Bill Nelson: “Mr. Secretary, does DOD know the full extent of the material involved in this effort for which you all have…”

Our decision is that it is more profitable for us to go to the South Pole of the Moon, because we think that is where the water is.

As a matter of fact, we have already spent $200 million to date to address this groundwater contamination problem, and we are committed to continuing the investigation and evaluation, along with our partner, the New Mexico Environment…

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

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.