But if the geopolitics suddenly changed, that it was important to the United States to get back to the surface of the Moon before, say, the Chinese would with humans, if that were the case, we'd already have a lot of the technologies developed and we'd be sitting out there close to the Moon already.
Nelson emphasizes the need for readiness in lunar missions amid geopolitical competition.
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There are, in fact, private companies that are getting into the business now of supersonic transports, but they do not have this characteristic.
We go with commercial partners because the third mission, we are going into lunar orbit.
Everything that we are doing is being approached in this commercial public/private partnership.
The Stennis Space Center is a very valuable national asset because it is the location that, when we are developing exquisite new engines, we have to go to test them.
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