Bill Nelson: “We face the prospect of very significant deficits.”

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.

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.

We cannot operate our science agencies on the cheap, and we should not operate them without clear, multi-year direction.

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