[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NASA'S REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY

  (Mr. SALMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, 23,000 acres in the 
Scottsdale, AZ area were ravaged by terrible brush fires. The damage 
could have been much worse if not for a partnership between NASA and 
the city of Scottsdale.
  Testing the applications of a new technology, called remote sensing, 
NASA jets flying over the blaze beamed images of the fire's hot spots 
via satellite to the ground. Firefighters were then able to use their 
limited resources more effectively and contain the blaze days sooner 
than they had thought possible, thus saving property, money, and lives.
  Mr. Speaker, we will vote today to continue the excellent scientific 
research that is being conducted at NASA, and to streamline the agency 
by moving mature technologies toward privatization. The way Scottsdale 
and NASA worked together is a wonderful example of space technology 
being used to improve the lives of those of us here on Earth.

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