On the recordApril 1, 2019
The moon is the best place to prove those capabilities and technologies. The sooner we can achieve that objective, the sooner we can move on to Mars.
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congress.govThe moon is the best place to prove those capabilities and technologies. The sooner we can achieve that objective, the sooner we can move on to Mars.
Bridenstine highlights the moon's role in preparing for Mars missions.
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I think nothing concerns me more than politics getting into the middle of all of that.
To be clear, I am confident that, given our current rate of production, we will have three SLSs available and the third one would be for Artemis III that takes us to the Moon in 2024.
The only rocket that is going to be available to take humans by 2024 is the SLS rocket with the Orion crew capsule.