Jim Bridenstine: “Space represents, in my view, a very strong soft-power tool for the United States of America to establish leadership.”

When we use different types of rockets, we have dissimilar redundancy.

If we are putting American astronauts on those vehicles, without question, it is not just up to them, it is up to us as well.

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

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.