The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a non-partisan entity working exclusively for members of Congress and their staff. As a part of the Library of Congress, the CRS provides policy and legal analysis to support Congress in its legislative and oversight functions, including topics related to space policy, space resource extraction, and NASA. CRS reports cover a range of space-related issues, such as commercial spaceflight, space exploration, and national security space launch.
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Rachel Lindbergh is a space policy analyst at the Congressional Research Service.
Rachel Lindbergh joined the Congressional Research Service in July 2023.
A Congressional Research Service report found transportation cost estimates for moving a shuttle range from $8 million to $55 million and estimated the cost of a new facility for hosting the orbiter could reach $325 million.
A Congressional Research Service report found transportation cost estimates for moving Discovery ranging from $8 million to $55 million and estimated the cost of a new facility for hosting the orbiter at up to $325 million.
Marcia Smith spent 31 years working at the Congressional Research Service and three years at the National Academies’ Space Studies and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Boards.