"We don't need to cut this budget, we need to increase it because so many [off microphone] we can all benefit [off microphone]."
"But NASA for years has been on the cutting edge and has to maintain a cutting edge of science, and we all benefit from that."
"The biggest threat to me is uncertainty."
"Is NASA experiencing any pressure from the commercial crew providers to loosen contract requirements to enable flying to the Space Station sooner?"
"The original commercial crew program contract stipulated certification for crew launches by 2017, but the reality is that the anticipated certification will now be in 2019, a slip."
"The Department of Defense is complying with congressional direction to transition national security launch activity from vehicles that use Russian-made rocket engines to those which use a domestically..."
"What assurance can you give this subcommittee that there will be no more cost increases or delays? Can you do that?"
"The 2017 omnibus appropriations bill provided no less than $75 million for habitation research activities to support human exploration beyond low Earth orbit."
"I believe in the aerospace business, uncertainty equals more cost, at least we have found this on this subcommittee."
"This budget request attempts to navigate a challenging fiscal environment, but would disrupt ongoing missions and delay future exploration for years to come."
"For human exploration, the current administration picks up where the previous administration left off, by projecting a lofty vision for space while providing a budget that keeps the vision from leavin..."