Duncan Hunter: “And the only way to do that is through one of these drive-through systems, meaning none of this is going to happen by a…”

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

Yes, it is just short of $5 billion a year.

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

The 2013 National Space Transportation Policy calls for the use of U.S. rockets for U.S. government payloads, with some minor exceptions that perhaps should be revisited anyway.