David Weldon: “I rise today to speak out on Space Day, which is actually celebrated May 21, it was yesterday, a day set aside to…”

“I rise today to speak out on Space Day, which is actually celebrated May 21, it was yesterday, a day set aside to celebrate the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's bold challenge to land a man on the moon. The space program, as we all know, has matured tremendously. We now have the space shuttle program, which has been a tremendous success, being able to go up and return with a crew and do all kinds of very sophisticated things while on orbit, such as repair the Hubble telescope, and soon it will be launching the elements of the space station. We have all heard about the tremendous scientific breakthroughs that have been the fruit of our space program. I know I, as a physician, saw that on a daily basis when I was practicing medicine prior to being elected to the House. Some of the technology from the space program is used on a daily basis, such as the imaging technology with MRI scanning and CAT scanning, as well as a lot of the materials science used in cardiac catheterization and prosthetic hips. But today I rise to talk about what I think may prove to be ultimately in the end one of the greatest breakthroughs that has benefited people here on Earth from our space program, and to talk about that I need to talk about a product made by a company in my district. It is called Quick Boost, and I have a can of that in my hand right here.…”