1 00:00:04,460 --> 00:00:02,690 good afternoon my name is Jim free I'm 2 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:04,470 the deputy director at the NASA Glenn 3 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:06,319 Research Center and it's my pleasure to 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:08,760 welcome you here today and I'll be 5 00:00:13,490 --> 00:00:11,370 moderating our event it's a great 6 00:00:16,039 --> 00:00:13,500 opportunity for us to celebrate the 50th 7 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:16,049 anniversary of Senator Glenn's historic 8 00:00:19,910 --> 00:00:17,460 spaceflight when he became the first 9 00:00:22,759 --> 00:00:19,920 american to orbit the Earth we are 10 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:22,769 pleased also to have us with what's with 11 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:24,510 us here today because he's an Ohio 12 00:00:32,350 --> 00:00:30,150 native he's a marine and he also served 13 00:00:35,750 --> 00:00:32,360 this state so well for us as our senator 14 00:00:48,049 --> 00:00:35,760 so please join me in welcoming senator 15 00:00:50,060 --> 00:00:48,059 going also on our panel today is Major 16 00:00:52,939 --> 00:00:50,070 General Charles Bolden the NASA 17 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:52,949 Administrator a distinguished career in 18 00:01:02,810 --> 00:00:54,930 the Marine Corps and a Shuttle astronaut 19 00:01:04,969 --> 00:01:02,820 please welcome true thank you and the 20 00:01:06,679 --> 00:01:04,979 third member of our panel he was able to 21 00:01:09,859 --> 00:01:06,689 say it all day that his boss now I'm 22 00:01:12,410 --> 00:01:09,869 introducing my boss distinguished NASA 23 00:01:14,630 --> 00:01:12,420 career at the Kennedy Space Center and 24 00:01:19,870 --> 00:01:14,640 at Glenn please welcome senator dr. 25 00:01:24,860 --> 00:01:22,040 okay we're going to start today with an 26 00:01:26,180 --> 00:01:24,870 opening statement from senator Glenn but 27 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:26,190 before we do that I also want to 28 00:01:29,630 --> 00:01:28,110 recognize a person who I had the 29 00:01:39,980 --> 00:01:29,640 pleasure of spending a great deal of 30 00:01:43,090 --> 00:01:39,990 time with today Annie Glenn so senator 31 00:01:45,050 --> 00:01:43,100 Glenn thank you thank you thank you 32 00:01:47,150 --> 00:01:45,060 commemorative days are fun to look back 33 00:01:48,980 --> 00:01:47,160 and remember what happened back at a 34 00:01:51,230 --> 00:01:48,990 certain time but I think they're they're 35 00:01:53,540 --> 00:01:51,240 useful mainly as a stepping stone to 36 00:01:55,219 --> 00:01:53,550 looking forward and we can see what 37 00:01:56,870 --> 00:01:55,229 strides were made in the past by 38 00:01:59,420 --> 00:01:56,880 whatever people and whatever whoever 39 00:02:01,010 --> 00:01:59,430 happened to come along at that time but 40 00:02:02,510 --> 00:02:01,020 I think they give us an insight maybe 41 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:02,520 into what we can do in the future and 42 00:02:06,980 --> 00:02:04,470 that's the importance of a commemorative 43 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:06,990 day like this hard for me to believe 44 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:09,840 it's been 50 years since that first 45 00:02:15,380 --> 00:02:11,730 orbital flight back then it seems like 46 00:02:18,110 --> 00:02:15,390 just a couple of weeks to me but it is 47 00:02:20,660 --> 00:02:18,120 important I think to look back not that 48 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:20,670 I'm looking for celebrations or anything 49 00:02:25,580 --> 00:02:23,520 like that but it's good to look back and 50 00:02:27,890 --> 00:02:25,590 think about where we may go in the 51 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:27,900 future can we make some of those same 52 00:02:31,449 --> 00:02:29,489 strides in the future we've made in the 53 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:31,459 past that's the importance of NASA is 54 00:02:35,990 --> 00:02:34,260 its leading the way in that area of 55 00:02:39,199 --> 00:02:36,000 research with the International Space 56 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:39,209 Station and all the other research that 57 00:02:44,090 --> 00:02:40,769 is carried on within that's at the 58 00:02:47,060 --> 00:02:44,100 different centers including one that Ray 59 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:47,070 has here right here in Cleveland and so 60 00:02:50,750 --> 00:02:48,450 those that's the important thing of 61 00:02:53,990 --> 00:02:50,760 looking back the past is prologue as 62 00:02:57,199 --> 00:02:54,000 somebody said and if we can use the pass 63 00:03:00,830 --> 00:02:57,209 in AZ to keep our interest going 64 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:00,840 particularly among young people I'm sure 65 00:03:04,810 --> 00:03:02,370 that ain t and I are probably the oldest 66 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:04,820 people in the room here and we're maybe 67 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:07,170 most of you here would be about a third 68 00:03:14,509 --> 00:03:11,610 of our age literally but the important 69 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:14,519 part is that as you look back now the 70 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:15,690 important thing is for you to look 71 00:03:20,350 --> 00:03:17,910 forward on what you can do in your own 72 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:20,360 lifetime and set your own goals and 73 00:03:24,970 --> 00:03:22,580 that's the important thing of having a 74 00:03:26,890 --> 00:03:24,980 commemoration like this to me so I 75 00:03:28,270 --> 00:03:26,900 welcome the opportunity to be here and 76 00:03:34,390 --> 00:03:28,280 get whatever questions you may have a 77 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:34,400 little bit thank you let's see we're 78 00:03:40,060 --> 00:03:37,490 going to start with the media first and 79 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:40,070 we'll do a few comedians and then we'll 80 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:42,530 have our our tweeters start their 81 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:44,450 questions there's a question of 82 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:47,270 microphones on either side of the room 83 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:49,490 so please raise your hand and when you 84 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:50,840 get the microphone state your 85 00:03:59,440 --> 00:03:53,870 affiliation and then begin with your 86 00:04:03,430 --> 00:03:59,450 question so questions from the media go 87 00:04:06,190 --> 00:04:03,440 right to the tweeters I think we have 88 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:06,200 one right here hi Kevin Kelly with 89 00:04:12,070 --> 00:04:09,890 Westlife newspaper senator Glenn I will 90 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:12,080 it would it bother you if and should 91 00:04:17,470 --> 00:04:15,470 bother the American people if in the 92 00:04:19,750 --> 00:04:17,480 future the Rockets that nASA uses to 93 00:04:22,210 --> 00:04:19,760 launch NASA's astronauts are owned by 94 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:22,220 the private sector and private industry 95 00:04:27,670 --> 00:04:25,730 rather than NASA itself no not at all 96 00:04:30,190 --> 00:04:27,680 because they you know this isn't 97 00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:30,200 something brand new NASA never had any 98 00:04:35,530 --> 00:04:33,260 factories of their own in the past he 99 00:04:37,270 --> 00:04:35,540 always contracted with some of the 100 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:37,280 contractors and now the contractors 101 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:40,130 would take a new role a little earlier 102 00:04:46,750 --> 00:04:43,010 in the process than they did before just 103 00:04:49,570 --> 00:04:46,760 when nasa put out a request for an rfp a 104 00:04:51,670 --> 00:04:49,580 request for proposal and then got the 105 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:51,680 actions in actually there there it's 106 00:04:58,690 --> 00:04:54,710 more competition among the different 107 00:05:00,880 --> 00:04:58,700 companies earlier in the process and the 108 00:05:04,090 --> 00:05:00,890 charlie's the one who has devised a lot 109 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:04,100 of this and his is running it right now 110 00:05:08,170 --> 00:05:06,770 and the Steve Lindsey's I was on the 111 00:05:09,940 --> 00:05:08,180 second flight with is with one of those 112 00:05:12,460 --> 00:05:09,950 companies now we're Steve he's right 113 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:12,470 here over here yeah Steve's with one of 114 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:14,210 those companies now so it's good 115 00:05:17,740 --> 00:05:15,650 representation here in Charlie that's 116 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:17,750 one that you have to take so I'm like 117 00:05:22,420 --> 00:05:19,310 him I think it's going to be great and 118 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:22,430 as the senator says when he came in they 119 00:05:26,469 --> 00:05:23,690 spent a lot of time out in downey 120 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:26,479 california or other places helping the 121 00:05:29,469 --> 00:05:27,770 contractors to build a vehicle 122 00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:29,479 specifying that ok it's got to have 123 00:05:34,149 --> 00:05:32,449 windows the biggest difference now 124 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:34,159 is that we're not going to own the 125 00:05:38,290 --> 00:05:35,930 vehicle it will be owned by the private 126 00:05:40,089 --> 00:05:38,300 company and we still have to decide 127 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:40,099 whether it's going to be a taxi or it's 128 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:42,110 going to be a