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Rather than being an impediment, NASA can and should be the driver of commerce, the provider of the technology necessary to make some big…

— Homer Hickam

NASA, like every government organization, has some bureaucracy, which can become slimmer.

— Sunita Williams

Boeing, LockMart, and hundreds of other companies, large and small, work in the space business, and they also create new techniques and technology; but…

— Homer Hickam

In the space business, space had gotten very much to be the aerospace industry. This is something that governments only do and it's where…

— Peter Diamandis

If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

It is true that SpaceX is partially a government contractor, but it would be unfair to say that SpaceX is entirely a government contractor.

— Elon Musk

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians…

— Bill Nye

For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space…

— Umberto Guidoni

NASA works for the White House. There are many at NASA that wish they were building a modern replacement for the Shuttle. However, they…

— Burt Rutan

The United States, Russia, and China are the only three countries in the world that can launch astronauts into space. Mostly in the U.S.…

— Leroy Chiao

NASA should not be developing its own proprietary version of capabilities it could purchase commercially at much lower cost, especially when we know the…

— Newt Gingrich

The first colony on Mars is not going to be built by a private company. How are you going to make money? You're not.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson