NASA administrator Bill Nelson optimisitic about space exploration as commercial, government efforts collide

With a storied career in service – both in politics and in the U.S. Army – and experience as a NASA payload specialist, newly-appointed administrator Bill Nelson is in a unique position to lead.

The White House's spending proposal to Congress included a request of more than $24.8 billion for NASA in the 2022 fiscal year, with a 9% funding increase to its science division. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Nelson said that the introduction of "highly-sophisticated instruments" like the three-dimensional climate modeling Earth Observatory System would "go beyond just weather" for the betterment of the planet.