Bill Nelson: “I want to follow up on that.”

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

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.

For NASA to continue to innovate, we need to attract the next generation of engineers, inventors, chemists, biologists, astronauts, and so much more.