I hope, as a result of the time that I have got, if I have the privilege to stay here as the chairman for that time period, we will have laid the foundation not only to discover life in that other world, but to have identified those earth-like planets around other solar systems, and then develop the rocket technology so that our children and grandchildren will have the opportunity to be witness to the first interstellar missions to Alpha Centauri.
Culberson discusses the long-term goals of space exploration and interstellar missions.
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