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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Pages 22-23

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... Decisions Regarding Goals The most important space decisions the new President must make concern the nation's goals. These must be sufficiently bold to maintain the United States as a leading spacefaring nation, yet paced to be achievable within a constrained budget.
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... Decisions Regarding Budget Priorities The current NASA budget of $10 billion to $11 billion provides for a base program and the early stage of one special initiative, a manned space station. The three highest priorities in the base program should be assured access to space by a variety of launch vehicles, advanced technology development to support national security and civil undertakings and to enable challenging mis
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