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now you all will hear from our esteemed

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white house representative and you will

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hear all about a whole other career path

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that you can take

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with a stem degree

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it's actually been quite a path that our

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next speaker has taken

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i'd like to introduce dr

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patricia falcone

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dr falcone is the assistant director for

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national security in the office of

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science and technology policy of the

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white house

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her work seeks to strengthen innovation

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and scientific excellence

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particularly as applied to nuclear

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security and non-proliferation and more

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broadly for homeland and national

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security

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she's been a member of the professional

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staff of sandia national laboratories in

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livermore california since 1981.

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she served on the board of army science

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and technology of the national academies

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as well as the nuclear deterrent

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transformation panel of the department

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of defense's threat reduction advisory

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she continues to serve on the mechanical

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and aerospace engineering advisory

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committee at princeton university

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dr falcone holds a bachelor of science

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in engineering and mechanical sciences

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from princeton

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as well as a master of science and phd

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degrees in mechanical engineering i

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think it's actually a master's from

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princeton got a little bit wrong but you

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you know better than i

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and so i would like to introduce dr

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well let's see i think she swallowed my

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lead because my most important thing is

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that it is my undergraduate degree is

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so i do have ties to aerospace i did

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in labs but i did not

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get the chance to come to work at nasa

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but i was here this morning and let me

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just say that this topic of women of

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innovation of aerospace of science and

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technology are really um sort of my

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favorite set of subjects so

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it's just terrific that you guys are all

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here today and i am very delighted to

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have been invited

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to get a chance to talk with you

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i'm also honored as rebecca said to have

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the chance to serve president obama and

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the president's science advisor dr john

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by working in the white house office of

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science and technology policy

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and the syllogism for what we do over

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there is that we work on the science for

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policy and the policy for science which

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basically means what are those policies

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doing of science and technology and

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engineering at nasa at other departments

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and agencies and what are those

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important issues that of policy that

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have a technical dimension and

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we need to have an alternate path

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or a set of advisors close to the

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decision makers in the white house so

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that's what we do at the white house

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office of science and technology policy

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the science for policy and the policy

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to working as an engineer as beginning

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activities

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and actions and policies and strategies

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that are going on in this domain of

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innovation of attracting

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engineering and mathematics and in

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particular trying to get folks that we

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don't have in proportions

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in our population in the stem fields

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stem i hope we've already been using

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that today so i'm just going to say it

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as an acronym from here henceforth

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lots of people that just haven't been

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time to answer questions you're really i

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was fortunate to hear the panel this

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morning and i think it's even revved up

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since then i guess in terms of lots of

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engagement back and forth

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undergraduate work is in aerospace and

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domains are together

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combustion and propulsion i was very

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interested in how pollutants formed

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chemistry of what went on

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school or have yet to go to college i

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the opportunities that you have at just

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about all universities to get involved

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in research with professors because it

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and my education and motivating class

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work and then of course it turned out to

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have been a great thing to have done for

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applying to graduate school and for

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really seeing how fields come together

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mechanical engineering department

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worked on a new laser-based diagnostic

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to again measure

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pollutant formation and try to

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understand the processes involved

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why did i become an engineer

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things are in the dark recesses of time

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about parents this morning my dad really

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said that gosh um you know if i really

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needed a scholarship which i did i was

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the oldest of four kids my dad was in

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the air force that i could really get a

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better scholarship doing engineering i

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suppose at that time i thought i might

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go be a math teacher because i liked

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math but i liked lots of other things i

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liked to read i liked writing

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speaking things like that but um i

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didn't know what engineering was other

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than you could get scholarships but what

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think having done worked as an engineer

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is that if you like math and science but

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married to a physicist and so i think

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the engineers are more on the doing

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things with it as opposed to just

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texas and someone mentioned louisiana

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state university this morning and i was

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fortunate to attend a summer science

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program at lsu

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program to attract kids to science

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program so it's interesting we've tried

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of time on anecdotes i have a long list

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of anecdotes because i went to a college

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that had never had women before

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your tool kit with uh skills in it that

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that work is so much fun you just use

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about my own perspectives just summing

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president's program which is that you

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skills in school you hone them as you

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assignments you use something you

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one you can do wonderful work

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responsibility of spending taxpayer

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on what you do and that is a big

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responsibility especially given how

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straightened times are

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you can make a career of it doing a

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parts of the government but always

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so it's much more exciting i guess than

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just being an engineer

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but um

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let me just say that you know as kathy

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said this morning i thought the really

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good comment about your career being a

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journey you know when you tell it from

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the point i'm at it all looks like it

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all fell together but it's never like

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that you know you make choices and so

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what's important is being open to

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opportunities

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realizing people can't read your mind so

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it's up to you to say what you like what

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you don't like what has been good about

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an assignment or where you might need

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help

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you have to continue learning and my

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advice for jobs is always pick the

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hardest jobs you see

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with the best colleagues so because you

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always want to have people that you can

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learn from to work with

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and i would make a set of comments on

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work-life balance always a topic here

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and i followed the advice of millie

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dresslehouse a very famous physicist who

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is a professor at mit who had won a

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conference just like this when i was a

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young staff member i went and someone

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asked her well melanie has four children

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ask her how do you be a physicist and

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you know have this family and she said

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well the most important thing is to pick

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a good husband

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so i think that i followed that rubric

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and that's worked out um

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i will also say that i benefited from

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both

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lobbying for

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being a guinea pig of evolving work-life

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policies at sandia you know at

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college and graduate school

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from conferences like this i think you

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know the technical work is fun but it's

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always good to check in with other women

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so you don't if you're all alone

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someplace that you at least feel like

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you've got a network to plug in and then

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to stand up and make change i mean

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nobody knows you know necessarily what's

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wrong and so you've got to be willing to

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volunteer both for in-reach activities

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to make your own workplace better and

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for outreach activities to give back to

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kids coming along

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you know i'm sorry i missed the talk

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about scouting i'm a big fan of scouts i

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did lead a scout troop when my daughter

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was younger and was a girl scout and uh

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with this anniversary this year i'm

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remembering to the 50th anniversary when

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i was a scout we all made signs and i

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was just thinking about this it sounds a

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little creepy now but we did all make

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signs to put in front of our house that

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said a girl scout lives here but somehow

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in this day and age maybe that wasn't a

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good thing but at the time i built this

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sign with my dad and it was just so cool

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and that was celebrating another

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anniversary of scouting

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but let me talk um

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and let me just also say that it's just

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an incredible high to have had my career

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to have had kids to work part-time for a

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while to have taken a year off when my

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son was born and to have now with my son

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in college and my daughter turning 28

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this month you know to have had this

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opportunity to be asked to come to the

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white house so i would never guess that

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would have happened i didn't necessarily

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stay on the straight and narrow through

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my career i worked on things that were

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hard with good colleagues and it all

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kind of works out and i got this chance

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and i think that's another thing to know

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that's not obvious

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is that your kids do grow up and your

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career goes on a long time and there's

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time to do lots of different things and

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what is so terrific

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is

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to be a part

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of supporting dr holdren and the

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president

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and the first lady and their supportive

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issues about stem and particularly about

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women and girls

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i have personally been able to watch

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and to staff events where the president

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and the first lady have personally been

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focused on the goal of increasing

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participation of women and girls where

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they've celebrated teachers

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where they've celebrated students at the

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second white house science fair that we

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just had that i hope you saw some of the

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video from if you didn't see the

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president and the young man from arizona

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and his marshmallow cannon that's on a

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youtube video and it's really worth

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and you know the president the first

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lady they really do understand that jump

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starting girls interest in stem subjects

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and boosting the number of women in

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science and engineering

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is not just the right thing to do but

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it's smart for america's future and for

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the economy

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and so there's a number of programs you

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could go to whitehouse.gov see lots of

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pictures we do lots of events we've

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celebrated champions of change trying to

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support you know programs individual

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programs and individual communities

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because in the end that's what you've

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got to do it's about individuals making

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decisions but giving them the support

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and painting a picture of how fun it's

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going to be on the other end

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and you know even the president um

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hosted winners of the first google

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science fair and i hope you also saw

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that all three winners of the first

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google science fair were women

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and so an absolutely terrific picture

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but also let me talk about the bigger

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picture about innovation there is the

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president's strategy for innovation

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came out originally in 2009 was updated

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in 2011

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and basically the point is to have

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innovation for sustainable growth growth

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of the economy and for quality jobs and

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i actually brought this triangle because

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often i show it but just to give you the

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image of a triangle it's got kind of

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three parts and let me just speak to to

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them the base is to invest in the

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building blocks of american innovation

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the middle portion is about how do we

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spur productive entrepreneurship and

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promote efficiency in our systems and

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the top is how to have a focus to

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catalyze breakthroughs on national

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priorities so going back to the base the

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most fundamental part of this strategy

