U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette has joined 25 House colleagues trying to preserve Constellation, the back-to-the-moon mission that brought stability to the NASA Glenn Research Center.
LaTourette and House members — mainly Republicans, from states with NASA centers involved in Constellation work — sent a letter last week warning NASA’s administrator to stop any shutdown of Constellation programs until Congress decides the agency’s 2011 budget.
The Obama administration wants to end Constellation, a President George W. Bush-era program that is building new rockets and spacecraft to reach the moon and Mars. NASA has spent $9 billion over six years on the program.
The Obama administration derided it as an underfunded and unworkable mission.
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