rental car but but that 129 00:05:45,459 --> 00:05:43,849 will be the only difference the big 130 00:05:47,260 --> 00:05:45,469 thing for the United States for the 131 00:05:49,929 --> 00:05:47,270 government is that we don't have to pay 132 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:49,939 for the operation and maintenance we're 133 00:05:55,149 --> 00:05:52,930 going to be really busy senator Glenn 134 00:05:56,290 --> 00:05:55,159 emphasizes as he should the critical 135 00:05:58,629 --> 00:05:56,300 importance of the International Space 136 00:06:00,339 --> 00:05:58,639 Station that's why we need the private 137 00:06:02,769 --> 00:06:00,349 companies to give us the capability of 138 00:06:04,329 --> 00:06:02,779 taking people and things to the 139 00:06:06,339 --> 00:06:04,339 international space station because we 140 00:06:09,459 --> 00:06:06,349 can't do the exploration we want to do 141 00:06:10,959 --> 00:06:09,469 without a viable international space 142 00:06:12,999 --> 00:06:10,969 station so that's that's what we're 143 00:06:14,739 --> 00:06:13,009 focused on trying to do important says 144 00:06:16,659 --> 00:06:14,749 to now is that we don't have a way of 145 00:06:17,679 --> 00:06:16,669 getting on our own in this country we 146 00:06:19,709 --> 00:06:17,689 have no way of getting to our 147 00:06:22,149 --> 00:06:19,719 international space station on our own 148 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:22,159 we have to contract with the Russians we 149 00:06:25,239 --> 00:06:23,810 send our astronauts over there they're 150 00:06:27,579 --> 00:06:25,249 launched in Russia they come back to 151 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:27,589 Russia and then come back to this 152 00:06:31,450 --> 00:06:30,289 country and that's a result of some of 153 00:06:34,329 --> 00:06:31,460 the decisions were made in the previous 154 00:06:38,290 --> 00:06:34,339 administration which I think were wrong 155 00:06:41,079 --> 00:06:38,300 wrong wrong but that's my view and what 156 00:06:43,749 --> 00:06:41,089 it did was cut out the shuttle to help 157 00:06:46,269 --> 00:06:43,759 pay for these things was the theory and 158 00:06:47,589 --> 00:06:46,279 so it means now that if something 159 00:06:49,269 --> 00:06:47,599 happened to the soy is we'd have no 160 00:06:51,939 --> 00:06:49,279 means of getting back and forth to it to 161 00:06:53,199 --> 00:06:51,949 the station at all and so the importance 162 00:06:56,499 --> 00:06:53,209 of what Steve is doing and other 163 00:06:59,769 --> 00:06:56,509 companies that that are in competition 164 00:07:02,529 --> 00:06:59,779 with his company are the importance of 165 00:07:05,980 --> 00:07:02,539 them getting on stream with vehicles and 166 00:07:07,989 --> 00:07:05,990 boosters rapidly is very very important 167 00:07:10,929 --> 00:07:07,999 so we get our own means of getting on 168 00:07:13,269 --> 00:07:10,939 with the research that the space station 169 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:13,279 was built to do we spent over a hundred 170 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:15,050 billion dollars building that station 171 00:07:18,339 --> 00:07:17,029 getting it up there it wasn't just to 172 00:07:20,170 --> 00:07:18,349 see if we could accomplish an 173 00:07:22,869 --> 00:07:20,180 engineering feat it was to do basic 174 00:07:24,639 --> 00:07:22,879 fundamental research and Charlie's got 175 00:07:26,679 --> 00:07:24,649 the thing crammed full what kind of 176 00:07:28,449 --> 00:07:26,689 research we can do now but we can do so 177 00:07:31,619 --> 00:07:28,459 much more if we have our own 178 00:07:38,390 --> 00:07:31,629 transportation system back and forth 179 00:07:55,339 --> 00:07:43,020 okay go on to folks who are their 180 00:08:08,520 --> 00:07:57,839 can't hear either might decide to take 181 00:08:10,469 --> 00:08:08,530 the risk which time first time I I was a 182 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:10,479 military fighter pilot I was in the 183 00:08:17,460 --> 00:08:13,770 Marine Corps as a fighter pilot it was 184 00:08:19,379 --> 00:08:17,470 you looked at it as an assignment I like 185 00:08:21,659 --> 00:08:19,389 you're almost going into combat we knew 186 00:08:23,820 --> 00:08:21,669 there were some dangers but we want to 187 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:23,830 minimize those dangers and we did in 188 00:08:28,350 --> 00:08:25,930 working with the manufacturers and with 189 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:28,360 our own training to minimize those 190 00:08:33,209 --> 00:08:30,930 dangers as much as we possibly could and 191 00:08:35,810 --> 00:08:33,219 it was important for the country those 192 00:08:38,579 --> 00:08:35,820 were the depths of the Cold War days 193 00:08:40,709 --> 00:08:38,589 cold war may be ancient history to you 194 00:08:43,290 --> 00:08:40,719 you may want to go back and and get on 195 00:08:44,699 --> 00:08:43,300 your computer and the read a little bit 196 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:44,709 about the Cold War it was a real 197 00:08:49,740 --> 00:08:47,290 competition between our country and 198 00:08:52,050 --> 00:08:49,750 communism and whether it was going to be 199 00:08:54,060 --> 00:08:52,060 the wave of the future around the world 200 00:08:56,819 --> 00:08:54,070 or not and so we thought it was 201 00:08:59,130 --> 00:08:56,829 important for the country and and so the 202 00:09:01,100 --> 00:08:59,140 were there some dangers yeah we knew 203 00:09:03,930 --> 00:09:01,110 that but we thought we had a minimized 204 00:09:06,690 --> 00:09:03,940 and I don't think just looking to the 205 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:06,700 future space Drive will never be one 206 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:09,250 hundred percent safe anymore than if you 207 00:09:13,650 --> 00:09:10,390 go out here and get in an automobile 208 00:09:15,060 --> 00:09:13,660 it's not one hundred percent safe that 209 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:15,070 you're not going to have an accident 210 00:09:22,470 --> 00:09:17,800 someplace and we have accidents every 211 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:22,480 day out on the highways but we try and 212 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:24,310 minimize those and we try and minimize 213 00:09:29,370 --> 00:09:27,970 them in space travel also and we've done 214 00:09:32,670 --> 00:09:29,380 a pretty good job of that I think we've 215 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:32,680 had a couple of times when there were 216 00:09:37,199 --> 00:09:34,570 problems the Columbia accident that's 217 00:09:40,410 --> 00:09:37,209 where the spacecraft and the crew were 218 00:09:42,210 --> 00:09:40,420 destroyed but those have been minimal 219 00:09:43,190 --> 00:09:42,220 and we we hope that those days there 220 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:43,200 never happened again 221 00:10:00,850 --> 00:09:44,610 just have to keep working for as much 222 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:03,770 thank you but you're on TV hi my name is 223 00:10:08,690 --> 00:10:06,210 Alicia Hansen first on behalf of the 224 00:10:10,940 --> 00:10:08,700 clev twitter community and social media 225 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:10,950 community I want to thank the tweetup 226 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:12,990 folks for doing this because this really 227 00:10:17,210 --> 00:10:15,090 means a lot to all of us that have an 228 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:17,220 active part in the online community here 229 00:10:24,350 --> 00:10:20,970 secondly i'm a proud nasa wife and i am 230 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:24,360 very proud of my husband Hans and what 231 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:26,730 advice perhaps would you have for him as 232 00:10:32,390 --> 00:10:29,670 a young NASA employee sort of you know 233 00:10:34,970 --> 00:10:32,400 how to really embrace his passions for 234 00:10:36,890 --> 00:10:34,980 space for engineering and going forth 235 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:36,900 because I'm so proud i just want to see 236 00:10:40,850 --> 00:10:38,970 him to continue to do great things you 237 00:10:42,980 --> 00:10:40,860 don't mind I'll tell you the first thing 238 00:10:45,620 --> 00:10:42,990 you need to do is keep encouraging him 239 00:10:48,380 --> 00:10:45,630 if you noticed senator Glenn's wife 240 00:10:50,180 --> 00:10:48,390 she's at his side all the time so just 241 00:10:52,460 --> 00:10:50,190 keep encouraging and I'll let the boss 242 00:10:55,820 --> 00:10:52,470 tell you what you can do or what he 243 00:11:02,690 --> 00:10:55,830 should look forward to not any what 244 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:02,700 should she do he did I what you're doing 245 00:11:05,930 --> 00:11:04,110 is really important and it obviously 246 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:05,940 he's done what we've asked him to do 247 00:11:11,210 --> 00:11:08,370 which is we always tell NASA employees 248 00:11:12,290 --> 00:11:11,220 to be incredibly proud of what you do we 249 00:11:15,650 --> 00:11:12,300 make a difference in people's lives 250 00:11:17,450 --> 00:11:15,660 every single day and any time I come 251 00:11:19,730 --> 00:11:17,460 like when I came to Glenn a couple of 252 00:11:21,020 --> 00:11:19,740 weeks ago the message I left them with 253 00:11:23,420 --> 00:11:21,030 was I want you to go home at the end of 254 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:23,430 the day every day understanding that you 255 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:24,510 are making a difference in people's 256 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:27,030 lives when John flew I don't think he 257 00:11:32,570 --> 00:11:29,730 had any idea the impact that he was 258 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:32,580 going to have on the world but he did it 259 00:11:38,450 --> 00:11:35,850 and the reason he keeps beating us about 260 00:11:40,220 --> 00:11:38,460 making sure that we that we fully 261 00:11:42,140 --> 00:11:40,230 utilize the International