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the president's strategy for innovation

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and let me say that you can go to

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whitehouse.gov and read the whole

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document and see the charts

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is there's really two parts to that base

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first to strengthen and broaden american

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leadership in fundamental research and

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then second to educate americans with

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21st skills 21st century skills and

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create a world-class workforce and the

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point of a work world-class workforce is

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to address these issues of

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under-representation

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to improve the teaching of science

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technology engineering and mathematics

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based on what we know now more about

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brain

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function and how the best ways to learn

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so that we don't teach classes in a way

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that might turn off some students carl

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wyman who is the associate director of

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science at ostp

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is very passionate about this subject

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about how do you actually teach science

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and engineering in a way um

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that

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you know what's called deliberate

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practice it's like learning to play a

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musical instrument or do a sport it's

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not about natural ability it's about

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practicing at the level getting better

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by practicing

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and so there's a lot of reform movement

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the president's council advisors on

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science and technology

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also has just done a two reports in this

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area and so let me just say if you

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somehow heard from older siblings or

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something that

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engineering classes are boring they're

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getting better

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and there's really

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you know an effort to try to make it

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match to all kinds of different brains

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and not just to one way

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and i think the other thing that goes

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without saying is that you know a

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democracy depends upon an educated

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citizenry and the issues are so

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important that everybody's got to have a

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fundamental basis of thinking about

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technical issues about having a

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quantitative approach even if they don't

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choose to do it as their profession

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so having

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programs to increase the numbers of

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technically trained teachers

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at all levels elementary school junior

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high high school into college is just

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important for us overall as a nation

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to have good workers for a global

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economy and to have stem

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professionals that represent all of us

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so lots of people are going out and

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talking there is a the white house

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counsel on women and girls

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has chosen this or this is a key

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activity

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for them and it makes sure that every

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agency and all the work that it does

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considers the needs of women and girls

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in the decisions

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that you know each agency makes

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including nasa and i'm sure they have

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been engaged with the white house

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council on women and girls

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so if we've got all this effort in stem

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what's the next point and you've got

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to sort of entice people to say yes it's

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you know it's all going to work out

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it's great the other thing is what are

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those um approaches to making the

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workplace be something that people want

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to stay in for a career

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and

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let me just say i've had a great time

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um

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let me say more about role models i

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didn't say explicitly

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you know there's many women you heard

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many this morning that are already in

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the administration but epa administrator

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lisa jackson is an engineer i like to

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lead with the engineers

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the administrator for noaa the national

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oceanic and atmospheric administration

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is jane lubchenko a marine scientist the

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head of the u.s geological survey is

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also a woman i actually sat next to her

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on an airplane not too long ago marcia

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mcnutt she's a geophysicist

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the chief scientist of the department of

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agriculture is kathy wotecki

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and the director of the darpa the

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defense advanced projects administration

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regina dugan is a mechanical engineer

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also

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so

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lots is happening here lots

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a lot of openings for new ideas

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but a lot of action a lot of people have

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been committed to spending every day

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trying to make things better and from

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the very top

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from the president so i hope that makes

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you know i guess what i would say is

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first of all be intentional you know

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think carefully about what you're doing

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and about

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you know sometimes i know i often try to

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i used to have a long commute driving to

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my job and so when i was in the car i if

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i was feeling in a grumpy mood i'd say

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00:20:29,270 --> 00:20:27,120
now why exactly am i having to have this

567
00:20:30,870 --> 00:20:29,280
long commute what is the point about

568
00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:30,880
this job and i would have to think okay

569
00:20:34,870 --> 00:20:33,360
now i choose to do this job because

570
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and the commute goes with the fact that

571
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i also choose to sleep with my husband

572
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whose job is a little further the other

573
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way

574
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and uh so i think the point is is that

575
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you're in charge of your life nobody

576
00:20:47,190 --> 00:20:46,080
else is and so if you kind of wander

577
00:20:49,029 --> 00:20:47,200
around

578
00:20:51,590 --> 00:20:49,039
it's kind of your own problem so it's

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important to be intentional realize that

580
00:20:54,710 --> 00:20:53,200
if you're in a boring meeting why are

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00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:54,720
you in that boring meeting and what can

582
00:20:58,390 --> 00:20:55,760
you do to either make it more

583
00:21:00,789 --> 00:20:58,400
interesting either leave or you know

584
00:21:02,470 --> 00:21:00,799
find another job but just don't waste

585
00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:02,480
your own time

586
00:21:06,950 --> 00:21:05,440
mentor give back

587
00:21:09,029 --> 00:21:06,960
i already talked about that but i do

588
00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:09,039
think that's important

589
00:21:12,549 --> 00:21:10,559
speak up

590
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you know you do have a responsibility to

591
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make things better in your own school

592
00:21:17,029 --> 00:21:15,679
and i'm you know hearing the things that

593
00:21:19,350 --> 00:21:17,039
were talked about this morning many of

594
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you already organizing your own groups

595
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you're organizing your own networks i

596
00:21:23,830 --> 00:21:22,080
mean i

597
00:21:26,070 --> 00:21:23,840
think about the context in which you do

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work and i think that you know includes

599
00:21:29,190 --> 00:21:27,600
women and innovation and by showing up

600
00:21:30,549 --> 00:21:29,200
today that's clear all of you are

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00:21:32,710 --> 00:21:30,559
already thinking about the broader

602
00:21:34,390 --> 00:21:32,720
context in which you do national

603
00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:34,400
security and once you do national

604
00:21:38,870 --> 00:21:36,640
science that kind of thing

605
00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:38,880
and then be a role model yourself for

606
00:21:42,710 --> 00:21:41,280
future generations of women innovators

607
00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:42,720
and i say that

608
00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:44,480
and one of the things i've been struck

609
00:21:47,990 --> 00:21:46,400
by are these articles about the facebook

610
00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:48,000
ipo i don't know if you're all reading

611
00:21:51,029 --> 00:21:49,440
it but there is you know a great article

612
00:21:53,590 --> 00:21:51,039
about charles sandberg

613
00:21:55,110 --> 00:21:53,600
who i guess if the ipo goes as they

614
00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:55,120
think it's going to go is going to be

615
00:21:59,029 --> 00:21:57,200
the richest um

616
00:22:00,950 --> 00:21:59,039
you know entrepreneurial woman in this

617
00:22:02,710 --> 00:22:00,960
country but one of the interesting

618
00:22:03,590 --> 00:22:02,720
things to me she's from the bay area

619
00:22:06,630 --> 00:22:03,600
which is

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00:22:08,870 --> 00:22:06,640
i'm from a lot of articles about her

621
00:22:10,789 --> 00:22:08,880
over the years and more recently are

622
00:22:13,669 --> 00:22:10,799
about these series of dinners that she's

623
00:22:16,070 --> 00:22:13,679
been having for close to 10 years where

624
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she's just had a responsibility that she

625
00:22:20,710 --> 00:22:17,840
took upon herself to just gather

626
00:22:22,470 --> 00:22:20,720
together younger women and women from

627
00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:22,480
different disciplines and i just think

628
00:22:26,390 --> 00:22:24,559
that's a pretty cool thing that each of

629
00:22:29,510 --> 00:22:26,400
us can do something

630
00:22:32,149 --> 00:22:29,520
and even now our our nation's richest

631
00:22:34,070 --> 00:22:32,159
entrepreneur if the ifeo goes through

632
00:22:36,310 --> 00:22:34,080
you know is uh standing up being

633
00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:36,320
intentional and so all of us can do that

634
00:22:39,430 --> 00:22:37,600
as well

635
00:22:40,470 --> 00:22:39,440
so that's all the comments i was to make

636
00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:40,480
and

637
00:22:56,230 --> 00:22:42,080
open to questions thank you very much

638
00:23:00,870 --> 00:22:57,750
so what we're going to do because we

639
00:23:02,789 --> 00:23:00,880
have a great opportunity here is um i'm

640
00:23:04,870 --> 00:23:02,799
going to welcome nasa administrator

641
00:23:06,950 --> 00:23:04,880
charlie bolden to give some remarks and

642
00:23:09,029 --> 00:23:06,960
then we're going to take questions for

643
00:23:11,110 --> 00:23:09,039
pat and charlie

644
00:23:13,029 --> 00:23:11,120
and i'm going to be donahue and run out

645
00:23:15,669 --> 00:23:13,039
you know and get questions from you all

646
00:23:19,110 --> 00:23:15,679
so think of fabulous questions now

647
00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:19,120
and let me introduce nasa administrator

