Apr 30 1986
From The Space Library
By a vote of 15-1, a Senate panel approved President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Dr. James C. Fletcher to head NASA. The lone negative vote came from Albert Gore, who expressed concerns about Fletcher's judgment because he had drastically underestimated the price of a Shuttle fleet in the 1970s. (B Sun, May 1/86; W Times, May 1/86; W Post, May 1/86; NY Times, May 1/86)
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