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U.S.-Russian Space Cooperation in Doubt Continued

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Budget Breakdown: The Bush administration's federal budget request for 2004-2005 calls for a nice increase in nondefense R&D spending [graph, top right], and sharply higher spending for favored programs like nanotechnology and hydrogen-fueled transportation [bar chart and pie charts]. But in the long run [bottom], the president's initiative to send manned missions to the Moon and Mars will strangle many current programs, notably the space shuttle.

Illustration: Steve Stankiewicz