We can no longer think of what we do as a series of individual shuttle flights. We need to think about it as a journey of parallel and overlapping missions, all interrelated, coming together to create the International Space Station.

We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space.

I was disappointed in that, ... I'd be lying if I said no. I think that sometimes it is to be expected [but] when you have a track record in a city like I do here, I was disappointed.

It's no longer, I think, the boy calling wolf.

If you think about it, it makes sense. A lot of people who live in our community are no longer part of the work force, and many have been longtime donors.

I think part of that is the taboo is being broken. To some extent it's no longer the kiss of death to admit to a security breach.