NASA Pushes for Spending Flexibility To Keep Commercial Crew on Track

摘要

As NASA continues to advocate for full funding of its commercial crew program in 2016, the agency is seeking flexibility for the program in an upcoming short-term spending bill to avoid the risk of further delays. In a Sept. 10 interview, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden confirmed that NASA would seek language supporting the commercial crew program in a continuing resolution (CR) Congress must pass in September to fund the federal government after Sept. 30. "We are hoping that we're able to get permission from the Congress" in a CR to spend at a higher rate than in 2015, he said. Such a provision "would allow us to spend at a rate that would project to what we asked for in the 2016 budget. That would enable us to keep going with the companies as scheduled."