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well good evening ladies and gentlemen

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i'm jack daly director of the

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smithsonian's national air and space

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museum and it's my honor to welcome you

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this evening

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to the ninth annual john glenn lecture

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since it was inaugurated in 2004 this

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lecture stands out as one of the most

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popular events of our annual calendar

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and tonight is no exception

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in addition to the hundreds of people

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who secured tickets to be with us this

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evening

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thousands more will be watching on our

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webcast

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as it was last year the lecture is made

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possible through the generous support of

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the boeing company

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over the years boeing has partnered with

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the smithsonian on many important

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projects

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including construction of the stephen f

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udrahasi center

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the building's central hangar is named

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the boeing aviation hangar in

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recognition of this support

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representing the boeing company here

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tonight is mr leo brooks vice president

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national security and space group of

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government operations and leo would you

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it's important to note that none of

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these programs would be possible without

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sponsorship so if we if we weren't

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didn't have these sponsors we wouldn't

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have the program so we really are most

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appreciative of

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of the support that we've had from

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boeing over the years

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one of the reasons for the success of

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the john h glenn lecture is its namesake

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who is here with us tonight he has been

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for every program since the series began

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senator glenn thank you for all you have

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done for our country and for the

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smithsonian's national air and space

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museum both you and annie have supported

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many projects and after activities here

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at the museum over the years

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at programs and educational events you

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have inspired people of all ages to

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learn about the history of flight

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your dedication to education

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particularly the stem disciplines of

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science technology engineering and math

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will help ensure america remains

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competitive in its commitment to the

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future space exploration

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beginning with the centennial of the

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wright brothers flight in 2003

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there have been a series of

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anniversaries marking the first uses of

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aircraft by different branches of the

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armed forces

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the museum has participated in all of

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these occasions and this year we are

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recognizing the marine corps

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in january we opened fly marines

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centennial of marine corps aviation

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1912-2012

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presented in partnership with the

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national museum of the marine corps the

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exhibition features 91 works of art by

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marine artists many of them perform or

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painted in combat situations

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since january we've incorporated the

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mean marine aviation theme into our

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programs including tonight's lecture

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i'm proud to say we have an all marine

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lineup this evening

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both senator glenn and our speaker began

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their distinguished careers in the front

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lines of skilled and courageous marine

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to get the program started it's my great

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honor and privilege to introduce one of

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america's great heroes senator john

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thank you jack and thank you ladies and

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gentlemen you know it's a uh

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pleasure to be here on this

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special occasion the ninth anniversary

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hard to believe that we've been doing

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uh nine years next year will be our 10th

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anniversary hard to believe on that one

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but you know compare if you think about

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our country and compared to

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our history shows that we moved ahead

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more rapidly in many different areas

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than other nations around the world

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and there were reasons for that

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i think education became for everybody

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research we learned the new

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and with an educated citizenry a little

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bit of investment in the way we went

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it's almost unbelievable that this

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country went from a two or three million

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people along the east coast

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uh to a world leader in just about 125

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which i don't think has ever happened

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as an example of that in 1903 the wright

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launched the

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air age with their

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achievements at kitty hawk

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of combat in europe at that time my dad

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59 years we did orbital flight in 66

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armstrong landed on the moon it was an

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a this year we're celebrating the

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centennial of marine aviation as jack

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and our speaker has a 34-year career in

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and for 14 of those years he served as

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prospect of space flight just wasn't

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uh nobody had any concepts of that

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there were books that uh touted what

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buck rogers would do or

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or somebody like that and i see a few

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smiles here

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some of you read those same things when

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there were little jokes and i don't

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remember the joke i remember the punch

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line at the end take it once more around

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seconds from saying go around again and

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because the weather was bad at the cape

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don't know when you're you're on four

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flights i don't know whether you had to

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go around again or not on that

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there was no such word as astronaut

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because nobody had done any of that we

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human space flight was on the verge of

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all the training i received in the

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astronaut corps was arduous

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marine corps background that we're

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that we did in the marine corps and that

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these are things that i think were

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astronaut program in the early days

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traveled somewhat that same path that i

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hate to believe i'm that much older than

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charlie but uh i guess i have to face

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charlie was born in south columbia south

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when he graduated from high school he

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received an appointment to the naval

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engineering and science he was

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commissioned a second lieutenant the

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that all marine pilots go through naval

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100 combat missions in north and south

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vietnam and laos and cambodia based out

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candidate in 1980

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1994 when he returned to active duty

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as a deputy commandant a midshipman

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they don't just pick anybody off the

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list of for assignment

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for those jobs to be to hit up the

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sections of the that run the

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the students at the naval academy

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they just don't do that they pick people

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distinguished as his career in the core

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he traveled into orbit four times aboard

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hubble space telescope and we walked by

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joint mission

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so he's had a very distinguished record

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through the years we had a lot of things

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happen in the space program

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we've talked about some of them here

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before in previous lectures and meetings

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here

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uh some very controversial things as a

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matter of fact and

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in 2004 in the previous administration

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it decided to cancel the shuttle

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and so it was against that background in

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in 2009 it canceled the shuttle by 2010

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which which happened

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and it was against that kind of

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background that uh

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in 2009 he was appointed by president

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barack obama to be the 12th

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administrator of nasa

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he was a great position to be in and a

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difficult position to be in

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and he's to be complimented for the work

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he's done there

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so it's my great pleasure to introduce

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the administrator of nasa

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our good friend the honorable charles

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annie good to see you always

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um

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senator glenn thank you so very much for

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the for the very kind introduction he he

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told me he was just going to come up and

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say okay he has three beautiful

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granddaughters they're soon to be six

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one's nine and one's 12. and say here's

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charlie

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but

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he didn't do that and i really

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appreciate it you know i'll tell you one

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story i do have prepared remarks okay

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i know you you're looking don't don't

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start telling stories i have one quick

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story

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and it's um

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you know without knowing it i i have

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been following john

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jackie my wife and i have been following

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john and annie glenn

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sort of using them as role models

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unintended as it may be

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and if you uh there is an article

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recently written about about their love

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affair

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and i think it is absolutely incredible

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particularly in this day and age uh when

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you know love affairs don't

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i i don't know that just not like it

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used to be

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but um

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jackie and i

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met well we met before but we became

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acquainted with each other at the age of

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three

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and uh our families were good friends my

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mom and dad and jackie's mom and dad had

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gone to high school together in columbia

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south carolina and then off to college

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and came back and they all became

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teachers but

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as the story goes i'm telling you as the

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story goes

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we were at the beach

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in south carolina and my father

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told jackie's father to

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save that one for charles and that was

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me

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and that was jackie so we went to

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kindergarten together and we we were

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apart for elementary school but then

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back together for junior high and high

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school

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and then apart for college and then we

