Sen. Ted Cruz on the U.S. Space Presence: We Cannot Afford to Sit and Watch on the Sidelines

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CRUZ: "And President Trump’s bold vision for an American moon base. Is precisely the ambition this moment demands it’s exactly why I’ve introduced legislation to help make the moon base a reality. How’s right here. At Johnson space. And, I will tell you as soon as we can arrange to send the entire you ask Congress to the moon base. It will be voted on unanimously by the American people. This is a race to ensure that America, not China, sets the standards and space. China intends to establish it’s own presence on the moon. We cannot afford to sit and watch from the sidelines. We will beat China. And, I have to say one of the reasons that we are leading because of the incredible commercial space industry that has grown up in and around NASA here in Texas and across the country. Bold entrepreneurs. Quoting Dave limp. Blue origin camp affair in. And, I want to point to use something that I think we’re going to look back as a turning point in space. Earlier this year. The, I p o of space sex. The largest, I p o ever made at least six new billionaires. Made over four hundred. Sent to millionaires. And made over four thousand four hundred new millionaires. Now, what does that mean? I think we’re going to look at this moment. Like, the cambrian explosion that began spreading life on Planet Earth because you’re going to see all of those young techies who suddenly have. A gigantic amount of money. And, a big vision, and I’m telling you 10 years from now that space six apo will have created a venture capital ecosystem here in Texas. That is going to fund hundreds of new space ventures and is going to make sure that Texas continues to lead in space for the next hundred years"