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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Congress may try to block changes to the U.S. space program under consideration by the White House, NASA's administrator said.
President Barack Obama believes the U.S. space program should seek more help from other countries after the shuttle fleet retires next year and he's suggested NASA's Constellation moon-rocket program could see major changes.
Language added to a pending appropriations bill, however, requires congressional approval to change the Constellation project, which seeks to return astronauts to the moon by 2020, The Orlando Sentinel reported Friday.
"We are going to be fighting and fussing over the coming year," NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said of Congress and the Obama administration.
The new appropriations language was added by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., whose state houses the Marshall Space Flight Center and its thousands of Constellation-related jobs.
"Our goals for manned space exploration have always been, and always will be, accomplished through the people of Marshall Space Flight Center," Shelby said in a statement.
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