What the Chairman of the Augustine Commission wanted to do was to get that excitement returned.

We want to extend the life of the International Space Station to at least 2020.

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

I asked for the development of a robust commercial space sector and we are now taking steps in that direction.

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

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

We want to increase NASA's investments in transformative technologies that can expand the reach and reduce the costs of human 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…

There is a great deal that is riding on this hearing today because we are preparing the way for us then to start the markup in your subcommittee of the authorizing legislation.

I asked for the restructuring of the Constellation Program, to include the development of a heavy-lift vehicle and a crewed vehicle capable of evolving to support expeditions beyond low-Earth orbit--we received it.

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