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Friday’s CSExtra includes reports on the Senate’s passage of a NASA authorization bill late Thursday. Action by the full House on its version of an NASA authorization measure is still pending. Meanwhile, NASA postpones the start of spacewalking repairs to the International Space Station’s cooling system by a day to permit more planning by ground teams. The first spacewalk is now scheduled for early Saturday.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: The Senate passes a NASA authorization bill for 2010 that urges the space agency to develop a crew capsule and heavy lift rocket for deep space exploration missions by Dec. 31, 2016. The measure provides funds for commercial space transportation to low Earth orbit, though much less money than the White House was seeking. It would extend operations of the International Space Station operations until at least 2020. The measure would add a mid-2011 space shuttle mission as well. The vote occurred late Thursday as senators prepared to leave Washington for an August recess.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1008/06senate/
A. From Space News: Senate sponsors claim their authorization measure would move NASA ahead in a smart, fiscally responsible manner.
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/100806-senate-passes-nasa-authorization-bill.html
B. From Spacepolitics.com: The bill passes the Senate by voice vote with no discussion. Almost unnoticed, the bill’s passage is revealed in a news release. It’s unclear when the full House will consider its version of a NASA authorization bill.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/08/05/senate-approves-nasa-authorization-bill-2/
C. From the Orlando Sentinel: The Senate’s bi-partisan backing breaks a statement over the White House proposal to cancel NASA’s Constellation program in order to back the development of low Earth orbit commercial space transportation. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican, are among the top sponsors.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/2010/08/senate-passes-nasa-compromise-bill.html
D. From the Houston Chronicle: The Senate bill is more heavily supported by the commercial space transportation community than the House version.
http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2010/08/us_senate_passes_nasa_budget_bill_1.html
2. From Spaceflightnow.com: NASA’s plans for spacewalks to repair the external cooling system aboard the International Space Station were deferred on Thursday until Saturday and Wednesday. They had been tentatively planned for Friday and Monday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp24/100805delay/
3. From Florida Today: The Boeing Co., which favored the Senate authorization version, unveils plans for a commercial space transportation system that could be operating by 2015 and launch from Florida.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100806/NEWS02/8060315/Boeing+plans+space+taxis+by+2015
4. From Space.com: A new study suggests that while the moon may harbor some water on its rugged surface, the interior of the moon is “bone dry.”
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/scienceastronomy/moon-interior-no-water-100805.html
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