1
00:00:01,179 --> 00:00:03,860
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden

2
00:00:03,860 --> 00:00:06,100
visited several of the Agency's field centers

3
00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,900
in late February among them

4
00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,830
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in

5
00:00:09,830 --> 00:00:10,980
Southern California.

6
00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:13,180
Bolden was briefed on a variety

7
00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:14,299
of current environmental

8
00:00:14,299 --> 00:00:16,400
space science and aeronautical research

9
00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:17,200
efforts at Dryden.

10
00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:19,199
I'll turn it over to Charlie

11
00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:19,820
to go over the budget.

12
00:00:20,060 --> 00:00:22,900
Detailed the agency's fiscal 2013 budget allocations

13
00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:24,640
at a town hall with employees

14
00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,820
and then participated in groundbreaking

15
00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:29,220
ceremonies for Dryden's new

16
00:00:29,220 --> 00:00:30,880
Facilities Support Center.

17
00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:31,700
Please help me welcome

18
00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:34,580
Major General US Marine Corps Charlie Bolden

19
00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:36,440
The following morning, Bolden

20
00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,080
outlined NASA's future course

21
00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,550
in space exploration, and scientific discovery

22
00:00:40,550 --> 00:00:42,900
before the Antelope Valley Board of
Trade's

23
00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:44,420
business outlook conference in

24
00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:45,760
Lancaster California.

25
00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,380
At its core, NASA and its fiscal year 2013 budget

26
00:00:50,820 --> 00:00:52,240
are about American innovation

27
00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:53,798
and American ingenuity.

28
00:00:54,620 --> 00:00:55,780
We're about keeping the US

29
00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:58,020
the world leader in space exploration

30
00:00:58,020 --> 00:00:59,989
and showcasing our knack for solving

31
00:00:59,989 --> 00:01:02,660
problems and improving life here on Earth.

32
00:01:03,540 --> 00:01:04,820
It's going to be an amazing ride

33
00:01:04,820 --> 00:01:08,700
in California, in orbit around this
planet

34
00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,140
and outward into the Solar System

35
00:01:11,149 --> 00:01:12,460
and beyond.

36
00:01:12,460 --> 00:01:15,460
The future is literally happening right now,

37
00:01:15,860 --> 00:01:18,240
Bolden stressed that NASA Dryden continues

38
00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,260
to be a major contributor to the Antelope Valley's

39
00:01:20,270 --> 00:01:23,220
economic vitality and expressed his appreciation