Ambassador Cianchette Visits Liberia; Meets with Costa Rican-American Astronaut Franklin Chang

Liberia, As part of an ongoing travel plan to visit important sites in Costa Rica, on Friday August 1, Ambassador Peter Cianchette visited the airport at Liberia as well as met with the Costa Rican-American astronaut Franklin Chang, whose rocket motor company Ad Astra is located nearby.  Chang briefed Ambassador Cianchette on Ad Astra's research and development of deep space propulsion systems based on plasma motors.

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