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If Project Constellation is canceled, our Nation will not in the near future be able to travel beyond low-Earth orbit.
I strongly support Senator Hutchison's efforts to ensure that a review of space station requirements is conducted.
That is why I am so concerned about the Obama administration's response to the Augustine panel report.
Let me remind you just why they cannot credibly pretend that an irreversible decision was made that they are simply implementing.
The ability of any current COTS design to close the gap or even provide an equivalent degree of safety is speculative.
The concerns I have and the current debate about the Obama plan is not about political expediency.
I believe, for this Nation to not abandon all of the investments made in the Constellation program.
Those who fly aboard the shuttle, the Soyuz, or, I'm sure, the Shenzhou, know that reality.