05/12/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Hallelujah, we finally passed the FAA bill. We can start getting moving to the next generation of air traffic control."
"NASA's very dedicated and talented workforce operated the Space Shuttles for 30 years, and it helped us open a whole new chapter in our space exploration."
"we are here to try to keep that momentum going in the right direction."
"And if you look at the designs of the commercial competition that is going on, you find that the crew is on the top of the rocket with the escape system."