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newsmakers committee it's a pleasure to

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welcome you all on behalf of the

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national press club with more than 3,500

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i will not like to take a lot of your

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time as we have this newsmakers event

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bore new developments in nasa's civil

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space effort and we have speakers dr.

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John Holdren director of the White House

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Office of Science and Technology and

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden I will

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now pass to mr. Holdren thank you very

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much it's my distinct privilege this

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morning to introduce you to a man who

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has excelled as a Marine pilot and a

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leader of his peers in that demanding

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and dangerous profession as an astronaut

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as a manager of high-tech agencies and

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enterprises as an advisor to businesses

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universities and philanthropies and now

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as the visionary leader of the National

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which he is restructuring into the

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science centered technology advancing

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forward leaning institution it needs to

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opportunities of our country's

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activities in space in the 21st century

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but before I tell you a little more

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about major-general retired Charles F

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Bolden jr. I want to say a few words

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about those challenges and opportunities

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President Obama realizes I realize and

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general Bolden realizes that our

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activities in space represent not just a

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grand and inspiring adventure of

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universe we inhabit

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but also an indispensable platform for

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environment of the earth below from the

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security an indispensable pillar of our

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jobs whose potential is barely beginning

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to be tapped us strength in space

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science and space technology stands as

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one of the pillars alongside the

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vitality of our research universities

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and National Laboratories the strengths

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infrastructures the pillars that support

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capabilities we need for economic

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for clean energy and environmental

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lives for all of our citizens and for

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national and homeland security US

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leadership in human spaceflight

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humans on the moon in 1969 and in five

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more such landings through 1972 and

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shuttle program and the central u.s.

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has brought forth the bravest among us

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us to develop the technologies by which

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they could do so and has inspired

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countless of our young people to study

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science and engineering so that they too

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could reach for the stars President

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clarity he said so clearly and

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repeatedly in his campaign and he has

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done so repeatedly since the decisions

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that were unveiled yesterday about the

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direction of the u.s. human spaceflight

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program and NASA's other important

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programs of innovation exploration

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observation and discovery going forward

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were made with the greatest appreciation

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for the importance of getting this right

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they were made after a process of

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pros and cons of alternative strategies

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previous ones alike and the most careful

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not excluding job losses and drop gains

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in all the affected states and I want to

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take a moment here to thank publicly

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distinguished aerospace engineers and

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pros and cons of the program of record

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and alternatives to it the Augustine

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included three other aerospace industry

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leaders in addition to norm two former

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astronauts a retired four-star Air Force

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general who chaired the National

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Research Council's recent study of the

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rationale and goals of the US civil

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space flight program the former chair of

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way and the chair of the National

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Research Council Space Studies board as

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well as the Princeton University space

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scientist who serves on President

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and technology this group supported by

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receiving extensive input from members

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of Congress former astronauts and NASA

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officials professional societies and the

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public their hundred and fifty page

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report was immensely valuable to me to

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administrator Bolden and to the

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president in clarifying the choices

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before us and many of its key findings

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talk about this morning and I'm not

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which administrator bolden will be

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elaborating in a moment is the right

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approach for this time these challenges

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these opportunities it is not a retreat

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as some are asserting but rather an

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exciting and promising path forward that

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invests in new ideas new technologies

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been on the old paths before I turn it

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that just a few more words about him

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born and raised in Columbia South

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Carolina Charlie graduated from

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Annapolis with the degree in electrical

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science in 1968 and was commissioned a

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second lieutenant in the United States

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Marine Corps he became a naval aviator

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flying more than 100 combat sorties in

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the a 6a intruder over north and south

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Distinguished Flying Cross and air medal

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among other awards before being selected

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of the 1980s he worked in a stint as a

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naval test pilot and earned a master's

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degree in systems management from USC as

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an astronaut he flew for Space Shuttle

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missions between 1986 and 1994 to his

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pilot and to as commander these included

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the 1990 space shuttle discovery mission

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that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope

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mission the first with the participation

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of a Russian cosmonaut as a mission

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specialist crew member in other roles in

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served as astronaut chief Safety Officer

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Johnson Space Center special assistant

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to the director of the Johnson center

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in june nineteen ninety-four he left

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Marine Corps initially serving as deputy

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commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval

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command and deputy commanding general of

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marine forces in the Pacific commanding

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general in charge of the marine forces

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in support of Operation Desert thunder

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and Kuwait deputy commander of all US

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forces in Japan and commanding general

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of the third Marine Aircraft wing he

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major-general thereafter he served in a

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boards before being nominated by

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President Obama last year and confirmed

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administrator of NASA he began his

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career and there is more to come this is

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an individual who has demonstrated again

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and again that he well and truly has the

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right stuff and I have no doubt whatever

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that what he is bringing to NASA is

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change we can believe in I give you the

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undeserved compliments in the

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introduction John and I have become very

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fast friends in my time here in

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Washington DC and I think he liked me in

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many respects we're kind of strangers in

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this town so understand things when I

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say them sometime because I some of them

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will come off wrong and it's just

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because I'm going to talk to you the way

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that I would if we were in Columbia

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South Carolina or in houston texas or if

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corps air station miramar when i was

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there in Brewster Shaw's down here

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thank all of you for joining us this

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press club for hosting us we truly

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appreciate this opportunity to share

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president's plans for NASA and America's

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path forward in space and before i go

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any father i want to take an opportunity

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to publicly acknowledge a group of

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people that I that I think sometimes

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the the team that has been working

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constellation for a number of years I

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you in the media have called them

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occasionally and that in the past few

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days they're really dedicated civil

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servants and contractors who have

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committed their lives and there have

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been focused on a dream of aggressive in

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bold exploration yesterday we unveiled

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President Obama's historic budget that

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launched NASA on an ambitious effort

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to help us realize these dreams of the

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people in the constellation team in a

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more sustainable manner however and we

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could go into why we're doing this but

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but you can read numbers as well as I

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can and I don't think I need to dwell on

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that you know when you have a program

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that's that's just going to cost a

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fortune to resurrect and in schedules

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are getting harder to make without much

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more money than wisdom says you'd pick a

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new course and so that's what we've done

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we want to explore new worlds we want to

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develop more innovative technologies we

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want to foster new industries and we

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want to increase our understanding of

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Earth our solar system in the universe

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among the many fresh proposals is an

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enhanced focus on commercial

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partnerships today we have with us some

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pioneers in that field who we will be

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working with and I'll tell you more

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about them in a moment but first I'd

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like to say how excited we are to have

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direction from our president to launch a

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new era of innovation and discovery

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reaching and living in space is

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complicated it's dangerous and it's full

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of unknowns the technology we need to

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sustain our leadership as a spacefaring

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nation is going to take our ingenuity

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but the president has now given us

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resources including six billion dollars

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of new funds over the next five years

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for significantly increased technology

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research and development a long term

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plan to think big to grow to imagine and

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to move us vigorously toward the dreams

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for tomorrow tough budget choices in the

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past have led to decades of

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underinvestment in space technology

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development we have experienced cuts to

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other NASA critical NASA programs

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including earth science Earth

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Observation Aeronautics robotic space

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exploration science education and more

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and we would have cut the cut short the

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operational life of the International

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promise potential we believe that the

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technology shortfall we face is so

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fundamental

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that incremental change or tinkering on

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the margins will not be sufficient to

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address current or future needs rather a

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fundamental rebase lining of our

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nation's exploration efforts is needed

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we must invest in fundamentally new

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innovations for space technology and new

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ways of doing business if we are to

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develop a space exploration and

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development program that is truly

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sustainable over the long term this plan

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gives us a road map to even more

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historic achievements as it Spurs

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innovation employees Americans and

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exciting jobs and engages people around

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the world it pledges us to a renewed

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commitment to invention and development

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and the creative and entrepreneurial

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spirit that is at the core of our

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country's character the president has

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asked us to develop a detailed strategy

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for it for executing this plan in the

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weeks to come our goal is to revitalize

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NASA and introduce the reforms needed to

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lay a long-term foundation for the

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agency's continued excellence and

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success to do all of this the president

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has increased NASA's budget over the

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next five years an extraordinary show of

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support in these tough budgetary times

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today several of our key partners in

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this future effort have traveled to

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Washington to be with us we asked them

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for their boldest ideas and concepts the

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things that we would truly need to make

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Commercial Crew a reality they gave us

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some great proposals this is by no means

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the end of this process but it's a

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fantastic start I'll let them tell you

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briefly in their own words about what's

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on the drawing boards in their shops but

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lets me also try to answer the question

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that many of you are asking what will

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NASA gain from increased partnerships

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with industry to fly humans to space the

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initiative supports and fosters the

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commercial spaceflight industry and it's

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growing capabilities by leveraging

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private investment and reducing

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development costs to the taxpayer

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it endures the commercial that

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commercial systems can safely it ensures

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that that commercial systems can safely

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and reliably transport humans to

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low-earth orbit and draws on our

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existing NASA Space Flight experience

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and makes our specialists available to

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provide insight and expertise with many

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bright minds working on our problems we

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may soon have the prospect of multiple

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providers of space transportation this

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would ensure that we have safe reliable

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redundant domestic capability we do not

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have this today which is the crux of our

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dependence on our Russian partners and

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the Soyuz spacecraft and the reason we

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will have a gap in domestic human

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spaceflight capability when the shuttle

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retires later this year we want robust

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backup capability in human space flight