648
00:23:24,390 --> 00:23:20,480
charlie bolden

649
00:23:30,149 --> 00:23:27,669
come on up charlie he's a

650
00:23:33,669 --> 00:23:30,159
four-time flown astronaut

651
00:23:35,270 --> 00:23:33,679
and was uh confirmed was nominated by

652
00:23:38,470 --> 00:23:35,280
the president and then confirmed by the

653
00:23:39,990 --> 00:23:38,480
senate in july 2009 to become the head

654
00:23:44,070 --> 00:23:40,000
of nasa

655
00:23:46,149 --> 00:23:44,080
nasa has 18 000 employees and as you

656
00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:46,159
heard this morning 6 000 of them are

657
00:23:51,350 --> 00:23:47,440
women

658
00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:51,360
uh and uh charlie's the head of them

659
00:23:57,909 --> 00:23:54,159
and uh he knows a lot of women

660
00:23:59,990 --> 00:23:57,919
and uh he's an inspiration to us all and

661
00:24:01,669 --> 00:24:00,000
uh so i'm going to introduce charlie

662
00:24:02,950 --> 00:24:01,679
thank you thank you thanks very much

663
00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:02,960
thank you

664
00:24:07,269 --> 00:24:05,279
um

665
00:24:09,190 --> 00:24:07,279
thank you dr falcone for your inspiring

666
00:24:10,789 --> 00:24:09,200
remarks and um

667
00:24:13,190 --> 00:24:10,799
i want to thank you for your service to

668
00:24:15,029 --> 00:24:13,200
the nation also i you have done an

669
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:15,039
incredible job i had an opportunity to

670
00:24:19,029 --> 00:24:16,799
talk with her a little bit back in the

671
00:24:21,990 --> 00:24:19,039
back and and learn a teeny bit

672
00:24:23,269 --> 00:24:22,000
um i can't think of a more important use

673
00:24:24,870 --> 00:24:23,279
of stem

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00:24:25,990 --> 00:24:24,880
education than in the job that you're

675
00:24:27,029 --> 00:24:26,000
doing pat

676
00:24:29,110 --> 00:24:27,039
and

677
00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:29,120
i think to ensure america's national

678
00:24:33,350 --> 00:24:31,520
security

679
00:24:34,789 --> 00:24:33,360
dr falcone mentioned something i hope

680
00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:34,799
you all heard it

681
00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:36,320
when she talked about her education at

682
00:24:40,549 --> 00:24:37,600
princeton

683
00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:40,559
but i want to emphasize it again she

684
00:24:45,430 --> 00:24:42,880
in 1974 she became the first woman to

685
00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:45,440
get a degree in engineering at princeton

686
00:24:49,909 --> 00:24:48,080
which i think is quite a feat

687
00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:49,919
i am also told that she went on to

688
00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:52,000
become the third only the third woman to

689
00:25:01,430 --> 00:24:58,390
she says she managed

690
00:25:03,510 --> 00:25:01,440
but a phd in engineering also so uh dr

691
00:25:05,190 --> 00:25:03,520
falcone is both a trailblazer and a role

692
00:25:06,549 --> 00:25:05,200
model for all of us

693
00:25:09,350 --> 00:25:06,559
i want to thank all of you for coming

694
00:25:11,269 --> 00:25:09,360
today nasa was

695
00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:11,279
it was a special treat for us to be able

696
00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:14,480
to to sponsor this event and i hope all

697
00:25:17,269 --> 00:25:16,240
of you have had a good time have enjoyed

698
00:25:19,350 --> 00:25:17,279
yourselves

699
00:25:20,549 --> 00:25:19,360
but have uh have gotten something from

700
00:25:23,269 --> 00:25:20,559
this day

701
00:25:24,870 --> 00:25:23,279
and i want to you are here if you if you

702
00:25:27,190 --> 00:25:24,880
didn't have a commitment or an interest

703
00:25:29,909 --> 00:25:27,200
in stem i don't think you would be here

704
00:25:32,070 --> 00:25:29,919
so i i applaud you and i thank you for

705
00:25:34,390 --> 00:25:32,080
your commitment to stem education and to

706
00:25:36,149 --> 00:25:34,400
innovation in the aerospace field

707
00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:36,159
i also want to take a moment to thank

708
00:25:41,590 --> 00:25:38,400
the organizers of this event

709
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:41,600
our host the gw space policy institute

710
00:25:46,149 --> 00:25:44,320
and our team from nasa beginning with

711
00:25:49,269 --> 00:25:46,159
deputy administrator lori garver who

712
00:25:50,870 --> 00:25:49,279
spoke with you all earlier this morning

713
00:25:52,470 --> 00:25:50,880
in opening the conference and i also

714
00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:52,480
want to thank nasa assistant deputy

715
00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:54,640
administrator for policy and strategy

716
00:25:59,909 --> 00:25:56,799
rebecca spike and

717
00:26:01,830 --> 00:25:59,919
rebecca spike kaiser

718
00:26:04,789 --> 00:26:01,840
that's right

719
00:26:06,950 --> 00:26:04,799
who is an incredible uh mother and

720
00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:06,960
everything and we have a good time

721
00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:09,360
because rebecca can come in sometime and

722
00:26:12,230 --> 00:26:10,880
you know there was a kid who was sick

723
00:26:13,909 --> 00:26:12,240
and you have to figure out okay how do i

724
00:26:16,789 --> 00:26:13,919
get to work and do all this stuff and

725
00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:16,799
it's incredible to watch her balance

726
00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:18,960
you talk about life work balance

727
00:26:22,230 --> 00:26:20,640
my encouragement to all of you because i

728
00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:22,240
have a daughter who is

729
00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:24,400
i don't know she's

730
00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:26,080
she's unmarried

731
00:26:30,149 --> 00:26:29,120
and uh and and i will say

732
00:26:32,470 --> 00:26:30,159
uh

733
00:26:34,870 --> 00:26:32,480
pat i'm not sure how at what stage of

734
00:26:36,789 --> 00:26:34,880
your life you got married but she did

735
00:26:39,029 --> 00:26:36,799
say something that that struck me and

736
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:39,039
it's you know you have to be intentional

737
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:40,559
and you have to decide that you are

738
00:26:45,029 --> 00:26:43,279
going to have a balanced life you want

739
00:26:48,230 --> 00:26:45,039
to have a family and you want to be a

740
00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:48,240
professional and you can do it and and

741
00:26:53,110 --> 00:26:49,120
my

742
00:26:54,950 --> 00:26:53,120
if you put it off

743
00:26:55,909 --> 00:26:54,960
until you establish yourself in your

744
00:26:58,710 --> 00:26:55,919
career

745
00:27:00,230 --> 00:26:58,720
uh you run the risk of falling in love

746
00:27:02,470 --> 00:27:00,240
with your profession

747
00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:02,480
uh which is fine

748
00:27:06,789 --> 00:27:04,320
but i would just i would just offer that

749
00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:06,799
and i i i talk about rebecca all the

750
00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:08,480
time because i think she made a decision

751
00:27:12,149 --> 00:27:10,480
early in her life that she wanted to be

752
00:27:13,830 --> 00:27:12,159
both a mother and a professional and has

753
00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:13,840
done it incredibly well as i think pat

754
00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:14,880
has so

755
00:27:18,389 --> 00:27:17,520
just food for thought if you will

756
00:27:20,549 --> 00:27:18,399
um

757
00:27:22,470 --> 00:27:20,559
i also want to thank

758
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:22,480
white house fellow deborah kershan who

759
00:27:25,830 --> 00:27:23,760
is um

760
00:27:28,389 --> 00:27:25,840
i am privileged to have working with me

761
00:27:31,190 --> 00:27:28,399
for this year uh she is an incredible

762
00:27:33,029 --> 00:27:31,200
woman in her own right and uh and then i

763
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:33,039
want to thank the entire women at nasa

764
00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:34,480
website team

765
00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:36,000
i want to encourage all of you as i

766
00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:37,840
think you have been as has been done all

767
00:27:41,510 --> 00:27:39,960
day long to go to women

768
00:27:43,669 --> 00:27:41,520
women.nasa.gov

769
00:27:45,669 --> 00:27:43,679
to view the testimonials of 32

770
00:27:47,830 --> 00:27:45,679
extraordinary nasal women

771
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:47,840
from scientists and engineers to policy

772
00:27:52,149 --> 00:27:50,080
analysts and managers

773
00:27:54,310 --> 00:27:52,159
these women are essential to our vision

774
00:27:56,470 --> 00:27:54,320
of reaching new heights and revealing

775
00:27:58,549 --> 00:27:56,480
the unknown so that what we do and learn

776
00:28:00,310 --> 00:27:58,559
benefit all humankind

777
00:28:02,950 --> 00:28:00,320
we're fortunate to have five of the

778
00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:02,960
women who appear on the new women at

779
00:28:08,389 --> 00:28:05,600
nasa website with us this afternoon

780
00:28:10,870 --> 00:28:08,399
i'm going to embarrass them i hope not

781
00:28:12,870 --> 00:28:10,880
to be quite honest but i am going to to

782
00:28:15,350 --> 00:28:12,880
call their names and ask them if they

783
00:28:17,909 --> 00:28:15,360
would stand in case all of you may not

784
00:28:19,590 --> 00:28:17,919
have met them yet uh first of all from

785
00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:19,600
the goddard space flight center charlene

