I am just astounded over and over that people say, well, NASA needs to advertise more what it does.

Thus, the predicted cost to develop a Falcon 9, if done by NASA, would have been between $1.7 billion and $4.0 billion.

And the authorization--just to build on your comments, the authorization bill requires NASA to look for these types of efficiencies...

The space assets have changed the way we defend this nation.

These successes in space have become an expression of our technical prowess, announcing to the rest of the world just how capable we can be.

And so, engaging with the Russians, to finish answering your question, was critical to being successful in the station.

We are not going to Mars or likely to an asteroid at this point with the technologies that we have.

Somehow they have gotten the impression that the space program is being shut down.

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