2002 BUDGET:
Fall Fight Looms Over Space Science Funding
Andrew Lawler
Congressional lawmakers are at odds with each other and with the new Administration over which U.S. space science efforts should be funded-or cut-in 2002. The high-stakes legislative game affects plans for several important space projects, from Mars exploration to a successor for the Hubble Space Telescope. The politicians also want to shunt hundreds of millions of dollars into pork programs-a move likely to increase the pressure on NASA's strained budget.