Bill Nelson actually said...

"I think the overall DOD has been taken by surprise in this NASA announcement to cancel. I have clearly let it be known my displeasure."

"As the STRATCOM commander, my concern... is what impact this decision might have on the industrial base as we look to the future."

"This was originally an idea that was meant to be a one-time thing."

"we will have lost the many years required to re-create the equivalent of what will be discarded."