Bill Nelson actually said...

"If Project Constellation is cancelled, our Nation's objective of sending an astronaut to Mars will be replaced with the fleeting hope that one day, some day, we will be able to explore the cosmos agai..."

"to abandon Ares I as a baseline vehicle for an alternative, without demonstrated capability nor proven superiority, or even equivalence, is unwise and probably not cost-effective."

"I believe, for this Nation to not abandon all of the investments made in the Constellation program."

"The concerns I have and the current debate about the Obama plan is not about political expediency."