Jim Bridenstine: “NASA is an agency that does science and technology. We do discovery. We do exploration. What we don't do is regulate.”

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.

The more launches, the more one of them could have, you know, a problem.

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.