During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "support a robust research and technology development program that addresses the long-term needs for future human and robotic missions. He supports a funding goal that maintains at least 10 percent of the total exploration systems budget for research and development."
 
The administration is weighing recommendations on the future of space exploration from the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, more commonly known as the Augustine Committee, after its chairman, Norman Augustine, the former CEO of Lockheed Martin. In the meantime, a pair of space policy reviews are under way, one by the National Security Council and one by the Defense Department.
 
A decision on the future course of research and development in space awaits the conclusion of these policy reviews. The administration's course should become clear no later than February, when it releases its fiscal year 2011 budget request.
 
But for now, we're still in the dark on the administration's priorities. So we'll rate this promise Stalled.