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married when we both graduated from

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college

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as the story goes

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john and annie have been together since

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they were two

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and we talk about it because i think

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they actually shared a crib and i'm not

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going any further than that

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but

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you know it it's amazing how my

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my background being somebody who never

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dreamed of going to space

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would so end up following

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a an incredible role model like senator

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glenn and senator i do thank you very

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much for everything that you've done for

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the nation

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and also for me personally so thank you

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very much

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i also want to thank general daly and uh

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and the team here at uh at the

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smithsonian air and space museum and um

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uh

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it it is just an incredible job that you

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do of hosting us all the time that we

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come over your hospitality is always so

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warm

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and

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somebody asked me earlier tonight you

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know what was it that made general daly

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who he is and as good as he is and i

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said well first thing is marine

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that was easy and i said that was good

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prep for this job

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senator glenn said it again i and and we

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are all proud of of being marines

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because that common heritage is is what

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makes us who we are and i'm and i i i'm

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saying i'm babbling here because i want

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to talk about very quickly

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uh ceremony that i attended earlier

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today because i'm a i am a somewhat

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unique individual and and all of us

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stand on the shoulders of giants i think

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i think anybody would say that but i'm

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especially blessed

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because

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i had the the opportunity to attend

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a congressional gold medal ceremony this

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afternoon

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for a group of men the montford point

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marines

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and not many of you have ever heard of

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them

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during the

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the days of the segregated military um

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back in 1941

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the president of the united states

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issued an executive order that said we

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were going to integrate the military and

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so

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not wanting to do that the establishment

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said okay we'll we'll we'll do what he

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said kinda

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and so

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african-american young men who wanted to

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fly airplanes went to a place called

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motonfield in tuskegee alabama

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and made history as the tuskegee airmen

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young men who wanted to just get down

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and dirty

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and be grunts and be marines and go to

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war went to a place called montford

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point camp in the backwoods of camp

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lejeune north carolina

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and uh and trained there and

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and they trained there

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and took abuse and everything and they

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were finally recognized for their

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contributions to this nation today

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by receipt of a congressional gold medal

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about nineteen thousand eighteen

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thousand of them went through training

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at montford point camp and today there

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are about 440 of them living so i'm so

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glad

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that we were able to capture them before

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uh before there were none left so so i

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if i if i get emotional as i talk about

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things today it's because um

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um i'm humbled by being here first of

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all

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and uh and i'm even more humbled by the

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fact that i had an opportunity to be

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with my heroes this afternoon the

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montford point marines

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i also want to salute a person who is

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here joe where are you

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dr joe allen he probably ate and left

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no he didn't

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dr joe allen up there is was my very

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first office mate when i got down to

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houston to become an astronaut i didn't

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have a clue what i was getting myself

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into

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i had never wanted to go to space and i

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will talk a little bit about it in a few

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minutes but but i ended up in houston in

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the astronaut office and they shuffled

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me into this office

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and i had

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three roommates at the time didn't we

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joe

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bill thornton

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and

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who else did we have in there joe

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didn't stay long

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no you me bill thornton and uh forgot

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i think i drove him away

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but they were all veterans

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and joe kind of took me under his wing

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joe was my racquetball partner joe

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taught me to play handball tried but i

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couldn't play with my left hand so i was

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never any good there taught me how to

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play squash and taught me how to be an

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astronaut and we celebrate joe's 75th

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birthday today

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earlier tonight we sang happy birthday

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but joe and his lovely wife bonnie are

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back there and i just want to thank you

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all for coming out particularly bonnie

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for for bringing him out on his 75th

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birthday when when you could have been

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partying somewhere and having a good

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time so thank you all

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it's always been a pleasure for me to

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come here to the smithsonian national

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air and space museum and it's home to so

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many of the artifacts from from our

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nation's leadership in space and

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aeronautics

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it's a living history as any of you know

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if you come here

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because we continue to innovate and

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reach to father horizons

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i'm also delighted to speak at a lecture

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honoring my esteemed colleague senator

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john glenn

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who just last month was recognized with

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a well-deserved presidential medal of

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freedom

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for his extraordinary service to our

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country when john first flew

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he not only undertook a dangerous

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mission he personified

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america's dreams

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what we believed we could be

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through his unflappable nature and his

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confidence

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he helped us believe in what we could

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achieve

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i know that right here in this very

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theater this museum showed live launch

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coverage of john's second historic

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flight back in 1998 on the space shuttle

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discovery

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as he once again made history this time

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as the oldest person to fly in space

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and john has told me i'm not quite ready

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yet uh he he is a data point of one we

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he and i always talk about data points

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because we're we really believe that we

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need to get as much use out of the

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international space station as we can as

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a national laboratory

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i've got a little bit to go he says the

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window is 70 to 90. so in four years

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i'll be in the window

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joe allen has already 75 years old joe's

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volunteer general daly's volunteered

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general senator glenn has volunteered to

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be the commander of our crew so we have

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a crew of four

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that's ready to go on any commercial

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vehicle whenever they're ready

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and they will never see a crew like that

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anybody ever see space cowboys

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you just said that huh okay all right

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it's great i told him we're ready

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we're going to build we're going to

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continue building on on senator glenn's

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legacy as we reach toward new

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destinations and build new capabilities

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for exploration

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just a month ago at this time the dragon

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capsule was making history

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as the first space vehicle built by a

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private company not intended

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specifically for government purchase

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to visit the international space station

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there are many more exciting days ahead

573
00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:21,760
not only in commercial space

574
00:20:26,470 --> 00:20:24,000
but as nasa continues to launch science

575
00:20:28,149 --> 00:20:26,480
missions that rewrite history

576
00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:28,159
develop cutting edge aeronautics

577
00:20:32,870 --> 00:20:31,039
technologies and build the rocket and

578
00:20:35,190 --> 00:20:32,880
crew vehicle that will that will take

579
00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:35,200
astronauts to an asteroid

580
00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:36,240
mars

581
00:20:40,070 --> 00:20:37,840
and perhaps other deep space

582
00:20:41,669 --> 00:20:40,080
destinations

583
00:20:43,990 --> 00:20:41,679
back in april

584
00:20:45,990 --> 00:20:44,000
we transferred to the smithsonian the

585
00:20:49,029 --> 00:20:46,000
space shuttle discovery

586
00:20:51,430 --> 00:20:49,039
on which john flew while its sister ship

587
00:20:54,470 --> 00:20:51,440
enterprise went to new york's new york

588
00:20:55,909 --> 00:20:54,480
city's intrepid sea air and space museum

589
00:20:57,270 --> 00:20:55,919
we're delighted to share the

590
00:21:00,070 --> 00:20:57,280
achievements of the space shuttle

591
00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:00,080
program with millions of visitors

