Lord forbid that we should have another one of these. But if you're the Admiral in charge, which I assume you would be, if it's on your watch I think one of the major lessons learned from the BP oil spill that we didn't have a military chain of command that directed all the parties, including BP, of what they were ordered to do.
Nelson emphasizes the need for a military command structure in future oil spill responses.
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One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.
Everything that we are doing is being approached in this commercial public/private partnership.
We do everything that we can to partner with not only commercial industry but also universities and other academic institutions.
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