Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, testifies during a hearing before the House Subcommitte on Space and Aeronautics regarding Safety of Human Spaceflight on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the mission briefing room of the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Astronaut Mike Foale (left); Tom Pickens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astrotech Space Operations; Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council and panel moderator (out of frame) participate in the second break-out session, 'Increasing Access To and Utilization of the International Space Station,' that is part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the mission briefing room of the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tom Pickens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astrotech Space Operations (center), Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (right); Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council and panel moderator and NASA Astronaut Mike Foale (both out of frame) participate in the second break-out session, 'Increasing Access To and Utilization of the International Space Station,' that is part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the mission briefing room of the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council and panel moderator, heads up the second break-out session, 'Increasing Access To and Utilization of the International Space Station,' that is part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. The distinguished panel for this session includes Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation; NASA Astronaut Mike Foale and Tom Pickens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astrotech Space Operations. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the mission briefing room of the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Astronaut Mike Foale is a panel member of the second break-out session, 'Increasing Access To and Utilization of the International Space Station,' that is part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. Panel members also include Tom Pickens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astrotech Space Operations (partially out of frame); Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council and panel moderator. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the mission briefing room of the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation is enjoying his participation in the second break-out session, 'Increasing Access To and Utilization of the International Space Station,' that is part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. Panel members also include NASA Astronaut Mike Foale; Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council and panel moderator and Tom Pickens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astrotech Space Operations. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the mission briefing room of the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Miles O'Brien, a member of the NASA Advisory Council (left), moderates the panel at the second break-out session, 'Increasing Access To and Utilization of the International Space Station,' that is part of the Conference on the American Space Program for the 21st Century. To O'Brien's left on the panel are NASA Astronaut Mike Foale; Tom Pickens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astrotech Space Operations and Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. Photo Credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann