Jim Bridenstine: “What we need to do is go through the appropriations process because, as I just described, the world has changed.”

Do we want to lead the world in space or do we want to yield that to somebody else?

The only rocket that is going to be available to take humans by 2024 is the SLS rocket with the Orion crew capsule.

I think at this point we are in good shape.

Here's what we know: China is not going to slow down. That means that we, as a country, need to come together, figure out what the architecture is, be committed to a process and then move forward as rapidly as possible.