Lawmaker: NASA should reduce earth science role

Some of NASA's earth science functions should be transferred to another part of the federal government to help the aeronautics and space agency focus on its core missions, according to a U.S. lawmaker. While "NASA is an agency with its gaze focused on the stars [and] the outer planets," as well as...

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