Bill Nelson: “Thank you, Mr. Secretary. You've been an old and dear friend and you have served your country exceptionally well.”

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

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

We are seeing in front of our eyes the change of air transport and mobility as a result of drones.

We cannot identify every object. However, NEO Surveyor will be able to identify 90 percent of all the potential asteroids that are greater than 140 meters wide within the 10 years of the launch.