Parts of NASA are being asked to cough up more so that others can cough up less or be spared altogether as it apportions the 5 percent budget cut mandated under sequestration.

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Dan Leone is the NASA reporter for SpaceNews, where he also covers other civilian-run U.S. government space programs and a growing number of entrepreneurial space companies. He joined SpaceNews in 2011.Dan earned a bachelor's degree in public communications...