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thank you very much

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thanks to all of you for coming out

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today as difficult as it may have been

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to get here

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it's good to see a lot of you and i want

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to welcome all of you to the kennedy

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space center this is a place that's

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quite close to my heart and it's a place

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like no other place on the planet to be

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quite honest

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it's a place that has of course a

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storied history

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being the launch site of so many of

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humanity's most ambitious and even

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audacious endeavors

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but also a place that has i can assure

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you a storied future

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i'm here today to introduce a man who

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more than anyone i've met in my career

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as an officer of marines and a nasa

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is committed to the arrival of that

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vibrant future

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as the space community knows very well

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dreams don't become a reality through

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wishful thinking alone

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much less through highfalutin talk

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and even though a steady flow of federal

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may help that doesn't make things happen

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to come true

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dreams need to be tested in the crucible

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of practicality trial and error

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they need to be calibrated and thought

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so that all the pieces

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are certain to work together

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in this case to lift us physically

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into the deep frontier the star-studded

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universe that all of us are so anxious

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to explore

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the thing that has me so excited about

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the path forward today

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is that the man i'm about to introduce

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understands how critical it is to get

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that process right

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to put it into place an inspired but

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methodical plan that can really work for

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america and for the thousands of workers

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who every day are straining at the bit

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and giving their best

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to stretch the boundaries of human what

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humanity can call home

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i'm talking about a president who has

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even in these tough economic times has

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recognized the value of science

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engineering and innovation to this

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nation's nation's future

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to its economy

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in his short tenure

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has already through his budgets and the

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recovery act lifted the federal

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investment in civilian research and

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development to unprecedented heights

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a president who has declared that it is

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essential for our students to get better

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science and educa in engineering

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educations

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and who has not just said so

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and obtained generous funding for

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programs to get them there

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a president who has brought hundreds of

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students into the white house lawn

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to look through telescopes

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and meet astronauts like buzz aldrin and

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and you better believe from the looks on

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they recognize the power of space to

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ladies and gentlemen it's my greatest

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honor to introduce to you a man for whom

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i have the greatest personal respect and

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admiration

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a man who absolutely has the right stuff

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to lead us into a new era of exploration

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please join me

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in welcoming welcoming the president of

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thank you everybody thank you

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thank you so much

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senator bill nelson

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for their

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extraordinary leadership

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dr buzz aldrin as well who's in the

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four decades ago buzz became a legend

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been one of america's leading

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visionaries and authorities on human

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a president company excluded can claim

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expertise of buzz and bill and charlie

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few people are as singularly unimpressed

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the launch pad which will be tested for

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the very first time in the coming weeks

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a couple of other acknowledgments i want

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technology policy in other words my

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chief science advisor john holdren is

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she reminds me of how important

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our nasa programs are and how important

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this facility is and she is fighting for

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and for her district and for the jobs in

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her district and i you should know that

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you've got a great champion in

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congresswoman cosmos please give her a

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i also want to thank everybody for

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participating in today's conference and

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astronauts as well

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the men and women of nasa for welcoming

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me to the kennedy space center and for

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your contributions not only to america

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we are surrounded by monuments and

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milestones of those contributions

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it was from here that nasa launched

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carried the hubble telescope into orbit

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allowing us to plumb the deepest

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recesses of our galaxy and i should

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point out by the way that in my private

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from the hubble so thank you charlie for

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helping to decorate my office

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it was from here that men and women

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propelled by sheer nerve and talent

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set about pushing the boundaries of

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that's the story of nasa

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and it's a story that started a little

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more than half a century ago

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desolate region of what is now called

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soviet union launched sputnik

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which was little more than a few pieces

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of metal with a transmitter and a

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president eisenhower signed legislation

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president kennedy boldly declared before

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a joint session of congress that the

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united states would send a man to the

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moon and return him safely to the earth

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we set about meeting that goal

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reaping rewards that have in the decades

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nasa was at the forefront

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in the years that have followed the

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space race inspired a generation of

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scientists and innovators including i'm

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it's contributed to immeasurable

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technological advances that have

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somebody said you know it's more than

