50th Anniversary of Apollo 11: Peters bill to protect lunar sites passes the Senate unanimously

In advance of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing Saturday, the U.S. Senate today passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) to permanently protect the Apollo landing sites on the moon.

The One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act, which would enact first-of-its-kind legal protections for the Apollo sites from intentional and unintentional disturbances by codifying existing NASA preservation recommendations.

#Apollo11 #Apollo50th #MoonLanding

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Earlier this week, companion bipartisan legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Committee on Science, Space & Technology Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK).

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Senator Gary Peters for Michigan has long championed efforts in Congress to support American space exploration. In 2017, bipartisan legislation Peters coauthored that authorizes and sets priorities for NASA and the nation’s space exploration mission was signed into law. Peters also introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the nation’s ability to predict severe space weather events and mitigate their harmful impacts on Earth. That legislation recently advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee.

In the U.S. Senate, Gary’s top priority is to continue supporting job creation and economic growth to strengthen Michigan small businesses and our middle class. He is committed to working with members of both parties to find commonsense, practical and bipartisan solutions to the challenges facing Michigan and our nation.

[wideawake]

Bravo, Senator! Interesting that it was unanimous while here at home where there is $ at stake for the already rich so many legislators (Rep.) are not willing to protect anything! Thanks for doing this and for reminding us there is still hope for us to get along and do the right things.

[tgwazu]

Kudos Senator! And shame on my Republican friends for using this video as a format to criticize other issues. We have some differences, but this is a good historic video. Good job sir.

[horrezplater]

You go That's beautiful. I want to go.

[russdavis]

you want to attempt to control the moon also???


While I would like to think historical sights of the Apollo missions would be kept intact, I would also like to see historical places and items preserved here on Earth.


But statues, paintings, etc. that have been deemed 'offensive' have been torn down, removed or painted over. Sad days indeed.

[George-Edwards]

Hello Sen. Peters, George here in Roch MI. You seem like a very nice guy, interested in what is best for our country but my wife and I would no longer vote for a democrat no matter what they seemed to be. Your party has gone off the rails as far as we're concerned and it is really sad because over the years the two of us always considered ourselves independents, we'd vote for whoever we thought was the best person for the job.
Not anymore! The democrats are out of control seemingly totally against anything that maintains what America is all about. As a short example, my wife's grandparents snuck in thru Canada and were sent back home to Belgium and had to apply and be accepted to be admitted the correct way. Needless to say they were and I've been married to a 100% Belgium heritage woman for 50 years this year. Please do what ever you can to get the democratic party under control so American citizens can justifiably be independent again and vote for the most qualified candidate and not have to rule out democrats because they're in our minds progressive, globalist Idiots.
George