I think what you have said, a 5-year authorization bill, would be very, very well received in the aerospace community.
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Bill Nelson believes a 5-year authorization would benefit the aerospace sector.
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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…
that would mean 25 percent less fuel, which is a good thing for the airlines, but might also be a good thing in the overall energy policy of the country.
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.
Understand that this isn't all like we are pouring money down a rathole. Look what it is doing for our country.





