"Science, technology, and education have advanced since the inception of this policy, and it's time that it, too, evolved," said Congressman Mike Quigley (D-Ill.). "By adjusting our restrictions on blood donation, we have an opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to equality and offer those in need of life-saving blood transfusions much-needed help." Reps. Farr and Quigley were joined at the press conference by Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
Our astronauts have left their footprints on the Moon, and our scientists have unraveled the mysteries of Earth’s climate and oceans, discovered evidence of water on the Moon and Mars, and looked back through time at the universe’s most distant objects. All of these headlines are well known. But there is a NASA less talked about. NASA has made every commercial airplane flight safer for the flying public. It is an agency that moves the technologies it creates for space travel out into new entrepreneurial businesses.