It should be noted that the spacesuits are in essence little spaceships. Each one of them is designed specifically not just for the astronaut, but also for the mission. The challenge is, we only have a certain number of spacesuits.
Bridenstine discusses the design and limitations of NASA's spacesuits.
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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.
Do we want to lead the world in space or do we want to yield that to somebody else?
The SLS rocket, the biggest, most powerful ever built that will take our astronauts to the Moon, is at Michoud.
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