Volunteers take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday Dec. 24, 2012. More than a thousand volunteers at NORAD handle more than 100,000 thousand phone calls from children around the world every Christmas Eve, with NORAD continually projecting Santa's supposed progress delivering presents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Volunteers take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday Dec. 24, 2012. More than a thousand volunteers at NORAD handle more than 100,000 thousand phone calls from children around the world every Christmas Eve, with NORAD continually projecting Santa's supposed progress delivering presents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Volunteers take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday Dec. 24, 2012. More than a thousand volunteers at NORAD handle more than 100,000 thousand phone calls from children around the world every Christmas Eve, with NORAD continually projecting Santa's supposed progress delivering presents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
** FILE ** Air Force Lt. Col. David Hanson of Chicago takes a phone call from a child in Florida at the Santa Tracking Operations Center at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
** FILE ** Air Force Lt. Col. David Hanson of Chicago takes a phone call from a child in Florida at the Santa Tracking Operations Center at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., on Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
Air Force Lt. Col. David Hanson, of Chicago, takes a phone call from a child in Florida at the Santa Tracking Operations Center at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs on Christmas Eve 2010. The tradition began in 1955, as a result of a newspaper typographical error. (Associated Press)
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Air Force Gen. William Shelton, the commander of Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Shelton addressed the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. He said he expects no increases in his budget but said demands for such critical services as the military-run Global Positioning System won't decline. He told space contractors that the military and industry must find a way to contain costs, especially on launches. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)
