Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday discussed the Texas Space Commission with local, state and industry leaders at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Abbott was flanked by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Rep. Greg Bonnen and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, along with other leaders. "They will encourage the development of emerging technologies, promote economic development for space, aeronautics and aviation, guide research into space exploration all across our state, help to develop workforce training needed to return to the moon and to eventually reach Mars, and they will cultivate the infrastructure needed to establish spaceports and so much more," Abbott said of the commission."Texas will be the launchpad for Mars.
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