How many flights per year are you planning to support the space station?

it is extremely important to our space program that we stayed committed to testing and we don't try to take shortcuts, fly before we test, save costs, I don't think that is in the best interest of the program at all.

How much would that come down per astronaut since that seems to be the common way of looking at it?

How many commercial crew providers can NASA support if the commercial market fails to materialize?

Do you have any legitimate studies that provide a realistic picture of the commercial market for human space flight activities that will exist in the next five years?

What is your estimated cost per flight once the development stage is completed?

We know now that this thoughtless decision will decrease oil production by up to 250,000 barrels per day for the next 2 years.

I appreciate you directing the committee to assess the recovery efforts of BP and the Obama administration.

I have worked offshore. I know the value of the jobs that the offshore drilling industry provides.

Congress has been clear about its desire to develop a government-owned launch system capable of taking astronauts to low Earth orbit and beyond.

I disagree, and I think the law is clear: Congress expects NASA to develop a Space Launch System and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle in time to serve as a back-up to the commercial companies.