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Congress and the presidenthaven't been exactly kind to NASA recently as far as funding goes but NASA chief Charles Bolden is ruffling some feathers with his planned trip to Beijing to investigate cooperative human space flight as well as potential Chinese involvement with the International Space Station. Such news has caused Congressman Frank Wolf to warn Bolden that 'no such planning or coordination has been approved by the Congress ... In fact, several recent NASA authorization bills have explicitly sought to place strict limitations on coordination with China.' Wolf is an outspoken critic of China in space and further warned Bolden in a letter that 'It should go without saying that NASA has no business cooperating with the Chinese regime on human spaceflight. China is taking an increasingly aggressive posture globally, and their interests rarely intersect with ours.

Sabre wrote: I'm not very happy to hear about Bolden doing this.

Sabre wrote: I'm not very happy to hear about Bolden doing this. I'm guessing he feels it's the only way that NASA will survive with all the cuts that have been made, but damn, to go to the Chinese?!?! The European Space agency would have been a much better choice!