Barack Obama

You are not going to have a better Senator than Barbara Boxer.

We will invest more than $3 billion to conduct research on an advanced 'heavy lift rocket'... We want to look at new designs, new materials, new technologies that will transform not just where we can go but what we can do when we get there.

By buying the services of space transportation -- rather than the vehicles themselves -- we can continue to ensure rigorous safety standards are met.

We start by increasing NASA’s budget by $6 billion over the next five years... This is happening even as we have instituted a freeze on discretionary spending.

If we fail to press forward in the pursuit of discovery, we are ceding our future and we are ceding that essential element of the American character.

I believe that space exploration is not a luxury, it’s not an afterthought in America’s quest for a brighter future -- it is an essential part of that quest.

He told the Department of Health and Human Services to direct hospitals to allow patients to designate who can visit them and to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.

We're talking about how we can collect best ideas on conservation, how we can pursue good ideas that local communities embrace.

There is no greater evil than willful violence against innocents.

I call upon all Americans to observe this week with events and activities that raise awareness of victims' rights.

I encourage all Americans to observe this solemn day of remembrance with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and acts of community service in memory of the victims and survivors of terrorism worldwide.

I call upon all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States to display the flag of the United States at half-staff on this day in honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of terrorism.

During National Volunteer Week, we honor the ordinary people who give of themselves to accomplish extraordinary things.

The new plan announced by the President to revive the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle

By the mid-2030s, I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth.

Early in the next decade, a set of crewed flights will test and prove the systems required for exploration beyond low Earth orbit.

The goal is to be as cost effective as possible, taking maximum advantage of the work performed to date on Orion design, development, and testing while deferring further work on systems that would provide capabilities not needed for…

$40 million to help displaced Florida space workers transition to new, high-technology jobs.

We will increase investment--right away--in other groundbreaking technologies that will allow astronauts to reach space sooner and more often.

I will discuss NASA's progress in developing plans for the new exploration initiatives included in the FY 2011 budget request.

Often barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives, unable to be there for the person they love, and unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated.

Often barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives, unable to be there for the person they love and unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated.

My Administration can expand on these important steps to ensure that patients can receive compassionate care and equal treatment during their hospital stays.

It means that a stressful and at times terrifying experience for patients is senselessly compounded by indignity and unfairness.

I know that some Americans have asked a question that's particularly apt on Tax Day: Why spend money on NASA at all?