Kay Hutchison actually said...

"Do we know from what we have up there, whether it's something orbiting Mars or the rover, that the atmosphere will not be dangerous for a human--obviously in a space suit?"

"Well, we have certainly tried to lower the number of commercial operators that are going to get the Federal seed money just because I think we agreed that that was just more than we could take away fr..."

"We have got to be a reliable partner in order to keep an alliance like that going."

"the purpose was to have the technology in the shuttle that is going to go to and from the space station that would be transferable to the heavy launch vehicle with Orion, so that we maximize efficienc..."