Bill Nelson: “Most recently, Russia as well about a year ago did an ASAT test, unbelievably putting junk into the very altitude where…”

that would mean 25 percent less fuel, which is a good thing for the airlines, but might also be a good thing in the overall energy policy of the country.

One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.

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

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.