Lawmakers Want NASA to Postpone New Space Plane

[Otis Willie]

Lawmakers Want NASA to Postpone New Space Plane

(EXCERPT) By Kathy Sawyer Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday,
October 28, 2003; Page A05

Citing policy and budget concerns, key members of Congress have called
on NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe to postpone further work on the
next U.S. space plane designed to carry crews to and from orbit.

Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Science
Committee, and ranking Democrat Ralph M. Hall (Tex.) urged O'Keefe "to
defer th...

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[tscottme]

Otis Willie > wrote in message
...
> Lawmakers Want NASA to Postpone New Space Plane
>
> (EXCERPT) By Kathy Sawyer Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday,
> October 28, 2003; Page A05
>
> Citing policy and budget concerns, key members of Congress have called
> on NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe to postpone further work on the
> next U.S. space plane designed to carry crews to and from orbit.
>

Half the congressmen will bitch there isn't a replacement for the
shuttle and the other half will bitch the replacement needs to be
another design. They will all bitch the price for any option is too
high and their delays have no effect on the final price.

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Scott
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