Bill Nelson: “Obviously, we're in this together. We want to find a way to make it work for, as Dr. Billington says, the United States…”

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

We do everything that we can to partner with not only commercial industry but also universities and other academic institutions.

There are, in fact, private companies that are getting into the business now of supersonic transports, but they do not have this characteristic.

Today we find ourselves in yet another space race, this time with China.