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Space

Bill Nelson Emphasizes NASA’s Climate Priorities at Space Symposium

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021

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Bill Nelson Emphasizes NASA’s Climate Priorities at Space Symposium

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaking on Aug. 24 at Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo: The Space Foundation

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday emphasized the agency’s focus on using space to impact Earth, particularly to fight climate change. “NASA’s value is not limited to space,” Nelson said at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. “Think about NASA’s work to stop wildfires and address our changing climate. Over the past week, a thick plume of smoke from wildfires raging from the Pacific Northwest swept across the sky here in Colorado. As NASA, we will always look upward…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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