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On the recordMarch 13, 2012
It sort of reminds me of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s where we were, through NASA, through the National Science Foundation, spending, relative to the rest of the world, huge amounts of money.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed reflects on past U.S. investment in science and technology.

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