Topic: committee leadership

  • Ted Cruz Explains NASA's "Senate Launch System" Nickname

    Ted Cruz Explains NASA's "Senate Launch System" Nickname

    Senator Ted Cruz has become a key advocate for NASA's Space Launch System, despite his fiscal conservative reputation and Texas's ties to commercial space rivals. Cruz, as chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, secured $6.7 billion in funding for additional SLS missions, countering White House p...

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  • Scientists Make Case for Sending Astronauts to Mars

    Scientists Make Case for Sending Astronauts to Mars

    The primary scientific goal for human Mars missions is to definitively answer whether life has ever existed there, as only astronauts can perform the sophisticated, adaptive fieldwork needed for a conclusive search. A new National Academies strategy report prioritizes this search for life and out...

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