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the man i'm about to introduce

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is a patriot

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a leader

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and a visionary

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he's also someone who knows the

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importance of america being the leader

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in science and technology through space

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exploration

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he's been there

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done that

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he's a marine general

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an aviator

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a test pilot

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who flew more than a hundred missions in

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vietnam

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he's an astronaut

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and a veteran of four space shuttle

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flights

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i've known him the better part of a

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quarter of a century

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on our space flight i trusted him with

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my life

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and i would do so again

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ladies and gentlemen the administrator

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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

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this is a place that's uh quite close to

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my heart and it's a place like no other

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place on the planet to be 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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astronaut

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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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funding

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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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through in painstaking detail so that

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all the pieces are certain to work

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together

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in this case to lift us physically and i

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dare say emotionally and even

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spiritually

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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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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 to stretch the

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boundaries of human what humanity can

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i'm talking about a president who has

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even in these tough economic times

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has 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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its health

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its national security and who

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in his short tenure has already through

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his budgets and the recovery act lifted

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the federal investment in civilian

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research and development to

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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 and 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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thank you everybody thank you

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thank you so much

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thank you everybody please have a seat

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i want to thank

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senator bill nelson

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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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but in the four decades since he's also

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been one of america's leading

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visionaries and authorities on human

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a few people

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president company excluded can claim the

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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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to the falcon 9 rocket we just saw on

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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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we've got congresswoman sheila jackson

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my director uh office of science and

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technology policy in other words my

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chief science advisor john holdren is

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and most of all i want to acknowledge

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your congresswoman suzanne cosmos

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including the flight down here

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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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every single one of you

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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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few more astronauts as well

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the men and women of nasa for welcoming

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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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the missions of mercury and gemini and

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space shuttle discovery

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piloted by charlie bolton

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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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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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far from the space coast in a remote and

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desolate region of what is now called

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the earth which was little more than a

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president eisenhower signed legislation

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president kennedy boldly declared before

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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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many gave their careers to the effort

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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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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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just tang and i had to point out i

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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

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i have been part of that generation

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so inspired by the space program

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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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and 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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captured an essential part of what it

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means to be an american

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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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after thr thought in america's quest for

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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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you know the challenges facing our space

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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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the moon

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in fact what was once a global

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competition has long since become a

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global collaboration

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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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or fail to do in seeking new frontiers

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is no less consequential for our future

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in space and here on earth

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so let me start by being

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extremely clear

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i am 100 committed to the mission of

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nasa and its 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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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

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income as well as a source of pride and

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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

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driven sometimes less by vision than by

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politics have for years neglected nasa's

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mission and undermined the work of the

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professionals who 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

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but we can also see it in other ways in

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the reluctance of those who hold office

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to set clear achievable 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 while

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actually using it for its intended

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purpose

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conducting advanced

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research that can help improve the daily

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lives of people here on earth as well as

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testing and improving upon our

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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

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the vehicles that carry astronauts to

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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 on the good work already

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done

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on the orien

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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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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 readied for flight

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right here in this room

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next

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we will invest more than three billion

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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 and

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large quantities of supplies needed to

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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 groundbreaking 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 and work in space for

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longer periods of 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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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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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 non-partisan 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

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than i am

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but we've got to do it

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in a smart way

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[Applause]

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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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go

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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

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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 crude 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

582
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these barriers

583
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and we'll give you the resources to

584
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break through these barriers

585
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and i know you will

586
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with ingenuity and intensity because

587
00:24:24,789 --> 00:24:17,360
that's what you've always done

588
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i understand that some believe that we

589
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should attempt a return to the surface

590
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of the moon first

591
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as previously planned

592
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but i i just have to say

593
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pretty bluntly here

594
00:24:43,430 --> 00:24:41,120
we've been there before

595
00:24:45,990 --> 00:24:43,440
buzz has been there

596
00:24:48,789 --> 00:24:46,000
there's a lot more of space to explore

597
00:24:50,710 --> 00:24:48,799
and a lot more to learn when we do so i

598
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believe it's more important to ramp up

599
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our capabilities to reach and operate at

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a series of increasingly demanding

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targets

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while advancing our technological

603
00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:00,320
capabilities with each step forward and

604
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that's what this strategy does

605
00:25:05,750 --> 00:25:03,919
and that's how we will ensure that our

606
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:05,760
leadership in space is even stronger in

607
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:18,630
now finally i want to say a few words

608
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about jobs

609
00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:23,440
suzanne

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pointed out to me the last time i was

