Bob Bennett: “I find incredible when you say the demonstrated reliability of Ares is zero.”

I think the outcry would be very, very strong. There is a huge conflict of interest here, and such an individual should not be included.

I think the implications for this are very serious. NASA, I think, is making a mistake.

We will not only lose the industry, we will lose the skills that go with it.

The more dependent we become on imported oil, the more difficult many of our challenges are.