This is a real victory.

Senator Garn brought a measure of great civility and an enormous knowledge, and I feel that I was able to launch my career in trying to help the American Space Program because of the excellent guidance and tutelage, those two space…

to be an astronaut, you have to be daring, you have to be courageous, you have to be agile.

We believe science at NASA saves lives, saves the planet, and creates jobs for the future.

this is the way we ought to be at the table, I might add, authorizers and appropriators, not only celebrating, but really working together for the good of the country.

That's what Hubble and the other science, basic science that we do in this great country is all about.

We are so proud, here, in this subcommittee, that we fund 80 percent of all climate change science.

What is in the President's request for the NASA educational efforts?

We're talking about thousands of people who've really served the Nation with fidelity and reliability, I mean, they really kept the Shuttle going.

This is--this is stunning, and it will--it impacts thousands of lives.

I think what the committee would appreciate, and also the Congress would appreciate, as it looks at climate change legislation, for us to have an inventory of these very important climate projects.

One of the things that really so touched me about what NASA did--and I'll just tell this little story.

Well, guys--first of all, thank you. It's really exciting to hear you. And we really, again, want to salute your daring and your bravery and your courage.

What I would like to ask, is that you make available, the Dr. Joyce Winterton, Assistant Administrator for Education, to meet with our staff so that we really have an idea of the comprehensive scope that you are doing, and how we can be…

You've touched our hearts, and you've also made history.

Hubble is the people's telescope, and it wanted to have another chance to be able to educate a new generation of scientists and school children.

We've got to get back to this, because we believe that in order to maintain U.S. leadership in aeronautics, we need to make those public investments.

We believe science should speak for itself, and that the facts of science should speak for itself.

Well, listen, Space Shuttle Atlantis, we're having a hard time hearing you.

The President has made a significant investment in this year's budget, and we really appreciate this, because it's then not left up to the Congress to restore science, which it has been in the last decade.

We're ready to do legislation on the global climate crisis.

I'm really proud of NASA and what they've done in this. And they have been truly a tremendous voice to--not only scientists--but for those who have stewardships about their individual nations' futures.

I really want to pay tribute to both Senator Glenn... he was a learned counselor and adviser to help me really understand the breadth and depth of the American Space Program.

Well, I understand that the Hubble has led to 7,000 scientific papers, and that the information on Hubble, even that which continues to be analyzed, could fill two Libraries of Congress...

Without truly supporting and building upon the human and heavy-lift launch capabilities that are already under development, our astronauts will have no choice but to wave at the Russians...