The response to the competition was excellent. At the meeting we will discuss the different methods used, and identify the ones that have proven the most promising.

Ask ten engineers for the best orbit for a particular spacecraft and you'll get ten different ideas.

We think that the future of spaceflight is in using new systems, new architectures and exploring technologies to reinvent the design of space missions.

It will be good to be home, and we have to find a way to get back to what we've done. It's not like we have to reinvent the wheel, but we just have to get back to playing the offensive basketball we've been playing instead of the standing around that we've been doing [lately].

As people begin to leave after the theme's announcement, our volunteers will be handing out scavenger hunt forms.

On the face of it, it seems odd to ask incumbent providers whether they should have competition. Their answer will always be 'no,