"While public-private partnerships have a role to play, their use in human spaceflight programs has not yet been demonstrated."
"I for one actually welcome this challenge because it helps us to focus and galvanize to maintain our leadership in space."
"I applaud the goal of returning to the surface of the Moon by 2024 because it provides needed urgency and focus."
"We are going back to stay."
"How do we ensure American leadership in space?"
"We're not ready to go to Mars today because the risk is too high."
"Did I understand you to say the Russians have 50 icebreakers, 4 of which are nuclear?"
"So those nuclear vessels could stay out a lot longer than the traditional vessels."
"If we want to grow the American economy and jobs, we need to think of the Arctic as something enhancing our prosperity."
"There is a Port Clarence Council, which has been established to try to develop an economic plan for Port Clarence."
"It would be absurd for us to go into a brand new ocean, newly accessible to the world, and not have a deepwater port of refuge."
"America ought to be in the leadership, we ought to be developing that technology, and NASA can lead the way."