NASA might get the bucks to go to Mars after all

Budget cuts recently spanked NASA's space program, reducing it to a ragtag fleet of space-faring robots, but wait. President Obama somehow found $6 billion for the beleaguered space agency, in the name of creating 2,500 additional jobs at NASA. The president will announce the "bold new coursethe administration is charting for NASA" this afternoon at 4 PM Eastern. [Read more...]