Don Bacon: “I want to see America be the leader of the free world, staying up for what's right, not for who can make a buck.”

He doesn't communicate it well. As you mentioned, he makes light of the affordability question. And we do have an affordability problem.

I am grateful to our friends at Space for Humanity for bringing this idea to us, and to Sen. Kelly and our co-leads for working together to recognize these extraordinary astronauts.

We have a moral obligation to those we have served with in Afghanistan, who serve by our side, helping us out. We had a promise, and a promises made should be promises kept. Absolutely.

The go-it-alone approach fails us in the end