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Senate Appropriations Committee HOW IT WORKS: The International
Opposes ATC Privatization Plan Space Station - Full Documentary
(1080p HD, 60fps)
This educational HD video shows how the International
General aviation leaders are welcoming a bipartisan Space Station works and operates. In Earth's orbit,
letter from Senate Appropriations Committee leaders NASA Astronaut Sunita (Suni) Williams tours and
opposing plans for the creation of a privatized air traffic
control system. describes how International Space Station's internal
structure is divided into two pressurized modules, the
The letter was sent February 28 to Senate Commerce Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) and the United States
Committee Chairman John Thune (R-SD) and Ranking
Member Bill Nelson (D-FL), and signed by Orbital Segment (USOS).
Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-
MS) and Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), as well The ESA (European Space Agency) also uses the
as Subcommittee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and International Space Station for research and
Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI).
experiments. The International Space Station
maintains an orbit with an altitude of between 330 and
That letter comes as Congress continues to debate
435 km (205 and 270 mi) by means of re-boost
FAA reauthorization funding, which many airlines and maneuvers using the engines of the Zvezda module or
backers in the House want to see separate ATC from
other visiting spacecraft.
the federal government and create a not-for-profit
corporation that would manage day-to-day air traffic It completes 15.54 orbits around the earth per day.
control functions and NextGen programs. Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams is an American astronaut of
Indian-Slovenian descent and holds records for total
(CLICK HERE for rest of story!) spacewalks and spacewalk time by a woman.
