Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday that the U.S. will become the international leader in space exploration, thanks in part to the Trump administration’s reinvigorated National Space Council.

“More than ever, American prosperity and security depend on U.S. leadership in space. Yet national space policy often has lacked a coherent, cohesive vision. The results not only are disappointing; they endanger the well-being of the American people,” Pence wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Thursday.