02/02/2016
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"Exploration, particularly space exploration, is inherently and inescapably a matter of vital national strategic importance."
"U.S. leadership in space is a bipartisan priority."
"The recent passage and enactment of the 2017 NASA Transition Authorization Act this March is concrete proof of the bipartisan and bicameral commitment to NASA."
"Mars remains the first interplanetary destination for humanity."