NASA cuts Aviation Research Funding by 20%
Posted 3-17-2005 at 02:52 PM
Continuing cuts in aviation research at NASA are endangering the country's leadership in aeronautics and the aerospace industry, several experts testified on Wednesday.
Members of Congress and authorities on aviation expressed concern about National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to reduce spending on aviation research by 20 percent over five years. Under the plans, some wind tunnels and other centers would be closed and hundreds of jobs eliminated.
"I am generally dismayed by the magnitude and trend of the proposed NASA aeronautics budget," Dr. R. John Hansman Jr. of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said at a hearing of the House Science Committee Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. NASA has proposed an aviation research budget of $852.3 million for the 2006 fiscal year, $54 million less than this year, with more reductions planned in later years. On the whole, the Bush administration proposed a modest 2.4 percent increase in the NASA budget, to $16.5 billion. Most of the increase is geared toward the Moon-Mars initiative, which would require officials to cut or reduce other programs like aviation research.
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Continuing cuts in aviation research at NASA are endangering the country's leadership in aeronautics and the aerospace industry, several experts testified on Wednesday.
Members of Congress and authorities on aviation expressed concern about National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to reduce spending on aviation research by 20 percent over five years. Under the plans, some wind tunnels and other centers would be closed and hundreds of jobs eliminated.
"I am generally dismayed by the magnitude and trend of the proposed NASA aeronautics budget," Dr. R. John Hansman Jr. of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said at a hearing of the House Science Committee Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. NASA has proposed an aviation research budget of $852.3 million for the 2006 fiscal year, $54 million less than this year, with more reductions planned in later years. On the whole, the Bush administration proposed a modest 2.4 percent increase in the NASA budget, to $16.5 billion. Most of the increase is geared toward the Moon-Mars initiative, which would require officials to cut or reduce other programs like aviation research.
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