Station Cost Overrun Prompts New Round Of Proposed Cuts

Posted by tourdemars to Budget at June 29, 2001 12:00 PM

An orbital test flight of a prototype crew rescue ship and technology development for human missions to Mars face cancellation as NASA continues a bid to absorb an anticipated $4 billion International Space Station cost overrun, agency officials said Friday. A slate of technology development efforts being carried out at NASA's Johnson Space Center as precursors to human expeditions to Mars also would be axed under the proposal.