Space Appropriator Congratulates NASA Administrator on Mars Rover Launch

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, subcommittee which is in charge of NASA funding congratulated the space agency's Administrator, Charles Bolden on the successful launch over the weekend of the Mars Rover Curiosity.

In his conversation with Bolden Fattah said, "I applaud the efforts of NASA and the President's commitment to set Mars as a goal for future manned space exploration.  The men and women who work at NASA inspire us that we should not limit our imaginations to what is or what was but what can be. I am encouraged that by 2030 we will have a manned landing on Mars."

Bolden thanked the congressman for his continued support of NASA and invited the space appropriator to the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California for a bird's eye view when Curiosity lands on Mars in August.

Curiosity will explore the Mars environment to see if the conditions are conducive for microbial life and investigate the possibility that life did exist on the red planet.

SOURCE Office of Congressman Chaka Fattah

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