Ed Perlmutter: “Had an observed July 2012 space weather event actually hit the Earth, we would still be picking up the pieces.”

I absolutely agree. I think we are up to 600, 700 pages of Ethics provisions... some things that are going to be needed, and there are going to be some things that... need to be cleaned up.

I think you're probably right that we would have independent, productive, you know, happy people.

We had a Governor in Colorado, Dick Lamm, who was called Governor Gloom... everybody had a duty to die.

And I want to thank the panel and all your colleagues for your persistence and your perseverance with this project because it had a few ups and downs over the course of its life.