NASA Reauthorization Bill Clears House Science Committee
The House Science Committee passed HR 6063, the NASA Reauthorization Act, unanimously today.
From the committee’s press release:
H.R. 6063, introduced by Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairman Mark Udall (D-CO), authorizes appropriations for NASA’s activities – science, aeronautics, exploration, education, space operations, inspector general, cross-agency support programs – for Fiscal Year 2009. FY 2009 funding for NASA is $20.21 billion. This bipartisan legislation was originally cosponsored by the Science and Technology Committee’s Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN), Ranking Member Ralph Hall (R-TX), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Tom Feeney (R-FL).
A NASA Reauthorization bill has yet to be introduced in the Senate.
What will happen to the Alpha Megnetic Spectrometer AMS mission? It was included in the congress bill, but will it also be included in the senate’s bill?