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Rob Bishop: “If, indeed, there was, then clearly NASA was not listening to what was being told to them because we have had a year of…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2010
If, indeed, there was, then clearly NASA was not listening to what was being told to them because we have had a year of comment from the Defense Department and from the Pentagon, saying that this is a significant issue, that if, indeed, North Korea and Iran have a greater capacity than we think, and you've destroy the industrial base, we do not have the capacity to react to it and defend this country. Now, what we are simply doing in this program is not just dismantling our manned space mission. We're not just losing the ability to go up to the Moon and beyond.
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah
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Mar 10, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about NASA's communication with the Defense Department regarding national security.

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