It seems to me that we need at least 9 RD-180s. We may need 29.

Nobody likes monopoly, but I think in the best case situation we would have a duopoly or maybe an oligopoly.

I think Mr. Bruno just said there is no such thing as a replacement for the RD-180 engine, there is no drop-in equivalent.

While we are dependent on the RD-180, it may not be the smartest thing strategically to bad-mouth the source.

On the intellectual property issue, it is the greatest source of wealth on the planet, but we have increasing difficulty understanding ownership and relationships like that.

So I hope the members of this committee and of this Congress will solve the sequestration problem, something that repeated Congresses have failed to do.

But this Congress, this committee, can say 2019. That doesn't mean it is going to happen.

I don't want to put words in your mouth, Dr. Griffin, but there are some advantages sometimes to big government.

So we have to get real about this, and this committee has failed in that regard.

But the definition of 'expeditiously' in the modern age is 6 to 7 years.

Essential question of fact here. SpaceX testifies that they can handle 60 percent of national security loads--60 percent.