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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 youre in. I guess the only other comment i. Would like for you to answer, because id like all my y colleagues to be able to have time to answer questions is the old line about those of us that ignore the lessons of history. General odierno, you made reference to it. When general shymire came beforell this community and said we had amembe hollow army, i know my friend ere senator reed remembers that also and we were able to recover hardwarewise and ships and airplanes and guns and but it took a lot longer than that to restore the readiness and the morale of members of our military and all ...

The committee will come to order. We have individuals who would like to disrupt the hearing. So i will ask our spectator who is are here to observe the hearing today to observe the courtesy of allowing us to hear. If cause a disruption, which you usually do, we will have to ask you to leave. I dont know what the point is but if you do, i would ask you to for your courtesy to hear what our distinguished panelists have to say who have served our country with honor and distinction. I hope you would respect that. So we will move forward. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today. We will rec...