So a couple of things. You mentioned earlier, Chairman Rogers, that there were going to be these constellations of potentially thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit for the purpose of communications. That is absolutely true.
Bridenstine confirms the existence of satellite constellations for communications in low Earth orbit.
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I think it is important that we recognize that what the commercial providers ultimately provide, a lot of it could have already been tested.
NASA is doing a lot of things, I think, rightly, that are accelerating processes.
It would be really bad for NASA. It would be really bad for our private sector partners. Please, reauthorize it.
The challenge that we have as a Nation is that, the longer programs go, the more political risk that we have.
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