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 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's proposal to cut funding and staff for aeronautics research at NASA would jeopardize future aircraft developments, lawmakers and industry experts told a congressional committee on Wednesday.
"The budget is a disaster," said John M. Klineberg, a retired NASA manager who chaired a National Research Council group that examined NASA's aeronautics programs. "This program is on its way to becoming irrelevant to the future of aeronautics in this country and in the world."
Aeronautics research, long a top priority at NASA, has led to the development of technology that helps planes fly quieter, navigate through bad weather, detect turbulence, reduce wind shear and emit less pollution.
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