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White House Budget Would Trim Nasa Funding Slightly


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The NASA budget would shrink slightly under President Obama's budget proposal. The White House is asking for $17.7 billion in funding, down about $50 million from what the agency received in 2012.

The proposed NASA budget includes $78 million for a mission that would use a robotic spacecraft to lasso a small asteroid and tug it back to a stable orbit a bit farther than the moon from Earth.

From The Washington Post
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