Space Station 262 00:11:44,210 --> 00:11:42,150 is because right now that's the main 263 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:44,220 vehicle that allows us to bring benefits 264 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:46,650 back to humanity right I mean it's doing 265 00:11:50,630 --> 00:11:49,050 incredible things and we just don't we 266 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:50,640 not we're not telling our story very 267 00:11:55,010 --> 00:11:52,710 well unfortunately but we're working on 268 00:11:55,740 --> 00:11:55,020 it we hope you have a long and happy 269 00:11:57,090 --> 00:11:55,750 married life 270 00:12:08,280 --> 00:11:57,100 everything you will as long as he just 271 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:08,290 keeps saying yes I think the tweeter is 272 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:14,610 over with that kinda go ahead greet uh 273 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:17,080 senator I was just wondering what are 274 00:12:20,910 --> 00:12:18,490 your thoughts about tourism through 275 00:12:26,070 --> 00:12:20,920 space well done women age I'm sorry uh 276 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:26,080 Teddy cleanser and I'm 13 Glenn Oh Glenn 277 00:12:30,780 --> 00:12:28,510 son okay in 13 oh that now again I'm 278 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:30,790 sorry yeah um what are your thoughts 279 00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:33,760 about tourism in space tourism in space 280 00:12:37,740 --> 00:12:36,310 I think it'll come sometime I think it's 281 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:37,750 so expensive right now it's going to be 282 00:12:41,310 --> 00:12:39,490 prohibitive for most people and you know 283 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:41,320 they're letting people go up into space 284 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:43,450 where you technically become an 285 00:12:49,770 --> 00:12:45,370 astronaut and that you go beyond 100 286 00:12:52,290 --> 00:12:49,780 miles in space 60 62 and a half mile I'm 287 00:12:53,730 --> 00:12:52,300 sorry 100 kilometers in space and back 288 00:12:55,860 --> 00:12:53,740 down again you're up there above that 289 00:12:59,730 --> 00:12:55,870 level by about 45 minutes something like 290 00:13:01,170 --> 00:12:59,740 that and people are lining up Diane as I 291 00:13:02,910 --> 00:13:01,180 understand that to pay two hundred 292 00:13:05,730 --> 00:13:02,920 thousand dollars for a ticket to do that 293 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:05,740 a little more not pay but that's where 294 00:13:14,490 --> 00:13:10,570 she goes the tourism in space I think 295 00:13:16,740 --> 00:13:14,500 we'll come and probably in my view after 296 00:13:18,420 --> 00:13:16,750 we get some better propulsion system as 297 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:18,430 cheaper than the one we have now right 298 00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:20,560 now to load one of these things up with 299 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:22,510 all the fuel you have to have and the 300 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:24,130 mechanisms of taking it first on an 301 00:13:28,010 --> 00:13:25,570 airplane and launching it then from 302 00:13:31,740 --> 00:13:28,020 there or whatever that that's a long 303 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:31,750 that's quite an expensive process but if 304 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:33,250 you have a new energy source one of 305 00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:35,770 these days and it will come just like in 306 00:13:42,540 --> 00:13:37,630 the past we've had animal power steam 307 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:42,550 power railroads gasoline engines steam 308 00:13:48,110 --> 00:13:46,690 power rockets and so on we'll have some 309 00:13:51,270 --> 00:13:48,120 other 310 00:13:52,590 --> 00:13:51,280 propulsion system someday and when we do 311 00:13:54,450 --> 00:13:52,600 and it becomes cheaper then I think 312 00:14:05,550 --> 00:13:54,460 people will go up and I hope you make it 313 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:08,170 where she was going senator Glenn I'm a 314 00:14:12,670 --> 00:14:09,890 little closer to your demographic I 315 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:12,680 think Tim the other two-thirds here but 316 00:14:23,650 --> 00:14:14,450 yet you're not using the same Barbara I 317 00:14:25,510 --> 00:14:23,660 can see ya this represents NASA plum 318 00:14:29,079 --> 00:14:25,520 Brook station which is just west of here 319 00:14:30,490 --> 00:14:29,089 and want to thank NASA for that's where 320 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:30,500 my school district is I've spent 30 321 00:14:34,630 --> 00:14:32,810 years in education we live for stem 322 00:14:37,030 --> 00:14:34,640 grant as a school you talked about 323 00:14:39,310 --> 00:14:37,040 creativity you talked about energy 324 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:39,320 research what do you say to the young 325 00:14:43,810 --> 00:14:42,350 people back in the 50s when the cold war 326 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:43,820 was going on i'm a former history 327 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:45,890 teacher we have that same threat today 328 00:14:51,010 --> 00:14:49,610 to get people involved in stem and what 329 00:14:54,670 --> 00:14:51,020 do you say to young people to get there 330 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:54,680 we all have the same as the same reason 331 00:14:58,690 --> 00:14:56,330 for getting in as we had during the Cold 332 00:15:00,160 --> 00:14:58,700 War but I think the reason for getting 333 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:00,170 into stem today is every bit as 334 00:15:05,230 --> 00:15:02,770 important as it was during the Cold War 335 00:15:06,780 --> 00:15:05,240 now this country got to be what it is I 336 00:15:10,540 --> 00:15:06,790 talked about this a little bit earlier 337 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:10,550 got to be what it is by better educating 338 00:15:16,390 --> 00:15:13,190 our people particularly in the area of 339 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:16,400 the sciences and the end doing more 340 00:15:22,510 --> 00:15:20,690 research and I think the we learned two 341 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:22,520 new things first and with that educated 342 00:15:26,470 --> 00:15:25,250 citizenry wow we just stepped ahead of 343 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:26,480 the rest of world in a fairly short 344 00:15:34,759 --> 00:15:32,870 I think that's the important thing right 345 00:15:37,810 --> 00:15:34,769 now is keeping our young people involved 346 00:15:40,009 --> 00:15:37,820 with it because other nations are 347 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:40,019 they've seen what the goose was that 348 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:41,730 laid the golden eggs in this country and 349 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:43,890 they're now out competing us in 350 00:15:48,350 --> 00:15:45,930 education and stem in particular and 351 00:15:50,180 --> 00:15:48,360 their study after study I did one of 352 00:15:52,430 --> 00:15:50,190 them took about a year on it back just 353 00:15:53,810 --> 00:15:52,440 when I was leaving the Senate Secretary 354 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:53,820 of Education asked me to head up a 355 00:15:58,579 --> 00:15:55,410 commission which I did for a year and we 356 00:16:00,199 --> 00:15:58,589 had a wonderful Commission and it showed 357 00:16:02,690 --> 00:16:00,209 that our kids up to about the fourth 358 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:02,700 this was done in 41 nations over three 359 00:16:06,410 --> 00:16:05,010 years and showed that our kids up to 360 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:06,420 about the fourth grade have the best 361 00:16:13,250 --> 00:16:10,649 concept or better concept of science and 362 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:13,260 technology in math and so on than most 363 00:16:17,269 --> 00:16:14,730 kitten ania then the kids that were 364 00:16:19,009 --> 00:16:17,279 studying these 41 nations by the time 365 00:16:21,710 --> 00:16:19,019 our kids got out of high school were two 366 00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:21,720 or three from the bottom and it's gotten 367 00:16:26,750 --> 00:16:23,459 worse instead of better in the last ten 368 00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:26,760 years since that study was made so the 369 00:16:31,639 --> 00:16:29,880 the reason why it's important i think 370 00:16:33,019 --> 00:16:31,649 it's every bit as important for our 371 00:16:34,550 --> 00:16:33,029 country although there's a different 372 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:34,560 reason why it's that we're under more 373 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:37,140 competition now from other sources then 374 00:16:41,060 --> 00:16:39,290 we have been and we better shape up 375 00:16:43,550 --> 00:16:41,070 fortunately we have a better higher 376 00:16:45,079 --> 00:16:43,560 education system than any other nation 377 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:45,089 in the world and we're the envy of the 378 00:16:48,889 --> 00:16:47,490 rest of the world in that area and that 379 00:16:52,130 --> 00:16:48,899 will do us for a little while but 380 00:16:53,810 --> 00:16:52,140 there's no guarantee that without good 381 00:16:55,730 --> 00:16:53,820 understanding of stem by our young 382 00:16:57,829 --> 00:16:55,740 people and willingness to get in and and 383 00:16:59,960 --> 00:16:57,839 really be active in that area and get a 384 00:17:02,329 --> 00:16:59,970 good education no no guarantee that 385 00:17:04,309 --> 00:17:02,339 we'll be number 1 50 or 75 years from 386 00:17:07,370 --> 00:17:04,319 now so I think it's just as important 387 00:17:08,929 --> 00:17:07,380 now that we get this the stem students 388 