Duncan Hunter: “How do you know what those really are if you don't know what technology is like unpersoned floating vehicles?”

The 2013 National Space Transportation Policy calls for the use of U.S. rockets for U.S. government payloads, with some minor exceptions that perhaps should be revisited anyway.

I want to express my disappointment that the DoD decided not to participate in today's hearing.

You are the smallest force. You have the fewest number of people. You get the least amount of money every year.

Nothing has happened, technologically in 5 or 6 years, so that is understandable.