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and we want it to be made in America

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we're departing from the model of the

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past in which the government funded all

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human space activities this represents

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the entrance of the entrepreneurial

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mindset into a field that is poised for

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rapid growth in new jobs and NASA will

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be driving competition opening new

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markets and access to space and

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catalyzing the potential of American

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industry this is a good investment for

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America remember that we already depend

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on commercial companies to launch all

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our nation's most precious military and

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national security satellites today

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commercial companies launch all

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imaging navigation and intelligence

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satellites upon which our lives depend

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at home and abroad a major benefit of

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this new partnership is the potential

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for thousands of new high-tech jobs and

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spin-offs of other businesses that can

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support this industry and also take

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advantage of affordable access to space

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there will be jobs and propulsion

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communications and other industries

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exploration programs drive innovation

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throughout our economy and NASA will be

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leading this economic competitiveness

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and growth there's a misconception that

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commerce

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so crew means putting our astronauts in

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the care of untested providers quite the

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contrary these will be the same

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providers who will be transporting our

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multi-billion dollar satellites

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America's largest aerospace firms have

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for decades established expertise in

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human space flight and they too would be

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eligible to compete for this program

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even the new entrants will have

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demonstrated successful flights by the

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time they would carry astronauts in

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addition to cargo all of us travel on

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airplanes and we feel safe because we

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know the government has set standards

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and oversees periodic inspections for

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spaceflight safety concerns are even

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more serious these commercial flights

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will have to follow the same safety

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assurances to which NASA holds itself as

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most of you know I'm a former astronaut

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and it flown four times on the space

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shuttle I know personally the great

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challenges involved in sending humans

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into orbit and have lost friends in

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trying to do so I pledge to you that I

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will make it my job every day to ensure

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that everything is done efficiently and

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safely I'm blessed to lead a team of

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NASA employees who are the best and

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brightest and government and when my

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team commits itself to a goal we have

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the will the know-how and the commitment

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to attain it we are also committed to do

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it right as the Augustine committee

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reminded us in the recent report to the

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president American commercial aerospace

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industry has always built the nation's

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crude launch vehicles over its nearly 50

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two-year life nASA has built a deep

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foundation of experience and knowledge

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with a ride range of companies these

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companies have been essential to all our

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successes from Mercury to shuttle as

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well as with our robotic missions in

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multi-billion dollar scientific

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satellites they have long demonstrated

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they can do the job the Augustine

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committee also said there is little

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doubt that the US aerospace industry

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from historic from historical builders

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to the new entrance has the technical

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capability to build and operate a crew

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taxi to low-earth orbit and they

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believed as do we that they have they

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have the capability to do this by as

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early as 2016 NASA itself has been

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mulling this idea for some time believe

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it or not in fact I was personally

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involved in working the concept of

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commercial operation of our space

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transportation system as far back as my

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early days as a fledgling astronaut in

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the early 80s so it's not a new idea but

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rather an idea whose time has come the

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future is unfolding before us now and it

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couldn't be more exciting with low-cost

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and safe transport to space more people

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will be able to have the transformative

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experience with which I've been blessed

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kids will be able to realistically

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envision a career that involves space

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either going there or using it as more

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of us travel into space more will look

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back on our home planet with the special

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perspective that only space travel can

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provide we will expand the global bonds

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we are already developing through the

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multinational partnership that has built

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and is sustaining the International

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Space Station and with commercial

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companies providing transportation

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services NASA will be able to focus on

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the greatest challenges that lie ahead

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in areas where we already have a stellar

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track record advancing cutting-edge

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technology and scientific discovery and

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pushing the boundaries of new frontiers

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on providing future explorers with

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dramatically greater capabilities than

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we have today we start down that path

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now we have with us today our two funded

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participants in the commercial orbital

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transportation services program SpaceX

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of California and Orbital Sciences

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Corporation of Virginia they are both

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well on their way to demonstrations of

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cargo transport to the International

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Space Station and we look forward to

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their continued progress today I'm also

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pleased to give you more details about

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the 50 mil

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that NASA is awarding 25 companies

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through an open competition for funds

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from the american recovery and

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reinvestment act of 2009 to support

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Commercial Crew development efforts each

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awardee has also proposed significant

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investment from other sources to

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leverage the taxpayer investment it's a

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bold first step and while there are many

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vibrant companies out there with which

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we hope to partner in the future these

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five and our two cots participants are

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at the starting gate they specialize in

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vertical takeoff and landing life

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support systems low-cost satellites and

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miniaturized avionics they are payload

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specialists and builders of robotic

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spacecraft and new rockets that have

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never before existed here's some more

563
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about five companies getting grants

564
00:24:27,539 --> 00:24:24,909
today Blue Origin located in Kent

565
00:24:29,820 --> 00:24:27,549
Washington is developing new Shepherd a

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rocket-propelled vehicle designed to

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routinely fly multiple astronauts into

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space and to offer frequent

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opportunities for researchers to fly

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experiments in space and microgravity

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Blue Origin will receive 3.7 million for

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risk mitigation activities related to

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its development of its pusher launch

574
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escape system and to produce a composite

575
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crew module for structural testing the

576
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space exploration division of the boeing

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company headquartered in houston texas

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has been involved in the development of

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a new spacecraft systems including the

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x-15 Gemini Apollo Skylab space shuttle

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and the International Space Station

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Boeing will receive 18 million dollars

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to develop its space transportation

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system which includes a seven-person

585
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capsule that may launch on medium class

586
00:25:22,950 --> 00:25:20,169
expendable launch vehicles Paragon space

587
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Development Corporation is a woman-owned

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small business headquartered in Tucson

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Arizona Paragon has directly supported

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with spaceflight hardware more than 70

591
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successful spaceflight missions

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involving the International Space

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Station the MIR space station the space

594
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shuttle and Sai youths

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they will receive 1.4 million for a

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development unit of an environmental

597
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control and life support air

598
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revitalization system Sierra Nevada

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Corporation of Centennial Colorado

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manufacture satellites spacecraft

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components and rocket propulsion systems

602
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the company will receive 20 million

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00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:01,650
dollars to further develop its space

604
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:03,990
transportation system including the

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dream chaser seven-person spacecraft to

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be launched on an atlas 5402 vehicle and

607
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finally United Launch Alliance located

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in Colorado is a joint venture of

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lockheed martin corporation and the

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00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:20,640
boeing company ula launches the Atlas

611
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and Delta expendable launch vehicle

612
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families and will receive 6.7 million

613
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:27,870
for an emergency detection system to

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00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:30,690
monitor vehicle health of Atlas 5 and

615
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Delta four rockets courtesy of President

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Barack Obama it's my pleasure to

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introduce to you in person these space

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pioneers I'd like to ask the

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representatives of each of the companies

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to join me on stage and say a few words

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ladies and gentlemen these are the faces

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of the new frontier the Vanguard we will

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certainly be adding this group adding to

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this group in the near future the work

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00:27:04,220 --> 00:27:00,840
has already started and we advance it

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one more step today congratulations to

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all the winners I'd like to ask each of

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our commercial pioneers to say a word or

629
00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:14,040
two Robert Millman of Blue Origin Bruce

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hold your applause until I give all the

631
00:27:25,509 --> 00:27:23,510
names than that I want you to hear their

632
00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:25,519
names as we do this I know you know most

633
00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:27,950
of them Brewster Shaw vice president and

634
00:27:34,029 --> 00:27:31,190
general manager NASA systems booing Jane

635
00:27:36,610 --> 00:27:34,039
Poynter pointer I'm sorry Jane after you

636
00:27:38,769 --> 00:27:36,620
told me Jane Poynter president and share

637
00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:38,779
Paragon space Development Corporation

638
00:27:45,490 --> 00:27:42,100
Mike gasps president and chief executive

639
00:27:48,580 --> 00:27:45,500
United Space Alliance mark sir Angelo

640
00:27:50,879 --> 00:27:48,590
vice president and chair S&C Space

641
00:27:54,220 --> 00:27:50,889
Systems board sierra nevada corporation

642
00:27:57,039 --> 00:27:54,230
david thompson CEO orbital science

643
00:28:02,320 --> 00:27:57,049
corporation and Ken Bowersox Vice

644
00:28:13,659 --> 00:28:02,330
President astronaut safety SpaceX can I

645
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:13,669
give them this oh there you go good

646
00:28:20,889 --> 00:28:17,539
morning dr. Holdren administrator Bolden

647
00:28:22,899 --> 00:28:20,899
thank you so much for hosting this great

648
00:28:24,519 --> 00:28:22,909
event this morning my name is Michael

649
00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:24,529
gasps I am the president and CEO of

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00:28:28,029 --> 00:28:26,840
United Launch Alliance on behalf of the

651
00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:28,039
women and men of United Launch Alliance

652
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:30,769
we are credibly excited to participate

653
00:28:37,169 --> 00:28:33,610
in this bold new error with the our NASA

654
00:28:39,970 --> 00:28:37,179
partners United Launch Alliance has been

655
00:28:42,039 --> 00:28:39,980
supporting our nation for expendable

656
00:28:44,830 --> 00:28:42,049
launch vehicles with over 50 years of

657
00:28:46,539 --> 00:28:44,840
experience our current generation of

658
00:28:48,490 --> 00:28:46,549
Atlas and Delta launch vehicles we

659
00:28:50,379 --> 00:28:48,500
started with a 5 billion dollar private

660
00:28:52,779 --> 00:28:50,389
investment to develop these new

661
00:28:54,879 --> 00:28:52,789
expendable launch vehicles and the Atlas

662
00:28:57,250 --> 00:28:54,889
and Delta will be utilized to support

663
00:28:59,830 --> 00:28:57,260
hopefully Commercial Crew in the future

664
00:29:01,750 --> 00:28:59,840
this new project that we're starting to

665
00:29:04,299 --> 00:29:01,760
get the emergency detection system is

666
00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:04,309
all about crew safety to make sure we

