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Richard Shelby: “The Congress explicitly provided $400 million to the exploration program in 2009 economic stimulus bill to close the gap…”

On the recordMay 20, 2009
The Congress explicitly provided $400 million to the exploration program in 2009 economic stimulus bill to close the gap between the Shuttle and constellation programs, as I understand it.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby discusses funding provided by Congress for NASA's exploration program.

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