Ted Cruz actually said...

I think there is a real concern that the day-to-day conduct of American citizens going about their business might be monitored, catalogued, ...

Space flight and our capacity to maintain world-leading advantage in space flight is a critical priority for the nation.

If that same meteor, instead of striking a relatively rural area, had struck Manhattan, what would likely the consequence of that have been?

OK. But that would likely not be large enough--I guess there it did strike, so----