dr. chyba. >> i was hoping you would begin at the other end of the alphabet. chairman nelson, senators hutchison, senator boozman, senator rubio, thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify on this important subject. in 2009 our had the honor of serving on the review of the human space flight plans committee which issued its final report in october of that year. the committee formally ceased to exist in december of 2009 so today i am speaking slowly in my personal capacity though i do wish to recall the committee's most important findings. these human spaceflight committee was established to review nasa's program of record and offer possible alternatives. the committee examined the planned architecture, the consolation program and concluded it could not be executed for reasons that were primarily budgetary. the committee considered alternatives, five integrated options to evaluate against 12 metric included technology, innovation, work force impact republican engagement and mission's saf

dr. chyba. we are at $18.5 billion. that is the constraint we are looking at. capt. culbertson? >> thank you. good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member hutchinson, and senator rubio -- i appreciate the opportunity to discuss the contributions of the space program. and the vital need to maintain our leadership on this endless frontier. this hearing comes in the same month of alan shepard's spaceflight and president kennedy's speech to congress about going to the moon. what it is true that every day spent in space is a memorable, there was one day aboard the international space station that remain in my memory. you'll see in a moment while i refer to this. it is a constant reminder of why america's commitment to be fully explore space for the benefit of our citizens and people around the world is so vital to our collective future. we must not retreat from our leadership in space, especially in light of recent events. while serving as commander, i was the only american in orbit. on the morning of

dr. chyba. >> i was hoping that you would begin at the end of the alphabet. chairman nelson, centers hutcheson, boozman, rubio, thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify on this and. subject. in 2009, as senator nelson noted, had the honor of serving on the review of the human space flight plan committee, which issued its final report in october that year. the committee formally ceased to exist in 2009. today i speak solely in my personal capacity though i do wish to recall some of the committee's most important findings. the human spaceflight committee was established to review the program of record and possible alternatives. it examined nasa is planned architecture, the constellation program, and concluded that it could not be executed for reasons that were primarily budgetary. the committee considered a variety of alternatives, five principles integrated options were a value-added against 12 metrics, including science, technology, economic expansion, public engagement, and mission s

and then secondly, dr. chyba, you can think about this because what you alluded to i think is so important, mr. pulham. if you would come in a second, dr. chyba, about your perspective from an academic experience which you believe is the best way to attract students and interest them in the field of study that are needed for maintaining strong and effective space exploration program. mr. pulham and then dr. chyba. >> thank you, senator. i think that in terms of the importance of having a new heavy-lift vehicle, you really only need to look as far as the james webb telescope program to understand where we are. the james webb telescope, when it is highly put into orbit, will be put into orbit on a european vehicle, the oriana five, because that vehicle is capable of taking the web telescope and putting it in an insertion to get to lagrange point where it is going to be stationed. having that kind of capability, that the mass of a large vehicle really enables you to do things we can't do now. unit, the space shuttle

alphabetically, it would be dr. chyba. >> i was hoping you would begin at the end of the alphabet. [laughter] chairman nelson, senators hutchinson, senator bozeman, senator rubio, thank you for giving me an opportunity to testify on this important subject. in 2009, i had the honor of working on the flight plans committees that issued its final reporting at the end of that year. the committee formally thiceaseo exist in 2009. today, i am testifying solely in my capacity. the human spaceflight committee was established to review nasa's record and to offer possible alternatives. we concluded that it could not be executed. the committee considered a variety of alternatives -- five principal integration options were evaluated. pawlenty engagement and mission safety -- no architecture would provide missions beyond the north orbit until close to 2030 under the fiscal year 2010 budget. the most important contribution of our committee is the free market for considering human spaceflight. first, the report emphasized that the mission had is not about destination. frame in the discussion this