Later today the full House Science and Technology Committee will mark up, and likely approve, HR 6063, the NASA Authorization Act of 2008. On the eve of that markup, the AIAA formally endorsed the legislation and urged the House to pass it. In that press release and accompanying statement, AIAA president George Muellner praised a number of the bill’s provisions, including increased authorized funding for exploration as well as a requirement for the government to carry out another study on the effects of export control on the aerospace industry.
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