Experts at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have been working for years on a successor to the shuttle. The project, known as the Space Launch Initiative, was divided into two parts-one focusing on a further launch vehicle, the other on a space station orbiter. The orbiter is expected to be ready sooner. The program’s manager say NASA officials have told them not to alter Space Launch Initiative in light of the Columbia disaster. US President George W. Bush asked Congress for about US $1 billion for Space Launch Initiative in 2004, funds that would be almost equally split between the Orbital Space Plane and Next Generation Launch Technology. How much fund would the Orbital Space Plane probably get
A. US $1 billion B. US $ 2 billion C. US $ 50 million D. Not mentione