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Sen. Richard Shelby

Shelby praises NASA budget compromise announced today
The Huntsville Times

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, called a proposed NASA budget compromise announced in Washington today “a clear path forward for the agency” and a “good first step” toward resolving a fight over NASA’s future. “This proposed authorization bill provides a significant new direction for NASA,” said Shelby. “It wisely rejects the administration’s outright cancellation of NASA’s human space flight program, and instead provides a clear path forward for the agency’s exploration program. “

Bill saves Michoud jobs, Sen. David Vitter says
New Orleans Times-Picayune

A Senate committee Thursday voted to establish a new U.S. space agenda that one of the panel’s members says will protect hundreds of jobs at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

A small step for bill – but a leap for JSC
Houston Chronicle

A NASA budget bill passed by a Senate committee Thursday restores a majority of programs at Johnson Space Center that would have been cut under President Barack Obama’s plan for the space agency. The $19 billion budget provides for an additional space shuttle mission next summer, the continued development of a crew capsule and expedited development of a heavy-lift rocket.

Utah legislators praise NASA authorization bill’s progress
Deseret News

When the Senate Commerce Committee passed the NASA authorization bill on Thursday, it gave a glimmer of hope to the future of Utah’s solid rocket motor industry. Solid rocket motors are produced by ATK Space Systems, in Promontory, Box Elder County, and when President Barack Obama announced in February that the direction of the nation’s space program would change to new technologies, it led to more than 1,600 layoffs at Utah companies and fears in states with space-related industries.