Bill Nelson: “I appreciate not only the statement and the opportunity to tell you that I will actually be looking forward to working…”

Yes, ma'am, and let me give you a specific answer to your question.

Our seed corn is research and development. We do not want to ever give that up, and that is the mission of NASA.

What we are going to do is a multi-year test, taking it to different locations all over the United States, and see if the muffled roar is acceptable to the people on the ground.

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.