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This research is absolutely critical for us exploring the heavens.

NASA is committed to building a diverse, skilled future STEM workforce--our next generation of explorers with the technical skills needed to carry forward our Nation's vital mission.

For NASA to continue to innovate, we need to attract the next generation of engineers, inventors, chemists, biologists, astronauts, and so much more.

Look what happened when we spent the money on the Apollo program. Two generations of technology development came out of it.