592
00:21:04,870 --> 00:21:02,320
many of whom will doubtless become the

593
00:21:06,789 --> 00:21:04,880
exploration leaders of tomorrow

594
00:21:08,549 --> 00:21:06,799
at the same time

595
00:21:10,390 --> 00:21:08,559
we're very attached to this fleet of

596
00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:10,400
vehicles probably the most amazing

597
00:21:14,470 --> 00:21:12,080
machines ever built

598
00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:14,480
on which we've flown millions of miles

599
00:21:17,990 --> 00:21:16,720
and accomplished so much

600
00:21:20,149 --> 00:21:18,000
so in a way

601
00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:20,159
as a fellow flyer aboard discovery i

602
00:21:24,870 --> 00:21:22,559
feel like part of me is on permanent

603
00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:24,880
display out at the hudvar jose center as

604
00:21:28,070 --> 00:21:25,840
well

605
00:21:29,990 --> 00:21:28,080
that's a good thing

606
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:30,000
the shuttle gave our nation minifirst

607
00:21:33,990 --> 00:21:31,840
many proud moments

608
00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:34,000
i was fortunate to fly on it for four

609
00:21:38,310 --> 00:21:37,200
times and be part of two very historic

610
00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:38,320
achievements

611
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:40,080
aboard discovery

612
00:21:44,789 --> 00:21:41,440
the deployment of the hubble space

613
00:21:47,270 --> 00:21:44,799
telescope on sts-31 in 1990

614
00:21:48,630 --> 00:21:47,280
which has redefined our perception of

615
00:21:51,430 --> 00:21:48,640
the universe

616
00:21:54,149 --> 00:21:51,440
and the first u.s russian mission

617
00:21:55,990 --> 00:21:54,159
sts-60 in 1994

618
00:21:58,470 --> 00:21:56,000
that presaged the unprecedented

619
00:22:00,310 --> 00:21:58,480
international cooperation we've achieved

620
00:22:02,549 --> 00:22:00,320
since then on the international space

621
00:22:05,029 --> 00:22:02,559
station and yes that's me

622
00:22:07,110 --> 00:22:05,039
i know many of you are going who is that

623
00:22:09,590 --> 00:22:07,120
young looking guy

624
00:22:12,310 --> 00:22:09,600
i also flew on columbia and atlantis

625
00:22:14,070 --> 00:22:12,320
atlantis joined discovery and endeavor

626
00:22:16,549 --> 00:22:14,080
as the transport for the subsequent

627
00:22:18,789 --> 00:22:16,559
servicing missions to hubble that

628
00:22:20,710 --> 00:22:18,799
extended this unique resource

629
00:22:22,470 --> 00:22:20,720
and enhanced the great observatory's

630
00:22:24,390 --> 00:22:22,480
capabilities

631
00:22:26,230 --> 00:22:24,400
among those many historic achievements

632
00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:26,240
of the shuttle was the deployment of the

633
00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:28,400
chandra x-ray observatory

634
00:22:33,190 --> 00:22:30,480
that among other things documented the

635
00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:33,200
largest supernova ever witnessed

636
00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:35,280
the shuttle also deployed the magellan

637
00:22:39,110 --> 00:22:37,200
probe to venus

638
00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:39,120
many of the tracking and data relay or

639
00:22:42,950 --> 00:22:41,440
tdrs satellites were also deployed from

640
00:22:45,350 --> 00:22:42,960
the shuttle

641
00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:45,360
nasa uses these satellites to maintain

642
00:22:50,070 --> 00:22:48,240
contact from the space station

643
00:22:51,990 --> 00:22:50,080
and with government agencies all and

644
00:22:54,390 --> 00:22:52,000
other government agencies also use them

645
00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:54,400
for satellite communications

646
00:22:58,070 --> 00:22:56,080
we also deployed communication

647
00:22:59,590 --> 00:22:58,080
satellites for many other countries from

648
00:23:01,830 --> 00:22:59,600
the shuttle

649
00:23:03,669 --> 00:23:01,840
sts-41c

650
00:23:06,390 --> 00:23:03,679
brought us the capture and repair of the

651
00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:06,400
solar maximum satellite the first repair

652
00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:09,600
of a satellite on orbit and of course

653
00:23:13,909 --> 00:23:11,840
we constructed one of the world's true

654
00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:13,919
engineering marvels the international

655
00:23:18,950 --> 00:23:17,039
space station itself using the shuttle

656
00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:18,960
the shuttle program also taught us hard

657
00:23:22,390 --> 00:23:20,240
lessons

658
00:23:24,230 --> 00:23:22,400
the tragic losses of challenger

659
00:23:26,149 --> 00:23:24,240
and columbia crews

660
00:23:27,110 --> 00:23:26,159
were extraordinarily painful for the

661
00:23:29,270 --> 00:23:27,120
nation

662
00:23:31,430 --> 00:23:29,280
and for those of us who knew these brave

663
00:23:34,950 --> 00:23:31,440
explorers personally

664
00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:34,960
space travel is hard and unforgiving

665
00:23:38,230 --> 00:23:36,480
it's always been

666
00:23:40,789 --> 00:23:38,240
and always will be

667
00:23:42,070 --> 00:23:40,799
there's never going to be zero risk

668
00:23:45,110 --> 00:23:42,080
when you're breaking the bonds of

669
00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:45,120
gravity that's just part of the deal

670
00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:47,200
but tonight i want to talk about my own

671
00:23:51,909 --> 00:23:50,400
recollections as a traveler to space and

672
00:23:53,669 --> 00:23:51,919
perhaps reflect on the greater

673
00:23:55,669 --> 00:23:53,679
significance of the space program to our

674
00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:55,679
nation in the world

675
00:24:01,510 --> 00:23:57,679
some of the mementos things we've

676
00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:01,520
accomplished and where we're headed next

677
00:24:06,230 --> 00:24:03,440
i have to tell you that space was never

678
00:24:08,549 --> 00:24:06,240
really in my sights as a youngster

679
00:24:10,630 --> 00:24:08,559
i wasn't one of those kids who dreamed

680
00:24:12,549 --> 00:24:10,640
of being an astronaut

681
00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:12,559
even though john glenn and the mercury

682
00:24:17,430 --> 00:24:14,640
seven and later the gemini and apollo

683
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:17,440
astronauts were doing amazing things

684
00:24:20,390 --> 00:24:19,360
the stuff that was discussed at dinner

685
00:24:22,390 --> 00:24:20,400
tables

686
00:24:24,149 --> 00:24:22,400
and water coolers as well as in the

687
00:24:27,430 --> 00:24:24,159
halls of power

688
00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:27,440
i was focused on public service

