Mark Udall: “Today, I want to focus on one of the major enablers of America's highly successful space program, namely our highly…”

“Today, I want to focus on one of the major enablers of America's highly successful space program, namely our highly skilled science and engineering workforce. As we celebrate 50 years of exciting accomplishments in space, we witness the return on our Nation's past investments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Those investments produced the cadre of highly skilled scientists and engineers who have led our Nation in pushing back the boundaries of scientific knowledge and making possible the human and robotic exploration of outer space. Their contributions to our successes in space have also yielded critical benefits by promoting the innovation and advanced technology development that are central to America's competitiveness.”