Political Quotes

“I rise to support the appropriations made in this bill for NASA. This year marks the 40th anniversary of NASA. These 40 years have been filled with remarkable achievements such as placing the first man on the moon. Let me list for my colleagues only just a few of the spin-offs that have been spawned by this program: The engine powering the Boeing 777 uses a NASA design high bypass turbo fan engine; A laminar airflow technique used in NASA clean rooms for contamination-free assembly of space equipment is used as an air purification system; NASA-developed micro-miniaturization is used in a pacemaker which can be programmed from outside the body; and NASA-developed solar technologies used to provide power through solar energy. NASA technology has also been developed to strip paint and also to provide thermal protection from the shuttle solid rocket boosters. By cancelling the space station we would end the benefits our society can gain from it.”