611
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here

612
00:25:31,190 --> 00:25:27,919
i made a very clear promise that i would

613
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help in the transition

614
00:25:35,830 --> 00:25:34,640
into a new program to make sure that

615
00:25:37,510 --> 00:25:35,840
people who are already going through a

616
00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:37,520
tough time here

617
00:25:40,950 --> 00:25:38,960
in this region

618
00:25:44,549 --> 00:25:40,960
were helped

619
00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:44,559
and despite some reports to the contrary

620
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:47,840
my plan will add more than 2 500 jobs

621
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:49,760
along the space coast in the next two

622
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years compared to the plan under the

623
00:26:02,549 --> 00:25:54,320
previous administration so i want to

624
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we're going to modernize the kennedy

625
00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:05,840
space center

626
00:26:09,430 --> 00:26:07,840
creating jobs as we upgrade launch

627
00:26:12,149 --> 00:26:09,440
facilities

628
00:26:13,830 --> 00:26:12,159
and there's potential for even more jobs

629
00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:13,840
as companies in florida and across

630
00:26:17,590 --> 00:26:15,760
america compete to be part of a new

631
00:26:19,909 --> 00:26:17,600
space transportation industry and some

632
00:26:21,269 --> 00:26:19,919
of those industry leaders are here here

633
00:26:22,710 --> 00:26:21,279
today

634
00:26:24,870 --> 00:26:22,720
this holds the promise of generating

635
00:26:26,789 --> 00:26:24,880
more than 10 000 jobs nationwide over

636
00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:26,799
the next few years and many of these

637
00:26:30,390 --> 00:26:28,080
jobs will be created right here in

638
00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:30,400
florida because this is an area primed

639
00:26:38,070 --> 00:26:35,909
now it's true

640
00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:38,080
there are floridians who will see their

641
00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:40,000
work on the shuttle end as the program

642
00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:42,559
winds down

643
00:26:46,070 --> 00:26:44,320
this is based on a decision that was

644
00:26:48,549 --> 00:26:46,080
made six years ago

645
00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:48,559
not six months ago

646
00:26:51,430 --> 00:26:49,760
but that doesn't make it any less

647
00:26:52,870 --> 00:26:51,440
painful for families and communities

648
00:26:55,909 --> 00:26:52,880
affected

649
00:26:57,590 --> 00:26:55,919
as this decision becomes reality

650
00:27:00,230 --> 00:26:57,600
so i'm proposing

651
00:27:02,950 --> 00:27:00,240
in part because of strong lobbying by

652
00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:02,960
bill and by suzanne

653
00:27:07,590 --> 00:27:05,520
as well as charlie i'm proposing a 40

654
00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:07,600
million initiative

655
00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:09,520
led by a high-level team from the white

656
00:27:14,470 --> 00:27:11,760
house nasa and other agencies

657
00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:14,480
to develop a plan for regional economic

658
00:27:28,789 --> 00:27:16,480
growth and job creation and i expect

659
00:27:32,870 --> 00:27:30,789
it's an effort that will help prepare

660
00:27:35,110 --> 00:27:32,880
this already skilled workforce for new

661
00:27:37,430 --> 00:27:35,120
opportunities in the space industry and

662
00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:37,440
beyond

663
00:27:42,549 --> 00:27:39,840
so this is the next chapter that we can

664
00:27:44,389 --> 00:27:42,559
write together here at nasa

665
00:27:46,310 --> 00:27:44,399
we will partner with industry

666
00:27:47,990 --> 00:27:46,320
we will invest in cutting-edge research

667
00:27:50,950 --> 00:27:48,000
and technology

668
00:27:53,669 --> 00:27:50,960
we will set far-reaching milestones

669
00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:53,679
and provide the resources to reach those

670
00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:55,600
milestones

671
00:27:59,909 --> 00:27:57,840
and step by step we will push the

672
00:28:03,430 --> 00:27:59,919
boundaries not only of where we can go

673
00:28:06,470 --> 00:28:03,440
but what we can do

674
00:28:08,389 --> 00:28:06,480
now 50 years after the creation of nasa

675
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:08,399
our goal is no longer just

676
00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:10,799
a destination to reach

677
00:28:14,149 --> 00:28:12,000
our goal

678
00:28:16,630 --> 00:28:14,159
is the capacity for people to work and

679
00:28:20,149 --> 00:28:16,640
learn and operate and live safely beyond

680
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:20,159
the earth for extended periods of time

