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we choose to go to the moon in this

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decade and do the other things not

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Quality Base here the eagle has landed

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we set sail on this new scene because

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there is new knowledge to be gained and

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new rights to be won and they must be

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welcome to Rice

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I'm David Alexander the director of the

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space Institute here at Rice University

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I'm so very honored to be here sitting

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I'm so very honored to be here sharing

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this moment together with all of you

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today we remember the iconic speech

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they had President John F Kennedy gave

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here at Rice Stadium exactly 60 years

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a speech that inspired a nation with the

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audacious Vision to land a human on the

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moon for the first time

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the legacy of those words live on to

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the Inspire and challenge a new

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generation of explorers are all sitting

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over there to take up the mantle to

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return to the moon and from there cast

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their Vision deeper into space and turn

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our dreams of Humanity's Destiny Among

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the Stars into reality

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thank you for sharing this celebration

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this morning and we thank you all for

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those of you who in the audience who

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attended that speech all those years ago

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we stand and be acknowledged wherever

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all of the students who are here from

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this is this is really what it's all

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um and to the college students from rice

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and our sister universities around the

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most of you will be alive 40 years from

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now when we will be celebrating the

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100th anniversary and who knows perhaps

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we will even have a live feed from the

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women and men living and working on the

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with his enduring words President

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Kennedy inspired a generation of

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astronauts scientists engineers and

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explorers to make the impossible

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join me in learning more about the

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impact of the speech and take a moment

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to hear from the director of the John F

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Kennedy Library Alan Price and NASA

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you Alan and it's really an honor to

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meet you and it's an honor and a thrill

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to be here it's an absolutely beautiful

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Museum so let's talk about space and

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Rice University although it followed a

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very specific way his Direction about

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returning him safely by the end of the

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decade it's iconic the speech I think is

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remarkable and I'm so glad that it

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capability of America that we could

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captured that well we're going to say we

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the motivators at the time was cold war

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of us and who's going to grab the high

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the Artemis program we've committed and

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first landing that there will be the

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campaign that the first person of color

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incredibly important to us super

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time I couldn't agree more

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of change and challenge

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promise high costs and hardships as well

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that some would have us stay where we

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knowledge and progress is determined and

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age of space but why some say the move

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New Frontier of Science and Space this

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my fellow Americans I give you the

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heroes of the future who will carry us

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sail we ask God's blessing on the most

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hazardous dangerous great Greatest

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let us remember that throughout almost

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all of human history people looked into

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the night sky and beheld the moon as a

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distant Wonder

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something eternally Out Of Reach

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flying to the moon was a metaphor for

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the impossible

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but here in the stadium 60 years ago

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President John F Kennedy boldly

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proclaimed that his generation would

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choose to make what seemed impossible a

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reality

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one of Rice's alumni Bill Broyles who

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sat in the stadium on that day would

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later put us succinctly when he wrote

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the screenplay for the movie Apollo 13.

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it's not a miracle

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we just decided to go

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with seven words we choose to go to the

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Moon President Kennedy changed the

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course of human history and cemented

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rice University's place in the lore of

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America's Space Program

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Kennedy had established the goal of

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Landing astronauts on the moon more than

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a year earlier in a joint session of

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Congress

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but it was the challenge he issued here

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at Rice that put the Space Race into

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overdrive

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within months of Kennedy's speech rice

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provided Nassau the land for the Johnson

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Space Center and became one of America's

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first universities to establish a

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department of Space Science

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within 18 months satellites built at

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Rice

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were being launched into orbit atop

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American Rockets

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by the time Apollo 11 landed several

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dozen graduate students and countless

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undergraduates had helped build

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instruments that made historic

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breakthroughs and remain on the surface

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of the Moon today

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over the following six decades the ties

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that form between NASA and rice in the

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early 1960s have continued to grow and

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support our nation's exploration goals

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and advancement of human and robotic

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space flight

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rice researchers played a key role in

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building the Hubble Space Telescope

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and rice faculty were co-investigators

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on numerous robotic explorations of the

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Suns and planets and they have a

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supporting role in NASA's current

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Mission To The Moon Artemis

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racist proud Heritage of collaborating

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with NASA since the space agency's

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founding is evident all over our

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beautiful campus

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outside this very Stadium there is a

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moon tree donated to Rice by Rosemary

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Russa who's in the stadium with us today

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she's the daughter of Apollo 14

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astronaut Stuart Russo

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rice is privileged to be a partner in

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Pursuits related to space exploration

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and to be part of an historic

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collaboration with NASA

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that supports some of the world's most

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important research and educational

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Outreach

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simply put we are Partners in the

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pursuit of knowledge

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such knowledge in the words of John F

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Kennedy must be won and used for the

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progress of all people

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now a new generation chooses to go to

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the moon and once again rice probably

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takes a wing with NASA and a nation

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destined for the Stars

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and now I invite Johnson Space Center

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Director Vanessa watch the podium thank

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thank you

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good morning distinguished guest

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elected officials and the Greater

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Houston Community

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I'd like to especially welcome the

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hundreds of students from the Houston

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I'd also like to recognize the employees

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from NASA's Johnson Space Center and

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from all across the agency

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and a special welcome to the NASA alumni

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League

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NASA Workforce many were a part of the

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history that we're celebrating today

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I'm Vanessa weitz

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director of NASA's Johnson Space Center

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and I'm honored to be here with all of

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you

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to commemorate President Kennedy's

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historic speech

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and the important role Houston has

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played in shaping our nation Space

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Program

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this year is very special at Johnson

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Space Center

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we're celebrating 60 years in Houston

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from Landing Man on the Moon to

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sustaining a presence and low earth

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orbit via the space shuttle

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and assembling the International Space

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Station

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Johnson has been the iconic beginning of

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some of humankind's greatest

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achievements

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when you dream big you can achieve what

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seemed impossible

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NASA proved this when it met President

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Kennedy's challenge to put Americans on

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the moon within a decade in the 1960s

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the Apollo program captured the world's

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attention and demonstrated the power of

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America's vision and Technology to

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ignite generations of great achievements

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exploration and scientific discovery

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at Johnson I'm privileged to lead more

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than 11 000 employees who work each day

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to DARE unite and explore

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and lead the world in human space

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exploration

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as the home to America's astronaut Corps

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International Space Station Orion and

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Gateway programs and a host of future

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space developments our team plays a

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pivotal role in enhancing scientific and

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technological knowledge to benefit all

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of humankind

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NASA's Journeys have proved

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technological breakthroughs pushed the

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frontiers of scientific research and

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expand our understanding of the universe

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these accomplishments and those to come

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share a common Genesis

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education and science technology

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engineering and math

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and for me that involves increasing

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academic Partnerships and NASA projects

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enhancing high school education

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supporting underrepresented communities

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strengthening online education and

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boosting NASA's contribution to informal

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education

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the intended outcome is a generation

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prepared to code calculate design and

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discover its way to a new era of

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American innovation

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we seek to create opportunities for a

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diverse set of students to contribute to

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NASA's work and exploration and discover

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recently eye science faced act

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agreements with all of the universities

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in our local area including Rice

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University to enhance our academic

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Partnerships

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with our Artemis Moon to Mars

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exploration program NASA will put the

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first woman and the first person of

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color on the lunar surface and build a

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and in lunar orbit

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then we will use what we learn to take

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the next giant leap

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our goal at Johnson Space Center for the

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next 60 years is to make Texas a Global

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Hub of human exploration

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such that any country or entity that

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desires to work in low earth orbit are

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around the Moon on the surface further

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in the cosmos can begin their next giant

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as you listen to the guest speakers

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today I challenge everyone to get

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involved and help us grow the next

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generation of explorers

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our sons and daughters nieces and

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nephews and Neighbors

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together we will inspire the Next

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Generation the Artemis generation

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for the students in the audience I hope

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you'll join us as an intern one day and

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to the public if you haven't been to the

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Clear Lake Area lately I invite you to

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join us to learn more about human space

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exploration

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giant leaps start here

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we have a very special guest joining us

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this morning

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administrator Bill Nelson has served in

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public office for over four decades

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first in the state legislator and U.S

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Congress then as a state treasurer he

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was elected three times to the United

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States Senate

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representing Florida for 18 years

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in 1986 administrator Nelson flew on the

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24th Flight of the Space Shuttle

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the mission on Columbia orbited the

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Earth 98 times over six days

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administrator Nelson conducted 12

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medical experiments including the first

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American stress test in space

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and a cancer research experiment

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sponsored by University researchers

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please join me in given a big Texas

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welcome to NASA administrator Bill

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Nelson

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if it's any consolation to you students

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it was as hot

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60 years ago in this stadium with the

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director Weiss and members of the NASA

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family

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president deroche and the rice community

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chairman woman Eddie Bernice Johnson

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my friend representative Brian Babin

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my very good friend Sheila Jackson Lee

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my old friend Al Green

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my new friends Sylvia Garcia and Lizzy

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and of course the Educators and students

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from the Houston Independent School

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District so thank all of you for being

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here

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I'm going to be merciful to you because

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throughout America's story there are

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defining days days when Minds change

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Hearts fill and Imagination soar

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days when Visions transform the

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trajectory of the American story which

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is our story

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and one of those days happened 60 years

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ago

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it happened in this same city at this

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same stadium in the same sweltering heat

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of a sunny September Day

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and on that day 60 years ago seven

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famous words that you've heard repeated

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carried across this stadium and across

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the country we choose to go to the Moon

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President Kennedy knew that vision would

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be hard not easy he made that clear he

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said

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we choose to go to the moon in this

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decade

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and do other things not because they are

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easy but because they are hard

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he understood we still had to make major

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scientific and societal advances but he

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also sense something else

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our countries can do Spirit

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it's a spirit that drives us to make the

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impossible possible

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and 60 years ago we came together to do

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just that

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the Space Program propelled to the

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Forefront

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of culture and Consciousness it

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galvanized a historic effort

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that we are now the stewards of

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we must never stop daring to take the

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next moonshot

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and moon shots don't just happen in the

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cosmos

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but also here on Earth

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so it is today at the John F Kennedy

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Library that President Joe Biden is

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taking the cancer moonshot to new

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heights

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we can end cancer as we know it

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and today in Space City

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a new generation the Artemis generation

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stands ready

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ready to return Humanity to the moon and

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then to take us further than ever before

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to Mars

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not going to be easy

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it's going to be hard

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some things never change

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but even after 60 years they don't

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change

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some Nations on our planet do not engage

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in our mission of good will

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but we go in peace

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as President Kennedy said

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and today we have invited other peoples

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of the earth to join us in this great

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International Adventure

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doing what is hard and achieving what is

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great

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that is what stirs humankind

