The Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership held its annual Holiday Party at The Admiral at Clear Lake on Wednesday.

BAHEP President Bob Mitchell said the party was to celebrate a year that saw many challenges to the human spaceflight program and some successes in saving jobs. Listen: RealPlayer  MP3

“We’ve had a tough year, but a good year,” Mitchell said. “You know a lot of times when you have setbacks you can turn those setbacks into successes; and we feel like we’ve had a darn good year.”