Topic: Senate compromise may be setting up NASA for another failure

[sam]

Months of debate about NASA's future effectively ended Thursday when a key U.S. Senate panel unanimously approved a compromise plan with the White House that kills the Constellation moon-rocket program and sets NASA on an uncertain path toward building a new rocket.

http://www.physorg.com/news199102742.html

[Clive]

Can't say I'm surprised.  But what a sad day!