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The idea to scrap it came from the Obama administration, not congress: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-budget-constellation-cancel/ https://www
by kr7 10y ago
The idea to scrap it came from the Obama administration, not congress:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-budget-constellation-cancel/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-budget-const...
The plan to cancel it actually included an increase in NASA's budget, so it was not about general budget cuts.
- hackuser 10y agoThat's useful to know. I still think there's a lot of uncertainty which can't be cleared up easily; it's difficult to know what's really going on inside such negotiations: All parties to the budget negotiations have an idea what the limits are. If party A believes that party B's bottom line is $X, party A will adjust their proposals accordingly. Also, what we see is just a glimpse into the process; party C might want to cancel a project and strike a deal with party D, and then the proposal announced by D includes that deal. Also, we don't know if NASA's budget would have been without the budget cuts; maybe this project would have been included.