Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-021-012
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate funding for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) projects and priorities for the U.S. space program, following news that the Hubble Space Telescope was launched with a defective mirror. The episode aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System; the air date is uncertain, but likely late July 1990.