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challenge of the Paine Commission will take a long-term commitment by the American people. Reaching out to meet the challenge of the next frontier will take the resources and determination of a generation or more. 

Adopting these ideas, however, will not translate into an inflated NASA budget in FY 1987. The Paine Commission suggests a steady low-level, but significant increase in funding for NASA over the next five years. In fact, the level of steady funding necessary to achieve the goals of the Paine Commission would only be about half the NASA budget during the height of the Apollo program. 

Mr. Chairman, I strongly urge my colleagues to consider favorably the recommendation and findings in the Paine Commission report. We may not all agree on all aspects of the report, but it is good starting point. With this report as a base, Congress and the President can begin preparing the necessary space policy to take this nation into the 21st century. 

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