Jim Bridenstine: “You have my commitment that I will absolutely, that will be a high priority for me, for the interest of our country.”

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.

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

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

I think at this point we are in good shape.