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 are, and where we are.
Bill Nelson discusses the implications of budget cuts on NASA's mission and future exploration.
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What we are going to do is a multi-year test, taking it to different locations all over the United States, and see if the muffled roar is acceptable to the people on the ground.
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.
You and I in this committee have a different approach to what is happening to the earth's climate.
It is the research and development that allows this country to move forward.
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