This was not a cost-effective decision. It was a very expensive decision.
It's like running a relay race. You're on your last leg and the judges suddenly say 'Stop.' You lose your momentum.
What I have found is that if you can't find any information on the company, then don't go with it.
It just upset me because I did all that research, you know, try to make sure they're legitimate company and everything and it still went through as a fraud.
NASA did not react well to that news.
This was a very odd that that happened. There was no process involved. It was just out of the blue. It came as a total surprise.
I think there is a move afoot to move money for science and robotic missions into the human exploration program and this is just part of it. There is a strong push to reduce the number of missions.
