It's high time that steps be taken so that such a catastrophe never takes place again.

Is that a yes?

The addition of this safety shield could have helped saved the lives of many, including Lois Durso's daughter Roya.

This Senator has been through a kabuki dance on the issue of OMB trying to control NASA for years and years.

Thank you for that comprehensive answer, and, if you would, since you have just made the case for extending the ISS, would you provide to the Committee examples of all those things that are going on that you just referenced for the…

You're talking about commercial companies suddenly taking such a large bite of the financial pie. It's possible they might choke on it, isn't it?

It is rather for Congress to make that determination.

Since we have a vote in progress, Mr. Chairman, I think I'll stop right there. I thank the witnesses, thank them for their expertise, and I think that the purpose of this hearing has been accomplished.

A report done by the Minority Staff on this Committee... shows that there are still 1.3 million vehicles out there with those defective Takata air bags which are nothing more than ticking time bombs.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is going to have to do something about it.

And you do not have any assurance that that business model is still there to support their commercial rockets. Is that correct?