Actor Sean Penn expressed a similar view on Friday night, as he entered the Austin Convention Center for the anniversary event.

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"This may have begun to influence program managers' view of how to achieve program directives, " NASA chief Sean O'Keefe told reporters Wednesday.

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When it is all over (if you have survived) and you have the information you need, I hope you have the future of our country in mind and not just some idealistic points of view so that you could be the subject of the next Sean Penn movie.

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