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that's what unites us

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with inspiration and innovation

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no Herculean effort is too large no

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moonshot is beyond our reach

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you've seen already the James Webb Space

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Telescope it's giving Humanity a new

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view of our universe and we have never

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ever seen that before

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and from the new forming of stars to

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devouring black holes

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this telescope is revealing all this and

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more

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and now the artist

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generation is about

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to leave quite a mark

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this generation all of you

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students from All Over America students

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throughout the world this generation

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will choose to go to Mars

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and that Journey Begins right now

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with Humanity's return to the Moon

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obviously we at all hoped that Artemis

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one would already be on the way to the

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Moon

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but the NASA team has been working

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around the clock they're resolved and

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perseverance are unrivaled and I have

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full faith in this team and the mission

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we will launch when we are ready but

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mark my words we are going

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and when the final goal is given

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Artemis one will Roar to life and soar

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to the moon and every observation we

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make in every lesson we learn on this

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furnace Artemis Journey

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prepares us and the way for humans to

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mention even further

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ladies and gentlemen Mars is calling why

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because it's in our DNA to explore

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billions of years ago the dry toxic red

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planet

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we know as Mars might

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have once been like the Earth

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where did the water go why did the

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atmosphere change

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humans can discover much more than

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robotic explorers we are more efficient

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not to mention our intuition

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and these missions of Tomorrow Will Be

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sparked by the accomplishments of the

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Artemis generation today it's a new era

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of pioneers star Sailors thinkers and

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adventurers

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they are ready to learn what it will

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take to establish a new community on a

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cosmic Shore

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60 years ago President Kennedy put wind

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in our sails on the new sea of space

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exploration and that mission is never

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ending

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it's a mission about science and the

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advancement of the human Spirit to

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expand what is possible

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let us continue the quest to unfold this

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universe

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and let us continue to find unity in our

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discovery

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so together

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as Don Quixote reminds us

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let us continue to dream The Impossible

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Dream that now becomes real

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and then let us Traverse the untouched

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terrain of the once unreachable Stars

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and as the president said

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we ask God's blessing on this one of the

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greatest adventures in the history of

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humankind

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God bless you God bless Artemis and God

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bless our country

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thank you

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[Applause]

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thank you administrator Nelson

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so they were lucky here in Texas to have

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Representatives who are supportive of

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The Optimist program the future of space

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exploration and NASA's many missions

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I'd now like to introduce videos from

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Senator John cornyn Senator Ted Cruz and

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Congressman Randy Weber who wished you

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were able to be here in person today we

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will then hear from congresswoman Eddie

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Bernice Johnson Congressman Brian Babin

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Congressman Al Green

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congresswoman Sylvia Garcia

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congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and the

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City of Houston's mayor Sylvester Turner

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hi I'm Texas Senator John cornyn it's an

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honor to join you all today as we

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celebrate the 60th anniversary of

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President John F Kennedy's speech that

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rallied Americans to the Moon

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when he spoke on this incredible campus

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President Kennedy described our state as

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a state noted for strength

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I'm proud to say the same Rings true

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today as Texas remains home to the

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nation's strongest and most Brilliant

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Minds in human space exploration

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60 years later and we've only scratched

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the surface of what remains to be

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discovered

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parents used to tell their kids to reach

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for the moon but that's not the only

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objective anymore now we can also tell

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them to reach for Mars because that's

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the next Port of Call on our Horizon

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as we look ahead at the next 60 years I

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have no doubt that many of you will fill

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the pages of history with triumphant

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achievements including those being

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dreamed by the young minds in attendance

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today

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may God bless you may he bless the men

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and women of our nation space program

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and may he continue to bless the United

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good morning and welcome to Rice Stadium

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Where We Gather today to remember the

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historic events that took place right

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here on this very day six decades ago

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on September 12 1962 President John F

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Kennedy famously gave a speech about why

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we as a nation choose to undertake the

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Bold Endeavor of traveling to the Moon

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today I'm here to Echo the sentiments of

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President Kennedy and a nation yearning

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to explore the final frontier as NASA

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embarks on a journey to reignite the

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Space Age planning missions to the moon

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and Mars

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in the words of President Kennedy

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we choose to go to the moon in this

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decade and to do the other things not

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because they are easy

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but because they are hard

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because that challenge is one that we

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are willing to accept one that we are

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unwilling to postpone

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and one which we intend to win

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just as we chose then to go to the moon

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today we choose to go back to the Moon

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and after that we choose to go to Mars

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the prospect of achieving these goals

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wouldn't be a reality without the

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tremendous work of all of you here in

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Houston

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and Texas has been the Hub of human

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space flight for the past 60 years and

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will continue to be for at least 60 to

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come with the help of the next

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generation of innovators

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like the rice owls and the HISD students

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in attendance today

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the contributions of hard-working Texans

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in the space industry and talented young

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young houstonians like yourselves are

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just a few of the many reasons I am so

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proud to serve the Lone Star State

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may God continue to bless the United

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00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:43,680
States

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and may He bless all of you on the next

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Greatest Adventure on which man has ever

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embarked

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friends as a member of the House science

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00:37:59,450 --> 00:37:57,720
space and Technology committee and a

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representative of many great NASA

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employees and contractors it's an honor

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to join y'all virtually

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you know I still remember President JFK

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delivering his famous speech 60 years

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ago I know I'm dating myself here

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but this speech was powerful about the

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challenge to land Americans on the moon

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these words still remain true today

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we choose to go to the Moon not because

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it's easy he declared but because it's

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hard

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and 60 years later we have chosen to go

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to the moon and now on to Mars what a

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moment in our nation's history we will

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return to the Moon

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it wasn't easy to get there the first

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time but we are ready NASA has worked

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tirelessly and I look forward to all the

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work they continue to do there's no

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higher ground in space and we have the

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technology and the experience to get

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there if we could get to the moon in the

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60s and we did

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we certainly can get there now at the

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end of the day it's just this simple

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NASA reminds us to dream and to dream

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big and because of them we have come so

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far thank you to our great NASA thank

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you all God Bless Texas and God bless

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America

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hello I'm congresswoman Sheila Jackson

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Lee could not imagine not being in this

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place that is full of imagination

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congratulations to Rice University which

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was a host of President John Fitzgerald

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Kennedy in giving his wonderful speech

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we choose to go to the Moon as I see and

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hear the celebration of our children

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that have come I know this is a special

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day welcome to administrator Bill Nelson

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of NASA who has led this agency into the

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future along with President Joe Biden

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I'm delighted to be here with the

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chairwoman of the house science

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committee another important leader in

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science and technology Eddie Bernice

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Johnson and our wonderful colleagues who

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are here as a member of the science

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Committee in the 1990s I can tell you

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that my eyes were open and I continued

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to build on my love and affection for

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the importance of space exploration I'm

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reminded of the time that we were able

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to make sure that all that needed to be

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done was done and the space station

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continued to be built and yes to go into

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space let me congratulate Mae Jemison

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this is the 30th year commemorative year

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of her going into space so that's why

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this day is so very important because it

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is a response to all those starry eyes

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that are here can we go into space even

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further can we go to the moon and to

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Mars I will tell you that the members of

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the United States Congress will stand by

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this program I will continue to stand by

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it and provide the funding in

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collaboration with the administration so

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that we can not only choose but go to

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the moon and Mars I'm reminded of the

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words of President John Fitzgerald

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Kennedy who took some words from George

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Mallory about the reason that he climbed

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he climbed the mountain because it was

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there and so space is there and we're

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going to climb it and as well we're

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going to move it beyond our expectation

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yes

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spaces there for Humanity to achieve the

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very best that they can today we

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recommit ourselves to this important

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Mission congratulations thank you Rice

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University thank you to NASA and thank

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you to all of you who have gathered the

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astronauts now yesterday and in the

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future this is America God bless all of

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you and God bless the United States of

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poet

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hi I'm Texas Senator John cornyn it's an

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honor to join you all today as we

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I am Eddie Bernice Johnson

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and I have the pleasure of sharing

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the Congressional committee on size

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space and Technology

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so this is a great day for us

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00:42:37,450 --> 00:42:34,740
and it is a real pleasure to be here to

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celebrate the 16th

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00:42:42,470 --> 00:42:39,420
anniversary

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00:42:45,589 --> 00:42:42,480
since President Kennedy

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00:42:48,890 --> 00:42:45,599
spoke in this Stadium

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00:42:52,010 --> 00:42:48,900
and so I want to congratulate Ryan

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00:42:56,690 --> 00:42:52,020
I have a divorce sight to work with NASA

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00:42:58,730 --> 00:42:56,700
to bring us here together today

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00:43:01,670 --> 00:42:58,740
in his speech

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00:43:05,870 --> 00:43:01,680
he challenged us as a nation

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00:43:07,849 --> 00:43:05,880
to accomplish what did seemed impossible

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00:43:11,030 --> 00:43:07,859
but we have

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00:43:14,930 --> 00:43:11,040
there's no better example

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00:43:18,650 --> 00:43:14,940
of representation of the American people

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00:43:21,890 --> 00:43:18,660
we chose to take John steps

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00:43:26,390 --> 00:43:21,900
we chose to know the unknown

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00:43:28,309 --> 00:43:26,400
and we chose to lead into the future

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00:43:31,849 --> 00:43:28,319
in the Years

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00:43:35,210 --> 00:43:31,859
since President Kennedy's speech we have

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00:43:37,450 --> 00:43:35,220
made great strides in our endeavors in

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00:43:40,849 --> 00:43:37,460
space exploration

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00:43:43,130 --> 00:43:40,859
Americans now live and work on the

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00:43:47,030 --> 00:43:43,140
International Space Station

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00:43:48,290 --> 00:43:47,040
our Rovers are exploring the surface of

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00:43:50,230 --> 00:43:48,300
Mars

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00:43:52,490 --> 00:43:50,240
our telescopes

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00:43:55,849 --> 00:43:52,500
appearing into the depths of the

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00:43:59,630 --> 00:43:55,859
universe and so much more

885
00:44:02,510 --> 00:43:59,640
and many people comment all the time

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00:44:04,970 --> 00:44:02,520
about how much it costs

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00:44:07,910 --> 00:44:04,980
I want to share with you

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00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:07,920
but every dollar we invest

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00:44:16,130 --> 00:44:12,960
we get seven dollars back and services

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00:44:19,130 --> 00:44:16,140
and materials

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00:44:23,210 --> 00:44:19,140
so as I look at this crowd today

892
00:44:27,309 --> 00:44:23,220
I see the faces of rising Generations

893
00:44:30,829 --> 00:44:27,319
nothing in my experience and working

894
00:44:35,450 --> 00:44:30,839
with this committee and students is more

895
00:44:38,750 --> 00:44:35,460
fascinating than space exploration

896
00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:38,760
so we must encourage our young people

