Jim Bridenstine: “We need to make sure that Congress is aware and understands what the objective here is and ultimately the direction…”

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

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

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.