06/05/2012
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"We should be working closely with anyone like that who is not a threat to us."
"In fact, if the Mars mission is to be successful, it appears to me that we need, if we were to say our goal is to have an American on Mars, we need to ask for volunteers and say you're not coming back..."
"America needs to do great things, and we are doing great things, but inspire young people--we now have reusable rocket system being developed, and that came from the private sector."
"I really think Elon Musk is going to be on Mars before NASA gets there."