NASA is building five great observatories

two-thirds of NOAA's budget is paid to NASA

I think you are going to see a very aggressive China.

we must maintain our lead and leadership in space.

By the way, once that is up there, this will just blow your mind.

I am excited about that.

President Putin actually talked very favorably about the cooperation with U.S. in space.

What is the value to the United States that we get back to the Moon first?

As a matter of fact, Senator, your bridge is number one on the list and, absolutely.

what can be done if you will reach beyond the politics.

The President's budget is very robust in STEM. It is a significant increase.

Kansas is to be commended that they are forward-thinking enough to realize that there is the advance of technology.

It does make a difference that they are very technologically advanced.

It will be interesting to be tuned into that because the primacy of our space program...

This is very important to the President. It is very important to me.

We are not going to the Moon to have one demonstration landing with humans.

What it is going to show us is: What did it look like? What was the composition at the very formation of the first galaxies?

Absolutely. I go back in my history, I have already recounted for the subcommittee that the first real breakthrough on astronauts in diversifying was the class of 1978.