Kendra S. Horn: “We know that the road to sending American astronauts to Mars will require a commitment and direction that continues…”

You have 735 Marine Corps fighter pilots. Less than 1 percent or 5 are African American; one woman.

I want Americans to be the first to set foot on the Red Planet.

I was angry and frustrated and hoping it was a limited problem, but sadly found out that it was not.

This is a systemic problem and one that we have to fix, and you have a lot of work to do to fix it.