Jim Bridenstine: “I look forward to working with our Senate counterparts, and would also encourage them to take up the H.R. 1561.”

I think, Mr. Ranking Member, that would put us in a position to make landing in 2024 very, very difficult.

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?

NASA is doing a lot of things, I think, rightly, that are accelerating processes.