Top US lawmaker skeptical of new space funding
AFP
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA’s future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs.
Pelosi vowed “harsh scrutiny” of all spending requests and said she would be asking “what is the mission? How will the money effectively be spent, in what period of time, to create jobs, compared to what?”
“I, myself, if you are asking me personally, I have not been a big fan of manned expeditions to outer space, in terms of safety and cost. But people could make the case; technology is always changing,” she told reporters….
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