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Space Program Faces Slowdown and Layoffs Across Agencies
After a decade of growth, the U S space program is shrinking. Budgets fall from 5.9 to 4.8 billion, jobs drop from 420000 to under 300000, and several installations scale back or close. NASA faces a bleak early 1970s with John Noble Wilford reporting from Cape Kennedy to Michoud.
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John Noble Wilford
New York
Space Establishment
Vietnam
Wernher von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
von Braun
Huntsville
Ala
Robert C. Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Fla
California
Missouri
Neosho
Boeing
New Orleans