Sentences with phrase «space science advisory»

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This is also the position taken by Rep. Lamar Smith (R — Texas), chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology who this spring sponsored a bill disqualifying EPA grant recipients from serving on advisory committees.

Nevertheless, Steven Running, chair of a NASA earth science advisory committee meeting, was pleased both with the funding request, as well as with a year that had seen the launch of three major missions: the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, joint with the Japanese Space Agency; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 mission; and the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, which just launched on 31 January.

Steven Running, chair of a NASA earth science advisory committee meeting, was pleased both with the request, as well as with a year that had seen the launch of three major missions: the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, joint with the Japanese Space Agency; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 mission; and the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, which just launched on 31 January.

On March 9, Republicans on the House of Representatives» Science, Space and Technology Committee approved bills that would bar scientists with current EPA grants from serving on agency advisory committees and require that all scientific data used to justify new regulations be made public.