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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-021-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate funding for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) projects and priorities for the U.S. space program, following news that the Hubble Space Telescope was launched with a defective mirror. The episode aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System; the air date is uncertain, but likely late July 1990.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-012-003
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for federal funding to support scientific research into intercepting asteroids before they can strike the earth. The episode aired on Friday, April 17, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-037-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate federal funding for research and development in science and technology. Senator Kennedy comments on the upcoming 20th anniversary of the first astronaut landing on the moon. The episode aired on Wednesday, April 12, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-032-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the outlook for the U.S. space program following the Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986. Senator Kennedy mentions that President John F. Kennedy "challenged us to reach the moon." The episode aired on Thursday, December 22, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.