House approves $18.5 billion for NASA

USA Today: WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to give NASA the $18.5 billion it wanted for fiscal 2016, but with spending directives that conflict with the space agency's priorities.

Lawmakers voted to spend more than NASA would like on planetary science programs and a deep-space mission to Mars, and less on Earth science and a partnership with private aerospace companies to develop a vehicle that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station.

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