786
00:28:32,870 --> 00:28:27,029
from uh kennedy space center tiffany

787
00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:35,990
darlene boykins and hashima hassan from

788
00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:41,590
and i thank all of you for what you do

789
00:28:50,389 --> 00:28:44,320
and congratulations for being featured

790
00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:52,070
you know you shared your stories of

791
00:28:57,510 --> 00:28:55,120
inspiration and uh i don't think you

792
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:57,520
will understand the impact of doing so

793
00:29:01,269 --> 00:28:58,480
until you

794
00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:01,279
you meet someone on the street 10 20

795
00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:03,520
years from now and they say you know

796
00:29:09,269 --> 00:29:06,640
i remember when i was an intern or i was

797
00:29:10,389 --> 00:29:09,279
a co-op or i was something at nasa and i

798
00:29:13,430 --> 00:29:10,399
saw you

799
00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:13,440
on women at nasa and i decided then that

800
00:29:18,149 --> 00:29:15,520
i was going to do something uh as

801
00:29:20,630 --> 00:29:18,159
mentors you you are not seeking

802
00:29:22,789 --> 00:29:20,640
instantaneous gratification because it

803
00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:22,799
does not come but it does come at some

804
00:29:27,510 --> 00:29:24,840
time in your life

805
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:27,520
um you know i have a slightly different

806
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:29,360
view of women's history month than some

807
00:29:32,549 --> 00:29:30,320
people

808
00:29:34,230 --> 00:29:32,559
um there's never been a month or a

809
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:34,240
moment in my life

810
00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:36,480
where i question the indispensable power

811
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:39,120
potential and contributions of women

812
00:29:42,470 --> 00:29:41,039
maybe that stems from the example of my

813
00:29:44,630 --> 00:29:42,480
own mother

814
00:29:46,470 --> 00:29:44,640
who taught me at an early age that

815
00:29:49,269 --> 00:29:46,480
regardless of race

816
00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:49,279
gender background or income

817
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:51,760
there was nothing i couldn't do

818
00:29:57,190 --> 00:29:54,480
my mother was a teacher and a librarian

819
00:29:59,190 --> 00:29:57,200
but at heart she was an explorer

820
00:30:00,149 --> 00:29:59,200
her field of exploration was not deep

821
00:30:01,669 --> 00:30:00,159
space

822
00:30:04,310 --> 00:30:01,679
but education

823
00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:04,320
her vehicles were literature history and

824
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:05,279
reading

825
00:30:10,230 --> 00:30:07,760
and her destination was the untapped

826
00:30:12,149 --> 00:30:10,240
potential of an empowerment of young

827
00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:12,159
girls and boys who she believed could

828
00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:13,279
succeed

829
00:30:17,669 --> 00:30:15,520
despite the obstacles of discrimination

830
00:30:20,310 --> 00:30:17,679
and poverty that were so prevalent in

831
00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:20,320
the south carolina of her time

832
00:30:23,909 --> 00:30:21,120
so

833
00:30:25,830 --> 00:30:23,919
i grew up knewing the power of women

834
00:30:27,029 --> 00:30:25,840
i'm blessed to be married to a strong

835
00:30:29,590 --> 00:30:27,039
black woman

836
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:29,600
alexis jackie bolden

837
00:30:33,510 --> 00:30:31,200
who i have known since we were the age

838
00:30:34,830 --> 00:30:33,520
of three

839
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:34,840
that's

840
00:30:39,830 --> 00:30:38,080
right there is a story told i can't

841
00:30:41,909 --> 00:30:39,840
verify it because my father is looking

842
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:41,919
down on us from heaven now but that

843
00:30:47,269 --> 00:30:44,720
our two families uh were at the beach

844
00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:47,279
and uh

845
00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:49,120
jackie denies this but i'm told she was

846
00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:50,640
bowlegged

847
00:30:55,029 --> 00:30:52,960
and that my father looked at

848
00:30:57,509 --> 00:30:55,039
her father and said save the bowlegged

849
00:31:00,230 --> 00:30:57,519
one for charles

850
00:31:01,830 --> 00:31:00,240
and that was how our relationship began

851
00:31:02,870 --> 00:31:01,840
when we were three i see you shaking

852
00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:02,880
your head

853
00:31:07,509 --> 00:31:04,880
my wife denies that also

854
00:31:09,430 --> 00:31:07,519
but she's not here so i can tell it

855
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,440
uh we're blessed with an incredible

856
00:31:12,549 --> 00:31:11,279
daughter we have a son but i'm not going

857
00:31:13,669 --> 00:31:12,559
to talk about him today he's a

858
00:31:15,669 --> 00:31:13,679
lieutenant colonel in the marine corps

859
00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:15,679
at the pentagon but we're blessed with

860
00:31:19,190 --> 00:31:17,519
an incredible daughter dr kelly bolden

861
00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:19,200
who is a medical doctor and a plastic

862
00:31:23,269 --> 00:31:21,440
surgeon at providence hospital here in

863
00:31:24,950 --> 00:31:23,279
the district of columbia a question was

864
00:31:26,789 --> 00:31:24,960
asked in the last session

865
00:31:28,950 --> 00:31:26,799
i want to go into medicine but i also

866
00:31:30,549 --> 00:31:28,960
want to be an engineer or i want to get

867
00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:30,559
into engineering

868
00:31:35,430 --> 00:31:32,480
kelly always knew she wanted to be a

869
00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:35,440
doctor but she also didn't know whether

870
00:31:38,950 --> 00:31:37,039
she was going to be successful in

871
00:31:41,269 --> 00:31:38,960
getting in med school always had an

872
00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:41,279
interest in stem-related areas and so

873
00:31:46,149 --> 00:31:43,679
she decided that

874
00:31:48,310 --> 00:31:46,159
don't ask me why she decided this that

875
00:31:50,549 --> 00:31:48,320
as a safety net

876
00:31:52,470 --> 00:31:50,559
she would do a dual degree in an

877
00:31:54,950 --> 00:31:52,480
undergraduate so she majored in

878
00:31:56,710 --> 00:31:54,960
chemistry at spelman college in atlanta

879
00:31:57,909 --> 00:31:56,720
and then went for two more years to

880
00:32:00,230 --> 00:31:57,919
georgia tech

881
00:32:01,509 --> 00:32:00,240
where she earned a dual degree in chemo

882
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:01,519
chemistry and chemical engineering

883
00:32:05,909 --> 00:32:03,279
before going to medical school at baylor

884
00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:05,919
so if you're focused and you know what

885
00:32:10,710 --> 00:32:08,320
you want to do you can do anything that

886
00:32:13,509 --> 00:32:10,720
you set your mind to

887
00:32:14,870 --> 00:32:13,519
um you know finally my wife and i are

888
00:32:16,870 --> 00:32:14,880
the proud granddaughters of three

889
00:32:19,590 --> 00:32:16,880
beautiful smart energetic granddaughters

890
00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:19,600
mckayley is 11 kyrah is nine talia's

891
00:32:22,950 --> 00:32:20,720
five

892
00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:22,960
mckayley plans to be a rocket scientist

893
00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:23,919
and

894
00:32:30,230 --> 00:32:25,760
i

895
00:32:31,830 --> 00:32:30,240
daughters and several years ago when

896
00:32:33,990 --> 00:32:31,840
they were going to come to visit us when

897
00:32:35,990 --> 00:32:34,000
we were living in houston from san diego

898
00:32:36,870 --> 00:32:36,000
mckayla called and they call me oji

899
00:32:38,710 --> 00:32:36,880
which is

900
00:32:40,870 --> 00:32:38,720
we live two years in japan and og is

901
00:32:43,430 --> 00:32:40,880
short for ogisan which is grandfather in

902
00:32:45,269 --> 00:32:43,440
japanese and so mckayley called she said

903
00:32:46,950 --> 00:32:45,279
oh gee i know what i want for christmas

904
00:32:47,990 --> 00:32:46,960
i said mckealy what do you want for

905
00:32:49,430 --> 00:32:48,000
christmas

906
00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:49,440
she said i want to meet a rocket

907
00:32:53,909 --> 00:32:51,679
scientist so i can ask questions you

908
00:32:56,230 --> 00:32:53,919
know we were living in houston the home

909
00:32:58,149 --> 00:32:56,240
of the johnson space center and so i

910
00:32:59,190 --> 00:32:58,159
said makayla i think we can arrange that

911
00:33:05,509 --> 00:32:59,200
and

912
00:33:06,950 --> 00:33:05,519
the good thing was one of my down the

913
00:33:08,389 --> 00:33:06,960
street neighbors was a gentleman by the

914
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:08,399
name of bo bemik

