[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1327]
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       INTRODUCTION OF THE NEIL ARMSTRONG TEST FACILITY RENAMING

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 22, 2019

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, today I introduce bipartisan legislation 
to rename NASA's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio in honor of Neil 
Armstrong. Plum Brook is part of the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center 
and is home to unique world-class facilities that conduct critical and 
innovative ground tests for the international aerospace community. Plum 
Brook Station is testing a new generation of space exploration hardware 
for NASA's efforts to explore the lunar surface and to again land 
humans on the Moon. Similar legislation has been introduced in the 
Senate by Senators Brown (D-OH) and Portman (R-OH).
  Ohio is not only the birthplace of aviation, it is also the 
birthplace of one of human history's all-time great explorers and 
aviators: Neil Armstrong, the first man to ever set foot anywhere other 
than on our planet Earth. A native Ohioan, Neil Armstrong served as a 
Navy pilot and later served the National Advisory Committee for 
Aeronautics (NACA) at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, now known 
as north east Ohio's NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, of which NASA 
Plum Brook is affiliated.
  Armstrong's `small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' has gone 
down as one of the most significant and memorable events in human 
history. Armstrong has inspired countless young people to pursue 
careers in aviation and public service, young people who will carry on 
and build upon his immeasurable legacy. It is an honor to introduce 
this bipartisan legislation alongside Rep. Gonzalez in the House and 
Senators Brown and Portman in the Senate. I urge my colleagues to 
support this legislation.

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