[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NASA STOPPING DREAMS FROM BECOMING A REALITY

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Madam Speaker, NASA recently announced and 
unveiled a new interactive computer simulation that allows kids to 
pretend to be going to the space station, the Moon, Mars and beyond. 
They said it would excite young people.
  Sometimes, though, our new NASA administrators are too shy. What they 
failed to announce is that also the preliminary design review on 
Constellation was finished successfully, which means that after 
exhaustive scientific and technical review, there are no technical 
issues that can stop Constellation from doing that for which it was 
designed, to replace the space shuttle with a flight capacity that is 
10 times safer than the space shuttle.
  You see, Madam Speaker, it is nice to come up with computer games to 
inspire kids, but it is also cruel to stop the only programs that can 
make those dreams a reality. There is nothing technically that can stop 
Constellation from fulfilling its mission, except politics. Thanks, 
NASA.

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