Senate subcommittee on science and space and the senior senator from the state of florida, the honorable bill nelson. Ladies and gentlemen, the it said in the psalms written by david as he peered up into the heavens, the heavens declare the glory of god. The firmament showeth his handiwork. You think of the significance of this congressional gold medal. It has only been awarded to 100. And of those in aviation and space first, think of the wright brothers, charles lindbergh, dr. Robert goddard, the father of modern rocketry, and now todays honorees. And i dare say that in future years we will be giving the same ceremony and gold medal to the first crew that will land on the planet mars. Ladies and gentlemen, the dream is alive. As a matter of fact, its a part of us. Its our character as the American People to be adventurers and explorers. And we wont ever give that dream up. Indeed, in the honoring of these astronauts, we foretell the future, the greatness, the discovery, the expressin
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