Bill Nelson: “Do you not have a lot of promise on your boost phase right now with the Aegis system?”

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.

It is the research and development that allows this country to move forward.

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

One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.