{"id":3841,"date":"2012-07-31T15:58:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T18:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2012-07-31T15:58:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T18:58:40","slug":"ucf-professor-travels-to-washington-to-support-space-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-professor-travels-to-washington-to-support-space-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF professor travels to Washington to support space, NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, an administration&#8217;s plans for NASA face\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2116\/1\" target=\"popup729\">congressional criticism<\/a>, scrutiny from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/nasa-ig-taps-nrc-for-study-on-nasa-direction-and-management\" target=\"popup729\">a blue-ribbon panel<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dps.aas.org\/content\/american-planetary-exploration-grave-danger\" target=\"popup729\">demands<\/a>for more funds that set parts of the agency against one another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You cannot have a public space agency without politics playing a role. That&#8217;s only right when the taxpayers are paying the bills,&#8221; says <strong>planetary scientist Daniel Britt of the University of Central Florida.<\/strong> This month in Washington, Britt and his colleagues visited congressional staffers to voice\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dps.aas.org\/content\/american-planetary-exploration-grave-danger\" target=\"popup729\">support for more missions to explore nearby planets<\/a>, projects cut by NASA. &#8220;We tell them that space exploration is an area where the\u00a0<a title=\"More news, photos about U.S.\" href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/topics\/topic\/U.S\">U.S.<\/a>leads the world, and we&#8217;d like to see it stay that way,&#8221; Britt says.<\/p>\n<p>Such calls are not so unusual. Even as NASA&#8217;s largest Mars mission, the Curiosity rover, headed for the\u00a0<a title=\"More news, photos about Red Planet\" href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/topics\/topic\/Red+Planet\">Red Planet<\/a> this summer, standard space agency politics took place on Earth. Astronaut Donald Pettit testified to the Senate about\u00a0<a title=\"More news, photos about International Space Station\" href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/topics\/topic\/Natural+and+Physical+Sciences\/Space+and+Astronomy\/International+Space+Station\">International Space Station<\/a> research, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, spoke to a\u00a0<a title=\"More news, photos about National Research Council\" href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/topics\/topic\/Organizations\/Government+Bodies\/National+Research+Council\">National Research Council<\/a> panel assessing the &#8220;strategic direction&#8221; of the space agency.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire story from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/tech\/science\/columnist\/vergano\/story\/2012-07-28\/nasa-politics\/56542592\/1\"><em>USA TODAY<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, an administration&#8217;s plans for NASA face\u00a0congressional criticism, scrutiny from\u00a0a blue-ribbon panel and\u00a0demandsfor more funds that set parts of the agency against one another. &#8220;You cannot have a public space agency without politics playing a role. 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