Kay Hutchison actually said...

"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..."

"So would we be looking at something that would go to Mars while maybe the Curiosity might still be working, but yet another one that might have the return capability that would be a next goal to achie..."

"How fast--you are talking about an area bigger than Connecticut. How fast can the Curiosity move so that it can cover the amount of land that you are trying to cover in the time that you have?"

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