] WASHINGTON,DC- After today's House Science Committee
] hearing on returning the Space Shuttle to flight, U.S.
] Rep. Nick Lampson re-introduced his Space Exploration
] Act. 
]
] "Admiral Harold Gehman's Columbia Accident Investigation
] Board (CAIB) report cites the 'lack of an agreed national
] vision for human space flight' over the past three
] decades as an organizational cause of the accident.  The
] report calls on the White House, Congress and NASA to
] honor the memory ofColumbia's crew by reflecting on the
] nation's future in space," Lampson said.  "I couldn't
] agree more.  Even before theColumbiaaccident, the future
] direction of many of NASA's programs such as Space
] Station and Space Shuttle were "To Be Determined.' "

Rep. Lampson Re-Introduces Bill to Restore Vision for NASA's Human Spaceflight Program