Aeronautics is really important for the nation, and important for jobs and everything else.
You cannot do it at one-quarter of the budget, which is basically where the budget for aeronautics went from back in the early part of 2000 ...
I think what President Kennedy did on saying we were going to put a man on the moon was very, very positive.
If you put together a group of people whose judgment was strong and that you trusted, what they would be looking at is what kind of demand, ...
We are not doing enough with our entire population, so that is why I would say we are in decline.
Trenton makes and the world takes. And Trenton does not make anything anymore.
We are in decline competitively.
I would hope that we could do much more than we are currently doing.
NASA needs to be at the table when these decisions are being made, and when, frankly, when the money is being passed out.
Our economy is very dependent upon, the globalization of the world is dependent upon space.
It is my recollection it was a $150 million increase in aeronautics, which in effect doubles the research budget of the aeronautics program ...