Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced success in securing $21-million in federal funds for the NASA Wallops Island Flight Facility enabling launch pad improvements, small satellites and unmanned aerial systems as contained in the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 (H.R. 1105) that was signed into law Wednesday by the President. (WAVY-TV)The Wallops flight facility is integral to the economy of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and requires significant improvements to serve NASAs anticipated needs in coming years. The Virginia-owned Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is breaking ground soon on a new multi-million dollar launch pad to facilitate re-supply of the International Space Station beginning in 2011.
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