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The US government already is buying rides for its space station astronauts from the Russian government at a cost of more than $50 million per person.Obama wants to stimulate development of commercial space flight services in the United States, an idea that last year polarized Congress.Legislators ultimately authorized but never funded $312 million for NASA's commercial crew development efforts for this year and $500 million for 2012 and 2013. Obama originally requested $3.3 billion for that three-year period."We hope as (commercial companies) develop capabilities, we can lessen our reliance on foreign governments," Bolden said.The new spending plan includes $2.8 billion to get NASA started on developing a multipurpose spaceship and new rockets capable of flying to the moon, asteroids and other destinations in deep space.It also provides $1 billion for a space technology research and development program authorized, but also not funded last year.NASA's projections forecast $18.7 billion budgets over the next five years.The budget includes about $550 million to fund pensions of shuttle workers being laid off by prime shuttle contractor United Space Alliance and allocates $325 million to begin making up a $1.5 billion cost overrun of the James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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NATO was not impressed by Russia's military performance after two large maneuvers in 2009 because its forces relied on aging equipment, lacked transport and suffered from manpower shortages, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.Russia's armed forces would be able to respond only to a small-to-mid-sized local conflict in the country's western regions, according to a cable from the US mission to NATO released Monday on the WikiLeaks secret-spilling site. The maneuvers demonstrated they would not be able to fight in two small conflicts simultaneously or to mount larger-scale operations, the US cable said, citing a report by NATO's military staff.The documents also claimed that Russia's army and air force could not cooperate properly and lacked all-weather capability.The NATO report followed two large maneuvers, codenamed Ladoga and Zapad, in Russia's western regions during 2009. They were intended to test the Russian military after its lightning 2008 victory over Georgia.The operation, in which Georgia's US-trained army was demolished within a week after it tried to invade the breakaway province of South Ossetia, set off alarm bells in NATO nations bordering Russia.At the time, eastern European diplomats expressed extreme concern over the Russian army's lightning response to a surprise attack by Georgian forces on the province's capital. The NATO report appeared to be an effort to reassure its allies in eastern Europe."The exercises (in 199) demonstrated that Russia has limited capability for joint operations with air forces, continues to rely on aging and obsolete equipment, lacks all-weather capability and strategic transportation means, ... has an officer corps lacking flexibility, and has a manpower shortage," the cable said.The document was signed off by US ambassador Ivo Daalder.The report claimed the Russian military still appeared prepared to use short-range battlefied nuclear weapons even in small conflicts. Russia is believed to have over 1,000 tactical nuclear warheads in its arsenal. These are not banned under international treaties.NATO has condemned the release of the secret diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks. It regularly refuses to comment on their veracity.Relations between NATO and Moscow hit a post-Cold War low after the Russo-Georgian war. But they have improved significantly since President Barack Obama announced a "reset" of US-Russia ties in 2009.Today, the two sides cooperate closely in the war in Afghanistan, where Russia provides a vital overland supply link for NATO forces. The alliance and Moscow also work closely on counter-piracy and anti-terrorist operations, and the two sides are considering setting up a joint anti-missile shield.