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prosperity here on earth

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while demonstrating the power of a free

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to harness the ingenuity of its people

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i have been part of that generation

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1961 was the year of my birth

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the year that kennedy made his

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now one of my earliest memories is

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sitting on my grandfather's shoulders

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waving

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a flag as astronauts

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for me the space program has always

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captured an essential part of what it

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means to be an america

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reaching for new heights stretching

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beyond what previously did not seem

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and so as president i believe that space

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exploration is not a luxury it's not an

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after thought in america's quest for a

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brighter future

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it is an essential part of that quest

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so today i'd like to talk about the next

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the challenges facing our space program

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and our imperatives for this program are

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different than in decades past

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we're no longer racing against an

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adversary we're no longer competing to

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achieve a singular goal like reaching

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in fact what was once a global

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but while the measure of our

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achievements has changed a great deal

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over the past 50 years what we do

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is no less consequential for our future

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because broadening our capabilities in

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space will continue to serve our society

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in ways that we can scarcely imagine

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because exploration will once more

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inspire wonder in a new generation

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sparking passions and launching careers

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and because ultimately if we fail to

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press forward in the pursuit of

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discovery we are seeding our future and

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we are seeding that essential element of

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now i know there have been a number of

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questions raised about my

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administration's plan for space

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exploration especially

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in this part of florida where so many

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rely on nasa as a source of income as

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well as a source of pride and community

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and these questions come at a time of

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transition

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as the space shuttle nears its scheduled

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retirement after almost 30 years of

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service

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and understandably this adds to the

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worries of folks concerned not only

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about their own futures but about the

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future of the space program to which

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they've devoted their lives

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but i also know that underlying these

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concerns is a deeper word

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one that precedes not only this plan but

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this administration

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it stems from the sense that people in

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washington driven sometimes less by

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vision than by politics have for years

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neglected nasa's mission and undermined

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the work of the professionals who

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fulfill it

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we've seen that in the nasa's budget

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which has risen and fallen with the

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political winds but we can also see it

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in other ways in the reluctance of those

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who hold office to set clear achievable

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objectives

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to provide the resource to meet those

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objectives

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and to justify not just these plans but

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the larger purpose of space exploration

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in the 21st century

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all that has to change

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and with the strategy i'm outlining

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today it will

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we start by increasing nasa's budget by

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six billion dollars over the next five

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years

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i want people to understand the context

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of this this is happening even as we

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have instituted a freeze on

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discretionary spending

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and sought to make cuts elsewhere in the

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budget

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so nasa from the start several months

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ago when i issued my budget

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was one of the areas where we didn't

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just maintain a freeze but we actually

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increased funding

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by doing that we will ramp up robotic

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exploration of the solar system

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including a probe of the sun's

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atmosphere

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new scouting missions to mars and other

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destinations

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and an advanced telescope to follow

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hubble allowing us to peer deeper into

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the universe than ever before

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we will increase earth-based observation

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to improve our understanding of our

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climate and our world

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science that will garner tangible

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benefits

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helping us to protect our environment

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for future generations

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and we will extend the life of the

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international space station

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likely by more than five years

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while actually using it for its intended

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purpose

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conducting advanced research that can

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help improve the daily lives of people

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here on earth as well as testing and

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improving upon our capabilities in space

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this includes technologies like more

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efficient life support systems that will

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help reduce the cost of future missions

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and in order to reach the space station

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we will work with a growing array of

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private companies competing to make

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getting to space easier and more

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now i recognize that some have said it

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is unfeasible or unwise to work with the

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private sector in this way

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i disagree

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the truth is nasa has always relied on

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private industry to help design and

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build the vehicles that carry astronauts

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to space from the mercury capsule that

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carried john glenn into orbit nearly 50

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years ago

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to the space shuttle discovery currently

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orbiting overhead

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by buying the services of space

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transportation

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rather than the vehicles themselves we

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can continue to ensure rigorous safety

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standards are met

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but we will also accelerate the pace of

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innovations as companies

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from young startups to established

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leaders

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compete to design and build and launch

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new means of carrying people and

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materials out of our atmosphere

