Bill Nelson: “Was that accurate? They said there could be unless we signaled that we were going to do something, which we did.”

It is critical that NASA remain focused on its core mission.

Understand that this isn't all like we are pouring money down a rathole. Look what it is doing for our country.

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…

Our decision is that it is more profitable for us to go to the South Pole of the Moon, because we think that is where the water is.