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.

We are singing from the same hymn book.

So what we need to do is work with you at coming up with a number for Commercial and not at the same time sacrifice anything on the big rocket and Orion.

Thank you all for what you do. It's important to the future of this country.

Isn't it the mesmerizing possibility of space travel that excites kids so much to want to get into math and science and technology? And we're making NASA clamp down on their educational efforts?

Are you finding that the new patent bill is helping you as you try to take a scientific discovery to an idea?

If you're going to whack 25 percent of the education budget, how are you going to inspire all of this next generation of scientists and engineers?

America expects boldness from NASA.

Dr. Gallagher, do you want to tell us about your proposed centers of excellence?

I had asked for a timetable for when those standards would be ready, which you provided for this hearing.

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