897
00:44:45,069 --> 00:44:41,160
to keep that interest

898
00:44:47,329 --> 00:44:45,079
our work is just really beginning

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00:44:50,150 --> 00:44:47,339
and soon

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00:44:52,670 --> 00:44:50,160
thanks to the arabis program

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00:44:54,170 --> 00:44:52,680
you will have a chance to experience

902
00:44:56,150 --> 00:44:54,180
Americans

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00:44:58,490 --> 00:44:56,160
once again

904
00:45:00,829 --> 00:44:58,500
landing on the moon

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00:45:03,050 --> 00:45:00,839
except this time

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00:45:06,109 --> 00:45:03,060
the first woman

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00:45:11,450 --> 00:45:06,119
and the first person of color

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00:45:14,510 --> 00:45:11,460
will be a part that steps on the moon

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00:45:18,050 --> 00:45:14,520
I hope one day

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00:45:21,230 --> 00:45:18,060
some of you students that's here today

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00:45:25,069 --> 00:45:21,240
will follow in their footsteps

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00:45:27,829 --> 00:45:25,079
to everyone here and especially to our

913
00:45:31,250 --> 00:45:27,839
students whether or not you pursue a

914
00:45:35,829 --> 00:45:31,260
career in space exploration I hope you

915
00:45:38,150 --> 00:45:35,839
keep the words spoken here 60 years ago

916
00:45:41,030 --> 00:45:38,160
in mine

917
00:45:43,430 --> 00:45:41,040
choose to do the hard things

918
00:45:47,089 --> 00:45:43,440
more often than not

919
00:45:49,510 --> 00:45:47,099
your efforts will land you where you

920
00:45:52,010 --> 00:45:49,520
never thought would be possible

921
00:45:54,849 --> 00:45:52,020
we'd never dreamed

922
00:45:57,470 --> 00:45:54,859
that we've reached this 60 years later

923
00:46:00,589 --> 00:45:57,480
but we have

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00:46:03,890 --> 00:46:00,599
and we've gained so much from it and

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00:46:07,790 --> 00:46:03,900
it's so much more to explore thank you

926
00:46:11,890 --> 00:46:07,800
for being here to give homage

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00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:11,900
to the grave of President Kennedy

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00:46:16,550 --> 00:46:26,510
[Applause]

929
00:46:31,130 --> 00:46:29,089
thank you I'm Brian Babbitt I represent

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00:46:33,109 --> 00:46:31,140
the 36th District and I have the great

931
00:46:34,670 --> 00:46:33,119
honor of representing Johnson Space

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00:46:36,950 --> 00:46:34,680
Center what an honor to be out here

933
00:46:43,010 --> 00:46:41,210
thank you in May of 1961 from the

934
00:46:45,290 --> 00:46:43,020
speaker's Rostrum of the House of

935
00:46:47,750 --> 00:46:45,300
Representatives President Kennedy

936
00:46:50,390 --> 00:46:47,760
charged congress with an ambitious

937
00:46:52,970 --> 00:46:50,400
mission to send astronauts to the moon

938
00:46:56,329 --> 00:46:52,980
but to accomplish this extraordinary

939
00:46:59,630 --> 00:46:56,339
feat NASA realized that they would need

940
00:47:03,410 --> 00:46:59,640
a new facility to spearhead human space

941
00:47:04,670 --> 00:47:03,420
exploration and folks Houston answered

942
00:47:07,370 --> 00:47:04,680
that call

943
00:47:10,609 --> 00:47:07,380
one year later President Kennedy stood

944
00:47:14,329 --> 00:47:10,619
right here in Rice University Stadium to

945
00:47:16,609 --> 00:47:14,339
Proclaim this city of Houston this state

946
00:47:19,910 --> 00:47:16,619
of Texas this country of the United

947
00:47:22,670 --> 00:47:19,920
States was not built by those who waited

948
00:47:23,690 --> 00:47:22,680
and rested and wished to look behind

949
00:47:25,849 --> 00:47:23,700
them

950
00:47:29,450 --> 00:47:25,859
Houston was given a mission

951
00:47:31,430 --> 00:47:29,460
the manned spacecraft center now nasus

952
00:47:33,230 --> 00:47:31,440
Johnson Space Center in Houston would

953
00:47:35,690 --> 00:47:33,240
lead this country's extraordinary

954
00:47:36,589 --> 00:47:35,700
efforts and getting Americans to the

955
00:47:40,309 --> 00:47:36,599
Moon

956
00:47:42,050 --> 00:47:40,319
Kennedy declared we choose to go to the

957
00:47:44,809 --> 00:47:42,060
moon in this decade and to do other

958
00:47:46,910 --> 00:47:44,819
things not because they are easy but

959
00:47:49,130 --> 00:47:46,920
because they are hard you've heard this

960
00:47:51,230 --> 00:47:49,140
many times today

961
00:47:53,089 --> 00:47:51,240
but because that goal was served to

962
00:47:55,370 --> 00:47:53,099
organize and measure the best of our

963
00:47:57,230 --> 00:47:55,380
energies and skills because that

964
00:48:00,890 --> 00:47:57,240
challenge is one that we are willing to

965
00:48:04,910 --> 00:48:00,900
accept one we are unwilling to postpone

966
00:48:06,230 --> 00:48:04,920
and one that we intend to win and the

967
00:48:09,230 --> 00:48:06,240
others too

968
00:48:11,990 --> 00:48:09,240
as you all know in 1969 America

969
00:48:14,809 --> 00:48:12,000
accomplished the goal of Landing a man

970
00:48:17,870 --> 00:48:14,819
on the moon and returning him safely to

971
00:48:21,470 --> 00:48:17,880
Earth a feat never before achieved by

972
00:48:23,150 --> 00:48:21,480
any other country and we did it five

973
00:48:26,150 --> 00:48:23,160
more times

974
00:48:28,849 --> 00:48:26,160
from successfully Landing 12 pairs of

975
00:48:31,250 --> 00:48:28,859
boots on the moon and operating the

976
00:48:33,650 --> 00:48:31,260
historic Mission Control Center to

977
00:48:36,069 --> 00:48:33,660
managing the Orion spacecraft program

978
00:48:38,809 --> 00:48:36,079
and the International Space Station

979
00:48:41,450 --> 00:48:38,819
Johnson Space Center in Houston has

980
00:48:43,849 --> 00:48:41,460
contributed critically essential

981
00:48:45,290 --> 00:48:43,859
components of the space exploration

982
00:48:47,450 --> 00:48:45,300
mission

983
00:48:49,550 --> 00:48:47,460
none of this would have been possible

984
00:48:52,250 --> 00:48:49,560
without the collaboration of

985
00:48:55,130 --> 00:48:52,260
entrepreneurs and academic Minds right

986
00:48:56,170 --> 00:48:55,140
here in Houston and right here at Rice

987
00:48:58,730 --> 00:48:56,180
University

988
00:49:01,609 --> 00:48:58,740
Partnerships that have built Houston

989
00:49:03,530 --> 00:49:01,619
into the global epicenter of space

990
00:49:07,069 --> 00:49:03,540
exploration

991
00:49:10,130 --> 00:49:07,079
America is today 60 years after

992
00:49:12,589 --> 00:49:10,140
Kennedy's remarkable Proclamation once

993
00:49:15,890 --> 00:49:12,599
again on the cusp of launching the most

994
00:49:19,490 --> 00:49:15,900
daring exploration program that Humanity

995
00:49:21,710 --> 00:49:19,500
has ever seen by sending astronauts back

996
00:49:24,290 --> 00:49:21,720
to the Moon in pursuit of going even

997
00:49:26,870 --> 00:49:24,300
further where no one has ever gone

998
00:49:30,829 --> 00:49:26,880
before and as Kennedy said in his

999
00:49:34,130 --> 00:49:30,839
address to Congress in 1961 now it is

1000
00:49:37,370 --> 00:49:34,140
time to take longer strides time for a

1001
00:49:39,650 --> 00:49:37,380
great new American Enterprise time for

1002
00:49:43,130 --> 00:49:39,660
this nation to take a clearly leading

1003
00:49:46,250 --> 00:49:43,140
role in space achievement which in many

1004
00:49:48,410 --> 00:49:46,260
ways May hold the key to our future

1005
00:49:50,690 --> 00:49:48,420
right here on Earth

1006
00:49:53,089 --> 00:49:50,700
I'm very very proud of the work that's

1007
00:49:57,770 --> 00:49:53,099
being done here and I look forward to

1008
00:50:00,829 --> 00:49:57,780
Houston continuing to take this great

1009
00:50:03,710 --> 00:50:00,839
nation in the world to new longer

1010
00:50:07,790 --> 00:50:03,720
strides in human space exploration to

1011
00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:07,800
the Moon to Mars and even Beyond I would

1012
00:50:11,510 --> 00:50:09,599
like to Echo some more words that

1013
00:50:16,910 --> 00:50:11,520
President Kennedy used to close his

1014
00:50:19,910 --> 00:50:16,920
speech 60 years ago he asked I asked for

1015
00:50:21,470 --> 00:50:19,920
God's blessing on the most hazardous the

1016
00:50:24,589 --> 00:50:21,480
most dangerous and The Greatest

1017
00:50:28,190 --> 00:50:24,599
Adventure on which man has ever embarked

1018
00:50:30,890 --> 00:50:28,200
the mission continues thank you Houston

1019
00:50:33,890 --> 00:50:30,900
and now I'd like to introduce

1020
00:50:36,950 --> 00:50:33,900
my good friend Al Green who represents

1021
00:50:39,510 --> 00:50:36,960
Texas 9th congressional district thank

1022
00:50:47,089 --> 00:50:44,809
[Applause]

1023
00:50:50,510 --> 00:50:47,099
Congressman thank you very much for your

1024
00:50:53,450 --> 00:50:50,520
very kind and warm introduction

1025
00:50:59,030 --> 00:50:53,460
to the students who are here today

1026
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:04,030
do you believe we can go to Mars

1027
00:51:08,690 --> 00:51:06,690
would you like to go to Mars

1028
00:51:10,190 --> 00:51:08,700
[Applause]

