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Ruppersberger Calls for New, Innovative Space Program With a Manned Mission to the Moon, Mars or Beyond

Today Marks the End of an Era. Space Shuttle Launched for the Last Time.

For Immediate Release:                                                Contact: Heather Moeder Molino
July 8, 2011                                                                  Office: (202) 225-7690
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Ruppersberger Calls for New, Innovative Space Program With a Manned Mission to the Moon, Mars or Beyond

Today Marks the End of an Era. Space Shuttle Launched for the Last Time.

Today marks the end of an era. Space Shuttle Atlantis launched for the last time today in Florida. Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is calling for a new, innovative space program that includes a manned mission to the Moon, Mars or beyond. Constellation, the plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2020, has been cancelled and there is no roadmap for America’s future in space

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