our witness is bill nelson, who serves as the 14th administrator of the national aeronautics and space administration. his career includes over four decades in public service representing florida in both chambers during his 30 years in congress. i would most importantly include six years of chairing the house science committee's space science and application subcommittee. that is a real resume item, mr. director. thank you for joining us. i recognize administrator nelson to present his testimony. >> mr. chairman, with your permission, to submit my written statement in the record. if i may, to give you a couple of thoughts and let's get your questions. >> without opposition. absolutely. >> nasa is a storied organization. this agency does amazing things. a lot of the things that we do is on the edge. next monday, about 10:30, at night, we will launch another vehicle, it is a human rated, the first time america has ever had three human rated spacecraft. the one that will go to the moon, which is orion on top of the big rocket, the sls. the dragon, witch flies on the falcon 9, which goes t