Posted on 08/23/2003 6:18:51 PM PDT by KevinDavis
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson announced that he was introducing legislation to provide a vision and a concrete set of goals for the nation's human space flight program after the International Space Station. "America's human space flight program is adrift, with no clear vision or commitment to any goals after the completion of the International Space Station. The Space Exploration Act of 2002 sets forth specific incremental goals that are challenging, exciting and that build capabilities and infrastructure needed for an ultimate human mission to Mars," said Lampson.
The bill establishes an implementation framework that will allow the best, most innovative mission concepts to compete. It is an approach similar to that of the highly successful and innovative Discovery program in NASA's space science enterprise. In addition, the implementation approach contains tough requirements for periodic independent cost and program reviews to ensure that the exploration initiative is carried out in as cost-efficient and effective a manner as possible.
"The real obstacle we face in overcoming the drift in the nation's human space flight program is not technological and it's not financial - it's the lack of commitment to get started. We don't need another national commission to come up with goals for human space flight beyond low Earth orbit," Lampson said. "What we need is a national commitment to carry out any one of the many worthy goals that have been articulated to date."
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I think so but he lives in Beaumont.
He was notoriously "crooked" before he ran for congress. He had a homecare business that was charged with billing the govt for some illegal charges. I don't remember the details.
Beaumont is "yellow dog" country and they really don't care what Democrats do.
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