Jim Bridenstine: “You're absolutely right; chemical rockets are expensive.”

this has to be bipartisan and I think, if we put ourselves in a position where, you know, one side of the aisle is not happy with what we are trying to achieve, we will not be successful

The return on investment, we are less than half of a percent of the federal budget, and you look at what we have been able to deliver...

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.

I am the first NASA Administrator from that day to this day that was not alive when that happened.