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a lot of natural uh not for students yet

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hey hey hey hey did anybody have any fun

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Hey listen there's a lot of folks

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standing on the sides and there are a

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few seats that were for our sponsors

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that were going to allow some folks to

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sit in but we want to be respectful of

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our seasoned uh folks who may have some

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trouble standing for long periods of

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time and so before we fill them in with

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students let's first fill them in with

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some of uh the parents or some of the uh

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my I got to be careful here seasoned

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who who may need a seat so if you are if

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you fall into that category come on down

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and we will get you a seat right up here

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no seasoned individuals because we're

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going to fill them in with anybody okay

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hold on let me just give it a little bit

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more time yes you got a couple more

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and by the way we can fill in the holes

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next to you raise your hand

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okay y'all feel free to fill those in

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sure that you're comfortable so again if

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you have an empty seat next to you

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please raise your hand

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I see one right here so y'all fill in

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aisles you guys have to be real careful

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sure anyone okay so now anyone who needs

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good evening and welcome to the awards

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ceremony for NASA's 2023 human

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exploration Rover challenge my name is

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Marty Schaefer and I'm the director of

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communications at NASA's Marshall space

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flight center

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on behalf of NASA's office of stem

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engagement the Marshall space flight

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center and all of our partners

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congratulations to each one of you we're

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very proud of your accomplishments

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it's now my pleasure to introduce our

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first distinguished speaker

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she has received the NASA silver

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Achievement medal the NASA outstanding

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leadership medal she is a proud graduate

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of the University of Tennessee in

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Knoxville where she earned her

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bachelor's degree in electrical

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associate director of Marshall space

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flight center Ms Rayanne Meyer

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I am Ryan Myers Marty said associate

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director at Marshall space flight center

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is that feedback

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okay get back on behalf of NASA and the

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I am privileged to be at this award

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ceremony for the NASA's 29th

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human exploration Rover challenge

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I'd like to thank you all for

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participating in this year's event

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for students and competitors who put in

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so much hard work and persevered through

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the challenge of getting your Rovers

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ready for the competition

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an army of about 300 volunteers that

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made this event possible

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and everyone at Nasa Marshall and the

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U.S station Rocket Center and our many

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corporate sponsors for supporting this

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event year after year

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the Rover challenge is a lot of fun for

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but it's finished much more than just

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having a great time and even winning

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it's about successful teamwork and

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problem solving

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it's about expiring the Next Generation

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the Artemis generation to become the

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building the Next Generation stem

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watching you Andrew Rovers take on the

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challenge and this source with Talent

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resilience

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and a competitive Spirit lets me know

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that our industry will be in good hands

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in the future

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in November we launched

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the most powerful rocket ever built

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they report cards after school

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and it was a Flawless mission

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the successful launch of Artemis one

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signified a new chapter in space flight

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a chapter Marshall and Alabama are

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Alabama by way of the space launched is

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some Rockets and the human Landing

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system will lead our nation return to

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the moon and put Mars and destinations

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I'd like to share a video that I think

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I have to say I'm just a little

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emotional after seeing that video

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um watching the launch brings back just

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incredible memories

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but it's just equally emotional is

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seeing um all of you here who are truly

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so Artemis one was just the first in

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additions that will lead to a sustained

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presence on the main

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we're doing this to benefit all Humanity

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and inspiring future Generations

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Artemis one was a test flight and based

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on its outstanding performance we feel

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confident sending humans into space on

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the SOS records for artists to and

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month we announced four astronauts will

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be aboard artist too

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for for our first crude on this mission

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the historic Mission will send the first

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woman and the first person of color to

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Harvest two will break barriers and pave

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the way for future lunar circus missions

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sustained presence on the moon and

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what we strive to do at Nasa every day

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the universe than ever before to the

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thank you guys for being here

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our next speaker is a leader in stem

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presidential appointment at National at

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NASA headquarters he has since earned

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NASA's exceptional Achievement medal and

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NASA's silver Achievement medal he

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graduated from the historic Morgan State

