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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
If those commercial rockets don't work, then for the foreseeable future of the next decade or so, we are going to be relying on the Russians just to get to and from our Space Station.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Nelson warns about the risks of relying solely on commercial rockets for space travel.

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