Mike Griffin
Mike Griffin
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I would like to see us build on our performance at the John Burns last month. There will be some very good teams in this tournament, so it will be a challenge. We played well there last year, so that should give us some confidence this weekend.
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It would be no secret to you that whatever area we decide to do less of would have its supporters who would be very upset by that, as would Florida if we decided to do less shuttle, ... So, we are working to find every bit of fiscal synergy that we can so we can do what we want to do and we do not have to sacrifice what are valuable programs.
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Bill (Gerstenmaier) said that was Wayne's assessment at a particularly dark moment last week and we're already off that date,
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The space station partners have the right to propose and to conduct commercial activities on the station, provided that all appropriate safety considerations have been dealt with. We are not at the end of that particular road as yet, but we will pursue it.
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We didn't play bad and we didn't play well. We are still in contention but need to make a move Saturday. I am proud of the way Stuart hung in there after having such a tough start.
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We estimated that there are 18,000 workers who are earning $7 an hour or in some cases they might be earning less than that.
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It felt like somebody had just punched you in the stomach and knocked all the air out of you. We were so proud of all our kids for playing so great but were all crushed that we didn't get to that next level.
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While we're trying to figure out what to do, lots of dates get floated around. Until we actually caucus as a management team and figure out what our constraints are, we don't have a date except that right now, Bill and I think it's somewhat earlier than October. We'll let you know when we can.
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I can't predict what that value might be, but it is fantastically interesting to me to have a chance, maybe within my lifetime, for scientists to see up-close what those objects look like and to begin our reconnaissance of that region of space.
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What value do you think it might be to be able to examine the primordial constituents from which the solar system, and all the planets and we ourselves were formed?
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The partnership has proven stronger than the stresses and strains which have been imposed on it, which have been great, ... It has held together. If the United States is able to keep the commitments we've made to the station partners, I think we can take that partnership to the moon.
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Every time I speak to one of our international partners, they are gung-ho in every possible way about wanting to take this partnership forged on the space station to the moon and Mars. They want to do that,
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It was a good day. It was a very good day. I'm very proud of our players.
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What he did tonight, he did all year for us.