Jim Bridenstine: “I wanted to thank my friend from Colorado, Ed Perlmutter, because he provided a lot of great input.”

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.

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.

I do think this goes back to Representative Cartwright's question regarding kind of new approaches.

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