Space programs in sight
Accord sought on moon, private-sector projects
By Jim Skeen, Staff Writer

Congress is expected to reach agreement this month on NASA legislation that will formally endorse returning man to the moon and expand a prize program inspired in part by the Ansari X Prize.

Negotiators this month are expected to resolve differences between the Senate and House of Representatives versions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration spending authorization bill. The final bill's language will incorporate the "Vision for Space Exploration" announced in January 2004 by President George W. Bush, directing a new moon mission.

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