Bill Nelson: “I am further concerned that being forced to make those choices can have the effect of undermining the traditional…”

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

All of us have a responsibility to protect our home planet. After all, it's the only one we have.

NASA has proven we are serious as a defender of the planet.

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…