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Griffin forces NASA Advisers to resign, after they opposed science budget cuts

Space.com: Wesley Huntress, Charles Kennel and Eugene Levy, who served on the NASA Advisory Council's science committee have resigned after speaking publicly against budget cuts in NASA's science program. Kennel resigned by choice but Huntress and Levy were asked to leave by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. Levy is quoted as saying that a commitment to a broad science program at NASA "didn't comport with the kind of advice that the administrator and the chairman of the committee were looking for." Science programs at NASA have been heavily affected with budget cuts as NASA attempts to get the Space Shuttle back on track, and the President's Moon/Mars vision implemented.

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