No $1B Budget Increase for NASA; Fate of Ares 1 Rocket Still Unclear, Space.com

"NASA will not be getting the $1 billion budget boost civil space advocates had hoped to see when President Barack Obama sends his 2011 spending proposal to Congress Feb. 1, requiring the U.S. space agency to make even tougher than expected choices about the future of its manned space program, according to sources with close ties to the administration."

White House: Don't expect big NASA announcement, Orlando Sentinel

"Despite the decision not to hold a separate unveiling of Obama's vision, senior adviser David Axelrod said the president was "committed" to NASA and that his belief in space would be revealed with the agency's 2011 budget. Axelrod would not comment, however, on whether NASA would see an increase in its 2010 budget of $18.7 billion."