Last year then Senator Obama noted that the Bush Administration had underfunded NASA.
It astounds me that the U.S. will lose its ability to put astronauts into space just as we are completing the International Space Station.
It has been reported in the press that you are negotiating a price of $51 million per seat?
I agree. I would echo what Senator Vitter said about the out-years numbers, and I have shared my dissatisfaction with Dr. Orzag and Dr. Hold...
When can we expect that report?
I think that you are going to see our recommendations to get to those problems, that NASA take more of the lead.
What we are going to increasingly do with this new administration is hold NASA accountable.
But you would never sacrifice any question of safety to get those six off.
Is that IOC date still based on that confidence level?
I am dismayed and frustrated by the proposed out-year budget levels, particularly in the Exploration account.
So the start date is not a problem. It is entirely dependent upon the length of time that the Shuttle flies.
We had a unique opportunity... to craft a COTS-D plan that would have funded the program at the level that the folks needed.
It is extraordinary that you can take humans and machines and put them together and make them do wondrous things.
Will you notify us immediately if your assessment of probability changes?
In last year's authorization bill, there was guidance to NASA about COTS-D Space Act agreements to develop a U.S. commercial alternative to ...
I want to ask you a question specifically about the workforce at the Kennedy Space Center.
It was Senator Hutchison who, about 5 years ago, in the NASA authorization bill had first designated the Space Station as a National Laborat...
But that was not what the legislation said. The legislation said that $150 million was funding for COTS-D.
