Bill Nelson: “The key to success here is balance; not just a balance between public and private space endeavors but also between…”

Understand that this isn't all like we are pouring money down a rathole. Look what it is doing for our country.

that would mean 25 percent less fuel, which is a good thing for the airlines, but might also be a good thing in the overall energy policy of the country.

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

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.