I'm forwarding this to this BBS because of the number of USA readers and the general support of this mission here...

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Hello All,

I need some help, and New Horizons needs some help. It's simple,
just e-mail the key figures in the Senate and House regading NASA's
budget, your reps & senators, and request the below.

Basically, we need to e-mail congress enmasse this week to see
see New Horizons is rescued from the lack of funding in the CR
(continuing resolution).

Here's what's going on:
NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission was funded in FY02
by the House and Senate, and with strong public support and the
top priority recommendation of the National Research Council's
Decadal Survey for Planetary Sciences, it has been funded in the NASA
appropriations bill for VY03 by both the House and Senate
appropriations committees.

However, because the OMB did not fund this effort in its FY03 budget
request, New Horizons is not receiving any funding under the
Continuing Resolution at this time. As a result, the mission is in
grave danger of missing its crucial Jupiter launch window in
2006.

Please have your Reps and the Key Congressional Figures direct NASA
to fund New Horizons under the Continuing Resolution's clause
that "continues activities under Fiscal Year 2002 terms and
conditions."

Thanks for your help,
Ted A. Nichols II

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--Chris Vancil