FY2017 NASA Budget Update

Feb 1-12, 2016

• Exploration Concerns: President Obama proposes $19bn budget for NASA in 2017
  Human exploration advocates raise concerns over reductions in development activities for the Space Launch System exploration rocket and Orion crew capsule included in the proposed 2017 budget President Obama presented Congress this week.
  (See also: White House proposes $19 billion NASA budget; NASA FY2017 budget request sets up familiar battles with Congress; Last Obama budget said ‘strangling’ NASA’s Space Launch System; NASA packs a big vision for space exploration into smaller $19 billion budget; Budget proposal offers big increases for small space offices

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