NASA’s administrator spoke to pro-Israel activists Monday evening about the new partnership between America’s space agency and Israel. During a lighter moment, Daniel Goldin joked that Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who is slated to be the first Israeli to take part in a space shuttle mission next year, could tell his mother about the freeze-dried delicacies he will eat in space. “The freeze- dried falafel is out of this world,” Goldin quipped.
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