Bill Nelson: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, Dr. Sullivan, thank you for your public service. I really meant what I believe.”

Everything that we are doing is being approached in this commercial public/private partnership.

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

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

I want to see it increase and, thus, all the more reason that you all need to keep us out of budgetary chaos.