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the International Space Station program

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is the recipient of the 2009 collier

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trophy the award is considered

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Aviation's highest honor and is bestowed

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by the country's oldest national

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aviation organization the National

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Aeronautics Association it was formally

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presented to the ISS team at the annual

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cogger dinner held Mather teeth outside

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Washington the ISS was recognized not

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only force design development and

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assembly of the world's largest

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spacecraft but also for the complexes

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pioneering discoveries and progressive

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international cooperation accepting the

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award on behalf of the ISS team was NASA

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deputy administrator lori garver truly

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and standing on the shoulders of giants

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I of course only been back to NASA for

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ten months and while I was there in the

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90s was not an integral part of a space

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station team so I always a while I was a

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cheerleader which shouldn't be a

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surprise to all I was never that top

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girl on the Mount so tonight I feel like

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I am standing on the shoulders so so

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many of you who really deserve this

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prize and have contributed to the

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International Space Station success so

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many of you in the room tonight have

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made this possible for NASA and it is

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really your award the collier trophy is

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awarded annually quote for the greatest

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achievement in aeronautics or

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astronautics in america with respect to

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improving the performance efficiency and

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safety of air or space vehicles the

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value of which has been thoroughly

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demonstrated by actual use during the

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preceding year in quote the

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international space station will

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celebrate 10 years of continuous human

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presence in orbit later this year the

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station is a joint effort between NASA