Duncan Hunter: “Great, we will do it. That is a great idea.”

The U.S. currently has a competitive space launch industry, yet NASA payloads continue to fly on foreign launch vehicles.

But they also cut another $700 million past that, and that was mostly going toward shoreside infrastructure?

Our entire way of life is dependent on space. And our, not enemies necessarily, but our competitors know that.

President Trump's Space Policy Directive-2 directs the executive branch to 'encourage American leadership in space' and 'promote economic growth.'