Regulation is a longer word for tax.
NASA is doing a lot of things, I think, rightly, that are accelerating processes.
If we are putting American astronauts on those vehicles, without question, it is not just up to them, it is up to us as well.
Here's what we know: China is not going to slow down. That means that we, as a country, need to come together, figure out what the architect...
I do think this goes back to Representative Cartwright's question regarding kind of new approaches.
I think at this point we are in good shape.
The only rocket that is going to be available to take humans by 2024 is the SLS rocket with the Orion crew capsule.
When we use different types of rockets, we have dissimilar redundancy.
Having a Gateway in orbit around the Moon is important for a lot of reasons.
The more launches, the more one of them could have, you know, a problem.
I think, Mr. Ranking Member, that would put us in a position to make landing in 2024 very, very difficult.
You can't land on the Moon if you don't have a landing system.
It would be really bad for NASA. It would be really bad for our private sector partners. Please, reauthorize it.
We are doing the all-woman space walk here in a matter of days. We are very excited about it.
I think there is a concern that I have heard and the concern is schedule pressure.
Do we want to lead the world in space or do we want to yield that to somebody else?
The SLS rocket, the biggest, most powerful ever built that will take our astronauts to the Moon, is at Michoud.
It should be noted that the spacesuits are in essence little spaceships. Each one of them is designed specifically not just for the astronau...
