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February 2, 2004

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ASU's Leshin named to commission to plan future of NASA

President George W. Bush has named Arizona State University Professor of Geological Sciences Laurie Leshin to the President's Commission on the Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy, a commission that he announced would be formed in a speech on January 14. 

The President detailed an ambitious new mission for NASA and, according to White House documents, "formed a Commission on the Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy to advise NASA on the long-term implementation of the President's vision." Leshin is the only Arizonan appointed to the critically important nine-member commission, and one of four scientists.

See the White House releases (below for further details: (or see: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/print/20040130-7.html )

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