I would encourage you to move with deliberate speed so that we can see, and the people's representatives on this Committee can do our own examination, by receiving that report.
What we'd like you to come up with is a figure that is realistic that we could go out and try to find for you, so you can keep on the schedu...
But there are jobs that will be provided that otherwise wouldn't have had the selection of that particular contractor not been made.
Well, the Chinese are going to hear that, and they're going to say, 'Well, see? We haven't appreciably added to the problem.'
Is it correct that in order to meet their recommendations, it was basically about $2 billion annually?
What do you think is going to be the impact upon the work force, both civil servants and contractors?
And then, you would have to have the government oversight, because it's going to interface with a government facility, the Space Station.
I think that most of us believe it would be more efficient than the government, and, therefore, a good deal.
Excuse me for interrupting, but wasn't there one program that you told us, for example, in the development of the heat shield, that you coul...
It's just amazing, Mark, how you can just put it on a dime, and you don't have an engine.
I am further concerned that being forced to make those choices can have the effect of undermining the traditional constituency for NASA.