What was the Committee's thinking on promoting the development of on-orbit refueling?
to eliminate the gap or significantly reduce it would have a significant negative impact on the long-term exploration pr...
I think, Mr. Chairman, I better provide that for the record.
So you are talking early 2020s you could have Ares V Lite ready.
As your committee discussed these intangible benefits, no doubt you noted also some of the tangible benefits.
I will not ascribe that to the President.
It is clear to me that this Nation could afford a strong human spaceflight program. It is simply a question of priority.
I have been amazed as I have watched this entire space team knowing that the Space Shuttle is likely to come to an end.
the goal that the Committee has set is to get out beyond low-Earth orbit, that NASA ought to be exploring the heavens wi...
Did you have in your discussions any idea of the time in mind as to when we should try to target for on-orbit refueling?
Stability of funding would have an enormously positive impact.
Why would we spend $100 billion building the Space Station and then put it in the Pacific?
That is right.
The Ares V, of course, is part of the current Program of Record, although, unfortunately, it has not been able to be fun...
I think they are doing everything right. The problem is they are going to run off of a budget cliff 12 months from now.
The work that your panel has done is in preparation for the President making a decision.
As you give us this report, Mr. Augustine, I think it is going to become increasingly apparent that the moment of truth ...
Thank you for this unpaid service, enormous public service that you have rendered.
