Duncan Hunter: “I think it is important that you--that the Coast Guard go to the President at this point and say, look, this is what we…”

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.

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.