Bill Nelson: “Well, indeed, thank you, Mr. President. The Senator from Maine is exactly correct. There is the flexibility in the…”

It is critical that NASA remain focused on its core mission.

In the parlance of the South, this dog doesn't hunt.

That's like eating our seed corn. We're not going to have anything to plant next year in the quest of trying to understand what is part of the statutes for NASA, which is to search for life, and therefore to understand who we are, what we…

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