Bill Nelson: “Thank you, Senator Ayotte, for underscoring that point.”

NASA is committed to building a diverse, skilled future STEM workforce--our next generation of explorers with the technical skills needed to carry forward our Nation's vital mission.

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

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.

Let me define the problem and give you the background.