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University where he received a

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bachelor's degree in political science

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please welcome the director of NASA's

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office of stem engagement for the

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Southeast region of the United States Mr

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um so I asked you all earlier if you had

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fun and I got a little

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it sounded like it was a little bit of

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fun I couldn't quite tell so I'm gonna

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ask you again let's see if I can get we

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can get this right did you have fun over

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hey um if you learn something new over

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the last few days let me hear you

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if you shared something new with someone

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that is what this this whole few days is

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all about right we are we want you to

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learn the engineering design principles

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we want you to meet the expectations but

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we also want you to come here and have

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some fun and so I'm glad to hear that we

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were successful at least in that regard

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you're not here to hear hear me talk uh

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you want to hear who won these Awards

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all right but you got to put up with me

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for just one minute here because I want

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to give you a couple of thank yous

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there are a few thank yous that I need

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to do and I appreciate y'all humoring me

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students that participated in this event

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if you're a student that participated in

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listen I want to thank you all for all

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the hard work that you put in studying

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the challenge guide and designing your

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Rovers and then redesigning your Rovers

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right and um having experiences and

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challenges and maybe a little bit

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teamwork Dynamics and arguments

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somewhere along the way you stuck it you

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stuck it out and you you forced your way

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through that and I want to thank you all

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for that so I'm very grateful for each

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of you uh and I want to tell you that

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what you did along the way is you

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professionals who day to day get bogged

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that it's all about you it's all about

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putting those Smiles on your faces and

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seeing the looks that you all had in

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just the the level of effort that you

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put in it inspires us and keeps us going

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so I want to say thank you to you first

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if you are a faculty member a mentor

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this is this is tough stuff right

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this is tough stuff to support

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um it is hard work and I need to tell

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you that you all are appreciated I want

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to say thank you to you all because we

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know the level of effort that you have

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to put in to make this thing a reality

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Rocket Center for all of their hard work

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professionals that were at the center of

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this effort from the very beginning

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and they probably they don't know this

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but I'm going to ask each one of them to

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stand and come forward so you all can

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see the faces of the people who put in a

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lot of what probably felt like Blood

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Sweat and Tears to make this thing

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names so this activity was led by three

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project leads first it was Miranda Fike

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I don't know if she is here then Dr

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vermitra Alexander

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she's here

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come on up front come right on up front

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so they can see you that's right and

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then uh by Kelly Martin Rivers so please

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we we've got an amazing team of

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contractors that work closely with us uh

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on the Guardians of Honor contract and

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they have been killing it for us and so

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is Catherine Shelton here

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come on out come on over

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all right yeah

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uh Chris Jordan has been critical he's

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been the technical expertise it's Chris

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here where's Chris come on out

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you all may not have seen this person as

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much because she was hailing all the

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critical components of the volunteers

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and other pieces but Amy McDowell is Amy

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Kelly Kelly

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make sure I don't forget anybody we have

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someone who came in she is the um Rover

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uh expert and she retired four years ago

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and we pulled her out of retirement to

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help make this a reality Miss Deidre

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Williams please come over

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she's on my list

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we've got an intern that probably felt

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like she was doing two people's

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full-time jobs Miss Aaliyah please come

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where is Zach Zach is the safety lead

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y'all remember Zach y'all remember Zach

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where is that

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Zach's not here let me tell you

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something we wore Zach out I think we

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wore him out he's probably getting a

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little bit of rest okay and um one more

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person to come on uh where's Chris Blair

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if you haven't seen Chris already he's a

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person that's been coordinating all of

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the communications efforts the

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interviews all of that Communications

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work Chris Blair has been pulling that

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together so anyway let me just say

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quickly this is the team that helped

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make this happen for you

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all right all right now if before you

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all leave if if there are any NASA

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volunteers this Army of volunteers that

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Rayanne talked about 300 plus covering

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all kinds of obstacles are there any

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volunteers from NASA retirees current

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NASA employees if you are here NASA

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employees or contractors who worked

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obstacles throughout this weekend if