00:17:11,929 --> 00:17:08,939 out there and encourage them as it was 389 00:17:14,030 --> 00:17:11,939 back in the Cold War days that's a long 390 00:17:16,970 --> 00:17:14,040 answer your short question I did add one 391 00:17:19,669 --> 00:17:16,980 other thing as I grew up during the Cold 392 00:17:21,949 --> 00:17:19,679 War and it was a different kind of a war 393 00:17:24,530 --> 00:17:21,959 then it was more about you know a 394 00:17:26,030 --> 00:17:24,540 shirred mutual destruction we're 395 00:17:29,690 --> 00:17:26,040 fighting a different kind of a cold war 396 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:29,700 it's an economics Cold War now and while 397 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:32,130 we're doing good research to support 398 00:17:36,710 --> 00:17:34,710 NASA missions at NASA Glenn I think 399 00:17:38,899 --> 00:17:36,720 federal labs like NASA Glenn 400 00:17:41,419 --> 00:17:38,909 do more to get the technologies we're 401 00:17:44,090 --> 00:17:41,429 working out on into commercial 402 00:17:45,590 --> 00:17:44,100 application and so that's one of the 403 00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:45,600 things we've been doing at NASA Glenn 404 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:47,309 working with a lot of private companies 405 00:17:53,029 --> 00:17:50,580 across the US including a colonel 406 00:17:55,070 --> 00:17:53,039 Lindsey's company to not only get the 407 00:17:57,620 --> 00:17:55,080 technology but the testing capabilities 408 00:18:00,220 --> 00:17:57,630 that we have into the hands of people 409 00:18:04,460 --> 00:18:00,230 who could potentially create economic 410 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:04,470 activity create jobs so I think what we 411 00:18:10,580 --> 00:18:06,750 do at NASA has a potential to help us 412 00:18:13,549 --> 00:18:10,590 win the next Cold War okay over there 413 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:13,559 help hello my name is Andy oriole I'm a 414 00:18:16,820 --> 00:18:15,090 newspaper reporter at the Sandusky 415 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:16,830 register i covered the nasa plum Brook 416 00:18:21,409 --> 00:18:18,450 station senator Glenn thanks for your 417 00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:21,419 time um I want to know was there any 418 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:23,760 personal items that you wanted to take 419 00:18:27,980 --> 00:18:25,950 up into space and when you're up in 420 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:27,990 space maybe other than your wife what 421 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:29,250 was something that you really missed 422 00:18:39,409 --> 00:18:36,990 most honored my first on that know what 423 00:18:41,930 --> 00:18:39,419 you mean what kind of things I took into 424 00:18:43,970 --> 00:18:41,940 space what what personal items you 425 00:18:45,289 --> 00:18:43,980 absolutely couldn't be without well in 426 00:18:47,419 --> 00:18:45,299 space something that you brought up and 427 00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:47,429 then something that you wished you you 428 00:18:51,740 --> 00:18:50,039 could have had like piece of pizza you 429 00:18:59,419 --> 00:18:51,750 know tang or something like that I don't 430 00:19:00,919 --> 00:18:59,429 know forget the thing yes sure no I 431 00:19:02,419 --> 00:19:00,929 think you know you're pretty well 432 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:02,429 supplied with everything you need up 433 00:19:07,789 --> 00:19:05,690 there when you get ready to go and NASA 434 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:07,799 you don't get out of the grocery store 435 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:10,130 and shopped it takes food along with you 436 00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:12,570 NASA supplies all of that and that was 437 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:14,580 it that we took some little mementos for 438 00:19:18,289 --> 00:19:16,710 my kids and things like that that I 439 00:19:20,779 --> 00:19:18,299 brought back and if they have as 440 00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:20,789 mementos of the flight and some things 441 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:23,520 like that but as far as other things 442 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:26,570 your pre you're pretty limited in the 443 00:19:31,789 --> 00:19:30,570 weight of things you can take and and 444 00:19:33,580 --> 00:19:31,799 you're up there to do basic research 445 00:19:35,860 --> 00:19:33,590 you're up there to do 446 00:19:38,799 --> 00:19:35,870 you're up there to work and you don't 447 00:19:43,539 --> 00:19:38,809 have a lot of time for for other things 448 00:19:45,370 --> 00:19:43,549 and extraneous matters and I think on 449 00:19:47,799 --> 00:19:45,380 the flight i was on with with steve last 450 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:47,809 we had about it maybe 20 minutes or a 451 00:19:52,110 --> 00:19:50,090 half hour before we put the stops on the 452 00:19:54,700 --> 00:19:52,120 windows and declare its now night time 453 00:19:57,730 --> 00:19:54,710 because you have to create your own 454 00:19:59,320 --> 00:19:57,740 night and day up there and we had about 455 00:20:01,659 --> 00:19:59,330 20 minutes to a half hour in which we 456 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:01,669 fiddled around and play with water balls 457 00:20:05,950 --> 00:20:04,010 you know you can put a little water ball 458 00:20:09,220 --> 00:20:05,960 out here in front of you like this and 459 00:20:10,779 --> 00:20:09,230 and blow on it little you can drive it 460 00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:10,789 back and forward to this float out here 461 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:12,320 in front of you little things like that 462 00:20:17,230 --> 00:20:15,110 but there wasn't much time to do to play 463 00:20:19,299 --> 00:20:17,240 things like that most of the time up 464 00:20:21,519 --> 00:20:19,309 there is very well planned for every 465 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:21,529 single astronaut and you have the the 466 00:20:25,750 --> 00:20:23,450 timeline for every single last know what 467 00:20:27,940 --> 00:20:25,760 you're doing minute by minute and so 468 00:20:29,139 --> 00:20:27,950 it's not a time period not a lot of time 469 00:20:31,299 --> 00:20:29,149 up there when you have a lot of other 470 00:20:35,019 --> 00:20:31,309 time for other things as what I'm trying 471 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:35,029 to say okay well I want to thank senator 472 00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:36,770 Glenn Charlie and Ray for their time 473 00:20:41,710 --> 00:20:38,720 today and for all of you to be here I'd 474 00:20:43,539 --> 00:20:41,720 ask that you stay seated till they leave 475 00:21:11,210 --> 00:20:43,549 the podium thanks this is my first tweet 476 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:27,100 kinda guy there you go 477 00:21:35,509 --> 00:21:30,860 ok we're going to begin the next part of 478 00:21:40,310 --> 00:21:35,519 our program here and let me introduce 479 00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:40,320 our next four guests we have we're going 480 00:21:44,570 --> 00:21:42,240 to make you an honorary Ohio astronaut 481 00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:44,580 here today Steve that's joint 18 months 482 00:21:50,989 --> 00:21:49,320 in Ohio there you go close enough we 483 00:21:55,519 --> 00:21:50,999 won't look at the tax records for that 484 00:21:57,379 --> 00:21:55,529 um no really it a date I believe so let 485 00:22:01,190 --> 00:21:57,389 me first introduce Colonel Steve Lindsey 486 00:22:04,730 --> 00:22:01,200 who was introduced earlier today and you 487 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:04,740 know veteran of five shuttle flights Air 488 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:08,129 Force test pilot and out of the crew 489 00:22:11,690 --> 00:22:09,990 office I always thought it was great 490 00:22:14,419 --> 00:22:11,700 Steve he always had to get off the astro 491 00:22:16,879 --> 00:22:14,429 van there to go fly the STA approaches 492 00:22:18,169 --> 00:22:16,889 before before a launch so that was 493 00:22:20,989 --> 00:22:18,179 always I remember you were getting off 494 00:22:23,149 --> 00:22:20,999 that van let me next introduce Greg 495 00:22:24,529 --> 00:22:23,159 Johnson Greg box Johnson and nobody else 496 00:22:27,230 --> 00:22:24,539 has a nickname on here how do you get 497 00:22:31,519 --> 00:22:27,240 the only guy in nickname also a veteran 498 00:22:33,470 --> 00:22:31,529 of two flights the pilot on sts-1 23 499 00:22:35,769 --> 00:22:33,480 which he flew with Mike Foreman and the 500 00:22:40,369 --> 00:22:35,779 pilot on the endeavors final flight 501 00:22:43,220 --> 00:22:40,379 sts-134 in May of last year let me next 502 00:22:45,409 --> 00:22:43,230 introduce my good another Ohio astronaut 503 00:22:49,239 --> 00:22:45,419 from broadview heights mike is a veteran 504 00:22:52,570 --> 00:22:49,249 also of two shuttle flights sts-125 the 505 00:22:57,460 --> 00:22:52,580 hobbit last hubble servicing mission the 506 00:23:00,049 --> 00:22:57,470 and then sts-132 to ISS also a Air Force 507 00:23:02,389 --> 00:23:00,059 pilot Colonel near force and then 508 00:23:05,749 --> 00:23:02,399 finally captain Mike Foreman from 509 00:23:09,109 --> 00:23:05,759 wadsworth veteran of two shuttle flights 510 00:23:11,419 --> 00:23:09,119 and what I like to do is give them if 511 00:23:12,919 --> 00:23:11,429 they'd like a chance to make a couple 512 00:23:15,730 --> 00:23:12,929 remarks and then we'll open up for 513 00:23:18,170 --> 00:23:15,740 questions see 514 00:23:20,810 --> 00:23:18,180 thanks it's a it's good to be here as I 515 00:23:23,930 --> 00:23:20,820 mentioned I when I got got called 516 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:23,940 actually box called me and and he must 517 00:23:26,810 --> 00:23:25,470 have run out of anybody important 518 00:23:28,370 --> 00:23:26,820 because he finally got desperate and 519 