667
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:06,470
understand our system fully and to be

668
00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:08,090
able to give the appropriate signal for

669
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:11,659
a potential abort if necessary this at

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00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:13,370
work will not only support our

671
00:29:16,269 --> 00:29:14,929
commercial crew but will be synergistic

672
00:29:18,820 --> 00:29:16,279
with our current mission of delivering

673
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:18,830
highly reliable products for all of our

674
00:29:23,649 --> 00:29:20,570
customers thank you again for this

675
00:29:25,539 --> 00:29:23,659
opportunity and good morning and thank

676
00:29:27,430 --> 00:29:25,549
you also for the opportunity to speak

677
00:29:30,159 --> 00:29:27,440
here I'm Robert Millman with Blue Origin

678
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:30,169
tableau origin is a small team

679
00:29:32,649 --> 00:29:32,210
headquartered in Kent Washington we also

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00:29:35,259 --> 00:29:32,659
have

681
00:29:37,719 --> 00:29:35,269
flight facilities in West Texas and the

682
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:37,729
team is dedicated to creating

683
00:29:42,369 --> 00:29:39,889
technologies for an enduring human

684
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:42,379
presence in space and with working with

685
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:44,330
NASA will be working on two technologies

686
00:29:49,359 --> 00:29:47,210
in particular we're developing a pusher

687
00:29:51,639 --> 00:29:49,369
escape system you may be familiar that a

688
00:29:55,239 --> 00:29:51,649
traditional tractor escape system

689
00:29:57,669 --> 00:29:55,249
involves the tower Jetta Singh so we'll

690
00:30:00,690 --> 00:29:57,679
be developing an escape motor at the

691
00:30:04,119 --> 00:30:00,700
back of the capsule which will avoid the

692
00:30:06,129 --> 00:30:04,129
jettison events and also because it will

693
00:30:08,979 --> 00:30:06,139
avoid consuming it on a nominal launch

694
00:30:10,389 --> 00:30:08,989
at a lower operating costs the other

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00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:10,399
technology we're working on is a

696
00:30:16,389 --> 00:30:12,970
composite pressure vessel this will be a

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00:30:19,479 --> 00:30:16,399
all composite structure for containing

698
00:30:21,879 --> 00:30:19,489
the astronauts it will improve the

699
00:30:24,099 --> 00:30:21,889
durability over conventional technology

700
00:30:27,729 --> 00:30:24,109
and also lower weight so again thank you

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00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:27,739
very much for the opportunity thank you

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00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:30,710
gentlemen thank you and thanks to all of

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00:30:35,969 --> 00:30:32,570
you for being here and for your interest

704
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:35,979
in America's human exploration program

705
00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:38,570
Boeing and our principal teammate

706
00:30:43,029 --> 00:30:40,609
Bigelow Aerospace are looking forward to

707
00:30:45,339 --> 00:30:43,039
advancing the state of our our project

708
00:30:48,190 --> 00:30:45,349
of course we've been working with big

709
00:30:51,639 --> 00:30:48,200
low on our own because Bigelow

710
00:30:54,549 --> 00:30:51,649
represents the most probable near-term

711
00:30:56,379 --> 00:30:54,559
market for a need for crew

712
00:30:59,019 --> 00:30:56,389
transportation to low-earth orbit of

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00:31:02,310 --> 00:30:59,029
other than NASA and so we've been

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00:31:05,109 --> 00:31:02,320
working together on on this concept to

715
00:31:07,029 --> 00:31:05,119
satisfy both Bigelow's needs and now

716
00:31:09,460 --> 00:31:07,039
with the ability and the opportunity to

717
00:31:11,919 --> 00:31:09,470
work with NASA to also role in NASA's

718
00:31:14,139 --> 00:31:11,929
requirements so that the system that we

719
00:31:16,509 --> 00:31:14,149
develop does the best job at can of

720
00:31:19,570 --> 00:31:16,519
satisfying all of the market needs for

721
00:31:22,749 --> 00:31:19,580
transportation to low-earth orbit you

722
00:31:25,869 --> 00:31:22,759
know a hundred or so years ago a young

723
00:31:29,950 --> 00:31:25,879
entrepreneur named bill Boeing was able

724
00:31:32,619 --> 00:31:29,960
to develop products that enabled the

725
00:31:34,330 --> 00:31:32,629
transfer transfer of mail across the

726
00:31:37,089 --> 00:31:34,340
country and in airplanes and now that's

727
00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:37,099
grown into any of you who flew into DC

728
00:31:42,369 --> 00:31:39,289
probably wrote on one of Bill Boeing's

729
00:31:44,619 --> 00:31:42,379
products so we've grown up that way and

730
00:31:46,570 --> 00:31:44,629
for the last 50 years or so we've been

731
00:31:49,060 --> 00:31:46,580
involved in every human space

732
00:31:51,580 --> 00:31:49,070
expiration program that was executed by

733
00:31:53,740 --> 00:31:51,590
the US of A we have a vested interest in

734
00:31:56,019 --> 00:31:53,750
course in the international space

735
00:31:59,139 --> 00:31:56,029
station being NASA's prime teammate on

736
00:32:01,960 --> 00:31:59,149
that and we we so much want to see ISS

737
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:01,970
live up to its potential and part of

738
00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:04,490
that is having a robust logistics train

739
00:32:12,370 --> 00:32:08,960
with the delivery of cargo and crew in

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00:32:14,649 --> 00:32:12,380
order to complete the research that will

741
00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:14,659
be enabled on the International Space

742
00:32:19,060 --> 00:32:16,820
Station so we've been in this game for a

743
00:32:21,310 --> 00:32:19,070
long time and with our teammate Bigelow

744
00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:21,320
we intend to be in it for a long time

745
00:32:29,169 --> 00:32:25,760
more thank you for the opportunity thank

746
00:32:32,529 --> 00:32:29,179
you and good morning everybody and I

747
00:32:34,629 --> 00:32:32,539
know that back at Paragon I certainly

748
00:32:37,899 --> 00:32:34,639
have a lot of cheering staff who are

749
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:37,909
very excited about this moment we have

750
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:40,850
invested in and are developing with NASA

751
00:32:47,350 --> 00:32:44,090
an array of technologies that are for

752
00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:47,360
use on international space station on

753
00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:50,779
the moon on Mars and really a whole

754
00:32:57,159 --> 00:32:54,440
array of settings applications in space

755
00:32:59,889 --> 00:32:57,169
our air revitalization system that we're

756
00:33:01,480 --> 00:32:59,899
developing under this program is really

757
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:01,490
one of it's the first of its kind

758
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:05,090
because it will be a turnkey system that

759
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:07,610
can be used on an array of missions on

760
00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:10,250
pretty much any spacecraft so we're

761
00:33:14,110 --> 00:33:12,260
looking forward to working with the

762
00:33:18,490 --> 00:33:14,120
spacecraft developers are making sure

763
00:33:22,690 --> 00:33:18,500
that it fits their needs I also wanted

764
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:22,700
to say that of course at Paragon we're

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00:33:28,990 --> 00:33:25,850
deeply committed to the development of

766
00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:29,000
space for human exploration both in a

767
00:33:36,279 --> 00:33:32,000
commercial way and of course over the

768
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:36,289
years a Paragon has been involved in the

769
00:33:41,289 --> 00:33:38,330
commercial development of space from our

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00:33:44,139 --> 00:33:41,299
inception from inside biosphere to the

771
00:33:46,570 --> 00:33:44,149
first regenerative life support system

772
00:33:52,590 --> 00:33:46,580
by regenerative life-support system

773
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:52,600
developed we had the very first

774
00:33:56,919 --> 00:33:54,710
commercial experiment on the

775
00:33:59,970 --> 00:33:56,929
International Space Station which was

776
00:34:02,760 --> 00:33:59,980
really exciting for us and I

777
00:34:07,289 --> 00:34:02,770
today at Paragon we're incredibly proud

778
00:34:09,659 --> 00:34:07,299
to be here and to be part of the

779
00:34:16,649 --> 00:34:09,669
nation's space program thank you very

780
00:34:18,149 --> 00:34:16,659
much good morning I'm mark sir Angela

781
00:34:20,099 --> 00:34:18,159
from the Sierra Nevada Corporation on

782
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:20,109
behalf of the two thousand or so

783
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:22,210
employees of our company I'd like to say

784
00:34:25,770 --> 00:34:24,010
thank you to NASA and for all this

785
00:34:28,919 --> 00:34:25,780
effort that has gone into this program

786
00:34:31,409 --> 00:34:28,929
we have been on over 300 space missions

787
00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:31,419
in our career and as an organization and

788
00:34:35,609 --> 00:34:33,609
what we've learned is that space is hard

789
00:34:36,899 --> 00:34:35,619
this is not an easy thing to do and it

790
00:34:38,550 --> 00:34:36,909
takes a lot of effort in a lot of

791
00:34:40,530 --> 00:34:38,560
cooperation and a lot of teamwork we

792
00:34:42,750 --> 00:34:40,540
have a great group of companies that are

793
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:42,760
involved with us on our program one of

