I just wanted to show you some of the evidence of what's happening in the homes.

So we really do not have a down-mass capability except what you can stick in the Soyuz.

So until you get Orion, your down-mass capability is only Soyuz?

When do you expect to make a decision on those changes?

There are a considerable number of folks, yours truly included, that feel like that that is not a realistic flight schedule.

But that was not what the legislation said. The legislation said that $150 million was funding for COTS-D.

It was Senator Hutchison who, about 5 years ago, in the NASA authorization bill had first designated the Space Station as a National Laboratory.

I want to ask you a question specifically about the workforce at the Kennedy Space Center.

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 Soyuz.

Will you notify us immediately if your assessment of probability changes?

It is extraordinary that you can take humans and machines and put them together and make them do wondrous things.

So the start date is not a problem. It is entirely dependent upon the length of time that the Shuttle flies.

I am dismayed and frustrated by the proposed out-year budget levels, particularly in the Exploration account.

Is that IOC date still based on that confidence level?

But you would never sacrifice any question of safety to get those six off.

What we are going to increasingly do with this new administration is hold NASA accountable.

I think that you are going to see our recommendations to get to those problems, that NASA take more of the lead.

When can we expect that report?