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Barack Obama's early education and K-12 plan package costs about $18 billion per year. He will maintain fiscal responsibility and prevent any increase in the deficit by offsetting cuts and revenue sources in other parts of the government. The early education plan will be paid for by delaying the NASA Constellation Program for five years
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Since the information I have that Obama wants to delay the Orion by at least 5 years is from his own website in a document he endorsed I think my information is more accurate than your web link.
I think its foolish of him to cut NASA's budget to fund education in science and math. Its counter-productive you give kids a better opportunity with science and math but you hurt the industry that relies heavily on people who are good at science and math.
Its not just NASA that would be affected by this. NASA employs just a small fraction of the space program's work force. There are thousands of contractor employees for Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Honeywell, Hamilton-Sunstrand, and United Space Alliance. Those are just the big ones. There are dozens of smaller contractors who all have jobs that rely on the space program.
What we need is a leader who isn't afraid to set ambitious goals for NASA and increase its funding to actually accomplish those goals safely, effectively, and in a reasonable amount of time.