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FleaPlus writes "In light of Congressional resistance to the new plans (criticized as 'radical') for NASA proposed by NASA head Charles Bolden, Sen. Hutchinson (R-TX and ranking member of the Senate committee dealing with NASA) has proposed a compromise bill. Hutchinson's bill calls for postponing the Space Shuttle's retirement, and instead of wholly cancelling Constellation/Ares, it would adapt the more effective portions to a 'government-operated space transportation system,' largely inspired by the DIRECT proposal. NASA would also pursue commercial crew & cargo launches to orbit, although the bill leaves out Charles Bolden's proposal for R&D of 'game changing' technologies for sustainable and cost-effective space exploration."
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