Jim Bridenstine: “If we are going to achieve boots on the Moon, which is what the vice president called us to do yesterday by 2024, the…”

Having a Gateway in orbit around the Moon is important for a lot of reasons.

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.

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

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.