I think it was very important for the U.S. to move first on that. We are, I think, the indispensable nation in that regard.

Indeed, now with the competition proceeding for the commercial crew, we are seeing a lot of innovation coming out, and it is going to be exciting, and this will all be coming more and more into the focus of the American public over the…

We are counting on you to be one of those means of transportation for crew to get us up there.

This partnership is not only good for the commercial space industry but will allow NASA to focus on deep space exploration--specifically, on the path to Mars.

How do we develop the technologies, the techniques, the systems, the life-support systems, the propulsion systems that will get us to a foreign body such as Mars with a crew and return them safely?

I'm encouraged to see that NASA has made significant progress toward these goals.

I think if we don't, if we really do, or in between, we shouldn't do things differently at the Moon.

NASA's budget is way too low to do the things that we talked about doing here this afternoon.

if we are going to the Moon, then show me the money.

The goal is to go to Mars. The goal is to get NASA beyond low Earth orbit.

Why did we refuse them to come to our space station? It doesn't make any sense to me.