09/11/2012
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"The $2 and a half billion in the President's budget to cancel the program--instead, use that to continue testing on Rocket X."
"If you gave me an infinite pocket of money--pot of money, I could not get a human to Mars within the next 10 years."
"I have great concern about not having a goal for NASA and canceling existing programs that would put us on a path to get us beyond lower Earth orbit."
"If, however, we instead accept the Administration's proposal laid out in this budget request, I have no doubt that it will lead to no less than the ruin of our proud space program."