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:28,380 called me and said hey Steve could you 520 00:23:33,110 --> 00:23:31,170 come talk and so but but his real honor 521 00:23:34,670 --> 00:23:33,120 for me to come here and get a chance to 522 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:34,680 talk a little bit about Jan sheriff you 523 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:37,290 about John share a few of my memories of 524 00:23:41,810 --> 00:23:39,510 working with John over the years who 525 00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:41,820 known him for a long time now and you 526 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:44,070 know I it's easy to talk about John 527 00:23:48,530 --> 00:23:46,290 because as I mentioned in my in my 528 00:23:50,570 --> 00:23:48,540 remarks is what you see is what you get 529 00:23:52,430 --> 00:23:50,580 and and he's a he's just a wonderful 530 00:23:54,230 --> 00:23:52,440 person both he and Annie and so is a 531 00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:54,240 real privilege for me to be up here 532 00:23:59,210 --> 00:23:56,280 today just to try to share a few 533 00:24:04,010 --> 00:23:59,220 memories and in honor John like he 534 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:04,020 should be on her I just want to welcome 535 00:24:15,530 --> 00:24:08,010 you all to our first tweet up so here's 536 00:24:18,710 --> 00:24:15,540 for you but you know what senator Glenn 537 00:24:22,570 --> 00:24:18,720 I was I was he was he shot his first 538 00:24:24,890 --> 00:24:22,580 flight when I was born and so I've been 539 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:24,900 coming along with him as he gets his 540 00:24:29,630 --> 00:24:27,210 30th anniversary i turned 30 he is his 541 00:24:33,590 --> 00:24:29,640 40th anniversary I turned 40 well guess 542 00:24:40,010 --> 00:24:33,600 what this year I turned 50 okay so you 543 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:40,020 look 60 yeah okay I'll just leave it at 544 00:24:45,620 --> 00:24:42,090 that but but I was really excited you'll 545 00:24:48,830 --> 00:24:45,630 bid Jim oh yeah that's a lot Mike but i 546 00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:48,840 have to say that i'm so pleased I feel 547 00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:51,360 like we're sitting here with with part 548 00:24:57,110 --> 00:24:53,550 of our family that we'd been been with 549 00:25:00,140 --> 00:24:57,120 for over the last decade and I'm just so 550 00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:00,150 pleased that these guys came up to join 551 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:06,480 in this event with us you know we two 552 00:25:11,030 --> 00:25:08,570 months which is not a lot of time and 553 00:25:12,710 --> 00:25:11,040 everybody came together all the people 554 00:25:15,170 --> 00:25:12,720 that work at the Glenn Research Center 555 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:15,180 we have been working hard together to 556 00:25:18,380 --> 00:25:16,530 pull this off and thank you to everybody 557 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:18,390 the Glenn Research Center who 558 00:25:21,170 --> 00:25:20,010 contributed to this event and to 559 00:25:28,279 --> 00:25:21,180 cleveland state because they were a 560 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:30,180 but anyway I'm not going to get 561 00:25:36,029 --> 00:25:33,130 long-winded I'll introduce Mike one of 562 00:25:39,180 --> 00:25:36,039 the two mics that's Mike and that's 563 00:25:40,919 --> 00:25:39,190 bueno just so you know who they are it's 564 00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:40,929 great it's great to be here this is also 565 00:25:48,029 --> 00:25:46,270 my first tweet on okay i will say I've 566 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:48,039 had a Twitter account for a little over 567 00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:51,490 a week I think I i have three followers 568 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:56,289 and yeah you know how many how many 569 00:26:03,690 --> 00:25:57,850 people in the audience have a thousand 570 00:26:08,990 --> 00:26:03,700 followers Wow two thousand Wow three 571 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:09,000 thousand amazing wow that's gnosis I 572 00:26:21,230 --> 00:26:19,210 don't know what you just said but I'm 573 00:26:25,169 --> 00:26:21,240 trying not to get followers because 574 00:26:27,029 --> 00:26:25,179 thank you frankly i joined twitter so 575 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:27,039 that i could follow my daughter because 576 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:29,710 day in and day out my wife looks at her 577 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:36,130 blackberry and and she says our daughter 578 00:26:42,870 --> 00:26:39,510 just tweeted again and you know she's i 579 00:26:44,130 --> 00:26:42,880 got to get her on this so I I I found 580 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:44,140 out you know I can't just follow her I 581 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:45,730 have to have a twitter account follower 582 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:47,350 so I don't know if you guys knew that 583 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:51,520 but but yeah I'm kind of I'm kind of the 584 00:26:59,250 --> 00:26:55,750 Twitter exit expert does so that's 585 00:27:01,200 --> 00:26:59,260 that's why I did it so you wouldn't be 586 00:27:02,610 --> 00:27:01,210 very exciting to follow me because I'm 587 00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:02,620 not planning to do a lot of tweeting 588 00:27:06,330 --> 00:27:04,630 although I did tweet something you know 589 00:27:08,399 --> 00:27:06,340 while we were sitting in there because i 590 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:08,409 said here's my boyhood hero John Glenn 591 00:27:12,029 --> 00:27:10,270 I'm getting here to you know sit here 592 00:27:15,630 --> 00:27:12,039 and talk and that's pretty cool so yeah 593 00:27:17,379 --> 00:27:15,640 I got that one you got I have four 594 00:27:22,659 --> 00:27:17,389 followers now 595 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:22,669 I was I dropped out so I think you back 596 00:27:29,949 --> 00:27:28,369 down to three after that but it is 597 00:27:33,339 --> 00:27:29,959 pretty cool to be here today and to be a 598 00:27:35,259 --> 00:27:33,349 part of this historic you know remembers 599 00:27:37,899 --> 00:27:35,269 and honoring John Glenn you know as 600 00:27:41,319 --> 00:27:37,909 Charlie said in his remarks John Glenn 601 00:27:43,899 --> 00:27:41,329 he was a space pioneer you know it was 602 00:27:46,719 --> 00:27:43,909 his service and dedication that allowed 603 00:27:48,909 --> 00:27:46,729 us to all go fly in space you know we 604 00:27:51,489 --> 00:27:48,919 got to go orbit but we didn't get to go 605 00:27:56,739 --> 00:27:51,499 orbit and fly in space you know until 606 00:27:59,319 --> 00:27:56,749 John did and so hopefully but we're not 607 00:28:01,509 --> 00:27:59,329 we're not the last you know so there's 608 00:28:05,739 --> 00:28:01,519 going to be that's why part of our job 609 00:28:07,779 --> 00:28:05,749 is to inspire others to not just you 610 00:28:11,649 --> 00:28:07,789 know fly in space but to learn more 611 00:28:13,239 --> 00:28:11,659 about science and technology math these 612 00:28:15,219 --> 00:28:13,249 kinds of things these are important and 613 00:28:19,060 --> 00:28:15,229 you heard the senator talk about those 614 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:19,070 so thanks to John Glenn for his service 615 00:28:24,430 --> 00:28:21,709 and for his dedication to what he didn't 616 00:28:26,349 --> 00:28:24,440 tell allow us to be able to go fly in 617 00:28:28,779 --> 00:28:26,359 space and to go chase our dreams that 618 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:28,789 was my dream was to go fly in space and 619 00:28:35,019 --> 00:28:33,289 did and to get to do a spacewalk float 620 00:28:36,699 --> 00:28:35,029 over to the Hubble Space Telescope and 621 00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:36,709 open up the doors and actually crawl 622 00:28:46,229 --> 00:28:39,049 inside of that thing and get to use 623 00:28:51,639 --> 00:28:48,969 thanks Jim back to your your job is to 624 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:51,649 keep us in it yeah that's the thing I've 625 00:28:55,610 --> 00:28:53,490 been sweating about all day is trying to 626 00:28:57,020 --> 00:28:55,620 trying to thank out Steve came up here 627 00:28:59,090 --> 00:28:57,030 because there's some sanity now with you 628 00:29:04,000 --> 00:28:59,100 not really we'll open up to questions 629 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:04,010 from the media first any questions there 630 00:29:13,630 --> 00:29:07,850 okay how about all the new followers of 631 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:13,640 Foreman I won't give it away go ahead 632 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:15,690 it's right there right the gentleman 633 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:19,110 ablution hi guys I'm Andrew Cal from 634 00:29:23,270 --> 00:29:20,730 Atlanta more than anything I just want 635 00:29:25,820 --> 00:29:23,280 to say thank you my life has been much 636 00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:25,830 more rich and full being inspired by 637 00:29:29,150 --> 00:29:27,840 what y'all and all you guys do you know 638 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:29,160 living a life of science and engineering 639 00:29:34,370 --> 00:29:31,410 I heard my pilot's license I get to 640 00:29:36,530 --> 00:29:34,380 pursue that and really part of that is 641 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:36,540 is watching what what you guys have done 642 00:29:40,340 --> 00:29:37,890 and previous guys have done and and 643 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:40,350 making it possible for the rest of us so 644 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:41,850 that's really all to say it it's just 645 00:29:49,810 --> 