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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 think that it was exciting and i know that around the country and around the world there were many of...

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 terms of the human support systems. Meanwhile, sos is continuing to pursue the earlier launch dates o...

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 mostly with respect to the core stage is very aggressive. Theres little room to address problems. Moreove...

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 confidence level of 70 and]ca]n in november of 2018 launch and thats consistent with the budgets we...

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 can test this big rock that can take us places, test the spacecraft, space is a very hazardous place. ...