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Will Obama Merge NASA and the Pentagon?
Will Obama Merge NASA and the Pentagon?
NASA has been at the forefront of some of our history’s most important space and weather discoveries, so it’s only natural that president-elect Obama and his transition team are discussing ways to better utilize NASA’s resources.
One of the options Obama’s team is exploring is a merger between the Pentagon’s military space exploration program and NASA. “No one really has a firm idea what NASA’s cost savings might be, but the military’s launch vehicles are basically developed. You don’t have to build them from scratch,” says John Logsdon, a policy expert at the National Air and Space Museum, who has met with Obama’s advisors.
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