689
00:24:31,909 --> 00:24:29,760
i wanted to join the military and serve

690
00:24:33,909 --> 00:24:31,919
as my father and uncles had done in

691
00:24:35,990 --> 00:24:33,919
world war ii

692
00:24:38,230 --> 00:24:36,000
they served with distinction

693
00:24:39,669 --> 00:24:38,240
but not always recognition because of

694
00:24:41,269 --> 00:24:39,679
their race

695
00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:41,279
it was a different world back then in

696
00:24:44,390 --> 00:24:43,120
the segregated south and in south

697
00:24:45,909 --> 00:24:44,400
carolina

698
00:24:47,750 --> 00:24:45,919
and the thought that i would be the

699
00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:47,760
first african-american administrator of

700
00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:49,760
our nation's space program under the

701
00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:51,760
nation's first black president would

702
00:24:56,630 --> 00:24:54,080
have seemed as much science fiction as

703
00:24:59,029 --> 00:24:56,640
the idea that an orbiting outpost with a

704
00:25:00,630 --> 00:24:59,039
football field's worth of solar rays

705
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:00,640
would have had people living and working

706
00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:03,679
aboard it continuously from russia

707
00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:04,880
the us

708
00:25:08,470 --> 00:25:06,880
and many other nations for more than 11

709
00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:08,480
years now

710
00:25:13,190 --> 00:25:10,320
but the future doesn't always wait for

711
00:25:15,350 --> 00:25:13,200
us to embrace it does it

712
00:25:17,909 --> 00:25:15,360
it's coming at us and we can certainly

713
00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:17,919
try to prepare for our involvement but

714
00:25:21,909 --> 00:25:20,720
the momentum is always there

715
00:25:23,909 --> 00:25:21,919
today

716
00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:23,919
we are at a once in a generation turning

717
00:25:27,909 --> 00:25:25,200
point

718
00:25:30,549 --> 00:25:27,919
it may be even bigger than that as we

719
00:25:32,870 --> 00:25:30,559
transition from a phenomenal 30-year

720
00:25:35,350 --> 00:25:32,880
flagship program in the space shuttle to

721
00:25:37,110 --> 00:25:35,360
an entirely new way of doing business

722
00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:37,120
next slide

723
00:25:41,669 --> 00:25:40,159
it's particularly exciting for me

724
00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:41,679
and for us

725
00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:43,360
to really be focusing on the

726
00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:45,520
technologies that the aerospace field

727
00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:48,400
has broadly agreed for years we would

728
00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:50,240
need to get farther into the solar

729
00:25:53,909 --> 00:25:51,360
system

730
00:25:56,470 --> 00:25:53,919
it's not overstating it to say that

731
00:25:58,230 --> 00:25:56,480
right now we're opening a new chapter in

732
00:26:00,310 --> 00:25:58,240
the space age

733
00:26:02,390 --> 00:26:00,320
nasa's role has historically been

734
00:26:04,710 --> 00:26:02,400
crucial in seeding the technology and

735
00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:04,720
innovations that brought our nation's

736
00:26:09,269 --> 00:26:07,120
capabilities to the cutting edge

737
00:26:11,190 --> 00:26:09,279
made america the world's leader in space

738
00:26:13,190 --> 00:26:11,200
exploration and made a difference in

739
00:26:15,029 --> 00:26:13,200
everyday lives

740
00:26:16,870 --> 00:26:15,039
the agency's impact on our nation's

741
00:26:19,029 --> 00:26:16,880
technological future

742
00:26:21,590 --> 00:26:19,039
the workforce and the economy are based

743
00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:21,600
on investments and innovations that we

744
00:26:24,870 --> 00:26:23,760
had the courage to make

745
00:26:26,950 --> 00:26:24,880
today

746
00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:26,960
our space technology program has about a

747
00:26:30,950 --> 00:26:29,120
thousand projects developing the

748
00:26:32,310 --> 00:26:30,960
technologies we need for tomorrow's

749
00:26:34,310 --> 00:26:32,320
missions

750
00:26:35,669 --> 00:26:34,320
in the nation's laboratories and the

751
00:26:37,990 --> 00:26:35,679
test chambers

752
00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:38,000
nasa is driving advances in new high

753
00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:40,720
payoff space technologies and developing

754
00:26:45,110 --> 00:26:42,559
and maturing broadly applicable

755
00:26:46,789 --> 00:26:45,120
technology in areas such as in-space

756
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:46,799
propulsion

757
00:26:50,149 --> 00:26:48,320
robotics

758
00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:50,159
space power systems

759
00:26:56,870 --> 00:26:53,360
deep space communications cryogenic fuel

760
00:26:58,870 --> 00:26:56,880
handling and entry descent and landing

761
00:27:01,190 --> 00:26:58,880
which are essential for exploration

762
00:27:04,549 --> 00:27:01,200
beyond low earth orbit

763
00:27:07,430 --> 00:27:04,559
when we invest in technology for space

764
00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:07,440
we spend that money right here on earth

765
00:27:10,870 --> 00:27:09,520
creating high-tech jobs

766
00:27:12,549 --> 00:27:10,880
capabilities

767
00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:12,559
and products that help our nation

768
00:27:18,390 --> 00:27:16,000
maintain its global economic leadership

769
00:27:20,549 --> 00:27:18,400
as part of that focus on the future

770
00:27:22,470 --> 00:27:20,559
we're also building a rocket

771
00:27:24,789 --> 00:27:22,480
that will take astronauts deeper into

772
00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:24,799
space than ever before

773
00:27:28,789 --> 00:27:26,480
orion

774
00:27:31,669 --> 00:27:28,799
the vehicle in which they'll travel

775
00:27:33,590 --> 00:27:31,679
has undergone water tests

776
00:27:35,110 --> 00:27:33,600
parachute drop tests

777
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:35,120
and a lot of work on its thermal

778
00:27:39,269 --> 00:27:36,880
protection material

779
00:27:42,789 --> 00:27:39,279
we plan to fly a test flight as early as

780
00:27:47,350 --> 00:27:44,710
i'm going to show you a chart i think

781
00:27:50,950 --> 00:27:47,360
that shows you the relative sizes of

782
00:27:53,430 --> 00:27:50,960
saturn v a shuttle and our new rocket

783
00:27:55,510 --> 00:27:53,440
in two different configurations

784
00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:55,520
so you can see

785
00:28:00,310 --> 00:27:57,760
we're going for something quite new and

786
00:28:01,590 --> 00:28:00,320
spectacular if you come from saturn on

787
00:28:02,870 --> 00:28:01,600
your left

788
00:28:05,990 --> 00:28:02,880
to shuttle

789
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:06,000
to uh the space launch system as we call