00:29:43,890 thanks for for making my life better I 646 00:29:55,780 --> 00:29:52,780 let's say you know all four of us have 647 00:29:56,950 --> 00:29:55,790 spent some time in Ohio and people 648 00:29:59,770 --> 00:29:56,960 always ask me why are there so many 649 00:30:00,940 --> 00:29:59,780 astronauts from Ohio I always say well 650 00:30:05,140 --> 00:30:00,950 just a lot of people looking for work 651 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:05,150 outside the state but you know the truth 652 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:07,310 the truth is and you've kind of picked 653 00:30:11,830 --> 00:30:09,530 up on this already from likes comments 654 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:11,840 you know we were all inspired in this 655 00:30:21,610 --> 00:30:18,760 state by John Glenn because you know any 656 00:30:24,250 --> 00:30:21,620 we were at the ripe age you know to kind 657 00:30:26,850 --> 00:30:24,260 of take that all in and get inspired by 658 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:26,860 John Glenn and that's that's doing it so 659 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:30,170 thank you for your comment thanks max 660 00:30:40,420 --> 00:30:38,510 right here all the horrendous medical 661 00:30:42,790 --> 00:30:40,430 things they made the early astronauts do 662 00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:42,800 to get them ready and how he insisted 663 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:44,720 their head to the window and how he went 664 00:30:48,820 --> 00:30:46,370 out just bought a camera off the shelves 665 00:30:50,620 --> 00:30:48,830 take pictures because he was brilliant 666 00:30:52,810 --> 00:30:50,630 enough to realize something on a picture 667 00:30:54,790 --> 00:30:52,820 from space so how do you prepare your 668 00:31:01,540 --> 00:30:54,800 training program to what he went through 669 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:01,550 over 50 years ago I'll start off it is 670 00:31:08,730 --> 00:31:05,050 true that now we've had over 500 671 00:31:11,890 --> 00:31:08,740 astronauts and cosmonauts are officially 672 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:11,900 officially flown in space and so we've 673 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:14,710 had obviously a lot more practice 674 00:31:22,540 --> 00:31:17,450 figuring out how to work and live in 675 00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:22,550 orbit and but but still the the 676 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:25,070 adventure and the wonder of being 677 00:31:29,410 --> 00:31:27,410 weightless is such a surprise on your 678 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:29,420 first flight and I have to say my first 679 00:31:34,270 --> 00:31:31,850 flight I really wasn't prepared because 680 00:31:36,820 --> 00:31:34,280 I really didn't know what what to expect 681 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:36,830 I was prepared for training but I was 682 00:31:40,450 --> 00:31:38,510 not prepared for all the other things 683 00:31:43,180 --> 00:31:40,460 that you just can't practice on the on 684 00:31:45,250 --> 00:31:43,190 the planet and so we've gotten better at 685 00:31:47,140 --> 00:31:45,260 it but there's still a big learning 686 00:31:49,270 --> 00:31:47,150 curve on your first flight now Steve's 687 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:49,280 flown five times so he can probably have 688 00:31:54,610 --> 00:31:52,730 further words well I mean I think you 689 00:31:56,350 --> 00:31:54,620 yes you know what's the difference in in 690 00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:56,360 the training or what they did you know 691 00:31:59,919 --> 00:31:58,610 and if you talk to John when they all 692 00:32:01,389 --> 00:31:59,929 came in for the mercury 693 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:01,399 program they didn't know anything about 694 00:32:04,629 --> 00:32:03,110 space they didn't know how is going to 695 00:32:06,940 --> 00:32:04,639 react and depending on who you talk to 696 00:32:10,389 --> 00:32:06,950 you know you probably mentioned a few of 697 00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:10,399 those things today they did at all which 698 00:32:15,970 --> 00:32:14,029 by the way is partially true and they 699 00:32:17,799 --> 00:32:15,980 said you know you couldn't be able to be 700 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:17,809 able to swallow you'd be so disoriented 701 00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:19,490 and so scared that you wouldn't be able 702 00:32:23,049 --> 00:32:21,470 to function I mean oh well it's unknown 703 00:32:24,879 --> 00:32:23,059 and so for the for the doctors at the 704 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:24,889 time they didn't know what to do so they 705 00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:26,330 just did everything they could think of 706 00:32:30,279 --> 00:32:27,710 and I don't know if you watched the 707 00:32:32,830 --> 00:32:30,289 video but but they're showing that 708 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:32,840 spinning chair that thing spun in three 709 00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:34,610 axis and John was telling me for his 710 00:32:38,379 --> 00:32:36,289 graduation exercise out of that I think 711 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:38,389 they spun it up at a hundred degrees per 712 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:41,090 second and all three axis and then he 713 00:32:45,669 --> 00:32:43,610 had to manually control it and get it to 714 00:32:47,710 --> 00:32:45,679 a stop in three axes and 100 degrees per 715 00:32:49,450 --> 00:32:47,720 second we've done a lot of work on orbit 716 00:32:52,029 --> 00:32:49,460 flying vehicles and we can all tell you 717 00:32:53,649 --> 00:32:52,039 that stopping something spinning at that 718 00:32:55,239 --> 00:32:53,659 speed when you're spinning in it is 719 00:32:57,399 --> 00:32:55,249 really hard well we didn't we don't do 720 00:32:59,320 --> 00:32:57,409 that kind of thing because we hopefully 721 00:33:04,299 --> 00:32:59,330 we learn from that sand this is really 722 00:33:07,090 --> 00:33:04,309 unnecessary and so so our our medical 723 00:33:08,769 --> 00:33:07,100 you know we do medical testing and you 724 00:33:10,330 --> 00:33:08,779 know a lot of what we do is for these 725 00:33:12,430 --> 00:33:10,340 young guys I call them young guys 726 00:33:13,749 --> 00:33:12,440 because they're younger than me you know 727 00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:13,759 a lot of a lot of what we did 728 00:33:22,779 --> 00:33:15,350 intentionally just kind of to torture 729 00:33:24,580 --> 00:33:22,789 them okay in the back right there hi my 730 00:33:27,369 --> 00:33:24,590 name is best Reynolds from Houston Texas 731 00:33:29,470 --> 00:33:27,379 and what I'd like to know is what can we 732 00:33:31,359 --> 00:33:29,480 do as citizens to convince our 733 00:33:34,060 --> 00:33:31,369 government other than writing our 734 00:33:36,940 --> 00:33:34,070 legislators that we believe that science 735 00:33:39,489 --> 00:33:36,950 is extremely important that NASA needs 736 00:33:41,919 --> 00:33:39,499 more funding and that it will lead to 737 00:33:45,090 --> 00:33:41,929 more jobs if you simply educate people 738 00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:45,100 give them opportunities spend the money 739 00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:49,190 any ideas I mean besides tweeting you 740 00:34:00,270 --> 00:33:55,980 let my kids yeah Mike Mike idiot like 741 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:00,280 good my good is brilliant he was going 742 00:34:08,730 --> 00:34:05,050 to answer this for us sorry to 743 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:08,740 disappoint but that not that's a it's a 744 00:34:12,930 --> 00:34:10,330 brilliant question i don't think i have 745 00:34:15,419 --> 00:34:12,940 a brilliant answer i think if i did we'd 746 00:34:17,940 --> 00:34:15,429 be doing it but i think this is this is 747 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:17,950 part of it I mean part of our jobs are 748 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:22,510 to you know go out and were our mission 749 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:24,130 is to explore space but then it's to 750 00:34:32,419 --> 00:34:29,649 bring it back pay for it you know we all 751 00:34:36,330 --> 00:34:32,429 work for the government and so we think 752 00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:36,340 and and letting us you know go ride 753 00:34:42,570 --> 00:34:41,200 rockets and go explore space I mean 754 00:34:46,409 --> 00:34:42,580 you're you're right on I don't know how 755 00:34:48,330 --> 00:34:46,419 to deliver that message any better but I 756 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:48,340 think we we all just need to continue 757 00:34:52,169 --> 00:34:49,690 doing that I mean you say other than 758 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:52,179 write your Congressman that's one step 759 00:34:55,619 --> 00:34:53,770 that's one thing to do it's one thing to 760 00:34:58,110 --> 00:34:55,629 let them know that hey this is important 761 00:34:59,910 --> 00:34:58,120 to us and we think you need to carry 762 00:35:01,920 --> 00:34:59,920 this fight to Washington and and you 763 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:01,930 gotta fund it I mean senator Glenn 764 00:35:06,540 --> 00:35:04,990 mentioned it several times that you know 765 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:06,550 NASA's on a fixed budget and we're 766 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:08,170 actually pretty lucky in these times 767 00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:10,930 that we've we've kept of a flat budget 768 00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:14,040 even we haven't taken deep cuts but 769 00:35:20,190 --> 00:35:16,390 we're being asked to do so many things 770 00:35:22,410 --> 00:35:20,200 and so that's why we had to really 771 00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:22,420 