Jim Bridenstine: “This pilot program was included in H.R. 1561, the Lucas-Bridenstine Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of…”

The only rocket that is going to be available to take humans by 2024 is the SLS rocket with the Orion crew capsule.

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.

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

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