I want to make that happen. I want to be really clear.

You have my commitment that we are going to continue studying the Earth across large parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

I want you to know that NASA is committed and I am committed to making sure that we are continuing to study the Earth and following the decadal surveys.

We discovered during the first spacewalk that the spacesuit was going to need to be adjusted.

Then when there is a lapse in appropriations, everybody flees, and then we are back to where we started.

She did the right thing and we are very proud that I run an Agency where people are making decisions for the best interest of the mission.

We are going to need SLS. We are going to need to accelerate it and get as many of those as soon as possible.

The question is: Could there be life there? That is what we are trying to characterize.

Without question, I talk to our international partners all the time.

Critically important question, and know that we are 100 percent committed to the wind tunnels.

There is nobody who has had a conversation with me about launching in early 2020 for any reasons other than the fact that we want to maintain schedule.

We are to remain the preeminent space faring nation.

If we are going to achieve boots on the Moon, which is what the vice president called us to do yesterday by 2024, the answer is absolutely we need to move as quickly as possible.

I don't think that was the intent at all, Mr. Chairman.

We are working every day to increase opportunities for women at NASA.

We do 100 percent believe in STEM Engagement, and we have to be starting that next generation of scientists and engineers to accomplish the missions of the future.

Those resources, we intend to utilize those resources.

Our goal is to make sure that we are reaching the right folks at the right time.

This is an important question and I want to make sure that I get it just right.

Critically important for NASA. Enhanced-use lease enables us, as an Agency, to take property that might be underutilized and enable private companies to utilize it.

It is very naive for NASA to propose, once again, to cut these investments after Congress spoke very clearly a little over two months ago when the omnibus was signed into law.

We need those large flagship missions like WFIRST, like James Webb, but we also need a balanced portfolio that includes smaller missions.

It is absolutely true that we need to accomplish these objectives, because it is in the interest of our country to inspire the next generation to get active in the STEM fields.

We have to figure out how to live and work on another world.

If we do that, you are absolutely right, the costs per launch will be driven down.