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House GOP: Don't grab an asteroid — let's put bases on moon and Mars
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 19, 2013 07:14am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | House Republican leaders want to push for outposts on the moon and Mars — and they want to push NASA's plan to snare an asteroid into the dustbin, according to a discussion draft of their space spending plan.
"It is the policy of the United States that the development of capabilities and technologies necessary for human missions to lunar orbit, the surface of the moon, the surface of Mars, and beyond shall be the goals of the administration's human space flight program," the GOP version of the NASA authorization bill states.
One of the goals would be "to develop a sustained human presence on the moon and Mars," according to the draft, which is expected to come under discussion at a House Science space subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. NBC News received a copy of the draft in advance — as did several other media outlets, including Politico and Space News. |
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