NASA bekerja untuk Gedung Putih. Ada banyak orang di NASA yang berharap mereka membangun pengganti modern untuk Shuttle. Namun, mereka mendapat perintah berbaris untuk mengerjakan hal-hal lain, beberapa di antaranya seharusnya tidak mendapat tempat dalam organisasi penelitian. Asli: NASA works for the White House. There are many at NASA that wish they were building a modern replacement for the Shuttle. However, they had marching orders to instead work on other things, some of which should have no place in a research organization.

— Kata-kata Bijak dari Burt Rutan