Bill Nelson: “The next generation tanker contract has been awarded, and I congratulate you on that.”

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

Our seed corn is research and development. We do not want to ever give that up, and that is the mission of NASA.

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.

This research is absolutely critical for us exploring the heavens.