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Welcome

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and thank you for being here today
to honor the people who paid

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the ultimate sacrifice
in the pursuit of space exploration.

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Today we remember the Apollo one,

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the challenger STS 51 L

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and the Columbia STS 107 crews

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and all other fallen
members of the NASA family.

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It is important for us to reflect
on the vast scope of our work

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to remind ourselves
of what it really means to work at NASA.

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We make the impossible possible
and break exploration barriers

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beyond the Earth and towards the stars.

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For those of you like me who have been
a part of Marshall or NASA's long enough,

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you've experienced
both the ultimate joy of mission success

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and the tragic consequences of failure.

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Just like me,
I'm sure many of you can remember

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where you were when you heard the
news about these tragedies.

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These heartbreaks are imperative
to remember

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and be used as a motivation
to prevent them from happening again.

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January 27th marks

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the 25th anniversary of the Apollo
one accident.

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All three astronauts
Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee

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perished in a cabin fire
during a launch rehearsal test.

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The fallen from the Apollo, the Challenger
and the Columbia all have places forever

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in our hearts and our solemn reminders
of what is at stake.

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With risk comes
the responsibility to honor what we lost,

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but also learn
from the mistakes of the past.

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They are why we are committed to vigilance
and safety.

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one of my points of emphasis
for the management team

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at Marshall is risk leadership
because nothing

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worthwhile is accomplished
without taking risk.

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It is our job at NASA to leap into
the unknown of our own mission discovery.

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We have the courage to make the jump.

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But first,
we must make the risk as small as possible

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and then we go forward as we

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prepare for a new era of space exploration
with the upcoming

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launch of the Space
Launch System on the Artemus one mission.

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Now is the time to recommit ourselves
to safety and excellence.

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We will never forget the courage
it takes or the lives

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given in the name of space exploration.

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We not only honor and remember
our fallen astronauts, but the many others

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who have dedicated their lives to space
exploration and have lost their lives.

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We recognize their sacrifices
and accomplishments,

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which have propelled us to the
amazing place we are today.

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Thank you for

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joining us on this day of remembrance,
honoring those

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that we have lost in the name of learning,

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exploring and science.

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Hi, I'm Bill Hill
and the safety and mission

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assurance director
here at the Marshall Space Flight Center

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today, this day of remembrance.

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So we take time to reflect
on those who we've lost and

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in our years of human spaceflight.

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And then consider what each of us can do

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to minimize the potential

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that something like what has occurred
and at least three of the major accidents

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to prevent that from recurring.

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You know, we lost some good people.

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We all realize that we work,

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that our astronauts
work in a very unforgiving environment,

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but we strive to minimize

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the risk imposed on our astronauts

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as they work in space,
or it's soon on the surface of the Moon.

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So on this day, I ask that

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each of you continue to dedicate yourself
to paying attention, to detail,

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to do what's right

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and if it's not right,
say something and stop what you're doing

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and take a step back
and make sure we can do it right.

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Make sure we can

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get our have our astronauts
in the best position that we can.

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You know, our job is to identify
and minimize risk, and each of you

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should be in that in that position
or doing that kind of job.

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And in doing that,
we've got to stay curious.

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We've always got to stay curious.

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We always have to ask ourselves,
why did that do that?

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And if it doesn't seem right, just,
you know,

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work on it until we figure out what
what it is, what's affecting

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what our outcome is that we didn't expect.

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We should have some unease
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We should be constantly

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uneasy about,
well, is this is this good enough?

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And and we should ask ourselves that.

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And most of all, we should continue

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to openly communicate

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and be transparent
about everything that we do.

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So again,
I thank you all for doing what you do.

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This is a great team
here at the Marshall Space Flight Center.

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So just take some time today
and think about

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how can you best

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improve our safety stance
from what you do every day?

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And with that, I thank you
and have a good day.

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Today is the annual day of Remembrance,

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a day for the NASA family to come together
to remember those who gave their lives

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in pursuit of exploration knowledge
and a better future for humanity.

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We solemnly remember the crews of Apollo,
one challenger and Columbia

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and all of those who have lost their lives
so others could reach the stars .

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Thank you. You will never be forgotten.

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Today, we remember the crew of Apollo one.

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Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom.

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Edward Higgins White the second

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and Roger Bruce Chaffee.

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We also remember the crew of the Space

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Shuttle Challenger.

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Ellison Shoji Onizuka

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Sharon, Christa McAuliffe.

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Gregory Bruce Jarvis.

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Judith Arlene Resnik.

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Michael John Smith.

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Francis Richard Scobee.

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And Ronald Ervin McNair.

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And we remember the crew

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of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

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Rick Douglas Husband.

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William Cameron McCool

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Philip Anderson,

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David McDowell, Brown.

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Kalpana "KC" Chawla,

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Laurel Blair, Salton Clark.

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Ilan Ramon.

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We remember and honor

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all these brave women and men,
along with all others

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who dedicated their lives
to the cause of exploration and discovery.

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Please join us for a moment of silence
as we honor

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these fallen heroes and all other
passing members of our NASA family.

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This concludes today's day of