“Cuts to NASA’s astrophysics division would see it fall from being the highest-funded science division (2008) to one of the least funded in the agency (2012).”
(via Alasdair Allan via NASA Astrophysics: It Really Is This Bad | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine)
Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com
“Fact is, with the competition of the Shuttle out of the way, NewSpace, as the burgeoning commercial space flight industry is sometimes known, is number one on the runway, and there’s no good reason to assume that it will fail. SpaceX became the first private company to launch and then recover a spacecraft from orbit last year, and is on track to begin cargo deliveries to the International Space Station this year. Certainly it’s not fair to say that America has no plan in space. In fact it’s completely inaccurate.”
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