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Relocation of space shuttle Discovery may hinge on 'Big Beautiful Bill' [i]A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," a major economic and policy package now nearing a vote in the U.S. Senate. The "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act" first introduced by Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn in April has now been added to the Senate's version of the bill championed by President Donald Trump. While the latter legislation primarily focuses on tax cuts and spending increases, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, chaired by Cruz, added the retired orbiter's relocation as part of an additional $9.995 billion in funding for NASA's programs, including the return of astronauts to the moon and sending humans to Mars.[/i]
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