794
00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:43,810
the things I'd like to say though is

795
00:34:47,550 --> 00:34:45,790
that we had the experience of coming

796
00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:47,560
through an unfunded Space Act agreement

797
00:34:51,419 --> 00:34:49,240
with NASA for the last two years which

798
00:34:52,859 --> 00:34:51,429
was a rather unusual vehicle that I

799
00:34:54,570 --> 00:34:52,869
think has worked very well we've

800
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:54,580
received tremendous support from the

801
00:34:59,640 --> 00:34:56,290
team and from the organization all

802
00:35:01,920 --> 00:34:59,650
throughout the NASA agency and as a

803
00:35:05,250 --> 00:35:01,930
result of that we have now advanced our

804
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:05,260
program to to be very successful in our

805
00:35:09,870 --> 00:35:07,570
view very successful start our program

806
00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:09,880
is based on a NASA vehicle that was

807
00:35:14,849 --> 00:35:12,340
originated many years ago called the HL

808
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:14,859
20 it's a runway landing lifting body

809
00:35:18,990 --> 00:35:17,170
concept and we've now brought that

810
00:35:20,370 --> 00:35:19,000
concept forward in a very thrilled to be

811
00:35:22,650 --> 00:35:20,380
part of this group and to be able to

812
00:35:26,130 --> 00:35:22,660
move that that idea next to the next

813
00:35:27,570 --> 00:35:26,140
level thank you very much good morning

814
00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:27,580
I'm Dave Thompson chairman and chief

815
00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:30,310
executive officer of orbital sciences

816
00:35:35,609 --> 00:35:32,470
corporation a company that two friends

817
00:35:38,510 --> 00:35:35,619
and I started 28 years ago to develop

818
00:35:41,250 --> 00:35:38,520
the full commercial potential of space

819
00:35:45,750 --> 00:35:41,260
with the perspective of about three

820
00:35:49,590 --> 00:35:45,760
decades in this business my my judgment

821
00:35:51,450 --> 00:35:49,600
is during its first turn at bat the

822
00:35:54,810 --> 00:35:51,460
Obama administration really hit it out

823
00:35:57,599 --> 00:35:54,820
of the park with its proposal for NASA's

824
00:36:00,390 --> 00:35:57,609
new approach to our civil space program

825
00:36:04,910 --> 00:36:00,400
this new approach which represents the

826
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:04,920
most dramatic change in our civil space

827
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:08,109
activity in at least the last 20 years

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is very consistent with what we've seen

829
00:36:13,650 --> 00:36:13,000
both in this country and around the

830
00:36:16,559 --> 00:36:13,660
world

831
00:36:19,950 --> 00:36:16,569
the past several decades an increased

832
00:36:26,910 --> 00:36:19,960
reliance on an ever more capable private

833
00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:26,920
sector in this case to deliver people to

834
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:30,160
and from low Earth orbit this is an area

835
00:36:35,940 --> 00:36:32,530
that across a variety of applications

836
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:35,950
ranging from satellite communications to

837
00:36:44,819 --> 00:36:41,530
space imagery collection launch orbital

838
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:44,829
launch services and now commercial cargo

839
00:36:49,890 --> 00:36:47,010
delivery to the space station already

840
00:36:53,370 --> 00:36:49,900
represents an annual investment of about

841
00:36:55,650 --> 00:36:53,380
five billion dollars a year by the US

842
00:36:59,069 --> 00:36:55,660
government and other governments in

843
00:37:01,680 --> 00:36:59,079
spacefaring countries in Europe Asia and

844
00:37:03,980 --> 00:37:01,690
elsewhere so it seems like this is the

845
00:37:08,270 --> 00:37:03,990
right time this is the right direction

846
00:37:10,620 --> 00:37:08,280
for the agency to take in this new era

847
00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:10,630
one of the reasons that I'm confident

848
00:37:14,609 --> 00:37:12,609
that the private sector is up to the

849
00:37:18,630 --> 00:37:14,619
challenges that are ahead of us in this

850
00:37:21,450 --> 00:37:18,640
new era of commercial astronaut taxi

851
00:37:23,069 --> 00:37:21,460
services to and from low Earth orbit is

852
00:37:25,370 --> 00:37:23,079
because of the progress that we've made

853
00:37:28,769 --> 00:37:25,380
over the last couple of years in

854
00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:28,779
developing private cargo transportation

855
00:37:35,069 --> 00:37:31,510
systems for the International Space

856
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:35,079
Station two of these systems will make

857
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:37,599
their first flights to the station

858
00:37:42,329 --> 00:37:40,089
within the next year and I think that

859
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:42,339
will pave the way not too many years

860
00:37:49,260 --> 00:37:44,890
later for the first launches of

861
00:37:52,529 --> 00:37:49,270
astronauts to low-earth orbit these

862
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:52,539
challenges are ones that we welcome and

863
00:37:59,760 --> 00:37:56,410
I would also in addition to this new

864
00:38:01,589 --> 00:37:59,770
element of NASA's program complement the

865
00:38:05,549 --> 00:38:01,599
Obama administration and the space

866
00:38:09,059 --> 00:38:05,559
agency for strengthening our scientific

867
00:38:10,859 --> 00:38:09,069
programs that NASA carries out most of

868
00:38:13,740 --> 00:38:10,869
you that have studied the budget will

869
00:38:15,750 --> 00:38:13,750
note about a thirty percent increase in

870
00:38:17,819 --> 00:38:15,760
the budget for NASA science programs

871
00:38:19,710 --> 00:38:17,829
over the next five years and almost

872
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:19,720
twice that much about a sixty percent

873
00:38:24,089 --> 00:38:22,210
increase in the agency's proposed

874
00:38:26,970 --> 00:38:24,099
spending on earth science which i think

875
00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:26,980
is one of the most important one of the

876
00:38:30,180 --> 00:38:27,790
most important here

877
00:38:35,130 --> 00:38:30,190
areas that NASA carries out thank you

878
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:35,140
very much yeah I'm Ken Bowersox today

879
00:38:41,460 --> 00:38:37,330
it's an honor for me to be representing

880
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:41,470
the 880 employees of SpaceX we've got a

881
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:43,450
main construction facility out in

882
00:38:48,270 --> 00:38:46,210
Hawthorne California a test facility in

883
00:38:50,730 --> 00:38:48,280
McGregor Texas and then to launch sites

884
00:38:54,870 --> 00:38:50,740
one in Kwajalein out in the Marshall

885
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:54,880
Islands and a launch site in Florida one

886
00:38:59,850 --> 00:38:56,770
of the most exciting things to me about

887
00:39:01,860 --> 00:38:59,860
the 2011 NASA budget is that it

888
00:39:04,830 --> 00:39:01,870
acknowledges one of the biggest barriers

889
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:04,840
to exploring space and that barrier is

890
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:08,650
how you pay for it one of the things

891
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:10,090
that you have to work in order to fix

892
00:39:15,890 --> 00:39:13,690
that that issue is the relationships

893
00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:15,900
between the government and the

894
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:19,300
contractors that provide the services

895
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:21,910
the government hopefully we'll set the

896
00:39:28,020 --> 00:39:25,210
destination the contractors with their

897
00:39:29,940 --> 00:39:28,030
flexibility and creativity should be

898
00:39:33,690 --> 00:39:29,950
able to come up with new and innovative

899
00:39:35,580 --> 00:39:33,700
ways to get that job done SpaceX has had

900
00:39:38,430 --> 00:39:35,590
the privilege of working with NASA in a

901
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:38,440
partnership agreement since 2006 to

902
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:40,450
provide cargo services to the

903
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:42,610
International Space Station and I can

904
00:39:48,300 --> 00:39:45,370
tell you from firsthand experience that

905
00:39:51,450 --> 00:39:48,310
it's a really great thing to watch what

906
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:51,460
happens when you blend the skills that

907
00:39:56,070 --> 00:39:53,890
are only available in the government

908
00:40:00,870 --> 00:39:56,080
with the flexibility and creativity of

909
00:40:02,610 --> 00:40:00,880
private industry folks if we could do

910
00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:02,620
one thing before we I was going to ask

911
00:40:09,930 --> 00:40:06,280
yes apps absolutely get one Greg shot

912
00:40:41,589 --> 00:40:09,940
this is the face these are the faces of

913
00:40:46,190 --> 00:40:44,210
let me thank all of you again for coming

914
00:40:49,490 --> 00:40:46,200
in and thanks to all of you who have

915
00:40:51,020 --> 00:40:49,500
come out today mr. Singh in spite of the

916
00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:51,030
fact that I think this is probably the

917
00:41:01,900 --> 00:40:53,040
wrong thing to say I think I'm ready for

918
00:41:05,570 --> 00:41:01,910
questions thank you thank you very much

919
00:41:09,970 --> 00:41:05,580
please identify yourself and the

920
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:15,790
please it's only for journalists please

921
00:41:32,810 --> 00:41:30,330
thank you yes hi Ken sharing from New

922
00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:32,820
York Times um so the budgets asking for

923
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:34,589
18 billion dollars over fires for

