NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and his agency have just five years to accomplish what Americans haven't done since 1972. Landing on the moon in 2024 will require many different pieces of the mission architecture to come together, from the heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket that's still in development to the Gateway, a proposed reusable command and service module. At the same time, NASA can't forget that the mission won't just be about going to the moon in 2024, but also forward to Mars. NASA must accomplish all this without losing sight of its other responsibilities, including gathering data about Earth for climate scientists. Just over a year into his tenure as administrator, Bridenstine spoke with me by phone from his office about NASA's new era of space exploration.
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