Bill Nelson: “Thank you for your consideration of this important request.”

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.

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.

NASA has proven we are serious as a defender of the planet.

In the parlance of the South, this dog doesn't hunt.