The Republican leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee announced this afternoon that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison would be leaving her post as ranking member of the Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences subcommittee to take the same position on the Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security subcommittee. That post had been held by Sen. Trent Lott, who is retiring at the end of the year. Succeeding Hutchison as the ranking member of the space subcommittee is Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana. Vitter has not been outspoken on space issues, to the best of my recollection, but his state is home to the Michoud Assembly Facility, whose future is arguably riding on the current implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration.
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