Bill Nelson: “if it is going to be about realignment, it ought to be, I think, done internally with expertise.”

One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.

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

I assure you NASA is and will be if, I am around, not only bipartisan, but nonpartisan, and it will continue that way.

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.