924
00:41:38,180 --> 00:41:36,210
research with a lot of money to ask

925
00:41:41,060 --> 00:41:38,190
Congress for when you haven't spread out

926
00:41:42,829 --> 00:41:41,070
a specific goal I was wondering do you

927
00:41:45,230 --> 00:41:42,839
have a destination and timetable for

928
00:41:47,150 --> 00:41:45,240
where you want to send astronauts or and

929
00:41:49,490 --> 00:41:47,160
if not when was do you think you will

930
00:41:53,510 --> 00:41:49,500
come up with the timetable when you tie

931
00:41:56,210 --> 00:41:53,520
all this technology into an architecture

932
00:41:58,880 --> 00:41:56,220
destination and tight and con tables is

933
00:42:01,730 --> 00:41:58,890
it a couple weeks next year or after the

934
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:01,740
fire yeah Oh kid it's it's it's more

935
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:02,910
than a couple of weeks but it's less

936
00:42:07,370 --> 00:42:05,490
than years you know we we already are

937
00:42:09,339 --> 00:42:07,380
starting to form form Tiger teams that

938
00:42:12,380 --> 00:42:09,349
will help us come up with a schedule for

939
00:42:15,770 --> 00:42:12,390
how we're going to go about developing a

940
00:42:17,359 --> 00:42:15,780
new plan a bold plan for exploration if

941
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:17,369
you ask me about destinations I get in

942
00:42:20,290 --> 00:42:18,510
trouble when I say it but I'll tell you

943
00:42:22,099 --> 00:42:20,300
anyway anybody who talks about

944
00:42:23,780 --> 00:42:22,109
exploration beyond low Earth orbit

945
00:42:26,839 --> 00:42:23,790
there's some places that naturally come

946
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:26,849
to mind the moon Mars asteroids you know

947
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:29,490
other near-earth objects so so I would

948
00:42:33,829 --> 00:42:31,530
say those are some of the the definite

949
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:33,839
destinations I have Laura lashing down

950
00:42:39,079 --> 00:42:36,810
here who is one of my executives keeps

951
00:42:41,870 --> 00:42:39,089
reminding me that I'm limiting us when I

952
00:42:43,700 --> 00:42:41,880
talk about Mars instead of places other

953
00:42:45,620 --> 00:42:43,710
than the solar system but I'm I'm just

954
00:42:47,990 --> 00:42:45,630
talking about in my lifetime so so I

955
00:42:49,970 --> 00:42:48,000
will limit it to moon Mars asteroids and

956
00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:49,980
things like that and we hope very soon

957
00:42:54,410 --> 00:42:51,540
to be able to give you a very definitive

958
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:54,420
time schedule on which we we hope to

959
00:42:59,450 --> 00:42:56,490
eat some of these destinations I will

960
00:43:01,160 --> 00:42:59,460
tell you that right now as we are

961
00:43:04,039 --> 00:43:01,170
talking about today with the people

962
00:43:06,230 --> 00:43:04,049
we're honoring here and I as I talked to

963
00:43:08,930 --> 00:43:06,240
them they were asking what can we do to

964
00:43:10,970 --> 00:43:08,940
help and I said the number one thing

965
00:43:12,770 --> 00:43:10,980
that we all can do is pull together work

966
00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:12,780
together and make sure that we deliver

967
00:43:17,630 --> 00:43:15,510
things on schedule meet our milestones

968
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:17,640
and make sure that we come in on the

969
00:43:20,930 --> 00:43:19,410
cost that we see it because that's

970
00:43:22,789 --> 00:43:20,940
what's going to be different and if I

971
00:43:29,690 --> 00:43:22,799
can't deliver that then you all ought to

972
00:43:32,569 --> 00:43:29,700
throw me out okay Seth Borenstein

973
00:43:35,450 --> 00:43:32,579
Associated Press general intern

974
00:43:36,829 --> 00:43:35,460
following up on that if you're looking I

975
00:43:39,530 --> 00:43:36,839
believe in yesterday's budget

976
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:39,540
announcements do you made a lot of talk

977
00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:43,290
about the inn in orbit fueling I know

978
00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:45,569
still early are you looking at primarily

979
00:43:50,809 --> 00:43:48,510
when you're the new type vehicles at

980
00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:50,819
launching from a space station or some

981
00:43:56,329 --> 00:43:52,910
place in orbit to wherever you're going

982
00:44:00,020 --> 00:43:56,339
is that sort of the primary role or you

983
00:44:02,030 --> 00:44:00,030
looking at more the traditional from

984
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:02,040
Earth there you know when you talk about

985
00:44:07,460 --> 00:44:05,970
in orbit refueling this is a question we

986
00:44:10,430 --> 00:44:07,470
have talked about internally among

987
00:44:13,490 --> 00:44:10,440
ourselves we're talking about going from

988
00:44:15,079 --> 00:44:13,500
a space station to some other place in

989
00:44:17,059 --> 00:44:15,089
the solar system we're talking about

990
00:44:19,190 --> 00:44:17,069
being able to launch with a lighter

991
00:44:21,109 --> 00:44:19,200
vehicle than we would otherwise be

992
00:44:23,390 --> 00:44:21,119
required because if if you think about

993
00:44:25,970 --> 00:44:23,400
it the reason for the weight and the

994
00:44:28,039 --> 00:44:25,980
size of a lot of vehicles is getting out

995
00:44:29,900 --> 00:44:28,049
of the gravity well if we have a place

996
00:44:32,539 --> 00:44:29,910
that we can go once we get out of the

997
00:44:35,230 --> 00:44:32,549
gravity well refuel it means you don't

998
00:44:37,490 --> 00:44:35,240
have to have the types of complex heavy

999
00:44:40,370 --> 00:44:37,500
costly vehicles that we have today so

1000
00:44:43,579 --> 00:44:40,380
that's one thing I would ask you to not

1001
00:44:46,809 --> 00:44:43,589
don't be misguided though by by our

1002
00:44:50,599 --> 00:44:46,819
desire to have on orbit refueling sites

1003
00:44:53,289 --> 00:44:50,609
that implies hydrocarbon and other types

1004
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:53,299
of propulsion systems when I talk about

1005
00:44:57,980 --> 00:44:56,490
game-changing propulsion we're talking

1006
00:44:59,510 --> 00:44:57,990
about going back to some stuff that nASA

1007
00:45:01,069 --> 00:44:59,520
has on the shelf and some of our

1008
00:45:03,559 --> 00:45:01,079
commercial partners have on the shelf

1009
00:45:05,750 --> 00:45:03,569
whether it's ion engines VASIMR all

1010
00:45:07,609 --> 00:45:05,760
these other kinds of things that you all

1011
00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:07,619
know better than I do and you know

1012
00:45:11,490 --> 00:45:08,470
they're going to bring our

1013
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:11,500
it's in the coming months because if

1014
00:45:16,050 --> 00:45:14,050
you're a VASIMR fan then you don't like

1015
00:45:17,730 --> 00:45:16,060
I on if you're an eye on fan you don't

1016
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:17,740
like Vaz Murr and I think what's

1017
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:20,050
exciting you know I I've had people tell

1018
00:45:23,820 --> 00:45:21,730
me please don't say it's exciting one

1019
00:45:25,770 --> 00:45:23,830
more time but i will tell you what's

1020
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:25,780
exciting is that we are now going to

1021
00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:28,450
have the national debate about where we

1022
00:45:32,849 --> 00:45:30,070
should be going in terms of space

1023
00:45:35,460 --> 00:45:32,859
exploration and scientists and engineers

1024
00:45:38,339 --> 00:45:35,470
who have not had the opportunity perhaps

1025
00:45:40,020 --> 00:45:38,349
in the last decade or more to have these

1026
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:40,030
discussions in public are going to have

1027
00:45:46,260 --> 00:45:43,410
them I hope if we do nothing but but

1028
00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:46,270
facilitate public discussion on where we

1029
00:45:50,790 --> 00:45:48,910
should be going and how we go there then

1030
00:46:01,950 --> 00:45:50,800
then we'll we will have accomplished a

1031
00:46:06,690 --> 00:46:01,960
lot call on people Dave Ahern I'm a

1032
00:46:08,820 --> 00:46:06,700
press club member on the announcement

1033
00:46:12,510 --> 00:46:08,830
from the president has been greeted with

1034
00:46:15,870 --> 00:46:12,520
dismay in some areas that we are

1035
00:46:18,870 --> 00:46:15,880
abandoning a manned spaceflight that we

1036
00:46:21,599 --> 00:46:18,880
are leaving it to the Chinese to perhaps

1037
00:46:24,660 --> 00:46:21,609
the Indians and others other nations to

1038
00:46:28,650 --> 00:46:24,670
take the lead in exploring our own solar

1039
00:46:31,829 --> 00:46:28,660
system how do you respond to that when

1040
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:31,839
we were the nation that was in the

1041
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:35,490
forefront and did land men on the moon

1042
00:46:39,810 --> 00:46:38,290
what do you say to those people we are

1043
00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:39,820
still the nation that is in the

1044
00:46:44,250 --> 00:46:41,710
forefront we are still the nation to

1045
00:46:47,310 --> 00:46:44,260
which everyone looks and when with whom

1046
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:47,320
everyone wants to partner as I travel

1047
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:50,170
around the world that that message comes