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yeah

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special shout out to the pit crew does

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anybody did anybody have to use the pit

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listen does that pit crew rock or what

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man I mean that is they're amazing all

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right

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about the awards that's all I have I

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just want to say thank you to each of

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you all and want to let you know that we

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are looking forward to you all

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participating next year the last thing a

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mentor of mine told me that if you have

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a microphone and you want to do

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something impactful leave the audience

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with some kind of a charge or an ask so

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my ask to you the students are if you

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think this is Meaningful to you if it

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matters and you believe that you had a

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meaningful experience when you go back

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to your schools grab a first-year

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student grab a freshman talk to them

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about what you did today or this these

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last few days and Inspire them to get

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involved in human exploration Rover

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[Applause]

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thank you and I look forward to seeing

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all right just one more thing and then

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we'll get to the part that y'all want to

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get to we want to recognize and thank

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our many sponsors their continued

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support makes this event possible

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each sponsor hopes to inspire you to

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pursue stem-related careers and to

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continue being Champions and Advocates

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of Education please join me in giving

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them a round of applause for their

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support

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all right let's get to the fun part

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we're going to commence with the award

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presentations for NASA's 2023 human

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exploration Rover challenge but first

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we're going to do a bit of housekeeping

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so once a winning team is announced

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please walk slowly down the stairs we

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got a lot of folks on the stairs and I

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don't want anybody to fall or get hurt

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please position yourselves over by the

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banners for a team photo but send one

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member to collect the award

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after your team photo has been taken

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please walk slowly back to your seats

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all right

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our first awards are sponsored by our

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amazing industry and Community Partners

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so our first award will be the

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featherweight award

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this award is presented to just one team

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and the winner of the 2023 featherweight

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the featherweight award is honoring Mr

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Ron creel Ron is an original Pioneer of

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the Apollo lunar Rovers and one of our

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early supporters for this competition

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weight management and weight reduction

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are critical in space exploration this

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award is presented to the team best

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addressing and meeting weight

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minimization the award team with the

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highest score divided by the lowest

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[Applause]

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our next award is the Jeff Norris and

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Joe Sexton pit crew award this award is

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selected by the NASA pit crew it's

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awarded to one team from each division

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we would like to recognize the family of

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Jeff Norris who are with us today for

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this inaugural Memorial award thank you

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the winner

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of the 2023 pit crew award in the High

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School Division is

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[Applause]

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the Jeff Norris and Joe Sexton pit crew

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award is presented by Michael Frazier

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associate director for technical

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management engineering directorate at

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Nasa Marshall the pit crew award is

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presented to the top high school and

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college team demonstrating extraordinary

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creativity enthusiasm and team spirit

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[Applause]

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the winner of the 2023 pit crew award in

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the college University division is

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Instituto espresso lizado de

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estudiosuporius superioris Loyola

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[Applause]

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the NASA pit crew team voted to

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determine the award recipients each

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award consists of a custom plaque made

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from Aerospace grade aluminum alloy and

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a 500 cash prize special thanks to our

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industry partner shape Fidelity

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providing world-class Manufacturing

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Services to our NASA team and for

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[Applause]

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all right

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our next award is the safety award

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safety is Paramount in all NASA

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activities

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the winner of the 2023 safety award and

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a 500 cash prize in the High School

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Division is

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the safety award is sponsored by the

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American Institute of Aeronautics and

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astronautics it is presented by Alan

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Lowry vice president of aiaa Greater

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Huntsville the safety award recognizes

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teams best demonstrating a comprehensive

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approach to safety as it relates to

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their vehicle to their personnel and to

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operations this includes safety reviews

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and personal Hazard analysis and failure

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[Applause]

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all right in the college and university

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division the winner of the 2023 safety

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award and 500 cash prize is Texas Tech

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[Applause]

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the next award is the most improved

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performance award this award is

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presented to one team from both

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divisions

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the winner of the most improved

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performance award and a 250 dollar cash

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prize in the High School Division is

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Escambia High School

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[Music]

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the most improved performance award is