790
00:28:10,549 --> 00:28:08,240
it a heavy lift launch vehicle the first

791
00:28:12,950 --> 00:28:10,559
being phase one which is a oh i don't

792
00:28:15,909 --> 00:28:12,960
know a 70 metric ton vehicle

793
00:28:18,149 --> 00:28:15,919
growing to be able to carry 130 150

794
00:28:20,789 --> 00:28:18,159
metric tons that's carrying planetary

795
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:20,799
missions in science or astronauts to

796
00:28:25,430 --> 00:28:22,080
mars and

797
00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:25,440
asteroids and deep space destinations

798
00:28:29,990 --> 00:28:28,159
at the same time

799
00:28:32,389 --> 00:28:30,000
we've reached a point where we can turn

800
00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:32,399
over the path to low earth orbit

801
00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:34,480
that government pioneered to our private

802
00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:36,159
industry partners

803
00:28:40,789 --> 00:28:38,320
this will allow nasa to focus on those

804
00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:40,799
father horizons we want to reach

805
00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:43,200
vehicles with names like

806
00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:44,720
cygnus

807
00:28:47,909 --> 00:28:46,320
dragon

808
00:28:49,669 --> 00:28:47,919
dream chaser

809
00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:49,679
are at the vanguard of this new

810
00:28:54,470 --> 00:28:52,640
innovative push by industry

811
00:28:56,149 --> 00:28:54,480
our science missions

812
00:28:57,669 --> 00:28:56,159
are working in partnership with

813
00:28:59,750 --> 00:28:57,679
exploration

814
00:29:02,549 --> 00:28:59,760
so that the things we learn will support

815
00:29:04,630 --> 00:29:02,559
future missions with astronauts

816
00:29:07,830 --> 00:29:04,640
the dawn mission has recently visited

817
00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:07,840
the asteroid vesta for instance

818
00:29:12,230 --> 00:29:09,520
the first time we've orbited one of

819
00:29:14,710 --> 00:29:12,240
these ancient rocks and it sent us a lot

820
00:29:16,230 --> 00:29:14,720
of surprising data that we'll take into

821
00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:16,240
account as we work toward a human

822
00:29:20,870 --> 00:29:18,320
mission to an asteroid

823
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:20,880
as we review our mars program

824
00:29:24,789 --> 00:29:22,640
we'll be looking at ways that science

825
00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:24,799
and exploration can work together to

826
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:27,120
make the most of our missions so that we

827
00:29:30,950 --> 00:29:29,360
can continue to make discoveries that

828
00:29:32,789 --> 00:29:30,960
rewrite textbooks

829
00:29:35,029 --> 00:29:32,799
while supporting the first human boots

830
00:29:36,710 --> 00:29:35,039
on the red planet

831
00:29:38,230 --> 00:29:36,720
nasa has been blessed throughout its

832
00:29:40,630 --> 00:29:38,240
life with support from across the

833
00:29:42,789 --> 00:29:40,640
political spectrum

834
00:29:45,430 --> 00:29:42,799
there's something about exploration that

835
00:29:48,630 --> 00:29:45,440
crosses political boundaries

836
00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:48,640
just as surely as those disappear

837
00:29:54,789 --> 00:29:52,000
when the earth is seen from space

838
00:29:57,430 --> 00:29:54,799
the public support not only in dollars

839
00:29:59,990 --> 00:29:57,440
but also in attitudes in willingness to

840
00:30:01,269 --> 00:30:00,000
believe in something that seemed almost

841
00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:01,279
impossible

842
00:30:04,310 --> 00:30:02,080
that

843
00:30:05,669 --> 00:30:04,320
was a big part of what made space travel

844
00:30:08,149 --> 00:30:05,679
possible

845
00:30:09,669 --> 00:30:08,159
with the leadership of president kennedy

846
00:30:11,990 --> 00:30:09,679
and the courageous corps of space

847
00:30:14,870 --> 00:30:12,000
pioneers like john glenn

848
00:30:16,470 --> 00:30:14,880
it became something we had to do

849
00:30:19,190 --> 00:30:16,480
as a nation

850
00:30:20,630 --> 00:30:19,200
the cold war was a motivator of course

851
00:30:23,590 --> 00:30:20,640
but i believe

852
00:30:25,350 --> 00:30:23,600
we still would have explored without it

853
00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:25,360
we were on the cusp of so many

854
00:30:27,990 --> 00:30:26,720
technological developments and

855
00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:28,000
discoveries

856
00:30:31,990 --> 00:30:30,720
our robotic probes like explorer ranger

857
00:30:34,149 --> 00:30:32,000
and mariner

858
00:30:35,510 --> 00:30:34,159
were revolutionizing our understanding

859
00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:35,520
of outer space

860
00:30:39,590 --> 00:30:36,640
the moon

861
00:30:40,950 --> 00:30:39,600
mars and venus even as john and the rest

862
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:40,960
of the astronauts

863
00:30:44,789 --> 00:30:43,440
made history as the first humans in

864
00:30:46,789 --> 00:30:44,799
space

865
00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:46,799
i might note that a replica of explorer

866
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:48,960
one our first satellite is hanging

867
00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:50,960
outside this very theater in the

868
00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:53,440
milestones of flight gallery

869
00:30:57,110 --> 00:30:55,520
a replica of ranger hangs on the east

870
00:30:59,190 --> 00:30:57,120
side of the museum

871
00:31:02,470 --> 00:30:59,200
and an engineering model of the severe

872
00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:02,480
moon lander hangs near that

873
00:31:07,590 --> 00:31:05,679
nasa has also was also busy pioneering

874
00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:07,600
the technologies needed for whole new

875
00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:09,360
industries and services

876
00:31:12,950 --> 00:31:10,960
at a time

877
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:12,960
and then handling those handing those

878
00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:14,799
capabilities on to commercial space

879
00:31:18,470 --> 00:31:15,840
flight

880
00:31:20,149 --> 00:31:18,480
communication satellites like echo for

881
00:31:21,590 --> 00:31:20,159
instance helped lead the commercial

882
00:31:25,269 --> 00:31:21,600
satellites

883
00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:25,279
like tyrus

884
00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:28,080
led to a series currently operated by

885
00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:29,760
noaa the national oceanic and

886
00:31:33,990 --> 00:31:31,760
atmospheric administration

887
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:34,000
then of course apollo missions tested

888
00:31:38,870 --> 00:31:36,799
spacecraft in earth and moon orbit and

889
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:38,880
visited the moon six times

890
00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:41,840
studying soil mechanics

891
00:31:45,509 --> 00:31:43,279
meteoroids

892
00:31:47,990 --> 00:31:45,519
and questions about seismic activity

893
00:31:49,430 --> 00:31:48,000
heat flow magnetic fields and solar

894
00:31:51,750 --> 00:31:49,440
winds

895
00:31:53,909 --> 00:31:51,760
even when an oxygen tank explosion

896
00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:53,919
forced apollo 13 to scrub its lunar

