Bill Nelson actually said...

How can anyone believe it makes sense to follow this plan for purely budgetary reasons?

Ares is the safest system. Nothing else comes close.

I think the overall DOD has been taken by surprise in this NASA announcement to cancel. I have clearly let it be known my displeasure.

As the STRATCOM commander, my concern... is what impact this decision might have on the industrial base as we look to the future.