There is only one person that can lead America's human spaceflight program, and that is the President.

Thank you for the public service that you have rendered to this country over a lifetime that you have in Government and in the private sector.

Thank you for this unpaid service, enormous public service that you have rendered.

As you give us this report, Mr. Augustine, I think it is going to become increasingly apparent that the moment of truth for the future of NASA's human spaceflight is here.

The work that your panel has done is in preparation for the President making a decision.

I think they are doing everything right. The problem is they are going to run off of a budget cliff 12 months from now.

The Ares V, of course, is part of the current Program of Record, although, unfortunately, it has not been able to be funded because to keep the budget for the Ares I and the Orion unchanged, we have been delayed in starting the Ares V and…

That is right.

Why would we spend $100 billion building the Space Station and then put it in the Pacific?

Stability of funding would have an enormously positive impact.

Did you have in your discussions any idea of the time in mind as to when we should try to target for on-orbit refueling?