As the Committee knows, NASA did not pursue any of those options, but just last year was able to proceedwith the development of the Interim Control Module that the Naval Research Lab was responsible for developing.
In some cases, production costs increase so much that it makes sense not to proceedwith oil field development, which in turn impacts total oil production globally.
Nationalist politicians have criticised a decision by the Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland not to proceedwith plans to build 200 homes on the site of a former army barracks in north Belfast.
And even amid the global financial crisis, Mr Trump has given strong signals that the development will proceed, saying the people of Scotland would be "extremely happy" with the final product.