By Charles Pope

WASHINGTON -- The battle for space exploration is being waged in some decidedly terrestrial places.

One is room 2338 of the Rayburn building on Capitol Hill, the cramped office of Oregon Rep. David Wu. Another is down the hall, the rather pedestrian committee room that's home to the Science and Technology Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. David Wu is celebrating the passage of the Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2010, a bipartisan bill designed to help communities lessen the impact of natural disasters. House Resolution 3820, which Wu introduced, passed by a vote of 335 to 50.