915
00:33:13,269 --> 00:33:10,799
who is some of you who are jsc nobo bo

916
00:33:15,350 --> 00:33:13,279
is uh beau is a rocket scientist

917
00:33:17,110 --> 00:33:15,360
and uh and an incredible rocket

918
00:33:18,950 --> 00:33:17,120
scientist and i i

919
00:33:21,110 --> 00:33:18,960
i'd see beau on the street all the time

920
00:33:23,190 --> 00:33:21,120
i was retired at the time i thought not

921
00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:23,200
doing very well retired i was being

922
00:33:26,950 --> 00:33:24,880
unsuccessful at it

923
00:33:28,230 --> 00:33:26,960
and i said bo i have a i have my

924
00:33:29,830 --> 00:33:28,240
granddaughters coming and one of them

925
00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:29,840
wants to be a rocket scientist and her

926
00:33:33,430 --> 00:33:32,000
only request for christmas is to meet a

927
00:33:35,269 --> 00:33:33,440
rocket scientist would you say hello to

928
00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:35,279
her he said yeah bring her down

929
00:33:39,590 --> 00:33:38,000
and so i took her down to bo's house i

930
00:33:40,870 --> 00:33:39,600
had told her about it and she wanted to

931
00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:40,880
know she said oh gee can i make a

932
00:33:43,990 --> 00:33:42,880
powerpoint presentation

933
00:33:45,669 --> 00:33:44,000
i said

934
00:33:47,190 --> 00:33:45,679
no michael

935
00:33:49,029 --> 00:33:47,200
you you know you're just going down to

936
00:33:52,389 --> 00:33:49,039
meet him and you want to listen you

937
00:33:54,710 --> 00:33:52,399
don't you don't need to sell him on you

938
00:33:56,630 --> 00:33:54,720
so when they came and we got ready to

939
00:33:58,549 --> 00:33:56,640
walk up the street i noticed she had

940
00:33:59,909 --> 00:33:58,559
sort of a folder in her hand much like i

941
00:34:01,509 --> 00:33:59,919
had and i said mckeely what's in your

942
00:34:03,590 --> 00:34:01,519
folder she said well you told me i

943
00:34:06,470 --> 00:34:03,600
couldn't do a powerpoint display but i i

944
00:34:07,590 --> 00:34:06,480
did a diagram of my rocket

945
00:34:09,349 --> 00:34:07,600
and so i thought it was going to be a

946
00:34:11,430 --> 00:34:09,359
piece of paper like this with a rocket

947
00:34:12,869 --> 00:34:11,440
we get down to bows and bo invited us in

948
00:34:14,230 --> 00:34:12,879
and we went in the kitchen

949
00:34:15,990 --> 00:34:14,240
and we're sitting around the kitchen

950
00:34:18,869 --> 00:34:16,000
table and michaela opens up her notebook

951
00:34:21,430 --> 00:34:18,879
and she pulls out nine sheets of paper

952
00:34:23,589 --> 00:34:21,440
and she has taken her rocket design and

953
00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:23,599
she has drawn it on these nine pieces of

954
00:34:29,030 --> 00:34:26,399
paper so we have this huge

955
00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:29,040
diagram of a rocket that she has

956
00:34:32,790 --> 00:34:31,040
on the ground and she and bo

957
00:34:34,470 --> 00:34:32,800
sat around that kitchen table bo went

958
00:34:36,389 --> 00:34:34,480
and got some of his rocket models and

959
00:34:38,950 --> 00:34:36,399
everything and and for about two hours

960
00:34:41,109 --> 00:34:38,960
they talked about making rockets and why

961
00:34:42,869 --> 00:34:41,119
did she put this part in the design and

962
00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:42,879
why did she put that part in the design

963
00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:45,200
and she could explain what it was you

964
00:34:50,149 --> 00:34:47,520
know why why she had this she had a net

965
00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:50,159
that was a debris shield and all other

966
00:34:53,430 --> 00:34:51,760
kinds of stuff so

967
00:34:56,230 --> 00:34:53,440
it is important

968
00:34:58,310 --> 00:34:56,240
for all of us me as a grandfather to be

969
00:34:59,670 --> 00:34:58,320
a role model to my granddaughters and to

970
00:35:02,390 --> 00:34:59,680
my daughter

971
00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:02,400
so that they know that people do

972
00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:04,480
believe in them and that they can do

973
00:35:08,790 --> 00:35:06,640
anything that they want to do

974
00:35:10,470 --> 00:35:08,800
as a bit of a history buff i am also

975
00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:10,480
aware that there are some outstanding

976
00:35:15,190 --> 00:35:12,480
scientists and mathematicians

977
00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:15,200
throughout history who are women

978
00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:18,400
expathia of alexandria in 400 a.d became

979
00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:20,160
the head of the platonist school of

980
00:35:23,349 --> 00:35:21,520
alexandria

981
00:35:25,430 --> 00:35:23,359
during her life she discouraged

982
00:35:27,510 --> 00:35:25,440
mysticism and encouraged logical and

983
00:35:28,870 --> 00:35:27,520
mathematical studies

984
00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:28,880
emil

985
00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:33,599
chatelain who lived from 1706 to 1749

986
00:35:36,870 --> 00:35:34,960
she was a french physicist and

987
00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:36,880
mathematician who translated newton's

988
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:39,680
principia into french she distinguished

989
00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:43,359
herself as a as a she disguised herself

990
00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:44,560
as a man

991
00:35:49,030 --> 00:35:46,720
in order to study science

992
00:35:51,430 --> 00:35:49,040
maria mitchell who lived from 1818 to

993
00:35:53,589 --> 00:35:51,440
1889 was the first professional woman

994
00:35:55,270 --> 00:35:53,599
astronomer in the united states and the

995
00:35:58,030 --> 00:35:55,280
first woman to gain membership in the

996
00:35:59,670 --> 00:35:58,040
american academy of arts and sciences in

997
00:36:02,230 --> 00:35:59,680
1848

998
00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:02,240
she once said i quote we especially need

999
00:36:06,470 --> 00:36:04,720
imagination in science question

1000
00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:06,480
everything unquote

1001
00:36:11,990 --> 00:36:08,320
she was so right

1002
00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:12,000
i will paraphrase as saying it's really

1003
00:36:15,750 --> 00:36:13,920
necessity as the mother of invention but

1004
00:36:17,030 --> 00:36:15,760
i will say innovation

1005
00:36:23,030 --> 00:36:17,040
is the mother

1006
00:36:25,430 --> 00:36:23,040
and innovation is what we do at nasa and

1007
00:36:27,589 --> 00:36:25,440
throughout the aerospace industry

1008
00:36:29,589 --> 00:36:27,599
i am proud of the contributions women

1009
00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:29,599
have made and continue to make at nasa

1010
00:36:33,109 --> 00:36:31,200
at every level

1011
00:36:35,589 --> 00:36:33,119
we are determined to keep that pipeline

1012
00:36:38,150 --> 00:36:35,599
flowing through recruitment support and

1013
00:36:39,349 --> 00:36:38,160
promotions as well as our investments in

1014
00:36:41,510 --> 00:36:39,359
stem

1015
00:36:43,829 --> 00:36:41,520
america needs you

1016
00:36:46,230 --> 00:36:43,839
aerospace needs you

1017
00:36:48,470 --> 00:36:46,240
we at nasa need you

1018
00:36:51,030 --> 00:36:48,480
the good news as we learned from the new

1019
00:36:54,230 --> 00:36:51,040
girl scout study is that an overwhelming

1020
00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:54,240
majority 74 percent of high school girls

1021
00:36:58,230 --> 00:36:55,760
across the country

1022
00:36:59,910 --> 00:36:58,240
are interested in stem studies

1023
00:37:01,910 --> 00:36:59,920
we just have to do a better job of

1024
00:37:04,230 --> 00:37:01,920
breaking down those old barriers and

1025
00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:04,240
unleashing their potential

1026
00:37:07,670 --> 00:37:06,320
look out at this room if you would just

1027
00:37:10,470 --> 00:37:07,680
look around

1028
00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:10,480
a room full of eager students and young

1029
00:37:13,510 --> 00:37:11,760
professionals

1030
00:37:15,910 --> 00:37:13,520
i have no doubt

1031
00:37:17,829 --> 00:37:15,920
that you're the ones who will lead us to

1032
00:37:19,829 --> 00:37:17,839
a better tomorrow i thank you for this

1033
00:37:22,069 --> 00:37:19,839
opportunity to participate in this forum

1034
00:37:24,069 --> 00:37:22,079
and i thank you for participating today

1035
00:37:26,150 --> 00:37:24,079
and pat if you want to come back up i

1036
00:37:36,310 --> 00:37:26,160
think we do we may have some time to try

1037
00:37:53,430 --> 00:37:37,670
all right

1038
00:37:57,030 --> 00:37:55,750
right there rebecca on the aisle almost

1039
00:37:58,630 --> 00:37:57,040
in the back

1040
00:38:00,550 --> 00:37:58,640
yeah

1041
00:38:02,710 --> 00:38:00,560
it's easier for us to see

1042
00:38:06,470 --> 00:38:02,720
okay people could come up here too

1043
00:38:10,870 --> 00:38:08,710
good afternoon i'm lois tett with

1044
00:38:12,710 --> 00:38:10,880
majority and women-owned businesses and

1045
00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:12,720
we followed nasa for the longest in

