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  • White House panel: Reduce NASA role in space launches

    06/14/2004 9:47:50 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 26 replies · 142+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 6/14/04 | Ted Bridis - AP
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House commission will recommend that NASA overhaul its Apollo-era relationships with private industries, giving corporations a broader role in upcoming space launches to ensure President Bush's goal of ultimately flying to Mars, according to documents obtained Monday. The role of NASA "must be limited to only those areas where there is irrefutable demonstration that only government can perform the proposed activity," according to a summary obtained by The Associated Press that was prepared by the president's commission. Its final report is expected later this week. The commission determined that NASA should recognize "a far larger...