Such funding is important for the Space Center to continue to provide increased public access to the facility. The increasing sophistication of terrorists makes the development of better detection equipment critical for public safety.
Explosive detection is only effective if explosives are actually detected.
Technology like this will help to ensure that more sophisticated explosives are quickly detected, and will thus allow law enforcement to better prevent the deadly destruction they cause. These funds will help improve the nation's airport infrastructure by building new runways, resurfacing old ones, and by constructing new terminals. This is the highest program level in history. This is a 15.4 percent increase compared to the amount of funds Alabama will receive in FY 98. These activities include air bag and automatic crash avoidance research and technologies, activities to increase seat belt use, and proposals to reduce drunk driving.