Bill Nelson: “Isn't it the mesmerizing possibility of space travel that excites kids so much to want to get into math and science and…”

When we find those, by the way, not only looking for life, we start to understand their development, and we better understand who we are, why we are here, how we got here, and all of this evolution of the cosmos.

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.

It is critical that NASA remain focused on its core mission.