Bill Nelson: “Now, after the stimulus bill money is over, which is in a couple of years, what happens to those jobs?”

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.

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

We are going to have a 3D compendium of everything that is happening to the earth.

We do everything that we can to partner with not only commercial industry but also universities and other academic institutions.