I think they should ALL be in space.)
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:12:08 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: mdittmar
Wow. Great news since I was just watching Stanley Kubricks’ released video interview of his making a film of the “fake moon landing”. Look it up. He had it released 15 years after his death so that he wouldn’t be killed, or his family wouldn’t suffer.
We need the truth and should be seeking it always. Never trust the government, ever. This is another interview with Sibril. All fascinating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0Lc7uX8Ug
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:12:10 PM PST
by
savagesusie
(When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)
To: PIF
Well,I here Mars is kinda nasty.
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:15:20 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
How much for Muzzie outreach?
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:15:48 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: mdittmar
Establish a Trump hotel on Mars.
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:17:54 PM PST
by
trublu
To: rstrahan
They need to close up shop there at GISS @ Columbia.
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:18:06 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: savagesusie; mdittmar
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:35:48 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: mdittmar
President Trump should veto this bill unless all monies being spent on “climate change” have been removed.
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:42:24 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: mdittmar
Send all the Muzzies to the DugPlanet - Pluto. [8^| lol
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:49:00 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: SteveH
Ain’t gonna happen. Mars has no magnetic field and not enough gravity to hold a dense atmosphere.
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posted on
02/18/2017 2:53:29 PM PST
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: mdittmar
Ship all the insane libs and muzzles there....let em figure out how to survive.
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posted on
02/18/2017 3:01:18 PM PST
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
02/18/2017 3:05:43 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: lgjhn23
“Ship all the insane libs and muzzles there....let em figure out how to survive.”
Great idea let’s send em with almost enough fuel.
To: mdittmar
Any trip of one year or more in weightlessness or low gravity flattens the rear of the eyeball causing loss of vision acuity and eventually blindness. Doesn’t matter what Mars is or isn’t.
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posted on
02/18/2017 3:18:10 PM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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