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Nature 441, 134 (11 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441134b; Published online 10 May 2006

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Outspoken: Mike Griffin on the NASA budget

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Space agency chief answers his critics.

NASA head Mike Griffin was blunter than usual last week, as he defended his scaling back of the agency's science programme. Space scientists have responded angrily to the cutbacks (see Nature 439, 768–769; 200610.1038/439768a