Bill Nelson actually said...

Since the amount of gold on the planet would fill two large swimming pools, if you find an asteroid that has gold in it, I would say our space program would be off and running.

Context

Nelson emphasizes the potential value of asteroid mining for the space program.

04/22/2013

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