Bill Nelson: “This budget carries forward the decision to retire the Shuttle fleet by the end of this year.”

What we are going to do is a multi-year test, taking it to different locations all over the United States, and see if the muffled roar is acceptable to the people on the ground.

Look what happened when we spent the money on the Apollo program. Two generations of technology development came out of it.

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

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.