1029
00:51:13,670 --> 00:51:10,200
well first you're gonna have to listen

1030
00:51:18,290 --> 00:51:15,950
friends

1031
00:51:20,809 --> 00:51:18,300
President Kennedy

1032
00:51:22,370 --> 00:51:20,819
had something unique

1033
00:51:25,190 --> 00:51:22,380
the French

1034
00:51:27,410 --> 00:51:25,200
call it je ne sais quoi

1035
00:51:29,450 --> 00:51:27,420
something very special

1036
00:51:31,730 --> 00:51:29,460
it was that something special that made

1037
00:51:34,309 --> 00:51:31,740
him very special among the presidents of

1038
00:51:37,010 --> 00:51:34,319
the United States of America

1039
00:51:39,230 --> 00:51:37,020
and when he

1040
00:51:41,329 --> 00:51:39,240
gave his speech right here at Rice

1041
00:51:44,630 --> 00:51:41,339
University

1042
00:51:47,569 --> 00:51:44,640
he explained to us

1043
00:51:51,109 --> 00:51:47,579
and engendered within us

1044
00:51:53,809 --> 00:51:51,119
a can-do we can do it and it must be

1045
00:51:58,730 --> 00:51:53,819
done attitude

1046
00:52:01,609 --> 00:51:58,740
that permeated the Zeitgeist of his time

1047
00:52:03,530 --> 00:52:01,619
in his inaugural address

1048
00:52:06,530 --> 00:52:03,540
he indicated

1049
00:52:09,770 --> 00:52:06,540
let us go forth to lead the land we love

1050
00:52:12,890 --> 00:52:09,780
asking His blessings and help

1051
00:52:16,270 --> 00:52:12,900
but knowing that here on Earth

1052
00:52:20,210 --> 00:52:16,280
God's work must truly be our own

1053
00:52:22,430 --> 00:52:20,220
he was a believer in getting it done by

1054
00:52:25,490 --> 00:52:22,440
putting our hands on whatever issue was

1055
00:52:29,210 --> 00:52:25,500
to be done and making sure that we were

1056
00:52:31,849 --> 00:52:29,220
successful because we are Americans we

1057
00:52:33,710 --> 00:52:31,859
do things we get them done and we will

1058
00:52:36,390 --> 00:52:33,720
be the first to do them because we were

1059
00:52:41,569 --> 00:52:36,400
the first to go to the Moon

1060
00:52:44,390 --> 00:52:41,579
[Applause]

1061
00:52:46,549 --> 00:52:44,400
nearly two years later

1062
00:52:50,030 --> 00:52:46,559
President Kennedy

1063
00:52:54,109 --> 00:52:50,040
this was after his inaugural address

1064
00:52:56,150 --> 00:52:54,119
reduce the impossible to the difficult

1065
00:52:59,990 --> 00:52:56,160
and the difficult

1066
00:53:02,210 --> 00:53:00,000
he reduced to a matter of choice

1067
00:53:04,670 --> 00:53:02,220
when he proclaimed

1068
00:53:07,730 --> 00:53:04,680
that we

1069
00:53:10,190 --> 00:53:07,740
choose to go to the moon in this decade

1070
00:53:12,710 --> 00:53:10,200
and do the other things

1071
00:53:15,349 --> 00:53:12,720
not because they are easy

1072
00:53:17,569 --> 00:53:15,359
but because they are hard

1073
00:53:19,549 --> 00:53:17,579
but what he said about going to the moon

1074
00:53:20,870 --> 00:53:19,559
was something that young people across

1075
00:53:22,549 --> 00:53:20,880
the length and breadth of this country

1076
00:53:25,309 --> 00:53:22,559
took to heart

1077
00:53:27,890 --> 00:53:25,319
young people decided that they wanted to

1078
00:53:30,049 --> 00:53:27,900
do the difficult things they decided to

1079
00:53:32,809 --> 00:53:30,059
major in math and physics and

1080
00:53:35,329 --> 00:53:32,819
Engineering because they wanted to show

1081
00:53:37,430 --> 00:53:35,339
assure this country that they too

1082
00:53:38,690 --> 00:53:37,440
believed that we could do the difficult

1083
00:53:40,549 --> 00:53:38,700
things

1084
00:53:43,790 --> 00:53:40,559
these young people

1085
00:53:46,250 --> 00:53:43,800
did these things because they were hard

1086
00:53:48,290 --> 00:53:46,260
and his response President Kennedy's

1087
00:53:51,290 --> 00:53:48,300
response to the naysayers and doubting

1088
00:53:53,930 --> 00:53:51,300
Thomases was captured when he extolled

1089
00:53:56,750 --> 00:53:53,940
by way of Exemplar

1090
00:54:00,109 --> 00:53:56,760
this city of Houston Texas

1091
00:54:01,250 --> 00:54:00,119
this state this country of the United

1092
00:54:04,430 --> 00:54:01,260
States

1093
00:54:08,390 --> 00:54:04,440
was not built by those who waited and

1094
00:54:11,270 --> 00:54:08,400
rested and wished to look behind them

1095
00:54:14,329 --> 00:54:11,280
further he indicated the exploration of

1096
00:54:15,770 --> 00:54:14,339
space will go ahead whether we join in

1097
00:54:18,410 --> 00:54:15,780
it or not

1098
00:54:21,470 --> 00:54:18,420
no nation which expects to be the leader

1099
00:54:25,010 --> 00:54:21,480
of other nations can expect to stay

1100
00:54:29,750 --> 00:54:25,020
behind in the race for space

1101
00:54:32,930 --> 00:54:29,760
President Kennedy the great president

1102
00:54:35,630 --> 00:54:32,940
the president who led us into space

1103
00:54:38,950 --> 00:54:35,640
LED this nation to believe

1104
00:54:43,370 --> 00:54:38,960
that although the Magnificent insular

1105
00:54:46,069 --> 00:54:43,380
this island that we know as Earth

1106
00:54:49,309 --> 00:54:46,079
is our Genesis

1107
00:54:52,130 --> 00:54:49,319
our preeminent destitute

1108
00:54:54,049 --> 00:54:52,140
my preeminent destiny

1109
00:54:58,250 --> 00:54:54,059
is the Stars

1110
00:55:01,849 --> 00:54:58,260
are you ready to go to the Stars oh

1111
00:55:03,589 --> 00:55:01,859
let's do it it is our preeminent Destiny

1112
00:55:05,510 --> 00:55:03,599
God bless you

1113
00:55:08,150 --> 00:55:05,520
it is now

1114
00:55:10,730 --> 00:55:08,160
my preeminent privilege

1115
00:55:14,210 --> 00:55:10,740
and my superlative pleasure

1116
00:55:16,130 --> 00:55:14,220
to introduce the honorable congresswoman

1117
00:55:18,660 --> 00:55:16,140
Sylvia Garcia

1118
00:55:24,829 --> 00:55:18,670
give her a big hand please

1119
00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:24,839
[Applause]

1120
00:55:28,190 --> 00:55:26,710
thank you congressman

1121
00:55:30,589 --> 00:55:28,200
[Music]

1122
00:55:33,650 --> 00:55:30,599
buenos dias

1123
00:55:38,390 --> 00:55:33,660
hello everybody

1124
00:55:41,630 --> 00:55:38,400
well I was reflecting on the 60 years

1125
00:55:43,849 --> 00:55:41,640
and first I want to thank everybody from

1126
00:55:45,910 --> 00:55:43,859
NASA from the receptionists and the

1127
00:55:47,690 --> 00:55:45,920
people who helped put people at the Moon

1128
00:55:52,670 --> 00:55:47,700
thank you

1129
00:55:53,990 --> 00:55:52,680
creativity your Innovation that's gotten

1130
00:55:56,390 --> 00:55:54,000
us to the Moon

1131
00:55:59,569 --> 00:55:56,400
because the challenge that was made here

1132
00:56:02,690 --> 00:55:59,579
six years ago would be an empty

1133
00:56:05,510 --> 00:56:02,700
challenge if we did not have the funding

1134
00:56:07,730 --> 00:56:05,520
if we did not have the collaboration if

1135
00:56:11,030 --> 00:56:07,740
we did not have the Partnerships to get

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it done so thank you to the entire NASA

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family

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for doing your best in getting this done

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then I started thinking about when I was

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about the age of all of these students

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I grew up one of ten children in South

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Texas

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and I'm sort of in between the NASA uh

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00:56:37,549 --> 00:56:34,260
the space the air station in Kingsville

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00:56:40,370 --> 00:56:37,559
in an air station in Corpus Christi

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00:56:43,849 --> 00:56:40,380
and I remember many times seeing the

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00:56:47,510 --> 00:56:43,859
jets flying we'd rush out of the house

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00:56:51,530 --> 00:56:47,520
and just watch the planes go by

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00:56:55,250 --> 00:56:51,540
and wonder what it would be like to fly

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00:56:59,030 --> 00:56:55,260
now kids today look at the Moon and look

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00:57:02,030 --> 00:56:59,040
at Mars and wonder what it would like to

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00:57:04,849 --> 00:57:02,040
walk on the moon and later go on to Mars

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00:57:07,010 --> 00:57:04,859
that's what this is all about

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00:57:10,190 --> 00:57:07,020
is dreaming

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00:57:13,130 --> 00:57:10,200
so while we celebrate 60 years I look

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00:57:16,010 --> 00:57:13,140
forward to the next 60 to make sure that

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00:57:18,770 --> 00:57:16,020
we choose to go to the Mars and more

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00:57:22,370 --> 00:57:18,780
and getting there I want to thank and

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00:57:24,650 --> 00:57:22,380
celebrate also NASA's commitment to

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diversity and inclusion

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00:57:29,450 --> 00:57:26,460
you heard it

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00:57:32,150 --> 00:57:29,460
Artemis will have the first woman and

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00:57:34,730 --> 00:57:32,160
the first people or person of color to

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00:57:37,970 --> 00:57:34,740
walk on the moon

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that took a long time to do

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we still remember Sally Ride our first

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woman

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we still remember Dr Chang Diaz our

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first Latino

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but we need more

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because just like HISD has kids that

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speak 122 languages

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representing all kinds of countries we

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want to make sure that the moon and Mars

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looks like HISD in Houston

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so thank you NASA for your commitment

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00:58:16,430 --> 00:58:13,680
and for your strength and moving forward

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00:58:18,710 --> 00:58:16,440
so as I look again and think about those

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00:58:22,250 --> 00:58:18,720
years growing up

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all my brothers played football all my

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00:58:27,170 --> 00:58:24,599
sisters were cheerleaders

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00:58:29,690 --> 00:58:27,180
I was the nerd

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00:58:33,470 --> 00:58:29,700
I was not a cheerleader

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00:58:35,630 --> 00:58:33,480
but now I may NASA nerd and I cheer for

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00:58:38,390 --> 00:58:35,640
NASA

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so all things good

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00:58:44,210 --> 00:58:40,980
so again thank you to rice for hosting

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us thank you to all the NASA it is now

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my pleasure to introduce one of my

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colleagues who serves on the committee

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with jurisdiction over NASA and NASA

