Bill Nelson: “Somehow they have gotten the impression that the space program is being shut down.”

This was an Apollo 13 moment minus the people.

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…

Funding NASA is critical to getting back to the moon, advancing our scientific understanding, and driving innovation.

This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and all of humanity.