"Congress has not specifically told NASA not to terminate those programs."
"I think there are more pieces to the puzzle than the technology pieces that NIST is looking at."
"One thing that NIST has been helpful in the past as with, of course, a lot regarding the manufacturing we have already talked here today, one of the areas that has been hit hard by not only the recess..."
"The current plan that is before us flushes away $9 billion invested in the Constellation."
"I worry about science education, math education in rural towns because the town I grew up in, I was blessed. I had a very good math and science teacher that loved it, knew it, and shared it."
"The idea that education is a local prerogative, and that people can decide how dumb they want their children to be, and it is no concern to us if they do not want to provide an education, no that is n..."
"We are getting our clock cleaned by nations that have really devoted themselves to driving math and science through to their young people."
"The proposal this administration has submitted for NASA to abandon the Constellation vision and strategy leaves the program worthy of a lesser nation than the United States."
"Our hope was that NASA's request would include realist dollar amounts for human exploration."
"I will get back to you if I find that I am incorrect."
"It is the responsibility of today's policymakers to develop a credible path forward."