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sponsored by Jacob's space exploration

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group and is presented by Jeff hars Vice

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President and program manager a critical

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function of the engineering design

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process is continual Improvement this is

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demonstrated by teams making critical

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adjustments and enhancements between

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[Applause]

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the winner of the most improved

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performance award in a 250 dollar cash

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prize in the college University division

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is

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Instituto technological de Santo Domingo

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foreign

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next up is the infamous Crash and Burn

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it is awarded to only one team from both

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divisions

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the winner of the 2023 Crash and Burn

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award is technologico De Monterey

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Cuernavaca

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[Applause]

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the crash and burn award is presented by

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Tom Hancock the president of kids in

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space and our long-standing supporter

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the crash and burn award does not

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celebrate failure it celebrates agility

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flexibility and what we can learn and

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improve on in order to be successful

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later the words of Thomas Martin

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embodied this concept when he said some

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of the best Minds in Aerospace have

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thank you

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if you would please join me in a round

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of applause for our partners for

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sponsoring these Awards

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all right next up is the spirit award

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and is awarded to one team from both

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the winner of the 2023 Spirit award in

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the High School Division is

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[Applause]

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the spirit award is a peer award it was

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voted on by each of you our students

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here today it represents

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[Music]

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the spirit award represents dedication

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positive attitude and teamwork during

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the on-site events

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our next award is the social media award

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this award is presented to one team from

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both divisions this year's 2023 social

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media Award winner in the High School

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Division is Young Tinker Educational

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Foundation

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[Applause]

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the social media award highlights the

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importance of communication social media

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platforms allow students to share

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progress with NASA but also to inform

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and educate the public to engage others

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interested in stem topics and to inspire

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the Next Generation

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this year's 2023 social media Award

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winner in the college University

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division is Kia group of institutions

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[Applause]

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our next award is the stem engagement

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award it's presented again to one team

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from both divisions

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this year's 2023 stem engagement award

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in the height winner in the High School

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[Applause]

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the stem engagement award is awarded to

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teams demonstrating great success

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engaging and educating students and the

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public teams are asked to conduct

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Hands-On instructional stem activities

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with at least 200 participants in person

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or online

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this year's stem engagement Award winner

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in the college University division goes

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to

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[Applause]

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our next award is the project review

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award it's awarded again to one team

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this year's High School Division project

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review Award winner is

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The Academy of Arts career and

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the project review award recognizes

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excellence in the reports required

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throughout the year winning teams

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00:54:50,809 --> 00:54:48,480
display growth and Improvement of their

568
00:54:53,750 --> 00:54:50,819
plan from October until the on-site

569
00:54:55,190 --> 00:54:53,760
event teams identify and improve aspects

570
00:54:57,710 --> 00:54:55,200
of their plan from design and

571
00:55:31,549 --> 00:54:57,720
construction to safety mitigation as

572
00:55:31,559 --> 00:55:35,390
foreign

573
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:45,049
[Applause]

574
00:55:49,490 --> 00:55:47,450
the winner of the project review award

575
00:55:50,809 --> 00:55:49,500
in the college and university division

576
00:55:53,329 --> 00:55:50,819
is

577
00:56:49,630 --> 00:55:53,339
burla Institute of Technology and

578
00:56:49,640 --> 00:57:08,030
[Applause]

579
00:57:14,210 --> 00:57:11,150
next up is the Phoenix award again

580
00:57:17,569 --> 00:57:14,220
awarded to one team from both divisions

581
00:57:19,730 --> 00:57:17,579
the winner of the 2023 Phoenix award in

582
00:57:29,220 --> 00:57:19,740
the High School Division is

583
00:57:32,339 --> 00:57:32,329
[Applause]

