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Bill Nelson: “And now we're going to be--within a year and a half, 2 years--sending Americans on American rockets again.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2017
And now we're going to be--within a year and a half, 2 years--sending Americans on American rockets again.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Bill Nelson announces the return of American astronauts flying on U.S. rockets.

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