Bill Nelson: “Are U.S. operations being hampered by the 'safe haven' in the ungoverned areas of western Pakistan?”

Look what happened when we spent the money on the Apollo program. Two generations of technology development came out of it.

Understand that this isn't all like we are pouring money down a rathole. Look what it is doing for our country.

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.