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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Most people recognize NASA as the agency that is responsible for taking Americans to the moon and bringing them safely home, blasting off into space with the Space Shuttle programs, sending magnificent pictures of the planets and stars to earth via the Hubble Telescope and of the surface of Mars via cameras on the Mars Rover. While all these descriptions are true, NASA is responsible for many of the familiar items Americans use in our every day lives. NASA’s vision statement reads “To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind” (What), and indeed all humankind does benefit daily from NASA’s work. Because of research conducted by NASA, we now are able to filter our water, use cordless power tools and cell phones, keep our homes safe with smoke detectors, straighten our teeth with invisible braces, and see clearly with scratch resistant eyeglass lenses. We can even take our baby’s temperature with an ear thermometer, then go to sleep comfortably on a memory foam mattress (Conger).
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent government agency, therefore it is not grouped under any other cabinets, agencies or departments. Major General Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., the administrator of NASA, was nominated by and reports directly to the President of the United States. “NASA's Headquarters is in Washington, D.C. The agency has ten field centers and seven test and research facilities located in several states around the country. More than 18,000 people work for NASA,” (Dunbar1) plus numerous more work with the agency as contractors.
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