Bill Nelson: “Yes, it was when all this stuff started.”

Understand that this isn't all like we are pouring money down a rathole. Look what it is doing for our country.

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.

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

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