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funding Lizzie Fletcher

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[Applause]

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thank you so much congresswoman Garcia I

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am so glad to be with all of you today

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on this historic day where we stand

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again where President Kennedy stood 60

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years ago and addressed the assembled

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crowd as well as the nation and the

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world

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in that moment he challenged Americans

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to continue the work to expand our

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understanding of the world around us

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and the universe beyond by exploring

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space

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man in his quest for knowledge and

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progress is determined and cannot be

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deterred he told the crowd explaining

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that no nation which expects to be the

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leader of other nations can expect to

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stay behind in this race for space

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he did so of course as we've heard this

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01:00:11,510 --> 01:00:08,760
morning knowing that the work to bring

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together a broad Coalition of the

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01:00:16,609 --> 01:00:14,220
greatest Minds the most Innovative

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thinking and the most committed

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01:00:20,390 --> 01:00:17,940
explorers

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would be a challenge

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but we know here in Houston that that is

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the community that we have created here

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and we often remember now as just about

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every single speaker has reminded us

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that he said we chose we choose to go to

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the moon in this decade and to do other

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01:00:46,789 --> 01:00:43,440
things not because they are easy

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01:00:50,450 --> 01:00:46,799
but because they are hard

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our country and our city

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Space City

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accepted this challenge

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across the country and around the world

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01:01:02,410 --> 01:00:59,880
people watched and dreamed and

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celebrated when just a few years later

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Neil Armstrong took the first step on

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the moon

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and most of us here I think all of us

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here know that the first word ever

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01:01:17,809 --> 01:01:13,980
spoken from the Moon

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over the last 60 years we have worked

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here here in this city here in this

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01:01:32,270 --> 01:01:28,319
University and here at NASA's Johnson

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01:01:35,329 --> 01:01:32,280
Space Center to meet this challenge

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01:01:36,349 --> 01:01:35,339
to continue the search for knowledge and

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01:01:39,950 --> 01:01:36,359
progress

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and to do so as President Kennedy said

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01:01:47,089 --> 01:01:43,020
in Pursuit Of Peace

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01:01:49,910 --> 01:01:47,099
and we see that reflected so beautifully

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01:01:52,670 --> 01:01:49,920
in those who are assembled here today

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01:01:55,010 --> 01:01:52,680
the students the NASA alumni the

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01:01:57,530 --> 01:01:55,020
community members the people here in

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01:01:59,089 --> 01:01:57,540
this community who have taken that

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01:02:05,210 --> 01:01:59,099
challenge

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01:02:07,670 --> 01:02:05,220
as Americans to come together for the

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01:02:11,569 --> 01:02:07,680
good of all mankind

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01:02:13,670 --> 01:02:11,579
and that remains our challenge

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01:02:16,250 --> 01:02:13,680
and that is the work of those who are

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01:02:19,190 --> 01:02:16,260
here today administrator Nelson director

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01:02:23,569 --> 01:02:19,200
wise president deroche and so many

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01:02:26,569 --> 01:02:23,579
others whose lives and work reflect this

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vision and this commitment

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and so today I hope that the 60th

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01:02:36,410 --> 01:02:32,720
anniversary commemoration

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inspires us all to commit ourselves

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01:02:41,990 --> 01:02:39,359
again to this purpose to this Vision

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01:02:44,930 --> 01:02:42,000
that President Kennedy laid out right

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01:02:48,890 --> 01:02:44,940
here 60 years ago

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01:02:50,990 --> 01:02:48,900
to the challenge of doing the learning

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01:02:53,270 --> 01:02:51,000
and the leading

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01:02:57,230 --> 01:02:53,280
so that together

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we can make progress for all

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and with that I am so proud to introduce

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a man who personifies that Spirit

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thank you thank you so very very much if

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01:03:24,589 --> 01:03:21,599
you will let me adopt everything that

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01:03:27,170 --> 01:03:24,599
has already been said let me thank you

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01:03:31,270 --> 01:03:27,180
all for

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01:03:35,289 --> 01:03:31,280
being a fantastic audience 60 years ago

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01:03:38,210 --> 01:03:35,299
uh president roach it was hot and steamy

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01:03:42,109 --> 01:03:38,220
administrative why it was not easy

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01:03:44,630 --> 01:03:42,119
people were sweating it was hot

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but the very fact that you all have been

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01:03:48,349 --> 01:03:47,220
here and listened to one person after

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01:03:52,430 --> 01:03:48,359
another

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01:03:54,650 --> 01:03:52,440
it signifies it has not been easy but

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01:03:57,770 --> 01:03:54,660
you have chosen to be a part of this

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01:04:01,309 --> 01:03:57,780
audience and that's what Houston is all

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01:04:05,809 --> 01:04:01,319
about we endure the heat we endure the

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01:04:08,569 --> 01:04:05,819
steam we fan we sweat but in the end we

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make it happen so to my council members

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councilman Cameron councilmember

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01:04:17,450 --> 01:04:13,500
Robinson to NASA to the Johnson Space

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01:04:20,390 --> 01:04:17,460
Center to Rice University the professors

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01:04:23,990 --> 01:04:20,400
and the staff now let's move forward

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01:04:27,470 --> 01:04:24,000
this is a different city than 60 years

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01:04:30,589 --> 01:04:27,480
ago we are more diverse we are even

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01:04:32,809 --> 01:04:30,599
smarter we are more prepared and we're

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01:04:35,329 --> 01:04:32,819
ready to make it happen now let's go

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01:04:37,250 --> 01:04:35,339
back to the Moon let's go to the Mars

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and I'll see you down the road let's

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[Applause]

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foreign

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[Music]

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01:05:07,250 --> 01:05:05,150
British Explorer George Mallory

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01:05:09,829 --> 01:05:07,260
who was to die

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01:05:11,450 --> 01:05:09,839
on Mount Everest was asked why did he

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01:05:13,670 --> 01:05:11,460
want to climb it

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01:05:16,370 --> 01:05:13,680
he said because it is there

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01:05:18,710 --> 01:05:16,380
well space is there and the moon and the

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01:05:20,690 --> 01:05:18,720
planets are there and new hopes for

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01:05:22,849 --> 01:05:20,700
knowledge and peace are there and

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01:05:25,309 --> 01:05:22,859
therefore as we set sail

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01:05:28,130 --> 01:05:25,319
we ask God blessings on the most

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hazardous and dangerous and Greatest

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01:05:42,230 --> 01:05:39,170
[Music]

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we set sail on this new scene

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because there is new knowledge to be

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01:05:52,130 --> 01:05:48,720
gained and new rights to be won and they

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01:05:53,670 --> 01:05:52,140
must be won and used for the progress of

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01:05:58,849 --> 01:05:53,680
all people

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01:06:04,430 --> 01:06:01,370
space and related Industries are

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generating new demand and investment and

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01:06:08,870 --> 01:06:06,059
skilled personality

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01:06:10,609 --> 01:06:08,880
growth of our science and education will

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be enriched by new knowledge of our

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01:06:16,069 --> 01:06:13,020
universe and environment

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01:06:23,569 --> 01:06:16,079
to solve these Mysteries to solve them

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01:06:29,450 --> 01:06:26,510
hello again so for nearly 22 years

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01:06:31,609 --> 01:06:29,460
humans have lived and worked in space in

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01:06:34,130 --> 01:06:31,619
a continuous unbroken streak to test new

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01:06:36,349 --> 01:06:34,140
technologies conduct scientific research

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01:06:40,130 --> 01:06:36,359
and learn what it takes to explore deep

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01:06:42,049 --> 01:06:40,140
space at the moon and eventually Mars

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01:06:44,089 --> 01:06:42,059
at this very moment

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01:06:46,010 --> 01:06:44,099
this work is ongoing about the

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International Space Station

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01:06:51,730 --> 01:06:49,619
let's now travel 250 miles straight up

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01:06:54,289 --> 01:06:51,740
to hear the crew of expedition 67

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01:06:58,010 --> 01:06:54,299
reflect on this particular moment in

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01:07:01,309 --> 01:06:59,390
greetings from the International Space

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01:07:03,589 --> 01:07:01,319
Station to all of you at Rice stadium in

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01:07:06,170 --> 01:07:03,599
Houston I'm NASA astronaut Chell England

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01:07:08,690 --> 01:07:06,180
joined by my crewmates and fellow NASA

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01:07:11,029 --> 01:07:08,700
astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins

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01:07:14,809 --> 01:07:11,039
as well as European Space Agency

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01:07:17,630 --> 01:07:14,819
astronaut Samantha Christopher ready

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01:07:19,250 --> 01:07:17,640
we are honored to join the 60th

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01:07:22,130 --> 01:07:19,260
anniversary celebration of John F

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01:07:24,170 --> 01:07:22,140
Kennedy's historic moonshot speech today

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01:07:26,750 --> 01:07:24,180
is a day to reflect on how far we have

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01:07:28,910 --> 01:07:26,760
come and to reaffirm our commitment to

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01:07:30,049 --> 01:07:28,920
the exploration of space for the benefit

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01:07:32,630 --> 01:07:30,059
of all

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01:07:34,789 --> 01:07:32,640
the Apollo program was an awe-inspiring

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01:07:37,069 --> 01:07:34,799
example of what we are capable of when

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01:07:39,529 --> 01:07:37,079
we commit our talents and resources to a

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01:07:42,109 --> 01:07:39,539
complex goal we are proud to continue

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01:07:43,970 --> 01:07:42,119
that bold tradition today with more than

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01:07:46,849 --> 01:07:43,980
two decades of continuous presence

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01:07:48,829 --> 01:07:46,859
aboard the International Space Station

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01:07:50,870 --> 01:07:48,839
work we're doing here on station Builds

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01:07:52,670 --> 01:07:50,880
on the Apollo program and helps to

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01:07:55,010 --> 01:07:52,680
prepare us for the next chapter in human

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01:07:57,049 --> 01:07:55,020
history under the Artemis program

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01:07:59,089 --> 01:07:57,059
we'll return to the moon and from there

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01:08:00,349 --> 01:07:59,099
we'll prepare for human exploration of

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01:08:02,750 --> 01:08:00,359
Mars

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01:08:04,910 --> 01:08:02,760
as a test bed for deep space exploration

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01:08:06,710 --> 01:08:04,920
the station is helping us learn how to

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01:08:09,049 --> 01:08:06,720
keep astronauts healthy during long

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01:08:11,510 --> 01:08:09,059
duration space travel and demonstrating

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01:08:14,089 --> 01:08:11,520
Technologies for human and robotic

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01:08:16,550 --> 01:08:14,099
exploration Beyond low earth orbit

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01:08:18,890 --> 01:08:16,560
International collaboration is what made

