NASA's spending is under scrutiny
Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 22:14
in Astronomy & Space
Obama's transition team wants to know about the agency's basic money management, including cost overruns. Most nights it's possible to look skyward with a pair of cheap binoculars and see a $100,000 mistake circling the Earth. The glowing object -- an orbiting NASA tool bag -- was lost last month by an astronaut during a routine spacewalk.