I grew up in the labs, and worked very closely with shuttle components,

If you think about all of the components of a shuttle, all of the thousands of little things, combined with the weather, the probability of everything working is pretty much zero.

The issue of high tech is a big one with many components and we really want to get it into the open and onto the agenda. These politicians do seem to grasp that there is an issue here, at least related to the people side, because I tend to split it into two ? the people side and the industry side.

I have worked very closely with Sen. Basnight on this vote every step of the way, ... He has insisted that the rules be followed and has represented himself, the Senate and the state with great integrity. I resent the comments of other senators that imply otherwise.

We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space.

I'm ecstatic. One of the things about Jill Carroll was the fact that she worked so closely with the Iraqi people. She works often without any security whatsoever...I think people are just sort of in a state of shock that this seems to be ending as well as it is.