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- Space Stations
- Congress continues to debate NASA’s International Space Station (ISS), a permanently occupied facility in Earth orbit where astronauts live and conduct research. Congress appropriated approximately $35 billion for the program from FY1985-2005. The initial FY2006 ISS request was $2.180 billion: $1.857 billion for construction and operations and $324 million for research to be conducted by ISS crews. In a July budget amendment, NASA transferred $168 million for ISS Crew/Cargo Services to another part of the NASA budget and reduced the ISS request commensurately. The final version of the FY2006 appropriations bill that includes NASA (H.R. 2862) cuts $80 million from the originally submitted budget, and NASA now plans to spend $306 million, instead of $324 million, on ISS research in FY2006.
- Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): Mission Objectives for Directing the Program
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- Strategic Defense Initiative: Selected References, 1986-1988
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- U.S. Civilian Space Policy Priorities: Reflections 50 Years After Sputnik
- This report describes Sputnik and its influence on today's U.S. civilian space policy, the actions other nations and commercial organizations are taking in space exploration, and why the nation invests in space exploration and the public's attitude toward it. The report concludes with a discussion of possible options for future U.S. civilian space policy priorities and the implication of those priorities.
- U.S. Military Space Programs: An Overview of Appropriations and Current Issues
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
- The future of the U.S. human space flight program is dominating debate about NASA. Pursuant to the "Vision for Space Exploration" announced by President Bush in January 2004, the shuttle program is to be terminated in 2010. The Vision directs NASA to focus its activities on returning humans to the Moon by 2020 and eventually sending them to Mars. How to manage Department of Defense (DOD) space programs to avoid the cost growth and schedule delays that have characterized several recent projects is a key issue facing DOD. The appropriate role of the government in facilitating commercial space businesses is an ongoing debate.
- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
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- U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial
- The 109th Congress is addressing a broad range of civilian, military, and commercial space issues. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducts the most visible space activities. For FY2005, NASA received a total of $16.2 billion. The FY2006the request is $16.46 billion; the conference report on the FY2006 appropriations bill that includes NASA (H.R. 2862) approves that amount.
- United States and Soviet Progress in Space: Some New Contrasts
- This report discusses the history of the "Space Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union and compares each nations accomplishments and current projects as well as future prospects.