Bill Nelson

They are not pulling out. In the last day or so, there are misleading headlines.

What we wanted to do, and what you all, the Congress, have made particularly clear to me through hearings all last year, and I happen to agree with you, is that you wanted competition for the ultimate lander.

China is completely a different experience for the U.S. Space Program because there has not been any transparency.

I see nothing that has interrupted that professional relationship, no matter how awful Putin is conducting a war.

I hope it does. It will bring about certainty for all agencies of government if that, in fact, happens.

We will not fly astronauts until it is safe, and if that means there is a delay, then we will delay.

The old way of doing things was always cost-plus.

It provides opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and it promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) throughout the Agency and with our partners.

You need to be able to stretch that process out where you can make composites and it be much more of an assembly line situation.

This budget will help our Nation--and the world--address climate change.

You cannot go until it is right, but all these things cost money.

they are simply not transparent. They have not cooperated.

Absolutely, Congressman. The way that the competition bid went and was awarded to SpaceX, there is a provision for an extension, if you will, of that award which is Option B.

We are going to become a tenant for a lessee of commercial space stations in low earth orbit.

It is the top priority of NASA on infrastructure. We are afraid the bridge is going to fall in the water.

We are going to launch it in August. It will be uncrewed.

This is obviously a new space race, right? It is a renaissance, really, a new golden era for our space program.

I want to give where credit where credit is due because so much of what the chairman and the ranking member talked about in the course that we are on now with a dual track of not only government space but also commercial space is as a…

For the time being, Congressman, yes. You have a beautiful opportunity to have the Stennis Space Center evolve into a propulsion test complex that will be government and commercial multi-users.

We are going to launch Artemis this year.

Absolutely. As I was giving credit where credit is due, at the beginning of the testimony today, to Dutch Ruppersberger, he was very significantly instrumental in us passing the 2010 NASA bill that set us off on this dual course of…

I would like a lot more money in STEM.

I think we are in a space race with China.

Participation in America's space program is not an entitlement. It is a privilege.

Other countries can help by stop the putting up of junk.