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May 04, 2015

NASA pushes back against proposal to slash climate budget
Washington (AFP) May 1, 2015
NASA pushed back Thursday against a congressional proposal to slash more than $300 million in funding from its branch focused on climate issues. The proposal would cut funding to NASA's Earth Sciences division, which researches the planet's natural systems and processes - including climate change, severe weather and glaciers. Republican Lamar Smith, who chairs the House of Representatives' Science, Space and Technology Committee presented the proposal earlier in the week. NASA administrator ... read more

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Technologies enable ambitious MMS mission It was unprecedented developing a mission that could fly four identically equipped spacecraft in a tight formation and take measurements 100 times faster than any previous space mission - an achieve ... more		US military planes to begin Nepal quake relief sorties US transport aircraft were to begin shuttling rescue teams and supplies Monday to remote areas of Nepal that are desperately awaiting aid, nine days after a devastating earthquake that killed more than 7,300 people. ... more		Quake-devastated Nepal toll to climb 'much higher' The death toll from an earthquake that ripped through Nepal will climb "much higher", the government warned Sunday, as relief teams raced to reach survivors of the disaster that has already claimed more than 7,000 lives. ... more
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