Bill Nelson: “We need newer aircraft that we are putting through extreme testing. It is my hope that we are moving in that direction.”

I want us to get there first.

Not only work with you, we want it to work, because the Habitable Worlds, which is one that we go in the 2040s, we have got to start it now.

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

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.