Now you are talking about the funding of it. Well, the funding--and there again, I thank Senator Hutchison because she is on the Appropriations Committee as well.

As a matter of fact, Curiosity can greet the human crew when they land.

when Apollo was developed, other than the goal of getting to the Moon and back, it was also then utilized for other things, a thaw in the Cold War.

It would also be helpful if you could report from the NRC to us on the Committee on an evaluation of the administration's plan under the NASA authorization bill for the exploration program with regard to Mars.

I disagree with critics who contend that NASA does not have clear goals for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.

And so I, on behalf of the 406 scientists and all of the engineers, probably 1,000 people currently working on this project, want to thank you for the support.

A more serious concern is that the SLS/Orion combination alone is insufficient to carry out missions to any important destinations beyond low Earth orbit.

the average American thinks that the space program is over because they have attached the visible evidences of the space program naturally to the Space Shuttle.

Sequestration, this meat cleaver that is hanging over the Federal budget at the end of the year, was never intended to take effect.

You have been a fearless and long-time champion in particular of education reform.

We are developing a rocket called the Space Launch System. We are developing a human capsule called Orion.

But still the uncertainty of the funding of the future.