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The House NASA Authorization Bill

It was just released, and at first glance, it appears to be a disaster. More anon.

[Saturday-morning update]

No moon in 2024, must use SLS to get to the moon, not allowed to do anything on the moon that would help with Mars, not allowed to purchase commercial landing services, not allowed to do any exploration at the South Pole for ice.

Saturday-afternoon update]

Here‘s Jeff’s story.

[Monday-morning update]

It’s the greatest hits of terrible space policy.

[Bumped]

[Update a while later]

Eric Berger’s take.

[Late-morning update]

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation has weighed in.

The Planetary Society isn’t happy, either.