584
00:57:36,410 --> 00:57:34,730
the Phoenix award recognizes teams who

585
00:57:38,030 --> 00:57:36,420
have raised their scores with the

586
00:57:40,010 --> 00:57:38,040
greatest improvement from the design

587
00:57:42,109 --> 00:57:40,020
review to the operational Readiness

588
00:57:44,990 --> 00:57:42,119
review they've applied the feedback

589
00:57:47,030 --> 00:57:45,000
given by NASA experts to their plan they

590
00:57:49,549 --> 00:57:47,040
improve their overall understanding of

591
00:57:51,890 --> 00:57:49,559
the engineering design process and

592
00:58:20,350 --> 00:57:51,900
they've demonstrated growth in overall

593
00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:31,849
[Applause]

594
00:58:38,089 --> 00:58:34,190
in the college and university division

595
00:58:42,670 --> 00:58:38,099
the winner of the 2023 Phoenix award

596
00:59:49,549 --> 00:59:42,070
[Applause]

597
00:59:55,430 --> 00:59:52,670
our next award is the Ingenuity award it

598
00:59:58,910 --> 00:59:55,440
is presented to one team only

599
01:00:00,730 --> 00:59:58,920
this year's winner of the 2023 Ingenuity

600
01:00:03,289 --> 01:00:00,740
award is

601
01:00:24,289 --> 01:00:03,299
technologico de monster Monterey

602
01:00:28,730 --> 01:00:26,569
the Ingenuity award is given to the team

603
01:00:31,250 --> 01:00:28,740
who has impressed NASA with distinctive

604
01:00:33,829 --> 01:00:31,260
Ingenuity regardless of their division

605
01:00:35,990 --> 01:00:33,839
it's critical we approach complex

606
01:01:20,089 --> 01:00:36,000
engineering problems in unique and

607
01:01:34,549 --> 01:01:21,600
foreign

608
01:01:39,410 --> 01:01:37,430
the next award recognizes success for

609
01:01:42,770 --> 01:01:39,420
the task challenge it's awarded to one

610
01:01:44,270 --> 01:01:42,780
team from both divisions the 2023 task

611
01:01:47,630 --> 01:01:44,280
challenge award in the High School

612
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:47,640
Division goes to Academy of Arts careers

613
01:01:54,090 --> 01:01:59,450
[Applause]

614
01:02:03,589 --> 01:02:01,789
the task challenge award is given to the

615
01:02:06,589 --> 01:02:03,599
team in each division who best

616
01:02:08,930 --> 01:02:06,599
demonstrates a multi-tool design for the

617
01:02:11,089 --> 01:02:08,940
liquid sample retrieval task

618
01:02:13,069 --> 01:02:11,099
testing tools on Earth helps improve

619
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:13,079
processes for our future Artemis

620
01:02:49,770 --> 01:02:58,069
[Applause]

621
01:03:03,770 --> 01:03:00,829
the 2023 task challenge award for the

622
01:03:05,870 --> 01:03:03,780
college and university division goes to

623
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:05,880
Owensboro Community and Technical

624
01:04:34,250 --> 01:04:24,140
[Applause]

625
01:04:39,230 --> 01:04:36,289
we're now going to move on and announce

626
01:04:40,849 --> 01:04:39,240
the overall winners for the 2023 season

627
01:04:43,430 --> 01:04:40,859
in both high school and college

628
01:04:45,170 --> 01:04:43,440
University divisions

629
01:04:48,289 --> 01:04:45,180
our third place winner in the High

630
01:06:14,990 --> 01:04:48,299
School Division is Escola estaduo de

631
01:06:20,150 --> 01:06:16,970
our third place winner in the college

632
01:07:49,820 --> 01:06:20,160
and university division is Ohio Northern

633
01:07:49,830 --> 01:07:56,390
[Music]

634
01:08:01,609 --> 01:07:58,970
all right the second place winning team

635
01:09:05,889 --> 01:08:01,619
in the High School Division is Parish

636
01:09:05,899 --> 01:09:22,490
[Music]

