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{"2F5C0621-5056-A066-60E2-CCB2BADF55F6":{"TotalRows":1,"uid":"2F5C0621-5056-A066-60E2-CCB2BADF55F6","title":"Sen. Schumer pushes to secure funding for NASA telescope being constructed largely by Rochester's Harris Corp","summary":"Rochester, NY","eventType":"chuck-around-ny","eventTypeLabel":"Chuck Around NY","date":"November 20, 2018","url":"about/chuck-around-new-york/sen-schumer-pushes-to-secure-funding-for-nasa-telescope-being-constructed-largely-by-rochesters-harris-corp","city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe","lat":43.0882838,"lng":-77.59163209999997,"description":"<p><span> U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today stood ar Harris Corporation to launch a major push to secure federal funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) next Flagship space telescope, Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), which is being constructed largely by the Rochester Harris Corporation workforce. Specifically, Schumer called on his colleagues in Congress to reject the administration’s proposed plan earlier this year to abandon funding for NASA’s WFIRST mission and instead keep WFIRST on course for its planned mid-2020s launch date by including full funding for the project in the final, conferenced Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Schumer explained that this funding would not only allow Harris Corp.’s Rochester workforce to continue to help build NASA’s next Flagship space telescope, but also support and safeguard 160 good-paying jobs in Rochester. Schumer explained that, once complete, the WFIRST Telescope will be able to see an area of space 100 times bigger than the Hubble Telescope, and thus revolutionize the way that NASA looks at outer space, and urged his colleagues in Congress to ensure that the project is fully funded through the FY19 CJS Appropriations bill.</span></p>"}}

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