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Congress has hard questions on space plan

Source: Houston Chronicle

Washington : DC : USA | 2 months ago

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I’m pretty angry,” said Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat who chairs a House space subcommittee. “We’ve been given a set of alternatives that almost look like cartoons.” The U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee has said the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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