Bill Nelson: “Vessels ought to properly be inspected to have that safety equipment.”

When we find those, by the way, not only looking for life, we start to understand their development, and we better understand who we are, why we are here, how we got here, and all of this evolution of the cosmos.

We cannot identify every object. However, NEO Surveyor will be able to identify 90 percent of all the potential asteroids that are greater than 140 meters wide within the 10 years of the launch.

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.

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