Duncan Hunter: “Better fund the Coast Guard, folks, and the merchant marines. This budget doesn't do it.”

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

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

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.