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01:08:21,530 --> 01:08:18,900
the dream of a scientific and Commercial

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01:08:23,570 --> 01:08:21,540
orbital laboratory a reality

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01:08:25,370 --> 01:08:23,580
the remarkable achievements of the

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01:08:28,610 --> 01:08:25,380
International Space Station are made

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possible by the diversity of talents and

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01:08:34,550 --> 01:08:31,199
experience International Partners bring

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01:08:36,470 --> 01:08:34,560
to the project with Artemis NASA and its

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01:08:38,390 --> 01:08:36,480
International Partners will build on the

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Decades of collaboration to press

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01:08:43,430 --> 01:08:41,339
forward to the next Frontier and land

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01:08:46,010 --> 01:08:43,440
the first woman and the first person of

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01:08:47,749 --> 01:08:46,020
color on the surface of the Moon our

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01:08:49,789 --> 01:08:47,759
long-term goal has always been to send

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humans to Mars and the Moon is an

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01:08:53,809 --> 01:08:51,900
important step on that Journey with the

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01:08:55,370 --> 01:08:53,819
experience we gain through Artemis we

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will establish sustainable human

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01:09:00,890 --> 01:08:58,080
Transportation habitation infrastructure

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01:09:03,229 --> 01:09:00,900
operations and science that enables deep

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01:09:05,630 --> 01:09:03,239
space exploration as we celebrate

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01:09:07,309 --> 01:09:05,640
President Kennedy's historic speech we

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01:09:09,410 --> 01:09:07,319
are reminded that we count on the Next

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01:09:12,349 --> 01:09:09,420
Generation to carry on the passion of

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01:09:14,510 --> 01:09:12,359
exploration we need you the next

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01:09:17,090 --> 01:09:14,520
generation of scientists engineers

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01:09:19,610 --> 01:09:17,100
explorers and other stem professionals

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01:09:21,349 --> 01:09:19,620
to join us in the excitement and make

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this dream possible

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the Apollo generation laid the

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01:09:27,470 --> 01:09:25,560
foundation of exploration the Artemis

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01:09:39,870 --> 01:09:27,480
program will now carry us to the Moon

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01:09:45,890 --> 01:09:43,970
[Applause]

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good morning

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at the time of President Kennedy's

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01:09:53,630 --> 01:09:50,100
speech

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01:09:55,550 --> 01:09:53,640
I was a candidate as a French Air Force

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01:09:59,030 --> 01:09:55,560
Academy

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01:10:00,229 --> 01:09:59,040
like many other young people on the

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01:10:05,090 --> 01:10:00,239
planet

1412
01:10:08,689 --> 01:10:05,100
I understood that a new era of space

1413
01:10:11,990 --> 01:10:08,699
exploration had began

1414
01:10:15,110 --> 01:10:12,000
I understood that fantastic doors were

1415
01:10:18,709 --> 01:10:15,120
quickly opening over our heads

1416
01:10:20,229 --> 01:10:18,719
and I realized that our brains would

1417
01:10:23,750 --> 01:10:20,239
impose

1418
01:10:26,649 --> 01:10:23,760
afross and sacrifices roses

1419
01:10:30,649 --> 01:10:26,659
[Music]

1420
01:10:32,689 --> 01:10:30,659
one phrase in President Kennedy's speech

1421
01:10:35,750 --> 01:10:32,699
remained in my mind

1422
01:10:39,290 --> 01:10:35,760
and helped sometimes

1423
01:10:44,689 --> 01:10:39,300
if this capsuled history

1424
01:10:48,229 --> 01:10:44,699
of our progress teaches us anything

1425
01:10:50,630 --> 01:10:48,239
it is that man in his quest for

1426
01:10:52,729 --> 01:10:50,640
knowledge and progress

1427
01:10:55,970 --> 01:10:52,739
is determined

1428
01:10:59,390 --> 01:10:55,980
and cannot be deterred

1429
01:11:00,649 --> 01:10:59,400
thanks to president Bruce to space

1430
01:11:04,070 --> 01:11:00,659
exploration

1431
01:11:06,850 --> 01:11:04,080
each of us in the drug

1432
01:11:11,750 --> 01:11:06,860
got his or hair

1433
01:11:17,630 --> 01:11:14,630
I was not alive when President Kennedy

1434
01:11:20,450 --> 01:11:17,640
made his speech here in this Stadium

1435
01:11:24,110 --> 01:11:20,460
but I was a four-year-old living in

1436
01:11:27,709 --> 01:11:24,120
Houston when we first walked on the moon

1437
01:11:30,830 --> 01:11:27,719
I remember being in my backyard with my

1438
01:11:32,090 --> 01:11:30,840
parents and my older sister looking up

1439
01:11:34,250 --> 01:11:32,100
at the Moon

1440
01:11:35,689 --> 01:11:34,260
that was rising over the roof of our

1441
01:11:38,090 --> 01:11:35,699
house

1442
01:11:43,250 --> 01:11:38,100
I remember my parents saying something

1443
01:11:46,910 --> 01:11:43,260
to the effect of we have people there

1444
01:11:49,910 --> 01:11:46,920
it was then that I decided I wanted to

1445
01:11:54,649 --> 01:11:51,890
the part of President Kennedy's speech

1446
01:12:00,410 --> 01:11:56,630
is that a chronic line

1447
01:12:03,169 --> 01:12:00,420
about doing things because they are hard

1448
01:12:04,729 --> 01:12:03,179
but then it's the next phrase

1449
01:12:08,570 --> 01:12:04,739
he said

1450
01:12:12,410 --> 01:12:08,580
because that goal will serve to organize

1451
01:12:14,149 --> 01:12:12,420
and measure the best of our energies and

1452
01:12:16,310 --> 01:12:14,159
our skills

1453
01:12:18,950 --> 01:12:16,320
it was certainly true then

1454
01:12:22,490 --> 01:12:18,960
it is still true now

1455
01:12:25,189 --> 01:12:22,500
big difficult challenges demand the best

1456
01:12:29,450 --> 01:12:25,199
of our energies and our skills

1457
01:12:36,490 --> 01:12:33,110
the future of humanity

1458
01:12:40,970 --> 01:12:36,500
School space exploration

1459
01:12:43,490 --> 01:12:40,980
depends on the strong acceptance of

1460
01:12:47,030 --> 01:12:43,500
ethical values

1461
01:12:49,729 --> 01:12:47,040
that should already Drive our

1462
01:12:51,590 --> 01:12:49,739
civilization

1463
01:12:54,169 --> 01:12:51,600
all of us

1464
01:12:58,130 --> 01:12:54,179
based Travelers

1465
01:13:00,649 --> 01:12:58,140
can witness that the more we claim

1466
01:13:02,930 --> 01:13:00,659
the more we forget

1467
01:13:04,729 --> 01:13:02,940
about the struggles

1468
01:13:07,250 --> 01:13:04,739
or nurse

1469
01:13:09,770 --> 01:13:07,260
and the more we feel

1470
01:13:14,149 --> 01:13:09,780
The Fragile sorrow

1471
01:13:17,689 --> 01:13:14,159
of our beautiful home planet

1472
01:13:21,649 --> 01:13:17,699
the full beauty of the Earth

1473
01:13:24,050 --> 01:13:21,659
appears with distance

1474
01:13:28,310 --> 01:13:24,060
and we can appreciate

1475
01:13:29,630 --> 01:13:28,320
thanks to the Amazing Discoveries of the

1476
01:13:34,810 --> 01:13:29,640
herbal

1477
01:13:39,350 --> 01:13:37,850
jean-loo you are right about the beauty

1478
01:13:42,290 --> 01:13:39,360
of the Earth

1479
01:13:45,470 --> 01:13:42,300
looking down from the space station

1480
01:13:47,990 --> 01:13:45,480
one has a unique vantage point to take

1481
01:13:52,490 --> 01:13:48,000
in the wonders of our planet

1482
01:13:55,990 --> 01:13:52,500
the continents the oceans the clouds

1483
01:13:59,630 --> 01:13:56,000
you can see that we are all one together

1484
01:14:02,330 --> 01:13:59,640
on our precious and yes

1485
01:14:05,270 --> 01:14:02,340
our fragile Earth

1486
01:14:08,450 --> 01:14:05,280
turning one's gaze to the Stars you can

1487
01:14:11,030 --> 01:14:08,460
feel the enormity of the universe

1488
01:14:12,590 --> 01:14:11,040
you know that we need to continue to

1489
01:14:15,110 --> 01:14:12,600
explore

1490
01:14:16,729 --> 01:14:15,120
and we need to continue it

1491
01:14:18,470 --> 01:14:16,739
in peace

1492
01:14:22,010 --> 01:14:18,480
and harmony

1493
01:14:30,050 --> 01:14:26,270
that's that's us all Preserve

1494
01:14:35,270 --> 01:14:30,060
the beauty of our planet

1495
01:14:37,550 --> 01:14:35,280
and get ready to pursue on the same ship

1496
01:14:38,470 --> 01:14:37,560
the Fantastic

1497
01:14:43,490 --> 01:14:38,480
Odyssey

1498
01:14:47,270 --> 01:14:45,770
and we are doing that

1499
01:14:49,250 --> 01:14:47,280
right now

1500
01:14:53,090 --> 01:14:49,260
on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space

1501
01:14:56,510 --> 01:14:53,100
Center is our first Artemis rocket

1502
01:14:58,610 --> 01:14:56,520
very soon we'll be launching once more

1503
01:15:00,470 --> 01:14:58,620
towards the Moon

1504
01:15:04,610 --> 01:15:00,480
NASA is working with our commercial

1505
01:15:07,550 --> 01:15:04,620
partners and international Partners to

1506
01:15:09,530 --> 01:15:07,560
establish the first long-term Presence

1507
01:15:11,149 --> 01:15:09,540
at the Moon

1508
01:15:13,550 --> 01:15:11,159
jointly

1509
01:15:16,370 --> 01:15:13,560
we will venture out into our solar

1510
01:15:20,209 --> 01:15:16,380
system to explore

1511
01:15:22,550 --> 01:15:20,219
and see and understand

1512
01:15:27,290 --> 01:15:22,560
we will do it together

1513
01:15:32,149 --> 01:15:28,790
space

1514
01:15:35,090 --> 01:15:32,159
is a peaceful place where International

1515
01:15:37,490 --> 01:15:35,100
cooperation

1516
01:15:41,030 --> 01:15:37,500
is a success

1517
01:15:42,830 --> 01:15:41,040
and this is a kind of a drug

1518
01:15:44,570 --> 01:15:42,840
just ask

1519
01:15:47,270 --> 01:15:44,580
politicians

1520
01:15:52,130 --> 01:15:47,280
why spaceships

1521
01:15:55,790 --> 01:15:52,140
such as their atmospheric colleagues

1522
01:16:00,110 --> 01:15:55,800
don't drop a flight plan

1523
01:16:01,729 --> 01:16:00,120
before flying over so many foreign

1524
01:16:06,470 --> 01:16:01,739
countries

1525
01:16:09,950 --> 01:16:06,480
sometimes not so friendly

1526
01:16:12,770 --> 01:16:09,960
thanks America

1527
01:16:14,810 --> 01:16:12,780
for your International

1528
01:16:19,130 --> 01:16:14,820
cooperation

1529
01:16:22,970 --> 01:16:21,229
and thank you

1530
01:16:27,229 --> 01:16:22,980
and thanks to all our International

1531
01:16:29,990 --> 01:16:27,239
Partners who are with us on this journey

1532
01:16:35,110 --> 01:16:30,000
and now it is my honor to introduce our

1533
01:16:35,120 --> 01:16:38,930
[Applause]

