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Jerry F. Costello: “Without question, the actions taken by the NASA are not even close to sufficient to retain critical human spaceflight…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
Without question, the actions taken by the NASA are not even close to sufficient to retain critical human spaceflight skills and capabilities.
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Jerry F. Costello
Illinois

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Costello criticizes NASA's insufficient actions to retain spaceflight skills post-Constellation.

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