897
00:31:56,909 --> 00:31:55,440
landing

898
00:32:00,149 --> 00:31:56,919
the can-do

899
00:32:02,630 --> 00:32:00,159
problem-solving attitude of crew and

900
00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:02,640
mission control turned the mission into

901
00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:04,640
a successful failure

902
00:32:07,110 --> 00:32:05,760
today

903
00:32:09,029 --> 00:32:07,120
the international space station

904
00:32:10,389 --> 00:32:09,039
continues as the core of our human space

905
00:32:13,430 --> 00:32:10,399
flight efforts

906
00:32:15,909 --> 00:32:13,440
an amazing showcase for human ingenuity

907
00:32:18,789 --> 00:32:15,919
and a unique scientific resource

908
00:32:20,549 --> 00:32:18,799
like no other the world has ever seen

909
00:32:22,789 --> 00:32:20,559
it's going to help us understand a lot

910
00:32:25,590 --> 00:32:22,799
of human health issues we'll need to get

911
00:32:27,269 --> 00:32:25,600
our arms around before traveling farther

912
00:32:29,110 --> 00:32:27,279
into space

913
00:32:31,669 --> 00:32:29,120
it will also allow us to demonstrate

914
00:32:33,269 --> 00:32:31,679
some of the technologies that we'll need

915
00:32:35,909 --> 00:32:33,279
now that it's complete

916
00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:35,919
we're ramping up our utilization by many

917
00:32:40,830 --> 00:32:37,760
different types of groups from

918
00:32:43,830 --> 00:32:40,840
government agencies to academia and

919
00:32:46,789 --> 00:32:43,840
industry led by the u s in partnership

920
00:32:49,029 --> 00:32:46,799
with russian japanese european

921
00:32:52,149 --> 00:32:49,039
canadian partners the iss is the most

922
00:32:53,909 --> 00:32:52,159
complex space facility ever built

923
00:32:56,230 --> 00:32:53,919
it carries almost a million pounds of

924
00:32:58,710 --> 00:32:56,240
hardware spans more than a length of a

925
00:33:01,669 --> 00:32:58,720
football field and has an interior

926
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:01,679
volume greater than a 747

927
00:33:07,830 --> 00:33:04,960
it travels 17 500 miles an hour

928
00:33:09,669 --> 00:33:07,840
orbiting the earth 16 times a day with

929
00:33:12,710 --> 00:33:09,679
an international crew of six actively

930
00:33:15,269 --> 00:33:12,720
participating in over 100 research

931
00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:15,279
investigations at any time

932
00:33:19,190 --> 00:33:17,440
so don't let anybody tell you that the

933
00:33:20,549 --> 00:33:19,200
u.s has walked away from human space

934
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:20,559
flight

935
00:33:25,110 --> 00:33:22,720
every research investigation

936
00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:25,120
in all of the systems that keep the iss

937
00:33:30,149 --> 00:33:27,760
operational helps us figure out how to

938
00:33:32,630 --> 00:33:30,159
improve life here on earth

939
00:33:33,909 --> 00:33:32,640
as we prepare to explore father from our

940
00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:33,919
planet

941
00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:36,399
effective reliance on solar power and

942
00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:38,960
onboard water processing are just two

943
00:33:42,950 --> 00:33:40,720
examples of how we're learning to better

944
00:33:45,750 --> 00:33:42,960
operate a spacecraft independent of

945
00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:45,760
resources resupplied from earth

946
00:33:49,750 --> 00:33:47,600
developing these necessities for living

947
00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:49,760
and working on board the iss

948
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:51,760
is enabling us to figure out how to

949
00:33:55,830 --> 00:33:54,159
better use renewable sources of

950
00:33:57,750 --> 00:33:55,840
resources on earth

951
00:33:59,909 --> 00:33:57,760
and how to do things like provide clean

952
00:34:01,909 --> 00:33:59,919
water to people living in undeveloped

953
00:34:04,230 --> 00:34:01,919
countries and oh by the way

954
00:34:06,230 --> 00:34:04,240
even in some states here in the united

955
00:34:07,430 --> 00:34:06,240
states

956
00:34:09,909 --> 00:34:07,440
now

957
00:34:11,909 --> 00:34:09,919
when i graduated from the naval academy

958
00:34:13,030 --> 00:34:11,919
we were on the cusp of landing humans on

959
00:34:14,950 --> 00:34:13,040
the moon

960
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:14,960
a lot of my colleagues naval aviators

961
00:34:20,389 --> 00:34:17,440
went on to pursue careers with nasa

962
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:20,399
but it still wasn't on my radar so to

963
00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:21,760
speak

964
00:34:26,629 --> 00:34:23,520
it wasn't until i began to see the

965
00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:26,639
recruitment efforts in the 1970s

966
00:34:30,710 --> 00:34:28,560
of people like michelle nichols

967
00:34:31,589 --> 00:34:30,720
television's lieutenant ahura on star

968
00:34:34,389 --> 00:34:31,599
trek

969
00:34:37,349 --> 00:34:34,399
that i realized how committed nasa was

970
00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:37,359
to diversifying the astronaut core and

971
00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:39,280
really taking the shuttle program in a

972
00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:41,200
whole new direction

973
00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:42,800
it was while i was a test pilot at the

974
00:34:46,950 --> 00:34:44,560
naval air test center at patuxent river

975
00:34:48,389 --> 00:34:46,960
maryland that i met the late great dr

976
00:34:50,230 --> 00:34:48,399
ron mcnair

977
00:34:52,470 --> 00:34:50,240
who convinced me that i needed to apply

978
00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:52,480
to the astronaut program

979
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:54,560
my very strong logical case for not

980
00:34:57,510 --> 00:34:55,760
applying

981
00:34:59,030 --> 00:34:57,520
was simply that i didn't think i'd be

982
00:35:00,950 --> 00:34:59,040
selected

983
00:35:03,190 --> 00:35:00,960
ron made short work

984
00:35:05,030 --> 00:35:03,200
of that argument when he told me and he

985
00:35:08,069 --> 00:35:05,040
looked me right in the eye and he said

986
00:35:10,230 --> 00:35:08,079
that's the dumbest thing i ever heard

987
00:35:12,630 --> 00:35:10,240
he said how do you know

988
00:35:14,150 --> 00:35:12,640
how do you know if you don't ask and so

989
00:35:15,430 --> 00:35:14,160
for the young people in the audience and

990
00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:15,440
i see a lot of you probably getting

991
00:35:20,790 --> 00:35:19,040
tired and i'm almost done okay

992
00:35:22,630 --> 00:35:20,800
how do you know

993
00:35:25,510 --> 00:35:22,640
unless you ask

994
00:35:28,829 --> 00:35:25,520
dream big dreams believe in yourselves

995
00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:28,839
study really really really hard and

