Les Johnson Quotes (5 Quotes)

I guess the argument could be made that it's a discretionary decision made by five elected officials.

It's a matter of putting it all together and it all looks pretty doable. There is a benefit to human exploration for aerocapture, from an incremental technology point of view.

Now if you launch with conventional propulsion, most of the scientists would be retired or dead

It's definitely high-risk now. It's maybe 10 to 15 years out.

We've been fairly conservative when it comes to height. I don't see that being something that's going to change anytime soon.