On the recordJuly 23, 2019
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.
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congress.govIf we are putting American astronauts on those vehicles, without question, it is not just up to them, it is up to us as well.
Bridenstine emphasizes the responsibility of NASA in ensuring astronaut safety.
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I do think this goes back to Representative Cartwright's question regarding kind of new approaches.
I really believe it would be in the interest of success to start off with at least three different human landing systems that we could then down-select to two human landing systems.
The goal here is to have as much as possible we want NASA to be a customer of services.
The only rocket that is going to be available to take humans by 2024 is the SLS rocket with the Orion crew capsule.