Bush Sets $6 Billion Budget For NASA
U.S. President George W. Bush’s $2.9 trillion fiscal 2008 space and science budget includes more than $6 billion for NASA.
Included is $1.2 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop a new rocket for Orion, the space vehicle that will replace the space shuttle in 2010. NASA would also receive $1.6 billion to conduct astronomy research, upgrade the Hubble telescope and build new space telescopes. Read more
