By the way, one of you mentioned that the life of the International Space Station ought to be extended to its expected design life in the late 2020s, and I certainly agree.

That's pretty exciting, isn't it, Dr. Collicott, that you might send your class to space, to the edge of space, go Mach 3, a couple of minutes of zero-G, and then come back?

we've got a political problem. You need to do business in an ideal world, as you all say, in the international arena, but those who would do ill to the ideals and the policies of this country, you've just got to be realists about it.

I think the atmosphere is getting better because of the successes that we've seen, the successes that we've seen with regard to the commercial rockets and the commercial cargo.

I believe that commercial spaceflight will continue to grow in capability and beneficial economic impact, and secure America's place as the world leader in space.

I'm sure that given 4 or 5 percent of the Federal budget, NASA could completely do that job.

We cannot reach this goal without the likes of the private and civil investments.

The Office of Commercial Space Transportation in the Department of Transportation understands that they should never get into these stovepipes that are so typical in government.

It is imperative that we provide low-cost--or have the capability to have low-cost transportation to low-Earth orbit.

That's the consensus; that's where it's been for more than two decades.

I think it's very important to consider this opportunity.

So then it is realistic to expect that it's going to get to the point where universities could buy a seat to send Dr. Collicott's students.