eliminate the space shuttle program so 772 00:35:28,380 --> 00:35:24,340 that we could use that money to start 773 00:35:30,210 --> 00:35:28,390 our programs you know a new space 774 00:35:32,580 --> 00:35:30,220 capsule and a new rocket so that we can 775 00:35:35,310 --> 00:35:32,590 go outside of low-earth orbit and go out 776 00:35:37,290 --> 00:35:35,320 to them you know moon to asteroids out 777 00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:37,300 to Mars that's where we want to go we 778 00:35:41,790 --> 00:35:39,430 want to explore out further and that's 779 00:35:43,410 --> 00:35:41,800 why Steven some of these commercial 780 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:43,420 companies are going to help us get back 781 00:35:48,930 --> 00:35:44,650 and forth to the International Space 782 00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:48,940 Station and that allows us NASA to 783 00:35:57,250 --> 00:35:54,700 anything dad's yeah let me add a little 784 00:36:00,010 --> 00:35:57,260 something I honestly I don't understand 785 00:36:02,620 --> 00:36:00,020 it it seems it seems intuitively obvious 786 00:36:04,030 --> 00:36:02,630 to me that if you look at the history of 787 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:04,040 our nation particularly in the 20th 788 00:36:06,970 --> 00:36:05,450 century where we came of age and we 789 00:36:09,190 --> 00:36:06,980 became the most powerful nation on the 790 00:36:11,050 --> 00:36:09,200 earth it was because of what we did in 791 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:11,060 technology you picked the industry we 792 00:36:14,830 --> 00:36:12,980 did it we invested in it we spent the 793 00:36:16,570 --> 00:36:14,840 time in it and the money we invest in 794 00:36:19,150 --> 00:36:16,580 universities like this university right 795 00:36:20,890 --> 00:36:19,160 here to do research because when you 796 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:20,900 invest fundamentally invest in things 797 00:36:25,690 --> 00:36:23,090 like research you can try a thousand 798 00:36:27,250 --> 00:36:25,700 things and 999 of them might fail but 799 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:27,260 that's okay because one of them is going 800 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:28,610 to succeed and it's going to change the 801 00:36:32,860 --> 00:36:30,890 world in a space world it's the same 802 00:36:35,890 --> 00:36:32,870 thing you know our nation invests in a 803 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:35,900 space program if you look at the whole 804 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:39,530 Mercury Gemini Apollo program it was 805 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:41,510 about a cold war race to beat the beat 806 00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:43,130 the Soviets to the moon I mean that's 807 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:44,960 what was all about is all about Cold War 808 00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:47,330 but look what came out of it wasn't the 809 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:49,760 Cold War what came out of it was was 810 00:36:53,650 --> 00:36:52,010 completely changing your life I mean you 811 00:36:55,390 --> 00:36:53,660 kinda look at all the Twitter stuff 812 00:36:57,820 --> 00:36:55,400 that's going on here all electronic 813 00:37:00,730 --> 00:36:57,830 devices you're using all came out of the 814 00:37:01,780 --> 00:37:00,740 space program and in it since it's right 815 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:01,790 in front of us and I don't know how to 816 00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:04,010 convince people that we have to invest 817 00:37:08,740 --> 00:37:06,560 in math and science we have to excite 818 00:37:11,050 --> 00:37:08,750 our children in math and science because 819 00:37:13,270 --> 00:37:11,060 it's so important and and by the way 820 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:13,280 it's also really cool it's a lot of fun 821 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:15,050 we're all in math and science so the 822 00:37:19,750 --> 00:37:17,450 reason I became an astronaut was not so 823 00:37:21,850 --> 00:37:19,760 I could be Stanton you know sitting up 824 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:21,860 here and and being in front of the media 825 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:23,510 because that's not my favorite thing to 826 00:37:27,970 --> 00:37:25,610 do the reason I became it is because I 827 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:27,980 wanted I want it to be able to do math 828 00:37:31,090 --> 00:37:29,330 and science I want to be able to apply 829 00:37:33,550 --> 00:37:31,100 what I learned I wanted to explore new 830 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:33,560 things and learn new things and it's 831 00:37:36,790 --> 00:37:35,330 it's what it's what's made our country's 832 00:37:38,380 --> 00:37:36,800 strong it will continue to make our 833 00:37:41,860 --> 00:37:38,390 country strong and it will make our 834 00:37:43,660 --> 00:37:41,870 country week if we don't so I I don't 835 00:37:45,490 --> 00:37:43,670 know I don't know how to convince people 836 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:45,500 that but it seems intuitively obvious to 837 00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:49,490 me I think what we can do NASA can do is 838 00:37:53,530 --> 00:37:51,380 to get the message out better I think 839 00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:53,540 Charlie looted it to it earlier in his 840 00:37:59,380 --> 00:37:57,350 comments you know we NASA need to take 841 00:38:01,600 --> 00:37:59,390 advantage of as many opportunities as we 842 00:38:03,550 --> 00:38:01,610 can like Twitter and anything that we 843 00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:03,560 can do to get the message out that 844 00:38:06,799 --> 00:38:05,160 what's going on at NASA 845 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:06,809 think we as astronauts have always 846 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:09,690 thought you know if the if the people in 847 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:11,760 the United States knew all of the great 848 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:13,530 things that NASA does you know they 849 00:38:16,819 --> 00:38:15,510 would really be impressed you know so we 850 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:16,829 just need to keep working at that that's 851 00:38:23,470 --> 00:38:18,510 not something that you can do but but we 852 00:38:26,089 --> 00:38:23,480 can work on that okay right here just 853 00:38:28,069 --> 00:38:26,099 first off money with stain th Rex I 854 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:28,079 wanted to take them over to thank you 855 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:31,890 NASA for supporting the tweetup events 856 00:38:40,370 --> 00:38:35,630 both personally and a programmatic basis 857 00:38:42,170 --> 00:38:40,380 in terms of a moment of levity we have 858 00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:42,180 several civilian spacecraft coming up 859 00:38:44,839 --> 00:38:43,710 just by show of hands you know if 860 00:38:46,670 --> 00:38:44,849 something is ready in the next two or 861 00:38:52,059 --> 00:38:46,680 three years for man's manned spaceflight 862 00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:56,089 what's the question I am sweet jump on I 863 00:38:59,180 --> 00:38:57,510 didn't even no way into the candy thing 864 00:39:01,670 --> 00:38:59,190 I assume the question was who's who 865 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:01,680 wants to jump exactly I'm in and among 866 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:03,210 the tweeps that happen to be in the room 867 00:39:14,470 --> 00:39:11,370 thank you gentlemen okay back there 868 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:14,480 again I want to thank you on behalf of 869 00:39:18,430 --> 00:39:16,970 everybody here I my name is stuart smith 870 00:39:20,110 --> 00:39:18,440 on the Cleveland area are very active in 871 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:20,120 social media so we're all very excited 872 00:39:24,970 --> 00:39:22,970 to be here today I remember as a youth 873 00:39:27,220 --> 00:39:24,980 being active in Scouting and I would go 874 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:27,230 to a national scout jamboree and hear 875 00:39:30,580 --> 00:39:28,310 about the future of the space shuttle 876 00:39:32,290 --> 00:39:30,590 and it really got me excited in this 877 00:39:34,690 --> 00:39:32,300 they were showing models and everything 878 00:39:36,610 --> 00:39:34,700 so I was really shocked when I saw the 879 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:36,620 Space Shuttle discontinued so if you can 880 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:38,510 give me a little bit so I can share with 881 00:39:43,030 --> 00:39:40,910 others what is the vision because that 882 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:43,040 for me and you know again I'm not as 883 00:39:46,990 --> 00:39:45,050 involved as a lot of people here that go 884 00:39:48,910 --> 00:39:47,000 to a lot of your more NASA event so what 885 00:39:51,130 --> 00:39:48,920 is division for this rocket system 886 00:39:53,530 --> 00:39:51,140 that's coming up and is that the 887 00:39:58,060 --> 00:39:53,540 definite path and is it a us a path 888 00:40:00,100 --> 00:39:58,070 thank you All Stars and smooth well you 889 00:40:02,770 --> 00:40:00,110 know like any transportation system and 890 00:40:06,490 --> 00:40:02,780 you heard senator Glenn mention this as 891 00:40:08,290 --> 00:40:06,500 well as Charlie that as we progress in a 892 00:40:10,330 --> 00:40:08,300 transportation system airplanes were no 893 00:40:13,150 --> 00:40:10,340 different I mean airplanes started off a 894 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:13,160 hundred years ago very very rudimentary 895 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:16,970 airplanes and then we