Space program to be less spectacular with less funding
Washington reports that Apollo 17 signs the end of an era as Nixon era budgeting shifts space exploration toward consolidation. NASA faces a smaller, steadier path with shuttle delays and a focus on outer planetary missions and HEAO, with fiscal 1974 to 1977 budgets set near 3.1 to 3.37 billion.
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