O'Keefe Grilled About Space Initiative | Universe Today

Written by Fraser Cain

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe faced some tough questions from US senators on Wednesday as they attempted to learn how the agency would actually pay for the ambitious plan presented by President Bush a few weeks ago. Senator Bill Nelson was concerned that Bush didn't mention the space initiative in his State of the Union announcement just six days later, "if we don't put the full weight of the president behind it, I'm afraid it's going to fizzle."

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