New Year and NASA

With StarBaseOC's Blog Aniversary coming in February, I would like to focus on the Moon, Mars and the Vision to renew interest in the exploration of space.

Here is an editorial on NASA's Budget in 2007 NYT.

But authorization bills do not actually provide money. The real test will come when President Bush submits his budget proposal for fiscal year 2007 in February, and Congressional appropriations committees decide how much money they are willing to put up. If it is significantly less than NASA needs for its assigned tasks, the agency and Congress will need to curtail some of them, lest NASA fall into the old trap of cutting corners and jeopardizing safety. From our perspective, the costly shuttle and the space-station complex look more expendable than pathfinding robotic probes of the solar system and a transition to new manned space vehicles.

We have to work hard at lobbying and writting letters to get all of the Vision funded.

Happy New Year!