DeLay's Push Helps Deliver NASA Funds
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Without a separate vote or even a debate, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) has managed to deliver to a delighted NASA enough money to forge ahead on a plan that would reshape U.S. space policy for decades to come.
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NASA Administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe, a self-described &quot;budgeteer&quot; who was brought in to curb space station cost overruns and who later helped formulate a new presidential initiative to send
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NASA says there is not enough money in its budget to finish tracking nearby asteroids within a 15-year deadline mandated by Congress.
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Whether it's flying to small towns to help Republicans raise money or engineering a redistricting plan giving his party control of the Texas congressional delegation, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay delivers for his members. Now the members have delivered for him.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- Low clouds forced NASA to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery late Thursday, and a forecast for strong winds prompted the space agency to postpone another attempt by at least two days.
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NASA will miss a  precious opportunity to fly a probe to Mars due to a conflict  of interest in picking a contractor, delaying the mission by  more than two years, officials said on Friday.
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NASA would get &#36;16.4 billion next year under a bill a Senate committee approved Tuesday, reversing a decision by House lawmakers to cut the space agency's budget below this year's levels.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Bad weather forced NASA on Thursday to delay bringing the space shuttle Atlantis back to Earth at least until Friday, the U.S. space agency said.
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NASA had briefly considered delaying next Tuesdayâs mission after an independent group of engineers raised concerns about microscopic cracks in three heat shield panels that protect the shuttleâs wings.
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WASHINGTON - NASA could be forced to delay its selection of a new contender for space station resupply contracts if the $516 billion domestic spending measure approved Dec. 17 by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law.
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Four years after President Bush called for Americans to return to the moon and then voyage on to Mars, NASA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to design, build and test the spacecraft that would make it possible.
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NASA managers delayed  filling the space shuttle Atlantis' fuel tank early on  Wednesday to give technicians time to trouble-shoot a problem  with one of the ship's three onboard fuel cells, a spokeswoman  with the U.S. space agency said.
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When Sean O'Keefe was sworn in as NASA administrator  Dec. 21, 2001, at the top of his agenda was to bring fiscal discipline to a  space agency that had recently allowed a &#36;5 billion surprise to swamp its key  program, an international space station already more than a decade behind  schedule.
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NASA delayed the flight of space shuttle Atlantis until late January or, more likely, February to replace a suspect connector in the fuel tank.
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When Congress passed the $388 billion spending bill last weekend, it allotted $16.2 billion for NASA, including nearly full funding of projects related to the president&#39;s Vision for Space Exploration.
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The president's proposed $2.9 trillion spending plan includes a nice boost for the space program, but cuts environmental protection. Maybe we can move to Mars. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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Low clouds related to a cold front have increased the likelihood that scheduled launching of the shuttle Discovery will be postponed, NASA said.