It is a long shot, but there is a chance that Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) will succeed in securing an extra $1 billion for NASA next year to help cover the costs associated with the Space Shuttle Columbia accident and hurricane damage to agency field centers — provided that NASA’s constituency groups in industry, academia and elsewhere unite strongly behind the measure.
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