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in addition

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as part of this effort

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we will build

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on the good work already done on the

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ourian

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or orion crew capsule

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i've directed charlie bolden to

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immediately begin developing a rescue

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vehicle using this technology

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so we are not forced to rely on foreign

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providers if it becomes necessary to

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quickly bring our people home from the

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international space station

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and this orion effort will be part of

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the technological foundation for

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advanced spacecraft to be used in future

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deep space missions

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in fact orion will be ready to fight

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next we will invest more than three

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billion dollars

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to conduct research on an advanced heavy

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lift rocket

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a vehicle to efficiently send into orbit

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the crew capsules propulsion systems

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and large quantities of supplies needed

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to reach deep space

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on developing this new vehicle we will

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not only look at revising or modifying

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older models

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we want to look at new designs

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new materials

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new technologies that will transform not

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just where we can go but what we can do

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when we get there

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and we will finalize

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a rocket design no later than 2015 and

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then begin to build it

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and i want everybody to understand

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that's at least two years earlier than

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previously planned

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and that's conservative given that the

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previous program was behind schedule and

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over budget

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at the same time

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after decades of neglect

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we will increase investment right away

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in other ground-breaking technologies

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that will allow astronauts to reach

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space sooner and more often

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to travel farther and faster for less

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cost and to live

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and work in space for longer periods of

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time more safely

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that means tackling major scientific and

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technological challenges

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now how do we shield astronauts from

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radiation on longer missions

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how do we harness resources on distant

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worlds

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how do we supply spacecraft with energy

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needed for these far-reaching journeys

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these are questions that we can answer

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and will answer

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and these are the questions

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whose answers no doubt will reap

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untold benefits right here on earth

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so

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the point is what we're looking for is

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not just to continue on the same path we

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want to leap into the future

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we want major breakthroughs

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now

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yes pursuing this new strategy will

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require that we revise

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in part this is because the old strategy

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including the constellation program was

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not fulfilling its promise in many ways

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that's not just my assessment

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it's also the assessment of a panel of

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respected nonpartisan experts charged

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now despite this some have had harsh

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words for the decisions we've made

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including some individuals who i've got

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enormous respect and admiration for

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but what i hope is is that everybody

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will take a look at what we are planning

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consider the details of what we've laid

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out and see the merits

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as i've described them

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the bottom line is nobody is more

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committed

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to manned space flight

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to human exploration of space than i am

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but we've got to do it

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and we and we can't just keep on doing

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the same old things that we've been

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doing and thinking that somehow

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is going to get us to where we want to

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some have said for instance that this

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plan gives up our leadership in space by

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failing to produce plans

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within nasa to reach low earth orbit

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instead of relying on companies and

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other countries

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but we will actually reach space faster

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and more often under this new plan in

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ways that will help us improve our

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technological capacity and lower our

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costs which are both essential for the

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long-term sustainability of space flight

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in fact through our plan we'll be

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sending many more astronauts to space

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there are also those who've criticized

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our decision to end parts of

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constellation as one that will hinder

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space exploration below low earth orbit

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but it's precisely by investing in

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groundbreaking research and innovative

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companies

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that we will have the potential to

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rapidly transform our capabilities

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even as we build on the important work

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already completed through projects like

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orion for future missions

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and unlike the previous program we are

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setting a course with specific and

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achievable milestones

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early in the next decade a set of crude

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flights will test and prove the systems

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required for exploration beyond low

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earth orbit

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and by 2025

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we expect new spacecraft designed for

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long journeys to allow us to begin the

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first ever crewed missions beyond the

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moon into deep space

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we'll start by sending astronauts to an

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by the mid-2030s i believe we can send

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humans to orbit mars and return them

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safely to earth

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and a landing on mars will follow

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but i want to repeat i want to repeat

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this

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critical to deep space exploration will

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be the development of breakthrough

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propulsion systems and other advanced

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technologies

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so i'm challenging nasa to break through

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these barriers

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and we'll give you the resources to

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break through these barriers

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and i know you will

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with ingenuity and intensity because

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that's what you've always done

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i understand that some believe that we

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should attempt a return to the surface

