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In this episode, Jack and Newton discuss NASA's 2017 budget, the 2017 climate march, and delays in Exploration Mission 1. They also touch on China's plans for a manned space station and an impending problem with American manned spaceflight.
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Latest from Washington
House Science held a panel on astrobiology and the Search for Life
While the Senate has a hearing on something a little closer to home
NASA receives more than $19.6 billion in 2017 omnibus spending bill
Space News Highlight of the Week
GAO Expects EM-1 to slip into 2019
International News
China to begin construction of manned space station in 2019
Latest in Tech
NASA is running out of spacesuits
Coming Soon to Space
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