637
01:09:27,709 --> 01:09:24,769
in the college and university division

638
01:09:29,870 --> 01:09:27,719
the second place winning team is

639
01:10:39,050 --> 01:09:29,880
Owensboro Technical and Community

640
01:10:43,850 --> 01:10:41,390
all right our final Awards I'd like to

641
01:10:46,130 --> 01:10:43,860
thank Mr Jeff hars who's come back up to

642
01:10:48,830 --> 01:10:46,140
the stage the vice president and program

643
01:10:50,570 --> 01:10:48,840
manager with Jacob's space exploration

644
01:10:51,590 --> 01:10:50,580
group who will be helping to hand these

645
01:10:53,270 --> 01:10:51,600
out

646
01:10:55,550 --> 01:10:53,280
and now

647
01:10:58,430 --> 01:10:55,560
it is my distinct pleasure to announce

648
01:11:02,689 --> 01:10:58,440
the winner of the High School Division

649
01:11:03,830 --> 01:11:02,699
for NASA's 2023 human exploration Rover

650
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:03,840
challenge

651
01:11:09,930 --> 01:13:04,070
[Music]

652
01:13:08,090 --> 01:13:05,810
and the winner

653
01:13:11,930 --> 01:13:08,100
of the college and university division

654
01:13:14,149 --> 01:13:11,940
for NASA's 2023 human exploration Rover

655
01:15:28,610 --> 01:13:14,159
challenge is

656
01:15:33,050 --> 01:15:31,010
we'd like to say congratulations to all

657
01:15:34,970 --> 01:15:33,060
of the the teams who participated as

658
01:15:37,790 --> 01:15:34,980
well as the parents Educators and

659
01:15:39,830 --> 01:15:37,800
mentors your effort and dedication has

660
01:15:40,550 --> 01:15:39,840
not gone unnoticed let's give everyone a

661
01:15:41,190 --> 01:15:40,560
round of applause

662
01:15:51,530 --> 01:15:41,200
[Applause]

663
01:15:59,470 --> 01:15:53,750
it's now my pleasure to welcome for our

664
01:16:05,689 --> 01:16:02,390
[Applause]