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of the moon first

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as previously planned

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but i i just have to say

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pretty bluntly here

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we've been there before

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buzz has been there

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there's a lot more of space to explore

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and a lot more to learn when we do

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so i believe it's more important to ramp

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up our capabilities to reach and operate

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at a series of increasingly demanding

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targets

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while advancing our technological

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capabilities with each step forward and

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that's what this strategy does

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and that's how we will ensure that our

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leadership in space is even stronger in

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now finally i want to say a few words

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about jobs

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suzanne

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pointed out to me the last time i was

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here

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i made a very clear promise that i would

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help in the transition

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into a new program to make sure that

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people who are already going through a

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tough time here

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in this region

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were helped

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and despite some reports to the contrary

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my plan will add more than 2 500 jobs

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along the space coast in the next two

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years compared to the plan under the

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previous administration so i want to

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we're going to modernize the kennedy

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space center

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creating jobs as we upgrade launch

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facilities

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and there's potential for even more jobs

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as companies in florida and across

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america compete to be part of a new

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space transportation industry and some

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of those industry leaders are here here

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today

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this holds the promise of generating

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more than 10 000 jobs nationwide over

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the next few years and many of these

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jobs will be created right here in

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florida because this is an area primed

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now it's true

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there are floridians who will see their

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work on the shuttle end as the program

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winds down

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it's based on a decision that was made

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six years ago

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not six months ago

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but that doesn't make it any less

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painful for families and communities

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affected as this decision becomes

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reality

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so i'm proposing

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in part because of strong lobbying by

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bill and by suzanne

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as well as charlie i'm proposing a 40

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million dollar initiative

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led by a high-level team from the white

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house nasa and other agencies

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to develop a plan for regional economic

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growth and job creation and i expect

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it's an effort that will help prepare

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this already skilled workforce for new

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opportunities in the space industry and

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beyond

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so this is the next chapter that we can

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write together here at nasa

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we will partner with industry we will

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invest in cutting-edge research and

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technology

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we will set far-reaching milestones

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and provide the resources to reach those

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milestones

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and step by step we will push the

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boundaries not only of where we can go

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50 years after the creation of nasa

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our goal is no longer just

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a destination to reach

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our goal

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is the capacity for people to work and

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learn and operate and live safely beyond

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the earth for extended periods of time

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ultimately in ways that are more

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sustainable and even indefinite

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and in fulfilling this task

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we will not only extend humanity's reach

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in space

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we will strengthen america's leadership

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here on earth

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now i'll close by saying this i know

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that some americans have asked a

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question that's particularly apt on tax

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day

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why spend money on nasa at all

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i spend money solving problems in space

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when we don't

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uh lack for problems to solve here on

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the ground

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and obviously our country's still

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reeling from the worst economic turmoil

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we've known in

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generations we have massive structural

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deficits that have to be closed in the

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but you and i know

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this is a false choice

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we have to fix our economy we need to

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close our deficits for but for pennies

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on the dollar

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the space program has fueled jobs and

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entire industries for pennies on the

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dollar the space program has improved

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our lives advanced our society

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strengthened our economy and inspired

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generations of americans and i have no

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doubt that nasa can continue to fulfill

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this role

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but i want to i want to say clearly to

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those of you who work for nasa but

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to the entire community

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that has been so supportive

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of the space program in this area

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that is exactly why it's so essential

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that we pursue a new course

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and that we revitalize nasa and its

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mission

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not just with dollars but with clear

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aims and a larger purpose

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a little more than 40 years ago

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astronauts descended the nine-rung

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ladder of the lunar module called eagle

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and allowed their feet to touch the

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dusty surface

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of the earth's only moon

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this was the culmination of a daring and

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perilous gambit

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of an endeavor that pushed the

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boundaries of our knowledge

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of our technical prowess

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of our very capacity as human beings to

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solve problems

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it wasn't just the greatest achievement

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in nasa's history it was one of the

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greatest achievements in human history

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and the question for us now is whether

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that was the beginning of something

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or the end of something

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i choose to believe

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it was only the beginning

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so thank you god bless you and may god

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bless the united states of america thank

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so

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uh