Bill Nelson: “I must admit I became more of an environmentalist when I went into space because I got to see the entire ecosystem at…”

“I must admit I became more of an environmentalist when I went into space because I got to see the entire ecosystem at once. I got to see how beautiful it is, yet how fragile it is. From that perspective, when I looked at the rim of the Earth and saw that thin little film which is the atmosphere, I came home from that space flight absolutely committed that I wanted to do my part to be a better steward of what the good Lord has given us. He has given us this beautiful planet in the middle of nothing. Space is nothing. Space is an airless vacuum that goes on and on for billions and billions of light-years, and there in the midst of it is our home, our planet. One of the reasons I want to go to Mars... what can we learn from what happened there so that we can become better stewards of our planet? Is that liberal or conservative? It is neither. It is good common sense.”