05/19/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"We ought to have a NASA program, a government program, but we also ought to have a commercial program, and it ought to be dual track."
"America never wants to give up its DNA as explorers, adventurers, because always we've had a frontier."
"China clearly is in space for the long term, and we need to recognize that and respond accordingly."
"You raise a very valid concern, and I have been trying to address that."