Bill Nelson: “You keep that in mind.”

It is critical that NASA remain focused on its core mission.

This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and all of humanity.

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

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.