06/29/2010
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"We agreed that we would all work together to find the resources and establish the mechanisms to move forward."
"The fact that we have the International Space Station and are able to live and work there is the primary toe-hold we have on the claim to true 'spacefaring status' as a nation."
"I will also say, while talking about the impetus that we have--Barbara Mikulski has been a champion."
"I mean, going forward, he was a little skeptical, frankly, about the direction that NASA was going."