When a congressman and current nominee for NASA Administrator asks you to be his guest at the state of the union address in Washington, D.C., how do you respond?

For us, the answer was easy. Yes, Bill would be there.

The State of the Union, the constitutionally-mandated Presidential report to Congress, begins at 9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT on January 30th. And the CEO of The Planetary Society will be there to listen.

As you might expect, we hope to hear the President make supportive statements regarding space exploration, particularly in the context of recent policy directives supporting human exploration of the Moon. We also hope to hear a mention of the awesome scientific capability and exploration ability of NASA’s science divisions—a topic we raise frequently with members of Congress.