Potpourri XCIV

Sigh. Lots of stories on the last Augustine Panel meeting (which ran into overtime) yesterday. The news is not great, but it is news, so here ya go:

• From ABC News: White House Panel Says Reverse Bush Plan To Retire Shuttles By 2010
• From the Arizona Daily Star: Panel: Deficits Threaten Manned Space Missions
• From Bloomberg News: U.S. Should Prepare For Mars With Asteroid Flight, Panel Says
• From Florida Today: Spaceflight Panel: Moon, Mars Shots Too Long
• From Hobby Space: Human Spaceflight Review Committee
• From the New Scientist: NASA Should Avoid a Straight Shot to Mars, Panel Says
• From the New York Times: NASA Panel Grapples With Cost Of Space Plans
• From the Orlando Sentinel: Moon Or Space Station? Budget Means NASA Must Pick, Panel Says
• From the Wall Street Journal: NASA Budget Threatens Manned Missions, Group Says
• And then the headline that greeted me from my local newspaper this morning: Ares May Be in Jeopardy

Did I mention I go to Europe in 23 days?