>> welcome back to our town hall with former president, vice pence. he just witnessed a launch of the moon mission. he is a democrat who volunteered for the party any voted for joe biden, james. >> hi james. >> mister vice president, thank you for coming to new york. this morning, nasa launched, successfully launched the historic artemis i mission, bringing american back to the moon. as vice president, you lead the reestablishment of the national space council and i know the artemis program was a big focus. what do you think the role of america should be in space in the coming decades, and how can we continue bipartisan support for our nation's great space program? >> well james, thank you for the question. i tweeted about artemis i this morning. i couldn't be more excited. i want to send my thanks and appreciation to nasa, and all of the great companies that work with them to send that extraordinary rocket on a path around the moon. really setting