NASA Budget Plan Restricts Spending On Private Rockets, WS Journal

"The Obama administration's proposed 2012 National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget, expected to total more than $18.5 billion, scales back funding for private rockets and spacecraft intended to take astronauts into orbit, according to government and industry officials"

FY 2012 Budget, OMB

"The President's new budget for Fiscal Year 2012 will be posted at 10:30 AM ET, February 14, 2011."

NASA Announces Plan To Win The Future With Fiscal Year 2012 Budget

"The NASA budget and supporting information will be available online at 1 p.m., Feb. 14, at: http://www.nasa.gov/budget"

Kohlenberger To Depart OSTP, Space News

"James Kohlenberger, chief of staff for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and a proponent of commercial space initiatives, will leave his post at the end of February after two years serving under U.S. President Barack Obama, according to a Feb. 7 e-mail obtained by Space News. ... Last February when Obama rolled out his 2011 budget blueprint for NASA, including controversial plans to kill the nation's lunar exploration program in favor of fostering a commercial market for privately built space taxis, Kohlenberger defended the decision."