Barbara Mikulski actually said...

This year the budget request is for $628 million to keep it on track for launch by 2018.

We view Canada, Japan, who itself is facing some challenges with their own budget because of the natural disaster--we treasure the relations...

we want NASA to be an economic engine, out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building what we need to do to keep America pre-eminent in spa...

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