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Lawmakers Press NASA Chief for Answers

By Eric Niiler

Published February 28, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe faces tough questions on Capitol Hill during a hearing on the space agency's 2004 budget. Members of the House Science Committee also press O'Keefe for safety assurances following the loss earlier this month of the space shuttle Columbia. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

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