Bill Nelson: “No other nation has done that. No other nation has performed space flight as well as we have.”

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

It is the research and development that allows this country to move forward.

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.

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.