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Gary Peters: “I think it would be devastating to the Station, in my understanding, was initially created as a mechanism to do two or…”

On the recordApril 25, 2017
I think it would be devastating to the Station, in my understanding, was initially created as a mechanism to do two or three or four different kinds of things.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters expresses concern about the potential negative impact on the Space Station.

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