Huntsville, AL - Mayor Tommy Battle issued the following release after NASA's SLS announcement Wednesday :
“We now have a mission, a time frame, and parameters in which to build, and that is good news for NASA and good news for Huntsville,” said Mayor Battle. “I want to applaud Administrator Charlie Bolden and Marshall Space Flight Center Director Robert Lightfoot for their hard work in leading the agency to this decision.” Mayor Battle says he is pleased that MSFC now has a direction and a date to go back into space along with the opportunity to expand America’s role as a global leader in space exploration.
