Bill Nelson: “In that regard, Ms. Chrisler, probably the act requires you to take certain actions for inspections. It doesn't specify…”

Yes, ma'am, and let me give you a specific answer to your question.

We cannot identify every object. However, NEO Surveyor will be able to identify 90 percent of all the potential asteroids that are greater than 140 meters wide within the 10 years of the launch.

Today we find ourselves in yet another space race, this time with China.

Is there a market out there to cut that almost in half? And I suspect there is.