Jim Bridenstine: “NASA spends about $4.5 million annually invested in that program, and we also provide scientists and engineers as…”

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

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.

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.

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