We would like to thank Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) for introducing S. 260 and the 50 Senators who have co-sponsored this important legislation to repeal the SBP-DIC offset.

Well, I just want to make clear for the record, for those elsewhere in the country that are questioning the construction projects at the Kennedy Space Center, those other areas of the country that are building rockets, that you can't…

We are also confident that this budget supports a 2018 launch for the James Webb Space Telescope.

We have spent a great deal of time on this in the Intelligence Committee, and of course, the attacks are attempted every day.

Thank you, General Bolden, for your service to this country.

The long-term goal for our human space program is Mars.

I am very sympathetic to what you are saying, that in order to stay on a schedule of 2017 to launch Commercial Crew, you are going to need more than $406 million.

Those are hard dates, and they are evidence that we are pushing forward with the development of the SLS and MPCV.

Mars (life). Mars Moons (monitor mars). Lunar Poles (frozen water repository).

Remember, it was the House of Representatives that had whacked the President's request of $800 million down to $300 million.

We, as Americans, have always had a frontier. We have always been pressing that frontier, and as a result, we have always been explorers and adventurers.

But you can assure this committee that were the algorithms to get into some third party's hands that wanted to do something bad, that they couldn't because you encrypt any of the commands that go to the station?