11/02/2017
https://www.congress.gov...
"We would strongly recommend that a transition plan be created that is committed to a continuous presence in low Earth orbit for persistent microgravity platforms."
"So how can we improve the ISS as an incubator to help enterprises such as yours, and do you see that it needs to be extended beyond the existing life, which is 2024?"
"SpaceX, for example, told me in a few years, they expect to be--just SpaceX--launching 40 launches a year just from the Cape."
"But you do not think that that would deter the North Korean leader, do you, from continuing this development of nuclear weapons, missiles, and then marrying a nuclear weapon to a long-range ICBM?"