[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 169 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H12982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      A TRIBUTE TO THE ARES ROCKET

  (Mr. GRIFFITH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize yet another 
achievement by north Alabama's Marshall Space Flight Center. Last week, 
Time magazine named NASA's Ares rocket as the best invention of 2009. 
We have seen time and again that tireless work and flawless execution 
breeds brilliant results, and that is exactly what we have seen out of 
the short history of Ares.
  A few weeks after an impressive and successful test-flight, Ares 
received this review from Time magazine, calling the project ``the best 
and smartest thing built in 2009.'' The review of Ares said that the 
finest moments from our space program come when bureaucrats give the 
designers a clean sheet of drafting paper and let them dream. Our 
brilliant men and women in the American space program can do just that 
if they receive the funding they need to bring manned space flight to 
the outer reaches of our universe.
  This recognition and the recent Ares flight further prove that the 
Constellation program is exactly what our country needs--a safe, 
innovative, affordable, sustainable human space flight exploration 
vehicle.

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