Bill Nelson: “This is the last subcommittee hearing prior the markup of the National Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2010.”

All of us have a responsibility to protect our home planet. After all, it's the only one we have.

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

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

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