Bill Nelson: “Yes, ma'am, and let me give you a specific answer to your question.”

Today we find ourselves in yet another space race, this time with China.

Our decision is that it is more profitable for us to go to the South Pole of the Moon, because we think that is where the water is.

That's like eating our seed corn. We're not going to have anything to plant next year in the quest of trying to understand what is part of the statutes for NASA, which is to search for life, and therefore to understand who we are, what we…

This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and all of humanity.