Houston Chronicle by Alex Stuckey May 17, 2019
A draft NASA spending bill was approved by a Congressional subcommittee Friday -- but members ignored President Donald Trump's moon 2024 plan and the controversial way he suggested paying for it.
Earlier this week, Trump released a budget proposal for the space agency that would jump start his directive to put humans on the moon four years early, by 2024 instead of 2028. That plan would redirect $1.6 billion in surplus Pell Grant funds to the space agency, a suggestion that drew ire from scientists, educators and astronauts alike.
But the funding plan approved Friday by the U.S. House Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies -- of which NASA is a part -- makes no mention of getting to the moon by 2024. And members did not discuss a need to take that directive into account.
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