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Today,

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NASA released the first

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images of Landsat 9

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and it’s

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building on this, a half

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a century legacy,

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Along with putting up 5

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great observatories over

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the next decade

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that will give us precision

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in our measurements

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of the land, the oceans,

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the atmosphere and the ice.

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And because

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we’re not going to stop

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seeking

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a better life here

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on Earth.

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Take Landsat 9 which was

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assembled, of course here, at Goddard

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and launched into space

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last September.

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As we just saw, Landsat 9

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can provide real-time

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images of our nation’s landscape.

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As natural

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disasters are increasing

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in frequency and veracity

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due to climate change.

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These images can be used

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by first responders

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to help save lives.

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These images can

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be used by farmers

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to assess their crops as

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drought and heat

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threaten their yield.

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These images

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can be used by scientist

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who are working to combat

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climate change head on.

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I believe it is incumbent

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on all of use then to

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cease all the ways

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in which space can help us solve

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our biggest challenges.