Bill Nelson: “I think this ought to be handled, but you have a Senator, Senator McCaskill, who is concerned about the convening…”

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.

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

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.

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