New NASA budget could put asteroid grabbing mission in jeopardy0

• From Around the Web, Space
• September 21, 2016

A NASA plan to lasso a piece of an asteroid and haul it closer to Earth could face a threat from the US Congress. A bipartisan spending bill introduced in the Senate this week has harsh words about the proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission, which is meant to be a sort of dry run for a future human mission to Mars.