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Bill Nelson

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Bill Nelson is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Florida's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Nelson also held the position of Florida's Insurance Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, where he focused on consumer protection and insurance reform.

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Sep 15, 2009

As you give us this report, Mr. Augustine, I think it is going to become increasingly apparent that the moment of truth for the future of NASA's human spaceflight is here.

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Sep 15, 2009

There is only one person that can lead America's human spaceflight program, and that is the President.

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Sep 15, 2009

The work that your panel has done is in preparation for the President making a decision.

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Sep 15, 2009

I have been amazed as I have watched this entire space team knowing that the Space Shuttle is likely to come to an end.

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Sep 15, 2009

So you are talking early 2020s you could have Ares V Lite ready.

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Sep 15, 2009

What was the Committee's thinking on promoting the development of on-orbit refueling?

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Sep 15, 2009

I think the President really has a major decision here.

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Sep 15, 2009

Well, under that plan on this same chart, you would be late 2020s with an actual landing on the Moon?

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Sep 15, 2009

Since we have a consensus of opinion that we need to get NASA out of LEO, do you have a preference on the architecture?

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Sep 15, 2009

It is the additional science and technology that you get under that.

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Sep 15, 2009

We spent over two decades constructing the ISS, and we now are talking about using it for only 5 years.

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Sep 15, 2009

It is our view that that is very important to add that to the Fiscal Year 2011 budget.

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