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

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

Our seed corn is research and development. We do not want to ever give that up, and that is the mission of NASA.

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

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