665
01:16:06,590 --> 01:16:05,699
what an amazing three days we've had

666
01:16:09,830 --> 01:16:06,600
together

667
01:16:13,550 --> 01:16:09,840
what an amazing year you've had coming

668
01:16:15,430 --> 01:16:13,560
back to hurt live after four years

669
01:16:18,410 --> 01:16:15,440
when we were talking about this event

670
01:16:22,910 --> 01:16:18,420
and the fact that we had to cancel it so

671
01:16:27,530 --> 01:16:22,920
suddenly in March of 2020 just one month

672
01:16:29,870 --> 01:16:27,540
before we were set to to ride here we

673
01:16:32,570 --> 01:16:29,880
had to make a quick decision when the

674
01:16:35,570 --> 01:16:32,580
world was in such turmoil and indecision

675
01:16:39,470 --> 01:16:35,580
we had International Teams who were

676
01:16:41,810 --> 01:16:39,480
prepared to come and needed visas and

677
01:16:44,570 --> 01:16:41,820
had very other tight time constraints

678
01:16:48,590 --> 01:16:44,580
and we made a decision that we felt was

679
01:16:50,510 --> 01:16:48,600
the safest for everyone concerned and as

680
01:16:52,370 --> 01:16:50,520
life played out it was the right

681
01:16:53,810 --> 01:16:52,380
decision at the time and so we're glad

682
01:16:56,689 --> 01:16:53,820
that we made it

683
01:16:59,330 --> 01:16:56,699
when we think about this year we think

684
01:17:03,410 --> 01:16:59,340
about the fact that as students

685
01:17:06,050 --> 01:17:03,420
the only student who could have had a

686
01:17:07,810 --> 01:17:06,060
prior herc experience would have been a

687
01:17:12,130 --> 01:17:07,820
student who was on a high school team

688
01:17:15,590 --> 01:17:12,140
and then migrated to a college team for

689
01:17:17,810 --> 01:17:15,600
2023. do we have any student in the

690
01:17:21,410 --> 01:17:17,820
building who was on a high school team

691
01:17:23,689 --> 01:17:21,420
and competed her before and then is here

692
01:17:44,149 --> 01:17:23,699
now in a college or university team if

693
01:17:49,610 --> 01:17:46,250
I count five

694
01:17:53,870 --> 01:17:49,620
and that is an amazing amazing

695
01:17:56,330 --> 01:17:53,880
dedication and a show of resilience that

696
01:18:05,030 --> 01:17:56,340
deserves an award and Applause all its

697
01:18:10,310 --> 01:18:07,610
we want to thank again the U.S Space and

698
01:18:13,070 --> 01:18:10,320
Rocket Center for providing us excellent

699
01:18:14,930 --> 01:18:13,080
facilities uh the race was in a new

700
01:18:17,510 --> 01:18:14,940
location most of you don't even know

701
01:18:19,310 --> 01:18:17,520
that but it was a new race a new course

702
01:18:20,810 --> 01:18:19,320
and a new place

703
01:18:22,550 --> 01:18:20,820
um and we've we've done a lot of

704
01:18:24,950 --> 01:18:22,560
adjusting and changing for that we

705
01:18:28,490 --> 01:18:24,960
changed the race itself not race the

706
01:18:30,470 --> 01:18:28,500
challenge itself to incorporate uh

707
01:18:34,910 --> 01:18:30,480
design reviews and design plans project

708
01:18:38,689 --> 01:18:34,920
plans and try to increase the rigor and

709
01:18:41,330 --> 01:18:38,699
try to increase the focus on not only

710
01:18:43,490 --> 01:18:41,340
mechanical capability but design

711
01:18:44,689 --> 01:18:43,500
capability and showing us what you've

712
01:18:47,209 --> 01:18:44,699
got here

713
01:18:49,250 --> 01:18:47,219
and here and I think that all of you all

714
01:18:50,930 --> 01:18:49,260
have done that it was so amazing to

715
01:18:55,130 --> 01:18:50,940
watch you go out on the course

716
01:18:58,729 --> 01:18:55,140
and persevere push through come back fix

717
01:19:01,729 --> 01:18:58,739
it ask a lot of questions seek help and

718
01:19:03,530 --> 01:19:01,739
assistance from the teams around you or

719
01:19:05,570 --> 01:19:03,540
teams that you had already connected

720
01:19:07,910 --> 01:19:05,580
with and networked with and then go back

721
01:19:09,950 --> 01:19:07,920
out and run it again and what I love

722
01:19:11,930 --> 01:19:09,960
more than anything else was how no

723
01:19:15,470 --> 01:19:11,940
matter what happened

724
01:19:18,050 --> 01:19:15,480
there was a team to help a team in every

725
01:19:19,910 --> 01:19:18,060
single situation one particular

726
01:19:22,310 --> 01:19:19,920
situation that stands out we had a

727
01:19:25,370 --> 01:19:22,320
medical uh Challenge on the field at one

728
01:19:26,930 --> 01:19:25,380
point in time and without missing a Beat

729