1046
00:38:17,270 --> 00:38:15,280
terms of small business contracts and at

1047
00:38:20,550 --> 00:38:17,280
one point we were told that there would

1048
00:38:23,030 --> 00:38:20,560
be an explosion of low earth technology

1049
00:38:26,069 --> 00:38:23,040
as you see that's clearly come to pass

1050
00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:26,079
they also said that at least 60 or over

1051
00:38:30,150 --> 00:38:27,440
60 percent

1052
00:38:33,190 --> 00:38:30,160
of the positions that are filled at nasa

1053
00:38:35,349 --> 00:38:33,200
are from contractors is that true

1054
00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:35,359
can you say just the last part of the

1055
00:38:43,109 --> 00:38:38,400
question 60 over 60

1056
00:38:44,950 --> 00:38:43,119
of the jobs at nasa are contractors 85

1057
00:38:49,190 --> 00:38:44,960
of the funds that are in the nasa but i

1058
00:38:52,550 --> 00:38:49,200
have a 17.7 billion dollar budget and 87

1059
00:38:56,310 --> 00:38:52,560
85 percent of of those funds go uh to

1060
00:39:00,390 --> 00:38:56,320
the outside so we have about 40 000

1061
00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:00,400
uh contractors uh who support our

1062
00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:03,040
17 18 000 civil servants so the vast

1063
00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:05,280
majority of people who work nasa

1064
00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:08,000
programs are nasa contractors or private

1065
00:39:10,630 --> 00:39:09,200
industry

1066
00:39:13,109 --> 00:39:10,640
and i tell people that all the time when

1067
00:39:15,109 --> 00:39:13,119
we talk about building rockets and

1068
00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:15,119
people who are nervous about our our

1069
00:39:19,030 --> 00:39:17,440
effort to enter into

1070
00:39:21,349 --> 00:39:19,040
an era where we have commercial

1071
00:39:22,950 --> 00:39:21,359
companies private companies providing

1072
00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:22,960
transportation for astronauts to and

1073
00:39:29,430 --> 00:39:26,480
from space uh it's not new uh the the

1074
00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:29,440
concept of having them be responsible

1075
00:39:33,430 --> 00:39:30,400
and us

1076
00:39:35,349 --> 00:39:33,440
rent or lease the service is new but um

1077
00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:35,359
from the earliest days of mercury

1078
00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:37,760
germany apollo it was always an american

1079
00:39:42,310 --> 00:39:39,760
aerospace company working hand in glove

1080
00:39:43,910 --> 00:39:42,320
with nasa that that built the the

1081
00:39:46,790 --> 00:39:43,920
machines for us

1082
00:39:47,829 --> 00:39:46,800
so it's more than 60 percent

1083
00:39:49,349 --> 00:39:47,839
okay

1084
00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:49,359
a question down there ruth will get your

1085
00:39:57,430 --> 00:39:55,670
hi so this question is mostly for for

1086
00:39:59,190 --> 00:39:57,440
you dr falcone i'm

1087
00:40:01,430 --> 00:39:59,200
i'm very interested in getting into

1088
00:40:03,910 --> 00:40:01,440
public policy related to stem but

1089
00:40:06,309 --> 00:40:03,920
specifically stem education

1090
00:40:09,510 --> 00:40:06,319
after i have my ph.d is that something

1091
00:40:12,470 --> 00:40:09,520
that ostp is involved in public policy

1092
00:40:14,550 --> 00:40:12,480
for stem education or where would you

1093
00:40:16,870 --> 00:40:14,560
recommend me looking for opportunities

1094
00:40:19,510 --> 00:40:16,880
in that area

1095
00:40:23,750 --> 00:40:19,520
well ostp has just led

1096
00:40:24,950 --> 00:40:23,760
an inventory of all of the federal stem

1097
00:40:27,589 --> 00:40:24,960
programs

1098
00:40:30,390 --> 00:40:27,599
and submitted that and is you know to

1099
00:40:32,150 --> 00:40:30,400
congress actually for discussion so ostp

1100
00:40:33,589 --> 00:40:32,160
is involved at the coordination level

1101
00:40:36,150 --> 00:40:33,599
but the actual

1102
00:40:37,990 --> 00:40:36,160
development of specific stem programs

1103
00:40:40,470 --> 00:40:38,000
goes on in departments and agencies and

1104
00:40:43,430 --> 00:40:40,480
certainly nasa has a huge set of

1105
00:40:44,630 --> 00:40:43,440
activities so the real doing of

1106
00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:44,640
you know

1107
00:40:49,109 --> 00:40:46,640
policy and making it work does happen in

1108
00:40:50,550 --> 00:40:49,119
a variety all the science agencies have

1109
00:40:53,109 --> 00:40:50,560
a role and of course the department of

1110
00:40:59,270 --> 00:40:53,119
education has a role so i'd look and the

1111
00:41:02,950 --> 00:41:01,190
hi my name is megan roulard i work with

1112
00:41:05,109 --> 00:41:02,960
the larouche political action committee

1113
00:41:07,270 --> 00:41:05,119
for our science research team

1114
00:41:09,030 --> 00:41:07,280
i i wanted to raise it does seem that

1115
00:41:11,349 --> 00:41:09,040
there are some real

1116
00:41:14,150 --> 00:41:11,359
strategic and economic considerations

1117
00:41:16,630 --> 00:41:14,160
which are determining a lot about what's

1118
00:41:19,990 --> 00:41:16,640
possible for women and others

1119
00:41:22,790 --> 00:41:20,000
in terms of innovation and a real uh

1120
00:41:24,230 --> 00:41:22,800
frontier policy at nasa and in

1121
00:41:26,309 --> 00:41:24,240
in aerospace

1122
00:41:28,309 --> 00:41:26,319
i recently watched a hearing

1123
00:41:30,550 --> 00:41:28,319
congressional hearing on the

1124
00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:30,560
web telescope and

1125
00:41:36,150 --> 00:41:33,920
various panelists from nasa were asked

1126
00:41:37,589 --> 00:41:36,160
by congressman because of the you know

1127
00:41:40,069 --> 00:41:37,599
budget cut requirements from the

1128
00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:40,079
administration do you want a new heavy

1129
00:41:43,990 --> 00:41:42,240
launch vehicle or do you want the web

1130
00:41:45,430 --> 00:41:44,000
telescope

1131
00:41:47,109 --> 00:41:45,440
you know nobody

1132
00:41:48,550 --> 00:41:47,119
really answered either way on this one

1133
00:41:49,430 --> 00:41:48,560
but that's typical of the state of

1134
00:41:51,190 --> 00:41:49,440
things

1135
00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:51,200
we also under the administration have

1136
00:41:55,349 --> 00:41:53,040
required the current

1137
00:41:57,109 --> 00:41:55,359
uh you know the space shuttle dependent

1138
00:41:59,349 --> 00:41:57,119
on other countries to get back up to the

1139
00:42:01,109 --> 00:41:59,359
space station including russia

1140
00:42:03,510 --> 00:42:01,119
we generally enter this administration

1141
00:42:05,910 --> 00:42:03,520
have had a very provocative policy

1142
00:42:07,829 --> 00:42:05,920
stance towards them

1143
00:42:08,870 --> 00:42:07,839
so my question is

1144
00:42:11,589 --> 00:42:08,880
uh

1145
00:42:14,710 --> 00:42:11,599
you know what's the real prospect for

1146
00:42:17,430 --> 00:42:14,720
innovation and real creativity at nasa

1147
00:42:18,550 --> 00:42:17,440
for women and otherwise given these very

1148
00:42:21,109 --> 00:42:18,560
real

1149
00:42:23,510 --> 00:42:21,119
strategic and economic considerations

1150
00:42:25,430 --> 00:42:23,520
and the current policy and i'd add you

1151
00:42:27,190 --> 00:42:25,440
know including typical being the

1152
00:42:29,990 --> 00:42:27,200
examples i gave i don't think a

1153
00:42:31,910 --> 00:42:30,000
continuation of the current policy

1154
00:42:34,390 --> 00:42:31,920
bodes well for the future

1155
00:42:35,910 --> 00:42:34,400
well i i wouldn't agree with your with

1156
00:42:38,630 --> 00:42:35,920
your assessment i'm i'm not as

1157
00:42:41,109 --> 00:42:38,640
pessimistic as you as you seem to sound

1158
00:42:43,109 --> 00:42:41,119
uh what was done in 2010 when we were

1159
00:42:46,150 --> 00:42:43,119
working through the budget process was

1160
00:42:48,470 --> 00:42:46,160
the president and the congress and the

1161
00:42:52,150 --> 00:42:48,480
chief players were actually senator kay

1162
00:42:54,470 --> 00:42:52,160
bailey hudson hutchinson senator nelson

1163
00:42:56,630 --> 00:42:54,480
congresswoman johnson and congressman

1164
00:42:59,670 --> 00:42:56,640
hall from the house

1165
00:43:01,750 --> 00:42:59,680
came together and and recognized that we

1166
00:43:04,470 --> 00:43:01,760
needed nasa needed to have

1167
00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:04,480
prior our work prioritized and so the

