Bill Nelson: “I believe that is irresponsible and unworthy of this Nation's historical leadership in space.”

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

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

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

That's like eating our seed corn. We're not going to have anything to plant next year in the quest of trying to understand what is part of the statutes for NASA, which is to search for life, and therefore to understand who we are, what we…