Passage of NASA Authorization Bill Still Leaves Questions Unanswered

摘要

The compromise NASA authorization bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Sept. 29 approves key elements of U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed new direction for the U.S. human spaceflight program, providing sup-port for government sponsorship of commercial astronaut transportation Services while effective-ly sealing the fate of the Ares 1 crew launch vehi-cle that was several years in development.