I left Aerospace because I wanted to go build, and put spacecraft together.

After I finished my master's degree, I moved to a company called Aerospace Corporation, a big think tank for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office.

I'd love to go to space. I would love to peek out a giant window and look back at the blue marble. There's no question; I'd love to do that.

From my perspective, it's really risk management to ensure that humans have the ability to go somewhere else in case there were to be some huge disaster on Earth.

What would air travel look like if airplanes were thrown out after each flight? No one would be flying in airplanes.

I saw what government programs were and how they were executed. In some cases, they were executed beautifully, but in others, there was tremendous waste.