1534
01:16:43,270 --> 01:16:41,570
thank you Shannon

1535
01:16:45,830 --> 01:16:43,280
all right

1536
01:16:50,090 --> 01:16:45,840
we are going

1537
01:16:52,550 --> 01:16:50,100
now as JFK declared 60 years ago

1538
01:16:55,010 --> 01:16:52,560
we are choosing to go

1539
01:16:57,890 --> 01:16:55,020
and we're going together we're going

1540
01:17:00,890 --> 01:16:57,900
because of our unified goal and the

1541
01:17:03,470 --> 01:17:00,900
strength that comes from our diversity

1542
01:17:06,530 --> 01:17:03,480
the impact of Apollo and the achievement

1543
01:17:09,709 --> 01:17:06,540
of bold exploration goals has rippled

1544
01:17:11,750 --> 01:17:09,719
out in ways that would be impossible to

1545
01:17:14,149 --> 01:17:11,760
precisely measure

1546
01:17:17,209 --> 01:17:14,159
we not only went to the Moon

1547
01:17:19,550 --> 01:17:17,219
but we are not looking at stars form in

1548
01:17:22,610 --> 01:17:19,560
the earliest parts of our universe we're

1549
01:17:24,530 --> 01:17:22,620
flying helicopters on Mars

1550
01:17:27,649 --> 01:17:24,540
and we're using advancements in

1551
01:17:31,189 --> 01:17:27,659
technology and science to understand our

1552
01:17:36,709 --> 01:17:34,310
NASA has also changed we've moved

1553
01:17:38,149 --> 01:17:36,719
forward we're more inclusive we're more

1554
01:17:40,790 --> 01:17:38,159
diverse

1555
01:17:44,030 --> 01:17:40,800
we have a whole generation

1556
01:17:45,649 --> 01:17:44,040
a few thousand of those are here with us

1557
01:17:49,070 --> 01:17:45,659
today and they were really smart they

1558
01:17:52,689 --> 01:17:51,169
yeah anyway they're with us today

1559
01:17:55,490 --> 01:17:52,699
including

1560
01:17:58,790 --> 01:17:55,500
our next and final speaker

1561
01:18:03,050 --> 01:17:58,800
the talented and accomplished Houston

1562
01:18:06,830 --> 01:18:03,060
youth Poet Laureate Avion Hogans

1563
01:18:08,390 --> 01:18:06,840
now anyone that is 21 years old or

1564
01:18:10,729 --> 01:18:08,400
younger

1565
01:18:12,950 --> 01:18:10,739
for their entire life

1566
01:18:16,189 --> 01:18:12,960
people have been living and working

1567
01:18:18,189 --> 01:18:16,199
aboard the International Space Station

1568
01:18:22,729 --> 01:18:18,199
for them

1569
01:18:25,370 --> 01:18:22,739
Humanity as a space-bearing species is

1570
01:18:27,709 --> 01:18:25,380
just a part of what we do

1571
01:18:29,810 --> 01:18:27,719
I had the extreme Good Fortune to fly

1572
01:18:30,830 --> 01:18:29,820
four space shuttle missions as a NASA

1573
01:18:32,990 --> 01:18:30,840
astronaut

1574
01:18:33,950 --> 01:18:33,000
and I often get asked which one was my

1575
01:18:37,130 --> 01:18:33,960
favorite

1576
01:18:38,990 --> 01:18:37,140
and it and it's easy it was my last one

1577
01:18:41,689 --> 01:18:39,000
the First Assembly mission of the

1578
01:18:44,270 --> 01:18:41,699
International Space Station and and one

1579
01:18:47,030 --> 01:18:44,280
of my crewmates rice Alum Dr Jim Newman

1580
01:18:50,450 --> 01:18:47,040
is here in the audience today

1581
01:18:53,570 --> 01:18:50,460
since November 2nd of 2000

1582
01:18:55,189 --> 01:18:53,580
humans have been continually living and

1583
01:18:58,490 --> 01:18:55,199
working in space

1584
01:18:59,810 --> 01:18:58,500
that's significant it impacts the way we

1585
01:19:02,930 --> 01:18:59,820
see the world

1586
01:19:06,890 --> 01:19:02,940
it's why I always encourage people to

1587
01:19:09,169 --> 01:19:06,900
get out look up watch it Fly overhead

1588
01:19:10,910 --> 01:19:09,179
now if you missed it at 5 30 this

1589
01:19:11,990 --> 01:19:10,920
morning I doubt most of you are out

1590
01:19:17,450 --> 01:19:12,000
there

1591
01:19:20,149 --> 01:19:17,460
four-minute opportunity at 8 30 this

1592
01:19:22,970 --> 01:19:20,159
evening as it comes over Houston

1593
01:19:25,729 --> 01:19:22,980
I love to watch it pass over and know

1594
01:19:28,550 --> 01:19:25,739
that my friends are up there advancing

1595
01:19:31,430 --> 01:19:28,560
Technologies we need for the new Artemis

1596
01:19:33,530 --> 01:19:31,440
missions to the moon and Paving our way

1597
01:19:35,870 --> 01:19:33,540
to the Future

1598
01:19:37,189 --> 01:19:35,880
today's students those here with us

1599
01:19:39,350 --> 01:19:37,199
today

1600
01:19:41,750 --> 01:19:39,360
and in classrooms throughout the country

1601
01:19:45,890 --> 01:19:41,760
and around the world

1602
01:19:47,510 --> 01:19:45,900
have not seen us send people to the Moon

1603
01:19:50,930 --> 01:19:47,520
yeah

1604
01:19:53,930 --> 01:19:50,940
but they will we are going

1605
01:19:56,209 --> 01:19:53,940
we are going to explore the unknown

1606
01:19:58,430 --> 01:19:56,219
what is life like on the South Pole of

1607
01:20:00,890 --> 01:19:58,440
the moon what can we learn from the

1608
01:20:01,970 --> 01:20:00,900
formation of our own Planet by being on

1609
01:20:04,790 --> 01:20:01,980
the moon

1610
01:20:07,189 --> 01:20:04,800
how can we live further away from Earth

1611
01:20:09,110 --> 01:20:07,199
our goals are ambitious

1612
01:20:12,830 --> 01:20:09,120
it's not easy

1613
01:20:15,229 --> 01:20:12,840
but we can accomplish hard things we

1614
01:20:17,390 --> 01:20:15,239
dare Mighty things

1615
01:20:19,729 --> 01:20:17,400
we are so close to launching the first

1616
01:20:22,310 --> 01:20:19,739
Artemis Mission with our Mega Moon

1617
01:20:25,970 --> 01:20:22,320
rocket the space launch system in the

1618
01:20:27,770 --> 01:20:25,980
Orion crew capsule with four astronauts

1619
01:20:30,110 --> 01:20:27,780
we're going to put those spacecraft

1620
01:20:32,750 --> 01:20:30,120
through a rigorous Mission without crew

1621
01:20:35,930 --> 01:20:32,760
in the extreme environment of deep space

1622
01:20:37,910 --> 01:20:35,940
to prove we're ready to fly crew on the

1623
01:20:41,209 --> 01:20:37,920
Artemis 2 mission

1624
01:20:43,250 --> 01:20:41,219
on this first Artemis Mission Orion will

1625
01:20:46,010 --> 01:20:43,260
fly further from Earth than any

1626
01:20:47,630 --> 01:20:46,020
spacecraft built for humans has ever

1627
01:20:50,990 --> 01:20:47,640
flown

1628
01:20:53,209 --> 01:20:51,000
and stay in space longer without docking

1629
01:20:56,209 --> 01:20:53,219
to a space station

1630
01:20:59,090 --> 01:20:56,219
then any ship has ever done before

1631
01:21:01,910 --> 01:20:59,100
and then it will return home faster and

1632
01:21:03,830 --> 01:21:01,920
hotter than ever before

1633
01:21:07,250 --> 01:21:03,840
astronauts on their first flight aboard

1634
01:21:09,530 --> 01:21:07,260
the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II

1635
01:21:11,149 --> 01:21:09,540
will lead the way so we can lay on the

1636
01:21:14,149 --> 01:21:11,159
first woman and the first person of

1637
01:21:17,390 --> 01:21:14,159
color on the moon on Artemis 3.

