Ben Nelson: “We must preserve our core fundamental space capabilities in this tight budget environment.”

If there were trust, then it would be much easier for the oversight to move away from transactional to more directional.

I just think there's a danger in going below this level and I think we need to be careful and thoughtful about it.

You must feel like this: that we gave you $400 million less than you needed and now we're criticizing you for having $400 million less to deal with.

Being able to bounce back from some sort of a lights-out situation is critically important.