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Aalice.406 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!mhtsa!alice!sjb Tue Jan 19 20:14:29 1982 Space Program Budget Well, here is the first summary from the newswire I am posting. Consider it a test of how you like it (ARPAland) as well as being informative...

The chairman of the House Subcommittee on Science and Technology said that the Reagan budget plans could threaten our space program. The 1983 fiscal budget calls for $6.5 billion for NASA (about what it is now) Not only could this hurt our planetary program, but also threaten the shuttle program. Orbiter 104 (the fourth shuttle) could be put in question as well as a proposed fifth shuttle. While the Reagan administration has expressed interest in a fifth shuttle, they have not offered any financing for it. As per the planetary program, the deep space network, which receives signals from unmanned probes, such as Voyager and Pioneer, could be hurt, as well as jobs. Also threatened is the Centaur upper stage project, designed to launch payloads once deployed from the shuttle's cargo bay.

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