Bill Nelson: “first of all, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for no more than 5 minutes and that the Senator from…”

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.

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

Today we find ourselves in yet another space race, this time with China.

We cannot identify every object. However, NEO Surveyor will be able to identify 90 percent of all the potential asteroids that are greater than 140 meters wide within the 10 years of the launch.