mr. lightfoot, if that's okay. >> i don't want you to think that's not appreciated. >> that doesn't mean it won't come back to you. mr. lightfoot, nasa has done a good job in making progress on getting off the high-risk list but there is still some issues from alabama masses of major presence in our state, but there have been some issues with rebase planning costs and schedule on management and technical issues. can you address that on some of your projects? >> yes, sir. we have -- the process we go through where we review these projects on a routine basis, we have some that have done really well. we continue to make good progress on the eight of the last nine that have launched it and came in under the baseline. once we go through confirmation of a project which moves it from formulation to development, that's when we make a commitment for a certain cost and schedule that we're going to try to live to. the process we have where we review those monthly occasionally we have one that pops up and it gives us an issue. we've had two of those. the space ground sustainment system that we have

mr. lightfoot if that's okay. >> i don't want you to think that's not appreciated. [laughter] >> well that doesn't mean i won't come back to you. mr. lightfoot, nasa's done a good job in making progress on getting off the high risk list but there's still some issues. i'm from alabama nasa's a major presence in our state. there have been some issues with rebaselining costs and schedule -- rebase lining costs and management and technical issues. can you address that on some of your projects? >> yes sir. we have -- the process we we go through where we review these projects on a routine basis, while we have some that go very well, we continue to make progress on those last eight of the last night. once we go through confirmation of project which moves it from formulation to development that's when we make a commitment for a certain cost and schedule that we're going to try to live to. the process we have where we review those all monthly, occasionally we have one that pops up, and it gives us an issue. we've had two of those. the space ground sustainment system that we