Earlier this year, the Clear Lake Economic Development Foundation warned Johnson Space Center could face nearly 5, 000 job losses by 2006 if NASA scales back space station and shuttle programs.
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Much of the project is an effort to gain back space that was sacrificed more than 40 years ago after budget cuts ordered by the center's chairman, John D . Rockefeller III.
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A fragile alliance of foreign partners is in diplomatic discord, dismayed that an even temporarily scaled-back space station will restrict the opportunities for European, Canadian and Japanese astronauts to fly and conduct scientific research.
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In his proposals Thursday, Popejoy said the county could sell $ 30 million worth of buildings and property immediately and raise as much as $ 71 million more by selling other buildings and leasing back space.
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After the Iraq War, the Army began researching engineering change proposals ( ECPs ) for the M2 Bradley to buy back space, weight, power, and cooling capacity reduced by the addition of armor and electronics hastily added during combat.
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"This stream of data is strengthening our thinking of moons as worlds in their own right, " said Dr . Louis D . Friedman, executive director of the Planetary Society, a private group in Pasadena that backs space exploration.
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Basically the job of the forwards in rugby league is to get the ball over the advantage line and give the backs space and a chance to be creative and move the ball around, which will hopefully result in points.
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Outside experts said that unless there is a big, long-term budget increase or a change in NASA's focus, there really is little choice but to continue with the shuttle and the scaled-back space station program, if manned travel itself goes on.
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Behind the driver / passengers up front is a bench seat wide enough for three more, and while the front-to-back space is a bit scant for adult thighs, knees, and feet, three kids will be OK . I pile it with stuff.
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Dr . Bruce C . Murray, a scientist at the California Institute of Technology and president of the Planetary Society, a private group in Pasadena that backs space exploration, said the exobiology fervor was being fed by a rush of recent findings about Mars, Europa and extrasolar planets.
