Bill Nelson: “I like that idea, sir. I think it's a great idea.”

I would say that there is a significant difference of opinion about that.

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

Look what happened when we spent the money on the Apollo program. Two generations of technology development came out of it.

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.