Duncan Hunter: “I have got a very simple question. You all seem to agree that there are other routes to becoming a teacher besides the…”

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.

The U.S. currently has a competitive space launch industry, yet NASA payloads continue to fly on foreign launch vehicles.

Our entire way of life is dependent on space. And our, not enemies necessarily, but our competitors know that.

Yes, it is just short of $5 billion a year.