681
00:28:24,630 --> 00:28:21,440
ultimately in ways that are more

682
00:28:26,789 --> 00:28:24,640
sustainable and even indefinite

683
00:28:29,029 --> 00:28:26,799
and in fulfilling this task

684
00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:29,039
we will not only extend humanity's

685
00:28:33,350 --> 00:28:31,120
reaching in space

686
00:28:35,430 --> 00:28:33,360
we will strengthen america's leadership

687
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:35,440
here on earth

688
00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:36,960
now i'll close by saying this i know

689
00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:38,640
that some americans have asked a

690
00:28:42,549 --> 00:28:40,720
question that's particularly apt on tax

691
00:28:45,430 --> 00:28:42,559
day

692
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:45,440
why spend money on nasa at all

693
00:28:48,549 --> 00:28:47,279
i spend money solving problems in space

694
00:28:50,710 --> 00:28:48,559
when we don't

695
00:28:52,870 --> 00:28:50,720
uh lack for problems to solve here on

696
00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:52,880
the ground

697
00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:54,159
and obviously our country's still

698
00:28:58,389 --> 00:28:56,320
reeling from the worst economic turmoil

699
00:29:00,789 --> 00:28:58,399
we've known in generations

700
00:29:05,029 --> 00:29:00,799
we have massive structural deficits that

701
00:29:09,350 --> 00:29:06,710
but you and i know

702
00:29:11,269 --> 00:29:09,360
this is a false choice

703
00:29:13,510 --> 00:29:11,279
we have to fix our economy we need to

704
00:29:14,630 --> 00:29:13,520
close our deficits for but for pennies

705
00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:14,640
on the dollar

706
00:29:18,710 --> 00:29:16,640
the space program has fueled jobs and

707
00:29:20,389 --> 00:29:18,720
entire industries for pennies on the

708
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:20,399
dollar the space program has improved

709
00:29:24,149 --> 00:29:22,480
our lives advanced our society

710
00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:24,159
strengthened our economy and inspired

711
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:26,399
generations of americans and i have no

712
00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:29,360
doubt that nasa can continue to fulfill

713
00:29:41,350 --> 00:29:30,720
this role

714
00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:44,389
but i want to i want to say clearly to

715
00:29:49,029 --> 00:29:46,880
those of you who work for nasa but

716
00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:49,039
to the entire community

717
00:29:55,350 --> 00:29:52,000
that has been so supportive

718
00:29:57,590 --> 00:29:55,360
of the space program in this area

719
00:29:59,669 --> 00:29:57,600
that is exactly why it's so essential

720
00:30:01,669 --> 00:29:59,679
that we pursue a new course

721
00:30:03,110 --> 00:30:01,679
and that we revitalize nasa and its

722
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:03,120
mission

723
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:04,880
not just with dollars but with clear

724
00:30:09,590 --> 00:30:07,760
aims and a larger purpose

725
00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:09,600
a little more than 40 years ago

726
00:30:14,710 --> 00:30:11,520
astronauts descended the nine-rung

727
00:30:16,149 --> 00:30:14,720
ladder of the lunar module called eagle

728
00:30:17,990 --> 00:30:16,159
and allowed their feet to touch the

729
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:18,000
dusty surface

730
00:30:23,750 --> 00:30:21,039
of the earth's only moon

731
00:30:26,470 --> 00:30:23,760
this was the culmination of a daring and

732
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:26,480
perilous gambit

733
00:30:29,590 --> 00:30:27,919
of an endeavor that pushed the

734
00:30:31,510 --> 00:30:29,600
boundaries of our knowledge

735
00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:31,520
of our technical prowess

736
00:30:35,590 --> 00:30:33,600
of our very capacity as human beings to

737
00:30:37,029 --> 00:30:35,600
solve problems

738
00:30:38,310 --> 00:30:37,039
it wasn't just the greatest achievement

739
00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:38,320
in nasa's history it was one of the

740
00:30:43,110 --> 00:30:41,360
greatest achievements in human history

741
00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:43,120
and the question for us now is whether

742
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:45,600
that was the beginning of something

743
00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:48,000
or the end of something

744
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:49,440
i choose to believe

745
00:30:53,110 --> 00:30:51,360
it was only the beginning

746
00:30:54,870 --> 00:30:53,120
so thank you god bless you and may god

747
00:31:31,070 --> 00:30:54,880
bless the united states of america thank

748
00:32:07,509 --> 00:31:37,060
[Music]

749
00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:08,560
so

750
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:35,830
[Music]

751
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:40,220
wow