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Developing nations want to become developed nations.

We must get rid of fossil fuels by developing injection systems for automobiles, which can run on bio-fuel.

If the United States commits to the goal of reaching Mars, it will almost certainly do so in reaction to the progress of other nations - as was the case with NASA, the Apollo program, and the project that became the International Space Station.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

There has to be a global mission of human progress.

Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending innovation in the technological fields, and it's that innovation in the 21st century that will drive tomorrow's economies.

Space in general gave us GPS - that's not specifically NASA, but it's investments in space.

The urge to miniaturize electronics did not exist before the space program. I mean our grandparents had radios that was furniture in the living room. Nobody at the time was saying, 'Gee, I want to carry that in my pocket.' Which is a non-thought.

Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to fund science. The federal budget needs to recognize this.

The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.