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.

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

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

As a result of these, we are going to have a 3D compendium of everything that is happening to the earth.

President Xi and the CCP are hell-bent on dominating us on every front.

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

Most recently, Russia as well about a year ago did an ASAT test, unbelievably putting junk into the very altitude where the International Space Station is.

We do everything that we can to partner with not only commercial industry but also universities and other academic institutions.

We can warn that there is likely to be a wildfire in a particular forest as a result of the vegetation that we are detecting from space.

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

The X-59, which is this extraordinarily super designed needle-nosed aircraft is going to fly at the end of this year.

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.

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

You and I in this committee have a different approach to what is happening to the earth's climate.

We have $5 billion of unmet needs on infrastructure.

I commend you for a multi-year proposal.

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.

I cannot say it in 5 seconds, but I can say that that mission that you are referring to, it is characterizing the orbit that eventually our Gateway or space station will go in.

If we show up at the Shackleton Crater, I highly doubt the communist--Chinese Communist Party will care much about how we have advanced an equity action plan.

But this time we are going to do it by working with Boeing of designing a high, thin wing, high on the fuselage.

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

As a matter of fact, we have already spent $200 million to date to address this groundwater contamination problem, and we are committed to continuing the investigation and evaluation, along with our partner, the New Mexico Environment…

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.

It is an investment in U.S. innovation and competitiveness.

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