1048
00:46:54,780 --> 00:46:51,910
through loud and clear from all of our

1049
00:46:56,670 --> 00:46:54,790
international partners if i go back to

1050
00:46:58,410 --> 00:46:56,680
you know saying people thinking that

1051
00:47:00,720 --> 00:46:58,420
that we're turning away from human

1052
00:47:03,390 --> 00:47:00,730
spaceflight i will share with you a

1053
00:47:06,060 --> 00:47:03,400
story that i got from from from jeff

1054
00:47:07,530 --> 00:47:06,070
Hanley this morning who is the the

1055
00:47:09,510 --> 00:47:07,540
program manager for the constellation

1056
00:47:11,370 --> 00:47:09,520
program and he had gotten a message from

1057
00:47:14,130 --> 00:47:11,380
a little girl named Chrissy that he had

1058
00:47:16,859 --> 00:47:14,140
actually semi adopted had invited her

1059
00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:16,869
family to the Ares 1x launch it was the

1060
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:18,880
greatest thing she had ever seen you

1061
00:47:21,850 --> 00:47:20,410
know she went through the scrub and she

1062
00:47:26,950 --> 00:47:21,860
came back the next day and saw it

1063
00:47:29,260 --> 00:47:26,960
and to Chrissy without anyone explaining

1064
00:47:31,630 --> 00:47:29,270
anything to her she thought we were

1065
00:47:33,370 --> 00:47:31,640
turning away Jeff took the time to

1066
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:33,380
explain to Chrissy look we're not

1067
00:47:38,710 --> 00:47:36,410
abandoning anything you know we're we're

1068
00:47:41,380 --> 00:47:38,720
probably on a new course but human

1069
00:47:43,150 --> 00:47:41,390
spaceflight is in our DNA so you know

1070
00:47:45,430 --> 00:47:43,160
it's important for you all to help us

1071
00:47:47,290 --> 00:47:45,440
explain to people who will look at the

1072
00:47:50,530 --> 00:47:47,300
headline because you write the headline

1073
00:47:52,780 --> 00:47:50,540
so make it accurate we are not

1074
00:47:54,910 --> 00:47:52,790
abandoning human spaceflight by any

1075
00:47:57,520 --> 00:47:54,920
stretch of the imagination we have 10

1076
00:47:59,470 --> 00:47:57,530
more years of involvement on the

1077
00:48:02,050 --> 00:47:59,480
international space station that is that

1078
00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:02,060
is exciting you know we just hired some

1079
00:48:05,890 --> 00:48:04,100
astronauts in Houston who are somewhat

1080
00:48:08,740 --> 00:48:05,900
offended that people think that they

1081
00:48:10,270 --> 00:48:08,750
have nothing to do we have crews that we

1082
00:48:13,180 --> 00:48:10,280
just named who are going to be spending

1083
00:48:15,580 --> 00:48:13,190
a year of their life training in Moscow

1084
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:15,590
just to get ready to go spend six months

1085
00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:18,170
of their lives on orbit that's

1086
00:48:23,170 --> 00:48:20,390
exploration and that's human spaceflight

1087
00:48:25,090 --> 00:48:23,180
and I can count on that until 2020 I've

1088
00:48:27,250 --> 00:48:25,100
got seven companies represented right

1089
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:27,260
here who are telling me that they're

1090
00:48:31,540 --> 00:48:29,330
excited about finding ways to get humans

1091
00:48:34,150 --> 00:48:31,550
off this planet and into low-earth orbit

1092
00:48:35,620 --> 00:48:34,160
that's human spaceflight so for any of

1093
00:48:37,870 --> 00:48:35,630
you who think we're abandoning human

1094
00:48:40,450 --> 00:48:37,880
spaceflight I just respectfully disagree

1095
00:48:43,300 --> 00:48:40,460
I think we're going to get there perhaps

1096
00:48:45,610 --> 00:48:43,310
quicker than we would have done before

1097
00:48:49,330 --> 00:48:45,620
if you look at flights to Mars for

1098
00:48:53,830 --> 00:48:49,340
example game-changing technology enables

1099
00:48:56,020 --> 00:48:53,840
us to go to Mars in days not months by

1100
00:48:57,670 --> 00:48:56,030
doing the things that we're about to do

1101
00:49:00,310 --> 00:48:57,680
by taking the money that President Obama

1102
00:49:02,260 --> 00:49:00,320
has given us in our NASA budget for the

1103
00:49:04,390 --> 00:49:02,270
next five years to use technology

1104
00:49:05,770 --> 00:49:04,400
development now that you know don't I'm

1105
00:49:08,290 --> 00:49:05,780
not trying to fool anybody that this is

1106
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:08,300
going to be easy I've still got to go to

1107
00:49:12,340 --> 00:49:09,770
the other end of Capitol Hill I mean to

1108
00:49:15,130 --> 00:49:12,350
the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and

1109
00:49:18,190 --> 00:49:15,140
but I'm excited about the opportunity to

1110
00:49:20,050 --> 00:49:18,200
do that I now have a budget that that

1111
00:49:22,060 --> 00:49:20,060
allows me to walk to that end of

1112
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:22,070
Pennsylvania Avenue and say this is the

1113
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:25,010
program that I want all of us to work on

1114
00:49:28,690 --> 00:49:26,930
together it's got to be a partnership

1115
00:49:30,430 --> 00:49:28,700
some of you may have heard my comments

1116
00:49:33,580 --> 00:49:30,440
yesterday on the budget rolled out this

1117
00:49:35,079 --> 00:49:33,590
is a wee thing this is not a this is not

1118
00:49:38,229 --> 00:49:35,089
a NASA thing this is a

1119
00:49:40,660 --> 00:49:38,239
this is the nation and working Congress

1120
00:49:43,690 --> 00:49:40,670
in the administration nasa and industry

1121
00:49:46,630 --> 00:49:43,700
nasa in an industry and academia we've

1122
00:49:47,829 --> 00:49:46,640
got academia represented here i won't

1123
00:49:49,989 --> 00:49:47,839
call the name of the school because i

1124
00:49:54,249 --> 00:49:49,999
don't want to advertise them but they're

1125
00:49:57,459 --> 00:49:54,259
here these are exciting times anybody

1126
00:50:00,039 --> 00:49:57,469
who was ever on a college campus over

1127
00:50:03,009 --> 00:50:00,049
the last 10 years and walked into an

1128
00:50:06,489 --> 00:50:03,019
engineering school and saw the dearth of

1129
00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:06,499
research going on on space science and

1130
00:50:10,989 --> 00:50:08,390
earth science and other things because

1131
00:50:14,229 --> 00:50:10,999
there was no research money i think

1132
00:50:16,089 --> 00:50:14,239
that's going to change so help us help

1133
00:50:20,769 --> 00:50:16,099
us tell this story because i think it is

1134
00:50:23,109 --> 00:50:20,779
exciting i'm very boring with aviation

1135
00:50:25,390 --> 00:50:23,119
week general as you well know yesterday

1136
00:50:28,029 --> 00:50:25,400
was the anniversary of the Columbia

1137
00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:28,039
accident and it's my understanding that

1138
00:50:34,209 --> 00:50:31,729
the constellation program was assembled

1139
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:34,219
as a direct response to that accident

1140
00:50:39,099 --> 00:50:36,650
the young the findings of the Columbia

1141
00:50:44,799 --> 00:50:39,109
accident investigation board for example

1142
00:50:46,209 --> 00:50:44,809
which mentioned the absence of a believe

1143
00:50:48,819 --> 00:50:46,219
they used the term national mandate

1144
00:50:51,130 --> 00:50:48,829
prior to the accident and also the fact

1145
00:50:53,469 --> 00:50:51,140
that NASA was stretched too thin how do

1146
00:50:58,630 --> 00:50:53,479
you incorporate the lessons of Columbia

1147
00:51:01,420 --> 00:50:58,640
in this new venture particularly the

1148
00:51:04,450 --> 00:51:01,430
part that they identified as being a

1149
00:51:08,259 --> 00:51:04,460
lack of a national mandate maybe Frank

1150
00:51:10,930 --> 00:51:08,269
if I can you know you limit the sources

1151
00:51:13,349 --> 00:51:10,940
of lessons learned our lessons learned

1152
00:51:17,109 --> 00:51:13,359
in NASA go all the way back to Apollo 1

1153
00:51:21,489 --> 00:51:17,119
that was when we we had the first I

1154
00:51:24,459 --> 00:51:21,499
opening alert that maybe we didn't know

1155
00:51:27,190 --> 00:51:24,469
everything we thought we knew and then

1156
00:51:31,180 --> 00:51:27,200
we felt really good about ourselves in

1157
00:51:32,799 --> 00:51:31,190
1986 i can tell you i landed in in the

1158
00:51:34,749 --> 00:51:32,809
middle of the desert i landed at edwards

1159
00:51:38,709 --> 00:51:34,759
air force base in the middle of the

1160
00:51:40,509 --> 00:51:38,719
night on january 18th you know went back

1161
00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:40,519
to went back home to houston and going

1162
00:51:45,999 --> 00:51:42,710
through my debriefs and my very last day

1163
00:51:48,009 --> 00:51:46,009
of debrief we took a break to watch the

1164
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:48,019
space shuttle challenger launch and 73

1165
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:48,770
seconds into flight

1166
00:51:53,820 --> 00:51:51,290
I lost seven dear friends and we once

1167
00:51:55,990 --> 00:51:53,830
again were awakened that this is hard

1168
00:51:58,350 --> 00:51:56,000
and that you've really got to stay on

1169
00:52:02,290 --> 00:51:58,360
the top of your game and then again

1170
00:52:03,940 --> 00:52:02,300
January first two thousand three at the

1171
00:52:06,610 --> 00:52:03,950
end of a mission when everybody is

1172
00:52:07,630 --> 00:52:06,620
celebrating because nobody thinks you

1173
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:07,640
know that you're going to have a problem