01:19:29,510 --> 01:19:26,940
Texas Tech

730
01:19:31,550 --> 01:19:29,520
helped that team from Singapore to

731
01:19:44,330 --> 01:19:31,560
address their needs their concerns and

732
01:19:48,050 --> 01:19:46,310
and I also discovered that not only are

733
01:19:50,030 --> 01:19:48,060
you all stem students but a whole lot of

734
01:19:52,010 --> 01:19:50,040
you are studying to be EMTs on the side

735
01:19:55,010 --> 01:19:52,020
and everything else so I got a lot of

736
01:19:56,689 --> 01:19:55,020
medical uh uh information coming in at

737
01:19:59,090 --> 01:19:56,699
me for that one

738
01:20:01,189 --> 01:19:59,100
um I just want to keep it brief and and

739
01:20:04,310 --> 01:20:01,199
really say thank you for coming out and

740
01:20:08,209 --> 01:20:04,320
making our 29th human exploration Rover

741
01:20:10,610 --> 01:20:08,219
challenge so exciting so successful uh

742
01:20:12,229 --> 01:20:10,620
so rejuvenating and inspiring for us as

743
01:20:14,330 --> 01:20:12,239
the herc team

744
01:20:16,310 --> 01:20:14,340
I want to remind you that next year is

745
01:20:19,010 --> 01:20:16,320
the 30th

746
01:20:22,250 --> 01:20:19,020
there'll be a little some little special

747
01:20:26,870 --> 01:20:22,260
surprises for that but also we want to

748
01:20:30,050 --> 01:20:26,880
see you all back here so strong ready

749
01:20:32,750 --> 01:20:30,060
your planning will start in August or or

750
01:20:34,970 --> 01:20:32,760
maybe you never stop I don't know but we

751
01:20:38,330 --> 01:20:34,980
hope to see you all back here next year

752
01:20:39,770 --> 01:20:38,340
at this time a couple housekeeping as we

753
01:20:43,370 --> 01:20:39,780
leave

754
01:20:46,189 --> 01:20:43,380
first I need to ask you as you exit the

755
01:20:48,890 --> 01:20:46,199
building to please exit this room

756
01:20:51,950 --> 01:20:48,900
by the front there is another event

757
01:20:54,649 --> 01:20:51,960
going on in the Davidson center it's a

758
01:20:56,570 --> 01:20:54,659
prom and they happen to be getting ready

759
01:20:58,850 --> 01:20:56,580
for it and arriving back there so if you

760
01:21:01,490 --> 01:20:58,860
can exit this way that would be great

761
01:21:04,010 --> 01:21:01,500
and let them have their experience some

762
01:21:05,689 --> 01:21:04,020
of you all are like prom what's prom I

763
01:21:08,570 --> 01:21:05,699
miss prom because I was out of school

764
01:21:13,189 --> 01:21:08,580
for three years so I get it but they're

765
01:21:13,199 --> 01:21:16,790
yeah I'm a teacher

766
01:21:21,490 --> 01:21:19,669
the second thing as you exit on the

767
01:21:25,430 --> 01:21:21,500
table against the wall to your left

768
01:21:27,530 --> 01:21:25,440
there are copies of the first woman uh

769
01:21:30,169 --> 01:21:27,540
comic book the first woman

770
01:21:33,410 --> 01:21:30,179
um graphic Comics thank you showing my

771
01:21:35,630 --> 01:21:33,420
age graphic comics and please take them

772
01:21:38,330 --> 01:21:35,640
take them for yourself take some back

773
01:21:40,430 --> 01:21:38,340
for your stem engagement with your uh

774
01:21:42,709 --> 01:21:40,440
the students that you work with and we

775
01:21:44,810 --> 01:21:42,719
have copies in English they're going to

776
01:21:47,450 --> 01:21:44,820
be toward the front and we have copies

777
01:21:49,970 --> 01:21:47,460
in Spanish toward the back so please

778
01:21:52,250 --> 01:21:49,980
take them with you use them in your stem

779
01:21:56,090 --> 01:21:52,260
engagement keep wowing us with what

780
01:21:58,490 --> 01:21:56,100
you've got and and last request

781
01:22:01,790 --> 01:21:58,500
email us you have the email address

782
01:22:04,370 --> 01:22:01,800
you've used it tons of times for lots of

783
01:22:07,370 --> 01:22:04,380
different questions but as you go back

784
01:22:10,070 --> 01:22:07,380
and reflect as a team email us at the

785
01:22:12,770 --> 01:22:10,080
herc email address tell us what you

786
01:22:14,390 --> 01:22:12,780
thought do your surveys but also use

787
01:22:16,790 --> 01:22:14,400
this opportunity to tell us what you

788
01:22:19,250 --> 01:22:16,800
thought give us suggestions if you like

789
01:22:21,169 --> 01:22:19,260
or just just tell us what's on your mind

790
01:22:23,990 --> 01:22:21,179
we want to hear from you so thank you

791
01:22:26,149 --> 01:22:24,000
very much thank you to the winners thank

792
01:22:28,490 --> 01:22:26,159
you to all the participants and we love