996
00:35:32,710 --> 00:35:30,480
ask

997
00:35:35,829 --> 00:35:32,720
we lost ron on challenger but his

998
00:35:37,829 --> 00:35:35,839
influence in my life continues today

999
00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:37,839
certainly traveling to space has changed

1000
00:35:40,950 --> 00:35:39,280
my life

1001
00:35:42,150 --> 00:35:40,960
i think we travel to space not only

1002
00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:42,160
because it's

1003
00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:44,960
human nature to explore

1004
00:35:49,670 --> 00:35:46,880
but also because it's our nature to

1005
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:49,680
expand the number of places we can live

1006
00:35:54,310 --> 00:35:52,560
to expand the reach of the human race

1007
00:35:56,870 --> 00:35:54,320
we've now effectively extended our

1008
00:35:58,870 --> 00:35:56,880
biosphere to space

1009
00:36:00,470 --> 00:35:58,880
and there hasn't been a time

1010
00:36:04,069 --> 00:36:00,480
i want you to hear this

1011
00:36:06,790 --> 00:36:04,079
there has not been a time in the past 11

1012
00:36:09,589 --> 00:36:06,800
years when all of us human beings have

1013
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:09,599
lived on this planet at the same time

1014
00:36:13,750 --> 00:36:11,680
not a single second

1015
00:36:16,150 --> 00:36:13,760
when all of us human beings have lived

1016
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:16,160
on this planet at the same time

1017
00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:18,480
america has been in space for almost 12

1018
00:36:24,230 --> 00:36:21,760
years continuously without interruption

1019
00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:24,240
and you should be very proud of that and

1020
00:36:28,630 --> 00:36:26,320
you should brag of that and you should

1021
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:28,640
push back when anybody tries to tell you

1022
00:36:32,310 --> 00:36:30,400
that we're walking away from exploration

1023
00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:32,320
and walking away from human space flight

1024
00:36:37,109 --> 00:36:34,079
because as we said when i was growing up

1025
00:36:39,270 --> 00:36:37,119
in south carolina it just ain't so

1026
00:36:41,349 --> 00:36:39,280
trust me

1027
00:36:43,589 --> 00:36:41,359
that's pretty amazing but it also gives

1028
00:36:44,630 --> 00:36:43,599
us a responsibility to do more

1029
00:36:47,190 --> 00:36:44,640
than just

1030
00:36:49,430 --> 00:36:47,200
take fantastic pictures of our people

1031
00:36:52,470 --> 00:36:49,440
with the smoking flames of a launch

1032
00:36:54,230 --> 00:36:52,480
as spectacular as those may be

1033
00:36:57,190 --> 00:36:54,240
nasa has one of the most dedicated

1034
00:36:59,670 --> 00:36:57,200
workforces around and we're on a mission

1035
00:37:01,750 --> 00:36:59,680
not just the specific one at hand but a

1036
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:01,760
mission to uncover new knowledge that's

1037
00:37:05,990 --> 00:37:04,160
so that what we learn and do can benefit

1038
00:37:08,870 --> 00:37:06,000
all humankind

1039
00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:08,880
my time in space taught me many things

1040
00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:10,560
but even before the space station was

1041
00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:13,040
constructed our exploration efforts from

1042
00:37:15,510 --> 00:37:14,160
apollo

1043
00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:15,520
soyuz

1044
00:37:19,589 --> 00:37:17,680
to the shuttle mir and shuttle missions

1045
00:37:21,190 --> 00:37:19,599
with the international crews

1046
00:37:22,710 --> 00:37:21,200
were teaching us how to be global

1047
00:37:25,190 --> 00:37:22,720
citizens

1048
00:37:27,430 --> 00:37:25,200
space exploration is something we do as

1049
00:37:29,270 --> 00:37:27,440
nations together

1050
00:37:30,310 --> 00:37:29,280
we don't always have the same goals up

1051
00:37:33,190 --> 00:37:30,320
there

1052
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:33,200
but we can do it all peacefully

1053
00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:34,720
i was privileged to command the first

1054
00:37:37,430 --> 00:37:36,400
shuttle mission with a russian cosmonaut

1055
00:37:39,109 --> 00:37:37,440
on board

1056
00:37:41,270 --> 00:37:39,119
and i confess

1057
00:37:42,710 --> 00:37:41,280
that it was humbling and not initially

1058
00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:42,720
inviting for me to face my

1059
00:37:45,910 --> 00:37:44,079
preconceptions

1060
00:37:48,790 --> 00:37:45,920
of what it would be like to work with

1061
00:37:51,030 --> 00:37:48,800
someone who was ostensibly

1062
00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:51,040
at one time my enemy

1063
00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:52,960
but when you live and train with someone

1064
00:37:56,630 --> 00:37:54,560
for two years

1065
00:37:58,230 --> 00:37:56,640
and you get to know their family well

1066
00:37:59,750 --> 00:37:58,240
let's just say

1067
00:38:01,589 --> 00:37:59,760
it's hard to look at them in the same

1068
00:38:03,030 --> 00:38:01,599
way again

1069
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:03,040
that man

1070
00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:06,160
sergey konstantinovich krikalev

1071
00:38:09,589 --> 00:38:07,680
and his family

1072
00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:09,599
have become lifelong friends to my

1073
00:38:12,550 --> 00:38:11,200
family and me

1074
00:38:14,630 --> 00:38:12,560
today

1075
00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:14,640
he leads the gagarin cosmonaut training

1076
00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:17,040
center outside moscow

1077
00:38:19,750 --> 00:38:18,480
in russia

1078
00:38:22,390 --> 00:38:19,760
so for me

1079
00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:22,400
space is not just a destination

1080
00:38:26,790 --> 00:38:24,640
it's not just something about which i

1081
00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:26,800
can say i've been there

1082
00:38:30,550 --> 00:38:28,800
one of the lucky few

1083
00:38:33,190 --> 00:38:30,560
it encompasses a way of approaching our

1084
00:38:34,630 --> 00:38:33,200
biggest problems a way of looking at our

1085
00:38:36,950 --> 00:38:34,640
world differently

1086
00:38:38,710 --> 00:38:36,960
and thinking how to solve

1087
00:38:40,710 --> 00:38:38,720
and how to strive to our highest

1088
00:38:43,589 --> 00:38:40,720
potential

1089
00:38:45,190 --> 00:38:43,599
how to work together as nations

1090
00:38:46,630 --> 00:38:45,200
while our space program began in

1091
00:38:48,790 --> 00:38:46,640
competition

1092
00:38:50,069 --> 00:38:48,800
it has now become an international

1093
00:38:52,790 --> 00:38:50,079
collaboration

1094
00:38:55,030 --> 00:38:52,800
space is a uniter

1095
00:38:57,589 --> 00:38:55,040
it's hard not to feel connected

1096
00:38:59,030 --> 00:38:57,599
when you see our shared planet below

1097
00:39:01,109 --> 00:38:59,040
looking fragile

1098
00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:01,119
in the great blackness but free of

