Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, increased learning opportunities though webcasting, two-way videoconferencing, and the Internet |
Amount
$282,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) |
Locations
Houston, Texas |
Recipients
Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc. |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, cost effective nuclear power system to support NASA's long-range objectives for missions to the moon, to Mars, and to deep space |
Amount
$1,645,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, near-term development of the sensor technologies and integration algorithms necessary for on-orbit assembly and other AR&D missions |
Amount
$1,175,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, ongoing technology maturation program for liquid oxygen/liquid methane propulsion technology |
Amount
$470,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, secure and retrievable storage solution for Marshall's Data Center to meet Presidential Directives |
Amount
$940,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, technology to NASA for materials development, testing, and safety improvement to the Space Shuttle and Ares launch systems |
Amount
$1,175,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall Space Flight Center, to help accomplish NASA/MSFC missions by providing critical information on composite materials relating to NASA space exploration programs |
Amount
$1,410,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Huntsville, Alabama |
Recipients
Marshall Space Flight Center |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Marshall University, to support NASA-related composites training at the Composites Technology and Training Institute |
Amount
$2,232,500
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) |
Locations
Bridgeport, West Virginia |
Recipients
Marshall University |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, continued construction of a broadband link between the Wallops Island Flight Facility and the Patuxent River Naval Air Station |
Amount
$3,572,000
|
Sponsors
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) |
Locations
Baltimore, Maryland |
Recipients
Maryland Department of Commerce |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
McWane Science Center, program to increase K-12 interest/aptitude in the sciences |
Amount
$235,000
|
Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Birmingham, Alabama |
Recipients
McWane Science Center (Birmingham, Ala.) |