NASA Administrator Charles Bolden responds to a reporter's question during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden delivers remarks during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden delivers remarks during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson deliver an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden responds to a reporter's question during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bob Jacobs moderates the NASA Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Briefing, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens to a reporter's question during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens as NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson talks during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson deliver an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens to a reporter's question come in via phone during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson deliver an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, is seen during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson delivers an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden responds to a reporter's question during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson delivers an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden responds to a reporter's question during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver (left) and John C. Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann discuss the proposed fiscal year 2012 federal budget during an all hands session on March 10. During the gathering with NASA employees, Garver emphasized the space agency's commitment to maintain a solid focus on human spaceflight and exploration priorities. Garver and Scheuermann also shared budget highlights for Stennis from the fiscal year proposal, emphasizing that the primary focus for the facility will remain rocket engine testing for the future of the American space program.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens as NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson delivers an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver answers questions during a NASA Update on, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Garver and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden took the time discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER DIRECTOR ROBERT LIGHTFOOT ADDRESSES TEAM MEMBERS FEB. 14, FOLLOWING THE ROLLOUT OF NASA’S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET. LIGHTFOOT TOLD MEMBERS OF THE HUNTSVILLE-AREA AT A SUBSEQUENT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE PROPOSAL “HITS ON OUR CAPABILITIES, ON WHAT WE DO WELL AT MARSHALL. THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR US.” HE HELD AN ALL-HANDS MEETING FEB. 15 TO DISCUSS WHAT THE BUDGET MEANS FOR MARSHALL AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE WORKFORCE.

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr., answers questions during a NASA Update on, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bolden, NASA's 12th Administrator and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver took the time discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr., and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver deliver a NASA Update on, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bolden, NASA's 12th Administrator and Garver took the time discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr., answers questions during a NASA Update on, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bolden, NASA's 12th Administrator and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver took the time discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver (right) and Stennis Space Center Deputy Director Rick Gilbrech address NASA employees during a Feb. 23, 2012, all hands meeting onsite. Garver visited Stennis Space Center to meet with senior managers, members of the media and NASA employees to discuss the space agency's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013.

NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Bob Jacobs moderates the NASA Update program, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA's 12th Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver took the time discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr., and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver deliver a NASA Update on, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bolden, NASA's 12th Administrator and Garver took the time discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver listens as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden answers a question during a NASA Update on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bolden and Garver took the time discuss the agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)