1168
00:43:08,870 --> 00:43:06,720
agreement between the president and the

1169
00:43:10,550 --> 00:43:08,880
members of congress was that there would

1170
00:43:12,950 --> 00:43:10,560
be three priority

1171
00:43:15,270 --> 00:43:12,960
endeavors for nasa uh the james webb

1172
00:43:18,790 --> 00:43:15,280
space telescope is the the foremost

1173
00:43:21,190 --> 00:43:18,800
scientific undertaking not to to do away

1174
00:43:22,870 --> 00:43:21,200
with other things but as the the the

1175
00:43:24,309 --> 00:43:22,880
hallmark if you will

1176
00:43:25,430 --> 00:43:24,319
um the

1177
00:43:27,430 --> 00:43:25,440
heavy lift launch vehicle and

1178
00:43:30,069 --> 00:43:27,440
multi-purpose crew vehicle as the

1179
00:43:32,550 --> 00:43:30,079
instrument to facilitate an exploration

1180
00:43:34,150 --> 00:43:32,560
program know it recognizing that that

1181
00:43:37,030 --> 00:43:34,160
you can't explore

1182
00:43:39,430 --> 00:43:37,040
until we get new technologies so a a

1183
00:43:41,589 --> 00:43:39,440
space technology program is necessary

1184
00:43:43,990 --> 00:43:41,599
and and we've asked for funding for that

1185
00:43:46,069 --> 00:43:44,000
this year 2012 is the first year that

1186
00:43:48,710 --> 00:43:46,079
nasa actually has a technology space

1187
00:43:51,190 --> 00:43:48,720
technology funding line in our budget uh

1188
00:43:53,349 --> 00:43:51,200
it's 575 million dollars may not sound

1189
00:43:55,990 --> 00:43:53,359
like a lot to you but when it's when it

1190
00:43:58,550 --> 00:43:56,000
was zero last year that's a lot and and

1191
00:44:00,870 --> 00:43:58,560
what we're asking for this year is 699

1192
00:44:04,309 --> 00:44:00,880
million uh and then the third priority

1193
00:44:05,670 --> 00:44:04,319
was um was enhanced utilization of the

1194
00:44:07,829 --> 00:44:05,680
international space station as a

1195
00:44:09,670 --> 00:44:07,839
national laboratory now that we have

1196
00:44:12,630 --> 00:44:09,680
agreed the international partners have

1197
00:44:14,550 --> 00:44:12,640
agreed to extend it to at least 2020 we

1198
00:44:17,750 --> 00:44:14,560
cannot do that without a capability to

1199
00:44:20,150 --> 00:44:17,760
get our crews and and cargo to space and

1200
00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:20,160
so that's where we found the necessity

1201
00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:22,800
of phasing out shuttle because it was

1202
00:44:26,950 --> 00:44:24,720
decided after the columbia accident all

1203
00:44:28,550 --> 00:44:26,960
the way back in 2004

1204
00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:28,560
phasing out shuttle is the as the

1205
00:44:33,430 --> 00:44:31,040
vehicle for transportation and allowing

1206
00:44:34,950 --> 00:44:33,440
american industry to take over that that

1207
00:44:38,230 --> 00:44:34,960
responsibility

1208
00:44:40,230 --> 00:44:38,240
we are well on the way to that um so

1209
00:44:42,069 --> 00:44:40,240
um commercial crew and cargo will

1210
00:44:44,230 --> 00:44:42,079
support the international space station

1211
00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:44,240
those are the three priorities but we

1212
00:44:47,990 --> 00:44:45,440
still have

1213
00:44:51,030 --> 00:44:48,000
what i would say is i don't use the term

1214
00:44:51,990 --> 00:44:51,040
robust but if i were to list for you the

1215
00:44:53,990 --> 00:44:52,000
science

1216
00:44:56,230 --> 00:44:54,000
missions that are either in progress

1217
00:44:57,750 --> 00:44:56,240
right now and there are more than 80. we

1218
00:45:00,230 --> 00:44:57,760
have about 56 of them that are

1219
00:45:02,790 --> 00:45:00,240
operational projects even as we speak

1220
00:45:04,710 --> 00:45:02,800
and about 28 that are in development and

1221
00:45:06,069 --> 00:45:04,720
some will be launched

1222
00:45:08,870 --> 00:45:06,079
later this month

1223
00:45:11,030 --> 00:45:08,880
on into the 2018s when the james webb

1224
00:45:13,990 --> 00:45:11,040
space telescope is so the opportunities

1225
00:45:15,750 --> 00:45:14,000
for women uh for minorities for anyone

1226
00:45:17,510 --> 00:45:15,760
who wants to enter the stem field i

1227
00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:17,520
think are rich

1228
00:45:22,150 --> 00:45:20,640
our problem is going to be

1229
00:45:24,150 --> 00:45:22,160
getting people who are interested in

1230
00:45:25,990 --> 00:45:24,160
stem educating people interested in stem

1231
00:45:28,150 --> 00:45:26,000
education first of all

1232
00:45:29,910 --> 00:45:28,160
getting them into college with the

1233
00:45:32,150 --> 00:45:29,920
courage to take the difficult courses

1234
00:45:33,670 --> 00:45:32,160
that pat kept alluding to so that they

1235
00:45:36,390 --> 00:45:33,680
can get through the undergraduate

1236
00:45:38,550 --> 00:45:36,400
curriculum and then if they want to to

1237
00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:38,560
go on to graduate and postgraduate

1238
00:45:42,550 --> 00:45:40,400
degrees

1239
00:45:46,710 --> 00:45:42,560
thank you we could take one last

1240
00:45:50,950 --> 00:45:48,550
this is your chance

1241
00:45:53,750 --> 00:45:50,960
head of nasa and

1242
00:45:56,790 --> 00:45:53,760
first graduate in engineering from

1243
00:46:01,829 --> 00:45:59,349
hi um from a policy standpoint what do

1244
00:46:03,990 --> 00:46:01,839
you see happening in terms of engaging

1245
00:46:08,390 --> 00:46:04,000
more girls and women in stem in the next

1246
00:46:12,309 --> 00:46:09,829
well we're trying to work on it on a

1247
00:46:13,910 --> 00:46:12,319
number of levels you know

1248
00:46:16,069 --> 00:46:13,920
i'm surprised that the numbers aren't

1249
00:46:17,910 --> 00:46:16,079
bigger i went to college you know in the

1250
00:46:19,430 --> 00:46:17,920
70s um

1251
00:46:21,430 --> 00:46:19,440
when things were really

1252
00:46:23,109 --> 00:46:21,440
opening because of the wide cultural

1253
00:46:24,870 --> 00:46:23,119
changes in this country

1254
00:46:26,790 --> 00:46:24,880
and i just don't understand why it

1255
00:46:28,790 --> 00:46:26,800
didn't just keep going but what are we

1256
00:46:32,950 --> 00:46:28,800
specifically trying to do because it's

1257
00:46:35,109 --> 00:46:32,960
so fun i mean really and um

1258
00:46:36,309 --> 00:46:35,119
so specifically we're trying to

1259
00:46:39,109 --> 00:46:36,319
you know make

1260
00:46:41,270 --> 00:46:39,119
um teachers more comfortable with math

1261
00:46:43,750 --> 00:46:41,280
and science at every level trying to be

1262
00:46:45,750 --> 00:46:43,760
more intentional about informal science

1263
00:46:48,390 --> 00:46:45,760
i think that's a very big

1264
00:46:49,829 --> 00:46:48,400
role i didn't talk about the

1265
00:46:51,349 --> 00:46:49,839
white house easter egg roll that's

1266
00:46:53,270 --> 00:46:51,359
something i've worked on the last couple

1267
00:46:55,510 --> 00:46:53,280
of years because

1268
00:46:57,510 --> 00:46:55,520
we have science activities there we make

1269
00:46:58,950 --> 00:46:57,520
paper bag kites and what's so great

1270
00:47:00,870 --> 00:46:58,960
about that you know the egg roll is for

1271
00:47:02,870 --> 00:47:00,880
young very young children but the thing

1272
00:47:04,550 --> 00:47:02,880
about paper bag kites is that there's

1273
00:47:06,069 --> 00:47:04,560
not a prescriptive way to make it so

1274
00:47:09,030 --> 00:47:06,079
it's experimental it has the first

1275
00:47:10,950 --> 00:47:09,040
ladies let's move to it so the point is

1276
00:47:12,550 --> 00:47:10,960
uh doing science and engineering isn't

1277
00:47:14,870 --> 00:47:12,560
always about what you do in school i

1278
00:47:17,510 --> 00:47:14,880
mean as you're capturing interest and

1279
00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:17,520
attention and we're trying to reform uh

