This certainly puts Al Gore in a “new light”./S
NASA's new VISION: "To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind"
"NASA will have to live with a stagnant budget—again. The $18.7 billion proposed by the Administration is the same amount as 2010 and 2011, and science funding would continue to hover at about $5 billion. But in the details are significant winners and losers. Earth science would grow from $1.439 billion to $1.797 billion in 2012, though House of Representatives Republicans are sure to attack a program focused on understanding global change..." Source