Bill Nelson: “When I saw the President's budget, in which Goddard was funded at $324 million below fiscal year 2015, ... you cut them…”

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

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

What we are going to do is a multi-year test, taking it to different locations all over the United States, and see if the muffled roar is acceptable to the people on the ground.

We are on the same page, and NASA owns and operates that local public water system, so we have every reason to continue this investigation.