1992 NASA Authorization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - Government publications |
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activities Admiral TRULY Aeronautics and Space agency ALDRICH amendment ASRM Augustine report BACCHUS capability CCDS Chairman commercial launch commercial space Committee authorization recommendation Committee Recommendation communications Congress continue cost Earth Observing System engineering EOSDIS expendable launch vehicle facilities fiscal year 1992 Fisk funding future goal going HALL increase industry Kennedy Space Center Landsat Landsat data launch services launch system LENOIR microgravity million Mission to Planet NAGLE NASA budget NASA's National Aeronautics National Space National Space Society Office of Space operations orbit percent Planet Earth President's request propulsion questions reduction request for fiscal requirements restructuring ROHRABACHER satellites schedule Science and Applications Section SENSENBRENNER Space Administration Space Center Space Exploration Initiative Space Flight space science Space Shuttle Space Shuttle program Space Station Freedom Space Station program Space Transportation spacecraft Spacelab studies subcommittee technical Telerobotic Thank VOLKMER
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