Let's see if I can put this in a way you'll understand. We like you because you're invisible.

The president knows, as I know, there are no indispensable men. ... He knows that I serve at his pleasure, and that's that.

This, too, will pass .

We do not have a shortage of capacity, ... Whoever's raising that question ... doesn't really understand the situation.

NASA doesn't run the shuttle, U.S.A. does. Because much of this is invisible, the general public doesn't understand the depth of involvement of U.S.A. NASA wants to let private companies get people into low Earth orbit.

It is shocking, mysterious and devastating and I don't understand it!