LAWMAKERS
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20.09.23-DUKE-intro report on SPACE PROGRAM, having to fight for funding. REAGAN wants to have a permanent, manned space station. 20.09.37-C/S REAGAN giving State of the Union, asks NASA for development of a permanently manned SPACE STATION within ten years. Sketch of a proposed design of such a SPACE STATION. C/S NASA administrator in Senate committee hearing. Sen. FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ) criticizes the high cost of SPACE STATION. Clips from old NASA films showing ASTRONAUTS (including JOHN GLENN) with model Saturn rocket, ASTRONAUT training in gyroscope-thingy. Clip of JFK speech pledging to land a man on the moon. Clip of NEIL ARMSTRONG'S moonwalk, ASTRONAUT driving MOONBUGGY on MOON, launch of GIANT ROCKET. 20.11.00-C/S Former Rep. EMILIO D'ADDARIO, says the legacy of NASA funding will be viewed as rewarding and justified in the long term. Series of drawings and simulations of orbiting satellites and surfaces of faraway planets. C/S Dr. George Wetherill, National Space Science Board, says that the U.S.'s scientific agenda does not require a space station but is more based on missions to other planets. Exterior of Capitol. C/S Sen. WILLIAM PROXMIRE (D-WI) says that NASA BUREAUCRACY and AEROSPACE INDUSTRY are the only ones who want the SPACE STATION, which is too expensive for the benefits. C/S Sen. SLADE GORTON (R-BOEING, er, WA) urging moving forward on SPACE STATION, cites the "American Desire" to push back frontiers, says the SPACE STATION will "pay for itself". Rep. D'ADDARIO says the long-term legacy of exploration is part of "manifest destiny". Shots of ASTRONAUT using rocket pack on SPACEWALK. 20.13.54-ROBERTS-several Senior REPUBLICANS in House are stepping down at end of term. C/S Rep. BARBER CONABLE (R-NY), says he doesn't want Congress to become his whole life. Stills of young CONABLE with NIXON and Gerald Ford, and Rep. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI. C/S CONABLE, says that the House has become more closed and less Democratic. C/S Rep. JACK EDWARDS (R-AL), says he's burnt out after a long career. He doesn't thrive on the legislative battling. C/S Rep. JED JOHNSON, former Congressman, says it's a very tough job and has gotten tougher and more all-consuming.