Jim Bridenstine: “Look to augment our satellite systems through commercial means, just as the Department of Defense and NASA have done”

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

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.

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

I think there is a concern that I have heard and the concern is schedule pressure.