1280
00:47:22,309 --> 00:47:19,760
teaching and change the workplace by

1281
00:47:24,549 --> 00:47:22,319
having flexibility to talk about it so i

1282
00:47:27,910 --> 00:47:24,559
think there's a big push on all of these

1283
00:47:31,030 --> 00:47:27,920
actions coming along you know early

1284
00:47:32,630 --> 00:47:31,040
attracting people making uh the teachers

1285
00:47:34,309 --> 00:47:32,640
more comfortable because many of our

1286
00:47:35,910 --> 00:47:34,319
elementary teachers are not really all

1287
00:47:38,870 --> 00:47:35,920
that comfortable sometimes with math and

1288
00:47:41,030 --> 00:47:38,880
science so we want to support them more

1289
00:47:43,430 --> 00:47:41,040
we want to have changed education and we

1290
00:47:45,030 --> 00:47:43,440
want to have just a great system of jobs

1291
00:47:47,190 --> 00:47:45,040
both in the private sector and in the

1292
00:47:48,790 --> 00:47:47,200
public sector so um

1293
00:47:50,390 --> 00:47:48,800
you know that we make it work for whole

1294
00:47:52,069 --> 00:47:50,400
careers

1295
00:47:54,230 --> 00:47:52,079
i will add something pat talked about

1296
00:47:56,710 --> 00:47:54,240
the first lady and and the president's

1297
00:47:58,230 --> 00:47:56,720
interest in stem education uh one of the

1298
00:48:00,150 --> 00:47:58,240
most exciting things i've had the

1299
00:48:01,910 --> 00:48:00,160
opportunity to do since becoming the

1300
00:48:03,910 --> 00:48:01,920
nasa administrator and it was two

1301
00:48:05,990 --> 00:48:03,920
summers ago uh when the first lady

1302
00:48:09,030 --> 00:48:06,000
decided that it would be a good idea to

1303
00:48:11,030 --> 00:48:09,040
do an evening of stargazing and on the

1304
00:48:13,030 --> 00:48:11,040
south lawn of the white house

1305
00:48:16,710 --> 00:48:13,040
we brought in i want to say two dozen

1306
00:48:20,470 --> 00:48:16,720
telescopes of all sizes shapes and forms

1307
00:48:22,230 --> 00:48:20,480
a mobile planetarium inside a tent and

1308
00:48:24,069 --> 00:48:22,240
the first lady and the president and the

1309
00:48:26,950 --> 00:48:24,079
first family in fact came out it was a

1310
00:48:28,470 --> 00:48:26,960
cold night uh initially and it was

1311
00:48:30,790 --> 00:48:28,480
completely clouded

1312
00:48:32,790 --> 00:48:30,800
and uh because i am a person who

1313
00:48:35,030 --> 00:48:32,800
believed god god works in mysterious

1314
00:48:36,710 --> 00:48:35,040
ways uh as the president and the first

1315
00:48:38,230 --> 00:48:36,720
lady emerged

1316
00:48:41,109 --> 00:48:38,240
the sky cleared

1317
00:48:43,190 --> 00:48:41,119
and uh and and it was just a beautiful

1318
00:48:45,190 --> 00:48:43,200
starlit night and these were they had

1319
00:48:46,309 --> 00:48:45,200
200 inner city kids

1320
00:48:49,910 --> 00:48:46,319
uh

1321
00:48:51,270 --> 00:48:49,920
boys girls um who came out and for many

1322
00:48:53,270 --> 00:48:51,280
of them is it was the first time they'd

1323
00:48:55,430 --> 00:48:53,280
ever seen a telescope and they have an

1324
00:48:57,510 --> 00:48:55,440
astronomer help them

1325
00:48:59,589 --> 00:48:57,520
figure out which end to look into go

1326
00:49:01,589 --> 00:48:59,599
into the planetarium

1327
00:49:04,470 --> 00:49:01,599
it was just absolutely mesmerizing for

1328
00:49:06,549 --> 00:49:04,480
me to see that at nasa you know

1329
00:49:08,710 --> 00:49:06,559
pat has mentioned trying to give

1330
00:49:10,150 --> 00:49:08,720
teachers confidence in teaching math and

1331
00:49:13,190 --> 00:49:10,160
science so that they can reach young

1332
00:49:14,950 --> 00:49:13,200
women we have third year coming up on a

1333
00:49:16,950 --> 00:49:14,960
three-year pilot program called summer

1334
00:49:19,190 --> 00:49:16,960
of innovation where we at nasa have

1335
00:49:21,270 --> 00:49:19,200
focused on middle school kids because i

1336
00:49:22,069 --> 00:49:21,280
am a believer that high school's too

1337
00:49:24,230 --> 00:49:22,079
late

1338
00:49:25,990 --> 00:49:24,240
uh you know we we really need to be in

1339
00:49:28,870 --> 00:49:26,000
elementary school but we can't do that

1340
00:49:31,190 --> 00:49:28,880
so we're focused on middle school kids

1341
00:49:32,870 --> 00:49:31,200
and their teachers mainly because we can

1342
00:49:34,549 --> 00:49:32,880
reach a thousand kids if we reach a

1343
00:49:37,109 --> 00:49:34,559
thousand teachers we have now reached

1344
00:49:40,790 --> 00:49:37,119
multiply that times 22 in a classroom

1345
00:49:43,430 --> 00:49:40,800
and so what we do is we expose them uh

1346
00:49:45,190 --> 00:49:43,440
to all that we have in nasa our content

1347
00:49:47,670 --> 00:49:45,200
we are not the department of education

1348
00:49:49,510 --> 00:49:47,680
by any stretch of the imagination but we

1349
00:49:52,790 --> 00:49:49,520
bring in people who can talk about stem

1350
00:49:54,309 --> 00:49:52,800
education who can give teachers tools

1351
00:49:57,109 --> 00:49:54,319
who can show them where they can go to

1352
00:49:59,030 --> 00:49:57,119
the nasa website and and and make

1353
00:50:01,190 --> 00:49:59,040
themselves comfortable with basic

1354
00:50:03,750 --> 00:50:01,200
science so that when they stand in front

1355
00:50:05,670 --> 00:50:03,760
of a classroom they're not afraid uh

1356
00:50:08,390 --> 00:50:05,680
they're not intimidated because students

1357
00:50:09,990 --> 00:50:08,400
know that and so now we have teachers

1358
00:50:11,990 --> 00:50:10,000
who can go in front of their classroom

1359
00:50:14,309 --> 00:50:12,000
and inspire their kids to want to be

1360
00:50:16,549 --> 00:50:14,319
scientists and engineers and also help

1361
00:50:18,950 --> 00:50:16,559
them understand i like this that the

1362
00:50:21,589 --> 00:50:18,960
engineer is not just

1363
00:50:23,430 --> 00:50:21,599
the person in the first car of a train

1364
00:50:26,549 --> 00:50:23,440
you know the engineer is a person that

1365
00:50:35,030 --> 00:50:26,559
makes things and does things

1366
00:50:39,430 --> 00:50:37,990
thank you all so much for this wonderful

1367
00:50:42,470 --> 00:50:39,440
wonderful day

1368
00:50:44,870 --> 00:50:42,480
for your participation your input your

1369
00:50:46,870 --> 00:50:44,880
thoughts your energy and thank you to

1370
00:50:49,109 --> 00:50:46,880
all our wonderful speakers

1371
00:50:52,309 --> 00:50:49,119
one administrative note

1372
00:50:54,069 --> 00:50:52,319
foggy bottom metro has just reopened

1373
00:50:56,710 --> 00:50:54,079
after an incident but it's single

1374
00:51:00,150 --> 00:50:56,720
tracking so there are delays so you may

1375
00:51:02,230 --> 00:51:00,160
want to go to farragut west um and so

1376
00:51:04,390 --> 00:51:02,240
just a heads up on that

1377
00:51:07,190 --> 00:51:04,400
thank you all liquid galaxy by the way

1378
00:51:08,630 --> 00:51:07,200
downstairs is still open please go down