{"id":1365,"date":"2013-03-26T05:16:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T05:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2013-03-26T05:16:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T05:16:45","slug":"space-policy-disposing-of-underutilized-nasa-facilities-nasa-education-activities-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"Space policy: Disposing of underutilized NASA facilities + NASA education activities suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

A nudge on NASA to dump unneeded facilities: Senate Passes Rubio Amendment Urging NASA To Dispose Of Underutilized Facilities To Save Taxpayer Dollars – Space Industry News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed Wright comments on the suspension of some education and outreach programs at NASA in response to sequestration cuts: NASA Suspends All Education Activities – citizensinspace.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A nudge on NASA to dump unneeded facilities: Senate Passes Rubio Amendment Urging NASA To Dispose Of Underutilized Facilities To Save Taxpayer Dollars – Space Industry News. Ed Wright comments on the suspension of some education and outreach programs at NASA in response to sequestration cuts: NASA Suspends All Education Activities – citizensinspace.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-m1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6420,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6420","url_meta":{"origin":1365,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup – Feb.10.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of space policy\/politics related items: Space Policy Events for February 10-14, 2014 Shiloh spaceport study gets underway, but is it too late for SpaceX? - 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