That's what NASA administrator Mike Griffin told an audience of researchers last week at the 39th Lunar and Planetary Conference in Texas.

NASA行政官Mike Griffin在上周德州举行的39届月球及行星会议上表示。

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His father was a NASA astronaut, as were many of his neighbors near Texas' Johnson Space Center.

他的的父亲是NASA的宇航员，同他的许多邻居一样住在特克·萨斯州约翰松航天中心附近。

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So far, NASA has recovered around a thousand pieces of debris across the states of Texas and Louisiana, and are now extending their search further 23)afield into New Mexico, Arizona and California.

目前，NASA人员已经在得克萨斯州与路易丝安那州各处发现了近一千块飞机残片，并将扩大搜索区域至新墨西哥州、亚利桑那州和加利福尼亚州。

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Houston has oil and gas, but also NASA and the Texas Medical Centre, an agglomeration of 47 not-for-profit hospitals, medical schools and other institutions.

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Two sixth form students and a teacher from the Isle of Man have returned from a two-week educational trip to Nasa in Houston, Texas.

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Perhaps most significant, the spending outline would "transfer space station management reporting from the Johnson Space Center in Texas to NASA headquarters until a new program management plan is developed and approved, " according to the proposed budget.

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