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Bill Nelson: You could do unmanned in 3 years and then be ready to fly humans to the Space Station in 4 years.

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
You could do unmanned in 3 years and then be ready to fly humans to the Space Station in 4 years.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Bill Nelson confirmed the timeline for unmanned and crewed flights.

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