, GROW
INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROW JOBS
RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
JOSH: ONE MORE QUICK THEN.
THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.
ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY EXPECTS A
MANNED MISSION TO MARS BY THE
YEAR 2020.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S REALISTIC?
WOULD YOU SUPPORT FUNDING FOR
IT?
MR. LAWRENCE: I THINK THE
TIMELINE'S A LITTLE SHORT FOR
THAT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN
ENGINEERING WITH SPACE SYSTEMS,
ONE OF THE FIRST JOBS THAT I
HAD AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE
AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
THESE MISSIONS TAKE A LOT OF
TIME TO PLAN AND IT TAKE A LOT
OF RESOURCES.
SO I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
DETAILS.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET TO
THAT MARK BY 2020.
JOSH: WOULD YOU SUPPORT
FUNDING?
MR. LAWRENCE: IF THERE WAS A
RIGHT RATE OF RETURN ON THE
PROGRAM, I COULD SEE DOING
THAT.
BUT I'D HAVE TO SEE THE
DETAILS.
MS. KUSTER: I THINK MARK KELLY
IS TERRIFIC.
I'M GLAD HE'S BEEN HERE.
I TRUST HIS JUDGMENT, HAVING
WORKED AT NASA, THAT THAT'S A
VIABLE PLAN.
I DO -- I WOULD SUPPORT THE
PROJECT AND THE FUNDING BECAUSE
I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY THAT
COMES FROM SPACE TRAVEL, THAT
WE CAN USE THROUGHOUT OUR
ECONOMY, IS CRITICALLY
