mr. nathan, i'm sorry, i do have a question.how long do you think you need to come back to the school with some more information? >> 30 to 60 days. >> the concept is not that difficult to run past bsm. we have a meeting february 29. >> we have to items that are going to have a lot of public involvement on that night. >> you want us to work out of options with the department of public works, and what we also involve the appellant as well? president garcia: always a good idea. >> and come back with something where we can hopefully find some consensus. i have to communicate with my client and we have to get cost information. with the proposal, i don't have specific cost data. those are all of the things that you want us to bring back? >> there are not that many options here. i am thinking only one option besides the two you have done, which is to warp the sidewalk. >> warping the sidewalk would only solve the -- it wouldn't solve the entrance for 11 clement street. >> my last comment on that was in could be that one of the doorways

mr. nathan. the doors open to the inside or the outside? >> of the doors open inward. >> not that it is going to be the solution, but it would not be an issue? they are not fixed so they can open to the outside? >> we would not want them to open outward. it is building code and special sidewalk permits. president garcia: i must have misunderstood what you said. >> can i follow up on his comments? right now, the only businesses operating, you have combined the two spaces. you don't have the 9 inch problem, just to 9 inch problems. -- two five-inch problems. >> it would involve permanently having 11 clement, combined with 9 clement, having -- >> we can come back and revisit the issue. right now, we're talking about -- how long is the railing? railing in areas that at this point, we don't need if you can solve the problem through warping a sidewalk. the former bookstore has now been combined with the other. >> that is correct. >> originally the building was five storefronts. it seems like a more elegant solution to this given that the facts ha

mr. nathan. >> first, i would like to clarify the question that commissioner fung had about elevations onhe curb. i think i understand the problem. in my drawing, i use the word poc, type of curb. that is the top of the curb for the sidewalk, not the street curb. so the big concern with putting ramps, it would cost many times more money than sidewalks outside. we looked at it and it is very expensive. it involves cutting out the concrete foundation wall, modifications to store front doors, changes toglazing glazin, ramps with handrails. the spaces are very small. installing the interior ramps would involve closing the stores for a least a couple of weeks. there would be a permanent loss of usable rental space for the tenant and the landlord. we would have to get approval for the planning department because it is a building that is more than 50 years old. i think it will be upwards of he the thousand dollars or $100,000. remember, the owner doesn't want to do any remodeling, they just one of the -- want to do what's readily achievable. they don't have to do more than that. it is a concern

. >> thank you, my name's nathan johnson, also george washington law school here in d.c. this question is for mr. bolden. you said flagships are essential for this nation. coming up to the election year, there are candidates who have offered their ideas for flagships particularly with human exploration. are there any flagships that we have to look forward to, is it orion or sls or commercial? >> there are two flagships the public should look forward to with great anticipation and angst. the first one is the mars science lab. critical. i would encourage people to follow it with great interest. the hardest part of that is yet to come. we're going to do something that we have not done before in putting a vehicle that size on the surface of another planet. that's hard work. you look at these guys shaking their head and there will be a lot of people biting their fingers in august because we'll be really proud when curiousfy is finally safely on the surface of mars and we'll be able to say we accomplished something that was never ever done before in the annals of humanity. the second one is the james

mr. president, as i recount his story for my colleagues in the senate, including his parents, david and kathy yates, his brother nathan yates, his grandfather herbert l. crab and many other beloved family members and friends. eric's family learned after the tragic death that he had left behind a letter he wanted read at his funeral. his parents have gracefully shared that letter with me, and i would like to read it for my colleagues now. eric writes as follows: "hello to everyone in attendance. i'm sorry that you all had to gather here today for this event. i really am. but since you are here, i would like to take the chance to say a few things to try to impart some of my knowledge and wisdom that i've stored up over the last 26 years. i consider myself fairly cultured and worldly, so please pay attention. i have the following advice. number one, take a chance. get out there and do something you wouldn't normally do. you will see and do some really cool stuff and meet some really fine and interesting people. once an army buddy and myself ate breakfast with a homeless man in oklahoma city, and i must say he left an imp