The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, an accelerator facility that produces protons for a variety of scientific and weapons research, was supposed to have an upgrade beginning in fiscal year 2010, but the upgrade was not funded.
Addressing the lack of funding for a critical facility upgrade.
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It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.
I look forward to working with him and Ranking Member Cruz to make sure that NASA and the United States keep their leadership position.
The Stennis Space Center is a very valuable national asset because it is the location that, when we are developing exquisite new engines, we have to go to test them.
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