Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you on the benefits and applications of space based research.

A game-changer is something that really only we or a small number of countries are uniquely able to do.

Thank you, Dr. Becker.

I'm very concerned--and this is a little bit outside your ambit, but I want to make sure that you know of my concern--that we are going to lapse in our scientists...

Florida is literally the place where America has reached for the stars, and the program's viability, its continued viability, and the necessity in my mind that NASA and this country continue to explore manned space travel...

I'm a big believer if you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it.

We really want to peel back the onion and get into a lot of the specifics of the extraordinary work that you have done, Mr. Augustine.

Well, that would be then more like Option 5C, flexible path Shuttle derived?

From your lips to the President's ears.

we believe that is true. We, of course, assume good management of that additional money.

How is he going to keep this extraordinarily talented workforce operating?