First Congressional Hearing From Space
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Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2009 · Science & Technology
The testifiers weren't in the Senate hearing room. They weren't even in this world. For the first time, a congressional hearing to testimony from space. The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis spoke to a Senate subcommittee on NASA's budget. Committee chair Sen Barbara Mikulski told the astronauts "Not only did you give Hubble a new life, you're going to give the Senate a new lease on life." "I wish I were up there with you," said Sen. Bill Nelson, who flew on the shuttle in 1986.
