Congress looks to kill NASA's plan to capture an asteroid

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240192/Congress_looks_to_kill_NASA_s_plan_to_capture_an_asteroid?source=rss_keyword_edpicks&google_editors_picks=true

Computerworld - House Republican leaders are shooting to get astronauts on the moon and Mars, but they're trying to nix the president's asteroid plans.

In April, NASA announced that President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for NASA included funding to keep NASA on track to launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil by 2017. The budget also fully funds the building of a heavy-lift rocket and the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle to carry astronauts into deep space.

For the first time, the $17.7 billion budget, which is flat compared to recent years, also included funding for a plan to capture and redirect an asteroid into orbit around Earth so astronauts can study it.

House Republicans have other ideas, though.

[Poll_Blind]

1. Honestly, I'm fine with this. But it's like Hitler and me both dislike the same idea. AWWWKWARD!

PB