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Now we are flying off into outer space, there is no clear curb on what can be done in the name of the economy.

I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

The U.S. federal government may be going broke, but it's not because of NASA.

If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me.

Politicians and the government have become too interested in short-term gains. Of course, if you look at the direct financial returns in the short term, human space flight is expensive. But they need to look longer term.

If you could really guarantee that the money would be spent on something more worthwhile, I'd say, absolutely, scrap the space program, but it never works that way.

If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.

What we get from building a space station, the economic return, the science return, is very, very important to our nation, to our economy.