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The orion and sls the vanguard of the program are the key to advancing these interests. I look forward to hearing from mr. Gerstenmaier and ms. Chaplain about the challenges and opportunities facing these important programs. I now recognize the Ranking Member from maryland. Its been a good morning to the witnesses. I want to join the chair man in congratulating nasa, lockheed, United Launch Alliance and the Contractor Team on conducting the exploration test of the orion capsule last week and i t...

Step as nasa still has low confidence, 30 that it can meet the earlier date. Going forward, we have short and longterm concerns about nasas human Space Exploration programs. In the short term the programs are entering the most risky phases of development. There are still technical hurdles to overcome. Particularly with the orion spacecraft which is addressing challenges with the parachute system and heat shield among others. There is also considerable development and testing ahead for orion in t...

Are entering the most risky phases of development. There are still technical hurdles to overcome. Particularly with the orion spacecraft which is addressing challenges with the parachute system and heat shield among others. There is also considerable development and testing ahead for orion in terms of the human support systems. Meanwhile, sos is continuing to pursue the earlier launch dates of december 2017. While nasas urgency is understandable, the schedule for achieving the earlier date mostl...

Shortfall. e the president s budget to keep sls and1f orion on budget and s 8g schedule. I realize thisus a tough question for you to answer because you have tow2 efend the president s budget request, but congress is ultimately responsible for funding this program insuring taxpayer dollars are sufficiently spent. Given [ that nasa has delayed the launch, what funding level will keep the date on track . I would say that the recent review we did that christina talked about, we committed to a joint...

That, as part of the steps as we prepare all of those things i just mentioned, eventually to go to mars. Thank you. Going to space is hard. I think we need to remember that there has only been one country that have lower orbit and that is us. We did that a long time ago. The u. S. Is the only country that has been able to figure it out. It is not so easy. It is even harder to go beyond low earth orbit. If we decide to take an inch incremental approach, i think there is a lot to be learned. We ca...

Areas, it excites them, it is something they think is cool, it is the future, it is making a contribution back to the planet. When you at this opportunity to be entrepreneurs, i think we are onto something. I cant think of anything that would excite them more. In new york city which doesnt have its own nasa center, there is still great interest. Thank you very much. I have seen that with astronaut that travel to new mexico. The young people with all the stem fields. Sorry to excuse myself i hope...

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It is pretty bad when the introduction is longer than the dog. I told him to say, here is bob. He would not do it. It is a pleasure for me to come ofe and share the future nasas Space Program with you. I feel like im coming home when i come to marshall. I spent a lot of time in here when i was in the astronaut office. Up. Ed to come for the level three flight readiness reviews. I remember when this was just an empty aluminum shell as we started construction of the space station. I remember sing ...

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