Space Coast Senators Defend Work at Kennedy as SLS-derived DAN LEONE, WASHINGTON

摘要

Regional fault lines have appeared in the U.S. Senate coalition of support for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) over the use of 2012 funds appropriated for development of die heavy-lift rocket for infrastructure upgrades at the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.In an Aug. 26 letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) defended die use of $340.2 million in SLS funding for demolition, construction and other upgrades at die main U.S. civil spaceport.