NASA Is Giving SpaceX a Long Leash on Crewed Launch, Bridenstine Says

The transcript discusses NASA's collaboration with SpaceX to foster a commercial space marketplace, emphasizing the need for multiple providers to drive innovation and reduce costs. It highlights the role of the International Space Station in advancing technologies like 3D printing and pharmaceuticals. The competition between Boeing and SpaceX is explored, along with international partnerships, including with Russia. The transcript introduces astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Bankin, and contextualizes the mission within historical challenges. Finally, it outlines the Artemis program's goals for sustainable lunar exploration and future Mars missions.

What is NASA's primary goal in collaborating with SpaceX?

• To be the sole customer of SpaceX

• To develop new space shuttles

• To create a robust commercial marketplace in low Earth orbit

• To replace the International Space Station

What is one of the advanced research activities being conducted on the International Space Station?

• Developing new space suits

• Mining asteroids

• 3D printing human organs

• Building new space stations

Why is Boeing currently behind SpaceX in the commercial crew program?

• Boeing lacks government support

• Boeing has fewer engineers

• Boeing did not participate in commercial resupply missions

• Boeing focuses on satellite launches

What is the nature of the partnership between NASA and Russia's Soyuz program?

• NASA only uses Soyuz for cargo

• NASA buys seats on Soyuz rockets

• NASA has ended its partnership with Soyuz

• NASA and Russia exchange seats without funds

What historical event is compared to the current launch of American astronauts during the COVID-19 pandemic?

• The Mars Rover landing

• The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope

• The Apollo moon landing

• The first space shuttle launch

What is the goal of NASA's Artemis program?

• To explore the outer planets

• To send a woman to the moon by 2024

• To develop a new space shuttle

• To build a new space station

What resource on the moon is NASA planning to use for sustainable exploration?

• Lunar soil

• Solar energy

• Water ice

• Helium-3