09/15/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"And you are going to put up, along with NOAA and the Air Force, Discover in late 2014 for giving us early warning on sun explosions, are you not?"
"Like others who have traveled into space, I myself am no stranger to space threats."
"If you have less than a few years' notice, right now we have no options."
"Because they have to be right on the ones that we know to make sure we know their trajectory."