We cannot operate our science agencies on the cheap, and we should not operate them without clear, multi-year direction.

I think what you have said, a 5-year authorization bill, would be very, very well received in the aerospace community.

that would mean 25 percent less fuel, which is a good thing for the airlines, but might also be a good thing in the overall energy policy of the country.

It will fly supersonic but its design is such a radical design, that instead of pushing the bow wave going through the atmosphere, as you go from subsonic to supersonic, which causes that audible sound that goes 'boom, boom,' it will…

We are seeing in front of our eyes the change of air transport and mobility as a result of drones.

Our seed corn is research and development. We do not want to ever give that up, and that is the mission of NASA.

One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.

Yes, ma'am, and let me give you a specific answer to your question.

We are going to have a 3D compendium of everything that is happening to the earth.

I would say that there is a significant difference of opinion about that.

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.

We cannot identify every object. However, NEO Surveyor will be able to identify 90 percent of all the potential asteroids that are greater than 140 meters wide within the 10 years of the launch.

Everything that we are doing is being approached in this commercial public/private partnership.

I assure you NASA is and will be if, I am around, not only bipartisan, but nonpartisan, and it will continue that way.

this design is giving, along with the improvement in the engines, a 25-percent greater efficiency.

We go with commercial partners because the third mission, we are going into lunar orbit.

We are sucking air when it comes to the needs of infrastructure.

It will fly supersonic but its design is such a radical design, that instead of pushing the bow wave going through the atmosphere, as you go from subsonic to supersonic, which causes that audible sound that goes 'boom, boom,' it will…

Yes, ma'am, and let me give you a specific answer to your question.

It is the research and development that allows this country to move forward.

The President's Budget request for NASA is an investment in our Nation's future.