Several years ago when Ted Cruz and I were leading the Space Subcommittee of the Commerce Committee, we proposed that the date of 2024 be extended to 2030 for exactly the reasons that you just articulated.
Bill Nelson discusses extending the ISS operation date to 2030.
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We cannot operate our science agencies on the cheap, and we should not operate them without clear, multi-year direction.
What we are going to do is a multi-year test, taking it to different locations all over the United States, and see if the muffled roar is acceptable to the people on the ground.
We are on the same page, and NASA owns and operates that local public water system, so we have every reason to continue this investigation.
We are going to have a 3D compendium of everything that is happening to the earth.
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