Bill Nelson: “If we retreat, if we just say we confine ourselves to low-Earth orbit, we grant the high ground to whoever can get there…”

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

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.

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.

All of us have a responsibility to protect our home planet. After all, it's the only one we have.