Michael Griffin Program Quotations

But the space program is a long-term investment in our future. We must deal with our short-term problems while not sacrificing our long-term investments in our future. When we have a hurricane, we don't cancel the Air Force. We don't cancel the Navy. And we're not going to cancel NASA.

The space program has had no better friend in its entire existence than Tom DeLay. He's still with us and we need to keep him there.

The space program is a long-term investment in our future,

The space program is a long-term investment in our future. We must deal with our short-term problems without sacrificing our long-term investments in our future.

This is a sad day for NASA. ... But also one of renewed hope for the future of NASA's manned space flight program. The end of the Shuttle Program means that we will begin a new program that will be bigger better and more expensive than anything we have undertaken before. I'm proud of the people that have kept the shuttle going, but the Shuttle Program is done. Its time for the shuttle, like an old dog, to lie on the porch and let the younger dogs chase the rabbits.