built on that and 896 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:18,530 and there was a big propulsion 897 00:40:23,650 --> 00:40:20,810 breakthrough when the jet engine was 898 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:23,660 invented and then all of a sudden today 899 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:26,570 we fly airplanes coast to coast it's 900 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:29,330 it's a commonplace thing and space is no 901 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:31,010 different it's going to be an evolution 902 00:40:34,210 --> 00:40:32,510 and we're going to go from vehicle to 903 00:40:37,540 --> 00:40:34,220 vehicle where to stand on the shoulders 904 00:40:39,790 --> 00:40:37,550 of the previous vehicle and so to enable 905 00:40:41,350 --> 00:40:39,800 the the funds and to recognize that the 906 00:40:44,110 --> 00:40:41,360 shuttle was a mainstay of our space 907 00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:44,120 program for many many years and stunned 908 00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:46,640 many great things we want to invest in 909 00:40:50,530 --> 00:40:49,190 the next step and so what is that step 910 00:40:52,020 --> 00:40:50,540 well there's lots of things to do we 911 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:52,030 want to get to the space station first 912 00:40:56,110 --> 00:40:54,770 but we also want to go outside of the 913 00:40:58,510 --> 00:40:56,120 low Earth orbit we want to get to the 914 00:41:00,340 --> 00:40:58,520 moon and eventually to Mars and out of 915 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:00,350 the solar system now to do that we're 916 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:01,730 going to need a new propulsion system 917 00:41:07,750 --> 00:41:04,820 which goes back on the on the point of 918 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:07,760 getting our kids energized somebody out 919 00:41:11,550 --> 00:41:09,530 there is going to come up with that new 920 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:11,560 idea that's going to get us that 921 00:41:17,830 --> 00:41:14,210 incremental breakthrough just boom right 922 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:17,840 past the the technology that we've got 923 00:41:27,430 --> 00:41:19,970 today and get us to 924 00:41:28,570 --> 00:41:27,440 places far away from our earth I don't 925 00:41:30,130 --> 00:41:28,580 know if you I don't know if your 926 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:30,140 question was specifically like what's 927 00:41:38,730 --> 00:41:32,300 what's NASA's plan what's next for NASA 928 00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:41,230 box that was that was brilliant that was 929 00:41:47,339 --> 00:41:45,980 right on i think eloquent yeah i tried 930 00:41:50,650 --> 00:41:47,349 to talk about it a little bit before 931 00:41:54,430 --> 00:41:50,660 what NASA's doing inside NASA we are 932 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:54,440 building a new crew module a new crude 933 00:41:58,420 --> 00:41:56,690 vehicle it's called Orion and that's 934 00:42:01,330 --> 00:41:58,430 being we're gonna have our first flight 935 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:01,340 test on that in 2014 where we're going 936 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:03,290 to send it out of low-earth orbit we're 937 00:42:06,310 --> 00:42:04,730 going to send it out and then bring it 938 00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:06,320 back in and it's going to do a re-entry 939 00:42:13,359 --> 00:42:10,310 test to test some of the protection 940 00:42:15,099 --> 00:42:13,369 system you know the the heat shield so 941 00:42:17,050 --> 00:42:15,109 that we can reenter it back to the 942 00:42:20,650 --> 00:42:17,060 Earth's atmosphere safely that's the 943 00:42:23,050 --> 00:42:20,660 first test in 2007 2017 we're going to 944 00:42:24,849 --> 00:42:23,060 do with the first unmanned test of this 945 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:24,859 vehicle where we're going to send it 946 00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:27,680 around the moon again not land on the 947 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:29,089 moon but send it around the moon into a 948 00:42:34,210 --> 00:42:31,250 lunar orbit and then the plan is in 2021 949 00:42:37,870 --> 00:42:34,220 to do a manned flight of this system 950 00:42:41,589 --> 00:42:37,880 around the moon so along with this new 951 00:42:44,859 --> 00:42:41,599 crew capsule we're also building a new 952 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:44,869 space launch system sls and it's a big 953 00:42:49,150 --> 00:42:47,210 rocket bigger than the Saturn five that 954 00:42:51,339 --> 00:42:49,160 went to the moon okay that's that's 955 00:42:53,829 --> 00:42:51,349 going to be our next big heavy lift 956 00:42:55,180 --> 00:42:53,839 vehicle okay so that's what NASA is 957 00:42:57,790 --> 00:42:55,190 doing and that's to get out of low-earth 958 00:43:00,040 --> 00:42:57,800 orbit to go back to the moon asteroids 959 00:43:03,820 --> 00:43:00,050 and to Mars some day that's going to be 960 00:43:06,070 --> 00:43:03,830 the system that gets us there now closer 961 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:06,080 to home and in the short term we need to 962 00:43:08,980 --> 00:43:07,490 get back and forth to the International 963 00:43:12,370 --> 00:43:08,990 Space Station as you've heard everybody 964 00:43:14,140 --> 00:43:12,380 say we're a single string to get there 965 00:43:15,609 --> 00:43:14,150 and we're not only are we single string 966 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:15,619 we're a single string to the Russians 967 00:43:20,170 --> 00:43:18,170 okay they've been a great partner but 968 00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:20,180 gosh we ought to have an American rocket 969 00:43:30,089 --> 00:43:21,859 to get Americans to space don't you 970 00:43:35,470 --> 00:43:32,859 so that's why Massa is providing money 971 00:43:37,420 --> 00:43:35,480 to several companies in competition and 972 00:43:40,599 --> 00:43:37,430 Steve now works for one of those 973 00:43:44,319 --> 00:43:40,609 companies that are working on a rocket 974 00:43:46,270 --> 00:43:44,329 and a capsule or us or a vehicle not 975 00:43:47,710 --> 00:43:46,280 just a capsule but a vehicle to get us 976 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:47,720 back and forth to the International 977 00:43:53,710 --> 00:43:49,730 Space Station and I'll you know Steve if 978 00:43:59,349 --> 00:43:53,720 you want to recuse yourself from that 979 00:44:00,970 --> 00:43:59,359 question so well and so there's several 980 00:44:04,390 --> 00:44:00,980 commercial companies and what we're 981 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:04,400 doing is we're using what what Mike 982 00:44:08,170 --> 00:44:06,320 described as a traditional approach to 983 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:08,180 acquisition of systems that NASA is 984 00:44:12,700 --> 00:44:10,490 using to get out of low-earth orbit to 985 00:44:15,250 --> 00:44:12,710 to get into low-earth orbit and do the 986 00:44:16,930 --> 00:44:15,260 space station mission what they're 987 00:44:18,250 --> 00:44:16,940 trying to do is incentivize commercial 988 00:44:21,190 --> 00:44:18,260 companies working alongside with 989 00:44:24,250 --> 00:44:21,200 commercial companies in a in a in a 990 00:44:25,870 --> 00:44:24,260 competition nature to in our job is to 991 00:44:28,329 --> 00:44:25,880 get to low-earth orbit as fests we can 992 00:44:31,660 --> 00:44:28,339 safely with humans and so we're working 993 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:31,670 on that I I'm working for a company 994 00:44:34,690 --> 00:44:33,170 called Sierra Nevada we're working on a 995 00:44:36,339 --> 00:44:34,700 lifting body spacecraft like a mini 996 00:44:38,410 --> 00:44:36,349 space shuttle there are several other 997 00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:38,420 companies Boeing's working on as a 998 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:40,250 capsule they're working on SpaceX has a 999 00:44:43,410 --> 00:44:41,930 capsule that they're working on the 1000 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:43,420 origin as capsule they're working on 1001 00:44:50,020 --> 00:44:46,930 Excalibur Almaz is one am I missing I 1002 00:44:52,910 --> 00:44:50,030 think that was a United Launch Alliance 1003 00:44:55,140 --> 00:44:52,920 which are building the rocket there 1004 00:45:00,300 --> 00:44:55,150 our job is get to low Earth orbit as 1005 00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:00,310 soon as possible and helped on so the 1006 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:03,040 ideas work faster get it done cheaper 1007 00:45:07,590 --> 00:45:05,290 turnaround costs lower you know provide 1008 00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:07,600 that and do that that work for NASA so 1009 00:45:12,090 --> 00:45:09,130 NASA can focus and resources on 1010 00:45:13,770 --> 00:45:12,100 exploration and and just to scope it out 1011 00:45:16,110 --> 00:45:13,780 that we're looking for in the next five 1012 00:45:18,470 --> 00:45:16,120 years we hope to you know have this kind 1013 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:18,480 of a system ready to go and operational 1014 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:21,850 okay well what I want to say is we had 1015 00:45:26,790 --> 00:45:23,650 the pleasure of you know hearing from 1016 00:45:29,970 --> 00:45:26,800 sundry Glenn who obviously is a hero but 1017 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:29,980 I I I look to these guys also for the 1018 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:31,810 dangers that they put themselves in 1019 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:34,330 front of both in their military and nasa 1020 00:45:39,290 --> 00:45:36,910 careers to fly in space and that's the 1021 00:45:41,550 --> 00:45:39,300 real inspiration from my perspective for 1022 00:45:42,870 --> 00:45:41,560 science and engineering and math so I