Bill Nelson: “Did anything come of the growth of crystals in space. You're trying to grow a crystal that is more pure in zero G so…”

I would say that there is a significant difference of opinion about that.

This time, even on the first crew, the ones that are coming here to Capitol Hill today, our first international astronaut is Jeremy Hansen.

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

For NASA to continue to innovate, we need to attract the next generation of engineers, inventors, chemists, biologists, astronauts, and so much more.