1174
00:52:13,150 --> 00:52:10,970
during reentry I mean except us who are

1175
00:52:14,860 --> 00:52:13,160
in the game who know that it's not over

1176
00:52:16,450 --> 00:52:14,870
till it's over you know and and that's

1177
00:52:19,030 --> 00:52:16,460
why you call wheel stopped because

1178
00:52:20,890 --> 00:52:19,040
everybody can then breathe and once

1179
00:52:24,700 --> 00:52:20,900
again we were reminded that this is

1180
00:52:26,170 --> 00:52:24,710
tough stuff so I think their lessons to

1181
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:26,180
be learned from Columbia challenger

1182
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:29,330
Apollo 1 and other accidents and

1183
00:52:33,790 --> 00:52:31,490
incidents that we had along the way that

1184
00:52:36,570 --> 00:52:33,800
that didn't get the press that those did

1185
00:52:39,430 --> 00:52:36,580
I think the president has set a bold

1186
00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:39,440
challenge for us he you know we are not

1187
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:42,530
drifting I I think I heard I've had

1188
00:52:47,170 --> 00:52:44,450
friends from Houston who write me when

1189
00:52:50,260 --> 00:52:47,180
you talk about flexible path and I admit

1190
00:52:53,650 --> 00:52:50,270
okay flexible path is hard to grasp but

1191
00:52:55,060 --> 00:52:53,660
let me help you okay they sent me a

1192
00:52:57,490 --> 00:52:55,070
thing and I think it was they said you

1193
00:52:58,780 --> 00:52:57,500
know this is like alison wonderland when

1194
00:53:01,290 --> 00:52:58,790
you're going everywhere you're going

1195
00:53:04,090 --> 00:53:01,300
nowhere well we're not going everywhere

1196
00:53:05,350 --> 00:53:04,100
we have defined destinations that we

1197
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:05,360
want to go and we will go there

1198
00:53:09,900 --> 00:53:08,090
incrementally and through our technology

1199
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:09,910
development that will help determine

1200
00:53:15,100 --> 00:53:13,130
where you go first we want to take

1201
00:53:18,430 --> 00:53:15,110
advantage of opportunities that come as

1202
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:18,440
the tip the technology develops so I

1203
00:53:21,730 --> 00:53:20,330
think Frank I hope that answers your

1204
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:21,740
question about how we're taking the

1205
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:30,530
lessons of the past Tammy Lydell from

1206
00:53:34,750 --> 00:53:32,570
AOL news you said to judge you by how

1207
00:53:36,490 --> 00:53:34,760
well you keep this on track given the

1208
00:53:38,770 --> 00:53:36,500
cost of Iran's and the delays on

1209
00:53:40,810 --> 00:53:38,780
constellation and previous NASA programs

1210
00:53:42,550 --> 00:53:40,820
why is this going to be different it's

1211
00:53:45,100 --> 00:53:42,560
going to be different because for one

1212
00:53:47,620 --> 00:53:45,110
thing the president has set out a budget

1213
00:53:50,410 --> 00:53:47,630
that supports where we think we want to

1214
00:53:52,450 --> 00:53:50,420
go and we're building programs based on

1215
00:53:55,210 --> 00:53:52,460
the budget that we have and not building

1216
00:53:58,210 --> 00:53:55,220
programs based on a dream now dreams are

1217
00:54:00,970 --> 00:53:58,220
really important dreams are critical

1218
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:00,980
because without a dream what in Proverbs

1219
00:54:05,290 --> 00:54:02,450
what's it say

1220
00:54:07,750 --> 00:54:05,300
without a vision of people perish so I'm

1221
00:54:11,410 --> 00:54:07,760
a I'm a visionary if you want to call me

1222
00:54:13,390 --> 00:54:11,420
that I dream but I want to be a

1223
00:54:16,630 --> 00:54:13,400
realistic dreamer and the president has

1224
00:54:19,030 --> 00:54:16,640
laid out a pretty healthy budget that we

1225
00:54:21,250 --> 00:54:19,040
feel we can plan to that budget and

1226
00:54:25,630 --> 00:54:21,260
stick to it if you go all the way back

1227
00:54:27,430 --> 00:54:25,640
to the days of the of the STS the space

1228
00:54:30,190 --> 00:54:27,440
transportation system I see some people

1229
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:30,200
shaking their heads at that time it is

1230
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:32,570
told to me that that the brief was given

1231
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:34,970
to President Nixon he said I love it go

1232
00:54:38,140 --> 00:54:36,770
do it and the next morning somebody

1233
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:38,150
called and said well what the president

1234
00:54:41,829 --> 00:54:39,770
really meant to say was you're going to

1235
00:54:43,540 --> 00:54:41,839
get this amount of money you know and

1236
00:54:46,420 --> 00:54:43,550
then we struggled for the rest of the

1237
00:54:48,550 --> 00:54:46,430
program this president has said here's

1238
00:54:50,829 --> 00:54:48,560
what I want you to do here's the money

1239
00:54:53,050 --> 00:54:50,839
that you're going to have to do it let

1240
00:54:56,290 --> 00:54:53,060
me know if this supports that vision and

1241
00:54:58,150 --> 00:54:56,300
we have said yes what you have told us

1242
00:55:00,460 --> 00:54:58,160
you want us to do is supported by the

1243
00:55:03,339 --> 00:55:00,470
budget you have given us and so that's

1244
00:55:05,380 --> 00:55:03,349
why I say hold me responsible I have

1245
00:55:07,240 --> 00:55:05,390
sufficient funds to do the things that I

1246
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:07,250
think we need to do for this nation and

1247
00:55:11,319 --> 00:55:09,290
so you need to hold me responsible i

1248
00:55:20,589 --> 00:55:11,329
can't say that the president has not

1249
00:55:22,809 --> 00:55:20,599
given me sufficient funds okie count yes

1250
00:55:25,300 --> 00:55:22,819
watch calm to the issue of flying

1251
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:25,310
astronauts and commercial vehicles after

1252
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:26,810
all the talk yesterday I sort of SAT

1253
00:55:30,790 --> 00:55:28,970
around last night doing a mental totally

1254
00:55:33,730 --> 00:55:30,800
unscientific poll in my head of people

1255
00:55:35,020 --> 00:55:33,740
I've talked to and Ken Bowersox and

1256
00:55:38,349 --> 00:55:35,030
people who work for these companies and

1257
00:55:41,140 --> 00:55:38,359
I came up with a number sixty astronauts

1258
00:55:43,059 --> 00:55:41,150
sixty percent say I wouldn't do it 40

1259
00:55:44,980 --> 00:55:43,069
would and then I thought well what's

1260
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:44,990
behind this and it's emotional it's like

1261
00:55:48,730 --> 00:55:46,970
this emotional latter-day right stuff

1262
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:48,740
thing it's they use logic to say why

1263
00:55:51,819 --> 00:55:50,450
they wouldn't how do you get beyond that

1264
00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:51,829
what are you going to say to the

1265
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:53,450
astronaut corps like this is how it is

1266
00:55:56,620 --> 00:55:55,010
or how are you going to work with them

1267
00:55:58,210 --> 00:55:56,630
and it's not just the core it's a larger

1268
00:55:59,829 --> 00:55:58,220
group of people who support the how are

1269
00:56:00,910 --> 00:55:59,839
you going to work at that my message to

1270
00:56:02,770 --> 00:56:00,920
the workforce it did everybody

1271
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:02,780
understand keys question first of all

1272
00:56:07,809 --> 00:56:05,450
and and he hit the nail on the head this

1273
00:56:11,470 --> 00:56:07,819
is all emotional and the reason that i

1274
00:56:14,859 --> 00:56:11,480
started my comments by thanking the

1275
00:56:16,030 --> 00:56:14,869
constellation team is because you've got

1276
00:56:20,710 --> 00:56:16,040
to understand it

1277
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:20,720
everybody's had a death in the family to

1278
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:22,490
people who are working on these programs

1279
00:56:29,230 --> 00:56:26,450
this is like a death in the family so

1280
00:56:31,420 --> 00:56:29,240
you know everybody needs to understand

1281
00:56:33,610 --> 00:56:31,430
that and we need to give them time to

1282
00:56:36,370 --> 00:56:33,620
grieve and then we need to give them

1283
00:56:38,710 --> 00:56:36,380
time to recover I have an incredible

1284
00:56:40,750 --> 00:56:38,720
work force of civil servants and

1285
00:56:43,930 --> 00:56:40,760
civilians they have been through this

1286
00:56:47,380 --> 00:56:43,940
before you know it this is just part of

1287
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:47,390
the life of being in NASA and every time

1288
00:56:52,150 --> 00:56:49,370
we managed to pull through it and we

1289
00:56:53,950 --> 00:56:52,160
managed to recover and we go off and we

1290
00:56:55,630 --> 00:56:53,960
do great things and this time will be no

1291
00:56:58,360 --> 00:56:55,640
different now that doesn't that doesn't

1292
00:56:59,890 --> 00:56:58,370
make you know an employee at the Kennedy

1293
00:57:01,870 --> 00:56:59,900
Space Center or the johnson space center

1294
00:57:03,730 --> 00:57:01,880
or a marshall space flight center or a

1295
00:57:05,830 --> 00:57:03,740
contractor that any of these seven

1296
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:05,840
people represent that doesn't give them

