Bill Nelson: “A bully pulpit that was filled by the Miami Herald, I might say.”

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.

This was an Apollo 13 moment minus the people.

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

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.