The tradition of creating NASAprogram and mission patches was borrowed from the military.
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The result would be the curtailment or elimination of many other NASAprograms, including the planetary one.
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A new NASAprogram, called Astrophysics Science SmallSat Studies, aims to turn their gaze outward, toward the cosmos.
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By doing this, MSC appeared to disregard warnings from Congress that no new NASAprograms would be tolerated.
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The Obama administration's budget also knocked the Constellation program for siphoning money "away from other NASAprograms, including robotic space exploration, science, and Earth observations."