ajenks@sf

Gald to see this

NASA rescinded a directive Tuesday that would have forced millions of dollars in cuts from the popular Mars rover program, saying the budget reductions had not been cleared with NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin.

If those cuts had been implemented, they would have required that at least one of the rovers, probably Spirit, be put in a state of hibernation.

I’m really glad that we are keeping the exploration of space funded.  Maybe we can cut a budget somewhere else; not going to get political here.

How else are we going to understand the universe we’re a part of without exploring it?