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good morning it is a beautiful day and

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uh thank you for joining us welcome the

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last flight truly last flight of the

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space shuttle discovery so discovery the

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longest

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veteran of the space shuttle fleet in

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their early years launching critical

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communications satellites and sometimes

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even servicing them when they didn't

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work correctly

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she launched military payloads that kept

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our service men and women safe overseas

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discover yourself has launched dozens of

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earth and space science spacecraft that

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have allowed us to peer into the

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universe like the hubble space telescope

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and look back

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at our home planet

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their greatest accomplishment and

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purpose which they have now completed

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has been the launch and construction of

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the international space station our

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science laboratory in space and our

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foothold to the rest of the solar system

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like all great accomplishments these

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achievements have come at a cost when we

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lost the challenger and columbia flights

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and their brave crews we rededicated

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ourselves to an even more meaningful and

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exciting future

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and today nasa is following through on

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that commitment by building on the

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success past and learning from our

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failures

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president obama has set us on a course

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that will tap into the innovative spirit

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that has made this a great nation

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it will allow us to more fully utilize

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the international space station and to

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explore farther than ever before with

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humans first to an asteroid and then on

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to mars

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this shift will allow us to advance our

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technologies open new markets and create

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more

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american jobs making our aerospace even

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our aerospace industry even more

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competitive and increasing our economic

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and national security so to those who

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say our best days of space exploration

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are behind us i simply must disagree

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while it is absolutely wonderful to

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reminisce about the past and that is of

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course what we come to the smithsonian

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museums to do

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nasa must continue and does focus on the

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future

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you need only admire this unbelievable

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space shuttle and their accomplishments

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to realize that the people

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the organizations and the nation

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that created them have only just begun

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vehicles names like orion

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dragon and dream chaser are being built

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today all across the country that will

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continue to expand on the space

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shuttle's many accomplishments

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after all we remain committed to deliver

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a space program that advances the human

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condition and the human spirit so it is

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my honor to deliver discovery to you

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today for you to share this national

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treasure with the nation to help us tell

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not only the story of the past but

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ushering in that promise for the future

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i would now like to introduce one of our

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best partners on delivering this future

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to you today