Space is a very unforgiving kind of environment.

I asked that we receive a strong a vision statement, delivered by the President, defining Mars as the ultimate goal--we received one.

I asked for the extension of the International Space Station's operational life until at least 2020--we received it.

During his visit to KSC, the President articulated a strong commitment to NASA's missions and future of U.S. human spaceflight exploration.

The President also outlined an ambitious effort to foster the development of groundbreaking technologies; increase the number, scope, and pace of manned and unmanned space missions; make human spaceflight safer and more efficient; and help…

We want to pursue a series of increasingly demanding human exploration missions, including a mission to an asteroid by 2025.

We want to catalyze the development of and then utilize commercially provided crew and cargo transportation services.

I feel there remains some room for improvement in his proposed plan for our future in space.

if we ever give up that characteristic, then we are going to be a second-rate Nation.

There sure should not be any more exploratory drilling until the investigation is completed.

If this thing is not stopped, we are looking at a major economic and environmental disaster affecting our State and the rest of the Gulf and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

The oil is not off of Florida.