I think it is worth mentioning that in addition to the $900 million in cuts required from the sequester since the sequester has gone into effect, Congress has p

I think it is worth mentioning that in addition to the $900 million in cuts required from the sequester since the sequester has gone into effect, Congress has proposed cutting their funding an additional $300 million this year. Therefore, pinning all this to the sequester seems a little unfair. http://www.app.com/article/20130321/NJNEWS17/303210108/Sequester-spending-bill-chop-NASA-funding http://www.app.com/article/20130321/NJNEWS17/303210108/Seque... Sadly I worry these cuts are more political than practical, but then again it just says the programs are being suspended until they are reviewed so hopefully they'll still come back and maybe some waste will be discovered in the process too.