1297
00:57:11,650 --> 00:57:07,690
a you know a great sense of Solace

1298
00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:11,660
because they're facing reality but what

1299
00:57:16,390 --> 00:57:14,090
I tell them is look we're going to get

1300
00:57:19,870 --> 00:57:16,400
through this you know kind of stick

1301
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:19,880
stick with us if you can some of you

1302
00:57:23,590 --> 00:57:21,890
will decide that this just isn't

1303
00:57:25,870 --> 00:57:23,600
exciting enough for you and you want to

1304
00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:25,880
go do other things and and I appreciate

1305
00:57:30,970 --> 00:57:28,250
the service you've given allow us to

1306
00:57:33,670 --> 00:57:30,980
help you in your transition and if at

1307
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:33,680
all possible let us help you find some

1308
00:57:37,150 --> 00:57:34,970
work somewhere else that's gonna that's

1309
00:57:39,850 --> 00:57:37,160
going to be passionate to you I'm a big

1310
00:57:41,770 --> 00:57:39,860
person for passion I'm here because I'm

1311
00:57:43,870 --> 00:57:41,780
passionate about space and exploration

1312
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:43,880
otherwise I'd be sitting in houston

1313
00:57:47,770 --> 00:57:45,410
texas or I'd be in San Diego with my

1314
00:57:50,230 --> 00:57:47,780
three grand owners I am here because I'm

1315
00:57:57,990 --> 00:57:50,240
passionate about this I cry about it

1316
00:58:03,490 --> 00:57:58,000
sometimes so so what this is my life

1317
00:58:06,070 --> 00:58:03,500
this is their lives and give them a

1318
00:58:08,170 --> 00:58:06,080
little time they'll come back and

1319
00:58:10,990 --> 00:58:08,180
they're going to be as great as they

1320
00:58:22,559 --> 00:58:11,000
have always been so just bear with them

1321
00:58:31,319 --> 00:58:26,219
eco tuna legs and rafa in fox TV russia

1322
00:58:34,989 --> 00:58:31,329
as nasa actively partners with aerospace

1323
00:58:38,049 --> 00:58:34,999
industry in the US do you have any plans

1324
00:58:40,599 --> 00:58:38,059
to involve russian companies in any way

1325
00:58:43,839 --> 00:58:40,609
in the future after shuttle retirement

1326
00:58:48,519 --> 00:58:43,849
and could you please specify the process

1327
00:58:50,799 --> 00:58:48,529
of delivering astronauts to ISS in terms

1328
00:58:53,829 --> 00:58:50,809
of Russian participation in it again

1329
00:58:55,239 --> 00:58:53,839
after shuttle retirement thank you thank

1330
00:58:57,130 --> 00:58:55,249
you very much for the question I just

1331
00:59:00,069 --> 00:58:57,140
had a long conversation with a dear

1332
00:59:01,419 --> 00:59:00,079
friend Anna Tomac Anatoly permit off who

1333
00:59:03,159 --> 00:59:01,429
is the head of the Russian space agency

1334
00:59:05,049 --> 00:59:03,169
yesterday morning to make sure that he

1335
00:59:08,319 --> 00:59:05,059
understood that where the president

1336
00:59:10,239 --> 00:59:08,329
wants us to go he was excited as were

1337
00:59:12,549 --> 00:59:10,249
all of our international partners about

1338
00:59:14,079 --> 00:59:12,559
the president's support of extending the

1339
00:59:16,539 --> 00:59:14,089
life of the International Space Station

1340
00:59:19,870 --> 00:59:16,549
to 2020 they're all excited actually

1341
00:59:22,479 --> 00:59:19,880
about about the funding that's going to

1342
00:59:25,959 --> 00:59:22,489
commercial to the entry of commercial

1343
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:25,969
space into exploration and lower Earth

1344
00:59:29,620 --> 00:59:27,890
orbit the Russians have been an

1345
00:59:32,049 --> 00:59:29,630
incredible partner through the years and

1346
00:59:33,699 --> 00:59:32,059
they will remain so I think most of you

1347
00:59:35,890 --> 00:59:33,709
know that when shuttle retires at the

1348
00:59:38,049 --> 00:59:35,900
end of this year our primary means of

1349
00:59:40,149 --> 00:59:38,059
getting astronauts to the International

1350
00:59:43,299 --> 00:59:40,159
Space Station in anywhere else will be

1351
00:59:45,579 --> 00:59:43,309
the Soyuz spacecraft I love the

1352
00:59:51,130 --> 00:59:45,589
spacecraft I've never flown on it Sox

1353
00:59:54,309 --> 00:59:51,140
has but the bad part about it is it it

1354
00:59:57,069 --> 00:59:54,319
leaves us without redundancy I think if

1355
01:00:00,009 --> 00:59:57,079
you talk to any astronaut no matter what

1356
01:00:03,939 --> 01:00:00,019
they think you know keith mentioned the

1357
01:00:06,399 --> 01:00:03,949
pole of 60 40 40 60 or whatever most of

1358
01:00:08,890 --> 01:00:06,409
us will tell you what we think is

1359
01:00:13,299 --> 01:00:08,900
critical for the nation is reliable

1360
01:00:15,069 --> 01:00:13,309
redundant access to space when when we

1361
01:00:16,809 --> 01:00:15,079
retire shuttle and it is the right thing

1362
01:00:19,419 --> 01:00:16,819
to do by the way for those of you who

1363
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might want to ask me that question it is

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definitely the right thing to do so when

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we retire shuttle at the end of this

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year we will no longer have a reliable

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redundant way to get humans into space

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the sooner our industrial partners can

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deliver the sooner we will at least have

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some redundancy in our ability to get

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there you know two is better than one

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several is much better than two so we'll

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get there have one last question at the

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end at the end the lady there thank you

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I'm Melina Caruso with ABC owns TV

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stations our Houston station Katie RK is

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very interested in the civil space

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program basically because Boeing's

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headquartered in houston now one of the

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things they're mostly concerned about is

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jobs and as we all know one of the

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president's main goals is job creation

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so is there any possibility is there any

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plan that some of the money awarded to

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these companies not just bowing will go

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towards job creation I think if you look

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at you know when you look at dollars

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planned for a program those dollars can

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usually translate into jobs the more

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money on a program as a general rule the

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more jobs that will be involved the

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exciting thing I think I would have to

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ask our partners to say but the more

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money they got the more jobs that means

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did I get it right okay so when people

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ask me why am I excited about the

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president's budget well it's six billion

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dollars over the next five years that we

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otherwise we're not going to get so that

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says that the net there should be a net

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gain in jobs now let me not fool anybody

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it is as I mentioned to somebody who

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asked the question earlier we are now

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formulating our plans we are making some

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big changes and I don't think anybody

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can expect that we will have details you

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know specifics all laid out here

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overnight

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it's going to take us a little while

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we're going to have to figure out how we

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draw down the constellation program in

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cooperation with with with our partners

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in Congress so we've got a lot of work

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to do but I'm confident we can get there

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but but when I look at the amount of

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money that President Obama has put in

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the NASA budget specifically for human

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spaceflight commercial space flight and

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other things technology development that

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01:03:14,209 --> 01:03:11,579
we didn't even have before to me in with

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01:03:17,239 --> 01:03:14,219
my simple brain that translates to jobs

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01:03:22,370 --> 01:03:17,249
now I can't tell you you know whether

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it's going to be 1200 for 5000 or 1200

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for 600 I don't have that granularity

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yet but but my little brain tells me

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that with more money we have the

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potential to increase the number of jobs

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in our in our in our field of endeavor

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let me let me thank you all for coming

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and look be tough on us but be fair and

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be honest and you know and and human

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spaceflight is something that is

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critical to President Obama and to me

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01:03:55,420 --> 01:03:53,219
and this nation it our leadership is

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critical to our international partners

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you know I i had a representative from

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the Chinese embassy in Israel come up to

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me last week when when the Chinese and

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01:04:10,009 --> 01:04:08,130
US are you know kind of not talking

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01:04:14,569 --> 01:04:10,019
about other things and say are you still

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01:04:16,789 --> 01:04:14,579
planning to come to China and I said are

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01:04:20,479 --> 01:04:16,799
you sure that the invitation still

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01:04:23,839 --> 01:04:20,489
stands he said why of course we're

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01:04:27,489 --> 01:04:23,849
talking about space and science so you

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01:04:31,849 --> 01:04:27,499
know while anything could could happen

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01:04:33,620 --> 01:04:31,859
there is something that draws people of

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01:04:35,630 --> 01:04:33,630
different cultures and different

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01:04:38,569 --> 01:04:35,640
characters and everything together and

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01:04:40,239 --> 01:04:38,579
space is one of those things and I have

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01:04:43,279 --> 01:04:40,249
found that in traveling around the world

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01:04:45,739 --> 01:04:43,289
everybody wants to work with us and we

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01:04:48,469 --> 01:04:45,749
intend to keep it that way so it's a

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01:04:50,569 --> 01:04:48,479
good start today you know keep your eye

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01:04:55,970 --> 01:04:50,579
on us and see how we do and hold our

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01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:01,650
thank you very much and as we say thank

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you very much for your attendance and