Keeping Aeronautics at NASA

Brown Fights to Preserve Mission of NASA Glenn, Kills Effort to Move Aeronautic Research Away from NASA
“Existing language ( “Section 605″ ) of the FAA reauthorization bill would have established an Advisory Committee on the Future of Aeronautics to, among other purposes, consider transferring the responsibility for civil aeronautics research and development–a key mission of NASA Glenn–from NASA to other existing departments or agencies of the federal government, to an academic consortia, or to a non-profit. Brown’s amendment, which passed 96-1, stripped this language from the FAA bill and ensured that civil aeronautics research and development would remain a central mission at NASA.”