Jim Bridenstine: “So it hurts the poor the most?”

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

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

I think, Mr. Ranking Member, that would put us in a position to make landing in 2024 very, very difficult.

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.