Bill Nelson

This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and all of humanity.

NASA has proven we are serious as a defender of the planet.

All of us have a responsibility to protect our home planet. After all, it's the only one we have.

When we find those, by the way, not only looking for life, we start to understand their development, and we better understand who we are, why we are here, how we got here, and all of this evolution of the cosmos.

Not only work with you, we want it to work, because the Habitable Worlds, which is one that we go in the 2040s, we have got to start it now.

Our decision is that it is more profitable for us to go to the South Pole of the Moon, because we think that is where the water is.

Look what happened when we spent the money on the Apollo program. Two generations of technology development came out of it.

Understand that this isn't all like we are pouring money down a rathole. Look what it is doing for our country.

In the parlance of the South, this dog doesn't hunt.

Today we find ourselves in yet another space race, this time with China.

It is critical that NASA remain focused on its core mission.

Funding NASA is critical to getting back to the moon, advancing our scientific understanding, and driving innovation.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson actually said that he envisions a world where the south pole of the moon is a gas station of sorts for the moon.

This was an Apollo 13 moment minus the people.

Continued Congressional support is critical to the success of the CLD program.

NASA clearly has a vested interest in attracting, engaging, and preparing its future STEM professionals.

NASA is committed to building a diverse, skilled future STEM workforce--our next generation of explorers with the technical skills needed to carry forward our Nation's vital mission.

For NASA to continue to innovate, we need to attract the next generation of engineers, inventors, chemists, biologists, astronauts, and so much more.

We are seeing in front of our eyes the change of air transport and mobility as a result of drones.

This research is absolutely critical for us exploring the heavens.

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

Everything that we are doing is being approached in this commercial public/private partnership.

We are on the same page, and NASA owns and operates that local public water system, so we have every reason to continue this investigation.

As a matter of fact, we have already spent $200 million to date to address this groundwater contamination problem, and we are committed to continuing the investigation and evaluation, along with our partner, the New Mexico Environment…