Science and the Budget

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02/05/2010

Feb. 05, 2010

Science and the Budget

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This week, President Obama unveiled his proposed budget for 2011. Tthe proposed budget would distribute spending among projects differently from previous years, with increases for the NIH, programs dealing with renewable energy, and climate change. The Centers for Disease Control would see a small decrease in funding if the proposals are adopted by Congress. Major shifts included the canceling of funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, and the termination of NASA's 'Constellation' program, which was to provide a next-generation space vehicle after the retirement of the space shuttle fleet. We'll talk about how the proposed budget might affect science, and the odds of the proposals surviving a trip through Congress.

Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer

Guests

Marcia Smith
Founder and Editor, SpacePolicyOnline.com

President, Space and Technology Policy Group

Arlington, Virginia
Andrew Chaikin
Author, "A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts" (Time Life, 1999)

Boston, Massachusetts
Dan Kammen
Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy

Energy and Resources Group

Goldman School of Public Policy

Department of Nuclear Engineering

Founding Director, Renewable and Appropriate
Energy Laboratory

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, Calif
Jeffrey Mervis
Deputy News Editor,
Science Magazine

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Washington, DC
Thomas Kalil
Deputy Director for Policy

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Washington DC

Feb. 05, 2010