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>> Hi, everybody,

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and welcome to the 2020

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NASA Student Launch Awards.

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This year, I greatly missed

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seeing you all in person

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and being able to see

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your projects and efforts

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culminate on launch day.

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I know you've all put in

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a lot of hard work,

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and I trust you

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enjoyed the project

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and learned a lot along the way.

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I'm proud that Northrop Grumman

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has continued to be

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the premier corporate sponsor

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of Student Launch

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for 13 years now.

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And it's been my great privilege

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to participate in many

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rocket fairs and launch events.

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It's really an exciting time

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to partner with NASA

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as we look forward

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to the first launch of NASA's

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space launch system,

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the heavy lift rocket,

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and the Orion Spacecraft.

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It'll happen next year.

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This first launch, Artemis I,

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paves the way for Americans

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to have boots on the moon

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in 2024.

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In preparation for that

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first flight, Northrop Grumman

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is shipping our booster segments

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to Kennedy Space Center

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where they'll be processed

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and stacked into the twin

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five segment boosters

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that will provide more than 75%

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of the initial thrust

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for the rocket's escape

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from Earth's gravity.

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The core stage of the rocket

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is at Stennis

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and is in preparation

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for green run testing

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that's critical to

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this first launch.

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The Orion spacecraft returned

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to Kennedy after completing

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environmental testing

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at Plumbrook Station

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back in March.

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It is nearly ready to

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go into storage until

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the core stage is ready.

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Now having participated

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in the NASA Student Launch,

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you're very familiar with

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what it takes to design,

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to manufacture,

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and to launch a rocket.

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And you know there are many

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steps and setbacks as you go.

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There's a lot of learning,

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making changes

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and sometimes even going

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back to the drawing board.

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This competition

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has provided you with

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a lot of experiences

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that will serve you well

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regardless of the career

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you plan to explore.

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I would encourage you

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to take the lessons

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that you've learned

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along the way and use them

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in your life as you go forward

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to do great things.

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Remember that whether your path

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is to be a rocket scientist,

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an astronaut,

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an engineer or something

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completely unrelated,

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what matters most is that

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you enjoy what you're doing.

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Find the thing you enjoy

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the most, where your passion is,

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and work to become

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the best at it and do that

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one thing with passion.

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The rest will follow.

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I congratulate you

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on completing your project

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for the NASA Student Launch.

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It's challenging enough

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in the best of times,

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and ever more so

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during the unique times

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we're living in now.

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Congratulations, good luck,

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and I wish you

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the very, very best

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in your future endeavors.

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>> The Vehicle Design Award

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is given to the team

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with the most creative,

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innovative and well-constructed

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overall vehicle design

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for their intended payload,

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while still maximizing

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safety and efficiency.

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Here are our winners.

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Third place, University

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of North Carolina, Charlotte.

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Second place,

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the University of Florida,

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Gainesville, Florida.

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And in first place,

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Vanderbilt University

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of Nashville, Tennessee.

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Vanderbilt iterated their design

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to a precise and refined product

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justifying their decisions

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with a wealth of analysis

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and testing, both computer-aided

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and simulation.

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The team provided

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accurate and thorough

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computer-aided design models

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which clearly showed

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how the different systems,

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subsystems and components

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integrated together.

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This team used the fundamentals

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of rocket science to design

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and construct a vehicle

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that performed as designed