1638
01:21:20,209 --> 01:21:17,400
these early missions will enable future

1639
01:21:23,209 --> 01:21:20,219
lunar surface missions preparing us to

1640
01:21:26,149 --> 01:21:23,219
send astronauts to Mars

1641
01:21:29,209 --> 01:21:26,159
you are living in an incredible time for

1642
01:21:32,930 --> 01:21:29,219
human space flight and I hope that you

1643
01:21:35,930 --> 01:21:32,940
are as excited about it as I am

1644
01:21:38,870 --> 01:21:35,940
the scientific discoveries will make

1645
01:21:41,510 --> 01:21:38,880
on these missions will enable Humanity

1646
01:21:44,510 --> 01:21:41,520
to learn more about our universe

1647
01:21:46,250 --> 01:21:44,520
and Artemis is just one part of what

1648
01:21:50,330 --> 01:21:46,260
we're doing at NASA

1649
01:21:53,030 --> 01:21:50,340
we have a place for you no matter what

1650
01:21:54,649 --> 01:21:53,040
come join us it doesn't matter what

1651
01:21:57,110 --> 01:21:54,659
you're passionate about it just matters

1652
01:22:00,709 --> 01:21:57,120
that you're passionate that's where it

1653
01:22:06,530 --> 01:22:03,910
Evian I am so looking forward to you

1654
01:22:08,810 --> 01:22:06,540
sharing your poem with us I can't wait

1655
01:22:11,330 --> 01:22:08,820
to hear what poems you're going to write

1656
01:22:13,370 --> 01:22:11,340
and compose after the first woman and

1657
01:22:15,169 --> 01:22:13,380
first person of color step down on the

1658
01:22:17,330 --> 01:22:15,179
surface of the Moon

1659
01:22:19,250 --> 01:22:17,340
so let's keep charging

1660
01:22:20,870 --> 01:22:19,260
but don't forget

1661
01:22:23,630 --> 01:22:20,880
keep looking up

1662
01:22:24,770 --> 01:22:23,640
see the stars and look for the space

1663
01:22:26,930 --> 01:22:24,780
station

1664
01:22:27,950 --> 01:22:26,940
and wave hello to those astronauts up

1665
01:22:30,350 --> 01:22:27,960
there

1666
01:22:31,610 --> 01:22:30,360
as we go to the moon and further with

1667
01:22:33,170 --> 01:22:31,620
Artemis

1668
01:22:41,390 --> 01:22:33,180
thank you

1669
01:22:42,770 --> 01:22:41,400
[Applause]

1670
01:22:46,729 --> 01:22:42,780
I want to thank all of our speakers

1671
01:22:49,970 --> 01:22:46,739
today the message is loud and clear we

1672
01:22:53,570 --> 01:22:52,070
so let us continue to encourage our

1673
01:22:56,330 --> 01:22:53,580
present and future generation of

1674
01:22:57,950 --> 01:22:56,340
explorers we know that the Curiosity of

1675
01:22:59,570 --> 01:22:57,960
curiosity and passion will help us to

1676
01:23:01,070 --> 01:22:59,580
achieve the next step in space

1677
01:23:03,050 --> 01:23:01,080
exploration

1678
01:23:05,149 --> 01:23:03,060
giving life and continuing the legacy of

1679
01:23:07,130 --> 01:23:05,159
President Kennedy's work

1680
01:23:09,350 --> 01:23:07,140
I know of no better way to close this

1681
01:23:11,030 --> 01:23:09,360
program than from a member of this the

1682
01:23:13,070 --> 01:23:11,040
Artemis generation

1683
01:23:15,890 --> 01:23:13,080
it gives me great pleasure to introduce

1684
01:23:17,930 --> 01:23:15,900
Avalon Hogans Houston's youth Poet

1685
01:23:19,910 --> 01:23:17,940
Laureate and our proud Rice University

1686
01:23:22,550 --> 01:23:19,920
freshman who will give a special

1687
01:23:27,410 --> 01:23:22,560
rendition of our poem the skyline of

1688
01:23:34,430 --> 01:23:30,110
[Applause]

1689
01:23:37,250 --> 01:23:34,440
hello my name is Avalon Hogans along

1690
01:23:39,530 --> 01:23:37,260
with being Houston's youth Poet Laureate

1691
01:23:41,149 --> 01:23:39,540
I am also a freshman here at Rice

1692
01:23:44,030 --> 01:23:41,159
University

1693
01:23:46,910 --> 01:23:44,040
I wrote a poem entitled skyline of mine

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01:23:50,090 --> 01:23:46,920
it's about Houston as a native

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01:23:53,330 --> 01:23:50,100
houstonian many things make me proud to

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01:23:55,729 --> 01:23:53,340
live here I am proud to attend the six

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01:23:58,370 --> 01:23:55,739
best school in the nation

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01:24:01,310 --> 01:23:58,380
I am proud to be here today to

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01:24:04,790 --> 01:24:01,320
commemorate such a Monumental occasion

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01:24:06,290 --> 01:24:04,800
I feel a special connection with NASA my

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01:24:09,470 --> 01:24:06,300
grandmother worked there for many years

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01:24:11,570 --> 01:24:09,480
as a government worker and even received

1703
01:24:14,450 --> 01:24:11,580
a letter from President Obama before her

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01:24:17,450 --> 01:24:14,460
retirement honoring her work at NASA

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01:24:20,630 --> 01:24:17,460
my grandmother inspires me daily to be

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resilient and to follow my dreams and I

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01:24:24,830 --> 01:24:22,699
see this also in the city of Houston

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01:24:28,189 --> 01:24:24,840
that's what's so great about Houston

1709
01:24:31,790 --> 01:24:28,199
it's full of talented hard-working

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01:24:34,910 --> 01:24:31,800
individuals who Inspire one another

1711
01:24:37,490 --> 01:24:34,920
this inspired my poem skyline of mine

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01:24:39,050 --> 01:24:37,500
which is about how the people make this

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01:24:42,050 --> 01:24:39,060
city so bright

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01:24:45,350 --> 01:24:42,060
I was born and raised here in the fourth

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01:24:47,590 --> 01:24:45,360
ward area as a shy kid who loved to

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01:24:51,410 --> 01:24:47,600
write but was scared to speak her mind

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01:24:54,050 --> 01:24:51,420
but as I got older I uncovered more and

1718
01:24:56,630 --> 01:24:54,060
more about how truly unique and

1719
01:24:57,890 --> 01:24:56,640
beautiful Houston's art and culture is

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01:25:01,030 --> 01:24:57,900
here

1721
01:25:04,910 --> 01:25:01,040
it has been impossible to deny my own

1722
01:25:07,970 --> 01:25:04,920
aspirations Houston is full of creation

1723
01:25:09,890 --> 01:25:07,980
and Innovation from the Museum District

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01:25:12,050 --> 01:25:09,900
to the med center to our own

1725
01:25:13,430 --> 01:25:12,060
neighborhoods and the stadium we're in

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01:25:16,669 --> 01:25:13,440
right now

1727
01:25:19,070 --> 01:25:16,679
I feel so proud to grown up to be a

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01:25:21,229 --> 01:25:19,080
Houston artist I hope one day I can

1729
01:25:24,350 --> 01:25:21,239
Inspire others to shine and reach for

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01:25:30,350 --> 01:25:27,169
skyline of mine

1731
01:25:32,169 --> 01:25:30,360
my heart beats along to the foot traffic

1732
01:25:34,810 --> 01:25:32,179
of downtown

1733
01:25:37,310 --> 01:25:34,820
sidewalks guide me to my potential

1734
01:25:40,370 --> 01:25:37,320
skyscrapers point me to my Limitless

1735
01:25:44,209 --> 01:25:40,380
limits I hold my head high because I'm

1736
01:25:46,790 --> 01:25:44,219
H-Town bound our culture so influential

1737
01:25:51,709 --> 01:25:46,800
paints such a beautiful and diverse

1738
01:25:55,430 --> 01:25:51,719
image my city Sparks hope my city gives

1739
01:25:58,430 --> 01:25:55,440
light my City's my only home and locally

1740
01:26:01,189 --> 01:25:58,440
made my cities my birth Riot I've seen

1741
01:26:04,129 --> 01:26:01,199
fireworks out my window I've imagined my

1742
01:26:07,070 --> 01:26:04,139
own Afro-American dream I've seen

1743
01:26:09,729 --> 01:26:07,080
Thunder out my window I've watched

1744
01:26:13,270 --> 01:26:09,739
flooded Gloom drain back to gleam

1745
01:26:16,610 --> 01:26:13,280
Houston strong we rebuilt our Legacy

1746
01:26:19,370 --> 01:26:16,620
Brick by Brick we regenerated our home

1747
01:26:21,770 --> 01:26:19,380
the days were long and dark and

1748
01:26:25,129 --> 01:26:21,780
hurricane Harvey but Houston hope

1749
01:26:28,610 --> 01:26:25,139
doesn't drown it floats the days where

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01:26:31,970 --> 01:26:28,620
long and dark last year when Texas snow

1751
01:26:35,870 --> 01:26:31,980
turned to power gone but as the freeze

1752
01:26:39,850 --> 01:26:35,880
froze over we huddled in closer leaning

1753
01:26:43,550 --> 01:26:39,860
on our community to keep us powering on

1754
01:26:47,689 --> 01:26:43,560
dressed to impress my home is the most

1755
01:26:51,410 --> 01:26:47,699
diverse in the nation Beyonce blessed my

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01:26:54,229 --> 01:26:51,420
home is the heart of aspiration but the

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01:26:57,229 --> 01:26:54,239
art is in the artist and the food is in

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01:26:59,209 --> 01:26:57,239
the cook the singer is in the song and

1759
01:27:01,970 --> 01:26:59,219
the author is in the book

1760
01:27:05,030 --> 01:27:01,980
it's the people who make this place

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01:27:08,810 --> 01:27:05,040
worth praising it's the culture that

1762
01:27:11,330 --> 01:27:08,820
makes this place so amazing who says you

1763
01:27:12,950 --> 01:27:11,340
can't see stars in the city they're

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01:27:15,649 --> 01:27:12,960
coming down the highway they're running

1765
01:27:18,530 --> 01:27:15,659
through the park who says Stars don't

1766
01:27:21,530 --> 01:27:18,540
shine as bright in the city in Houston

1767
01:27:24,350 --> 01:27:21,540
Space City nickname we can see stars and

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01:27:27,410 --> 01:27:24,360
the light ends in the dark Houston we

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01:27:30,830 --> 01:27:27,420
have a problem at our houstonians can

1770
01:27:33,410 --> 01:27:30,840
solve it home to the wisest and kindness

1771
01:27:36,410 --> 01:27:33,420
you'll ever meet shout out to the first

1772
01:27:39,350 --> 01:27:36,420
gen students at Rice University

1773
01:27:42,410 --> 01:27:39,360
growing up and living in Houston has

1774
01:27:45,169 --> 01:27:42,420
taught me so much about having pride and

1775
01:27:46,550 --> 01:27:45,179
I'm so proud to live under this Skylight

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01:27:51,630 --> 01:27:46,560
of mine

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01:27:51,640 --> 01:27:55,310
[Applause]

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01:27:59,149 --> 01:27:57,350
I actually didn't think it was possible

1779
01:28:01,250 --> 01:27:59,159
to get goosebumps in this temperature

1780
01:28:03,410 --> 01:28:01,260
but um thank you Avalon that was

1781
01:28:05,149 --> 01:28:03,420
fantastic that was a beautiful way to

1782
01:28:07,850 --> 01:28:05,159
honor the ideals and Visions for Houston

1783
01:28:09,590 --> 01:28:07,860
so before leaving the stage to the

1784
01:28:11,930 --> 01:28:09,600
rights marching out band I want to thank

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01:28:14,090 --> 01:28:11,940
you all for being our guest at this very

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01:28:16,850 --> 01:28:14,100
special celebration and to remind you

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01:28:19,430 --> 01:28:16,860
that the future in space starts with you

1788
01:28:22,820 --> 01:28:19,440
please enjoy the exhibit space and have

1789
01:28:25,300 --> 01:28:22,830
a safe journey home thank you all