My commitment, sir, is to follow the law, and we will continue doing that.

It's necessary life and property.

That would be a determination by somebody other than the NASA Administrator.

In short, we need specifics, not rhetoric because rhetoric that is not backed by a concrete plan and believable cost estimates is just hot air.

I think it's important for people around the world to understand that intentionally creating orbital debris that increases the risk to astronauts is not compatible with human spaceflight.

NASA is very committed to STEM education. We are very committed to achieving, you know, better outcomes for the United States of America when it comes to producing the next-generation scientist, technologist, engineer, and mathematician.

The American public is excited by the Administration's enthusiasm for space exploration.

I think we should go ASAP.

It's a reusable command and service module that is going to enable our astronauts and our robots and our landers and rovers.

we are partnering with SpaceIL, which is that little Israeli company.

We're going to build a coalition of international partners to go sustainably to the moon.

We came in peace for all mankind.

The moon is the best place to prove those capabilities and technologies. The sooner we can achieve that objective, the sooner we can move on to Mars.

And we are, sir, keeping those programs going, and we're moving rapidly to get those programs online.

I think our Earth science budget is very good.

The President and the Vice President determined that they wanted to go faster than that, so they gave us an objective to meet that deadline of 2024.

We're making determinations right now ultimately how much of a green run we need to do based on the schedule that we are attempting to achieve.

That's what NASA should be doing. And we look forward to advancing that agenda.

I think what exploration does is it inspires the Nation.

We're going to be very safe. We're not going to do anything that brings undue safety.

That is--as you correctly said at the beginning and I still believe 100 percent that that is the backbone of our ability to get to the moon.

It'll be a partnership rather than a dependency.

This is about--this is really American leadership at its finest.

I can tell you everybody at Kennedy is extremely excited about getting the first launch of SLS by 2020.

Not in this way, not anywhere near this level of commitment with these really very impressive goals.