1099
00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:02,880
political boundaries

1100
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:05,119
seeing only those created by nature such

1101
00:39:08,710 --> 00:39:06,240
as rivers

1102
00:39:11,510 --> 00:39:08,720
oceans and mountain ranges

1103
00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:11,520
if everyone if everyone could view our

1104
00:39:15,990 --> 00:39:13,680
world from space

1105
00:39:17,349 --> 00:39:16,000
they'd see how we're all in this life

1106
00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:17,359
together

1107
00:39:21,270 --> 00:39:19,760
on a marvelous globe that needs our

1108
00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:21,280
stewardship

1109
00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:23,920
it changes you forever

1110
00:39:29,589 --> 00:39:26,720
it has made me want to dedicate my life

1111
00:39:31,589 --> 00:39:29,599
to helping other people get there

1112
00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:31,599
today that door to space is opening

1113
00:39:35,510 --> 00:39:32,880
wider

1114
00:39:37,270 --> 00:39:35,520
with the recent success of spacex

1115
00:39:39,910 --> 00:39:37,280
becoming the first entity outside of a

1116
00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:39,920
government to successfully send a cargo

1117
00:39:43,910 --> 00:39:41,520
capsule to the international space

1118
00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:43,920
station and retrieve it intact

1119
00:39:47,349 --> 00:39:46,400
we're at the start of something new and

1120
00:39:49,589 --> 00:39:47,359
big

1121
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:49,599
and really exciting

1122
00:39:52,950 --> 00:39:51,520
we're opening up an entirely new segment

1123
00:39:54,950 --> 00:39:52,960
of the economy

1124
00:39:56,950 --> 00:39:54,960
at the same time as we're making space

1125
00:39:58,790 --> 00:39:56,960
more accessible

1126
00:40:00,870 --> 00:39:58,800
more a part of our daily lives than it

1127
00:40:02,630 --> 00:40:00,880
has ever been before

1128
00:40:05,589 --> 00:40:02,640
there are space ports all around the

1129
00:40:07,589 --> 00:40:05,599
world a few right here in the u.s

1130
00:40:10,230 --> 00:40:07,599
and i believe that many more people will

1131
00:40:12,790 --> 00:40:10,240
be taking to the stars in the future as

1132
00:40:14,950 --> 00:40:12,800
researchers tourists students and

1133
00:40:16,630 --> 00:40:14,960
representatives of a globally space

1134
00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:16,640
faring people

1135
00:40:20,950 --> 00:40:18,359
nasa received more than

1136
00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:20,960
6300 applicants

1137
00:40:24,950 --> 00:40:22,480
during our most recent call for

1138
00:40:26,790 --> 00:40:24,960
astronauts earlier this year

1139
00:40:28,470 --> 00:40:26,800
that's the second highest number we've

1140
00:40:30,390 --> 00:40:28,480
ever received

1141
00:40:31,589 --> 00:40:30,400
so i don't think interest in space is

1142
00:40:33,270 --> 00:40:31,599
waned

1143
00:40:35,030 --> 00:40:33,280
the young people i talk to around the

1144
00:40:37,109 --> 00:40:35,040
world are passionate

1145
00:40:38,790 --> 00:40:37,119
about our future

1146
00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:38,800
it's one of the things that gives me

1147
00:40:42,550 --> 00:40:40,320
great hope

1148
00:40:44,390 --> 00:40:42,560
to think that my granddaughters my

1149
00:40:47,829 --> 00:40:44,400
beautiful granddaughters may witness the

1150
00:40:49,670 --> 00:40:47,839
first humans on mars or even better as

1151
00:40:52,630 --> 00:40:49,680
my oldest granddaughter the rocket

1152
00:40:55,430 --> 00:40:52,640
scientist likes to say

1153
00:40:57,910 --> 00:40:55,440
may be among those pioneers actually

1154
00:40:59,670 --> 00:40:57,920
making that mission themselves

1155
00:41:02,150 --> 00:40:59,680
i believe it's an attainable achievement

1156
00:41:04,870 --> 00:41:02,160
in many of our lifetimes when i look

1157
00:41:10,150 --> 00:41:04,880
through this audience most of you

1158
00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:11,910
with a president who has urged us to

1159
00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:13,760
develop the technologies that will be

1160
00:41:17,589 --> 00:41:15,920
required to get us there

1161
00:41:19,829 --> 00:41:17,599
and a growing fascination with the

1162
00:41:21,589 --> 00:41:19,839
accomplishments of nasa and its many

1163
00:41:23,510 --> 00:41:21,599
partners in space

1164
00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:23,520
deep space exploration with humans is

1165
00:41:27,829 --> 00:41:25,520
within our grasp

1166
00:41:29,030 --> 00:41:27,839
when the curiosity rover lands on mars

1167
00:41:31,109 --> 00:41:29,040
in august

1168
00:41:32,550 --> 00:41:31,119
it's going to be another incredible

1169
00:41:34,630 --> 00:41:32,560
milestone

1170
00:41:36,150 --> 00:41:34,640
i know here at air in space one of the

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00:41:38,390 --> 00:41:36,160
most popular things

1172
00:41:39,510 --> 00:41:38,400
you had going after the mars exploration

1173
00:41:41,829 --> 00:41:39,520
rovers

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00:41:43,430 --> 00:41:41,839
landed was the evolving display of the

1175
00:41:44,870 --> 00:41:43,440
incredible images from those plucky

1176
00:41:47,190 --> 00:41:44,880
little vehicles

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00:41:49,750 --> 00:41:47,200
and that same kind of excitement

1178
00:41:51,510 --> 00:41:49,760
is going to happen again with curiosity

1179
00:41:53,270 --> 00:41:51,520
beginning in august

1180
00:41:55,510 --> 00:41:53,280
it's going to visit a new place on the

1181
00:41:57,750 --> 00:41:55,520
martian surface

1182
00:41:59,510 --> 00:41:57,760
a hard to reach place

1183
00:42:01,190 --> 00:41:59,520
near a mountain range and the arrival

1184
00:42:04,230 --> 00:42:01,200
will demonstrate the precision landing

1185
00:42:06,309 --> 00:42:04,240
technic technologies will need to land

1186
00:42:07,670 --> 00:42:06,319
future missions on other planetary

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00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:07,680
bodies

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00:42:10,550 --> 00:42:08,720
then

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00:42:14,230 --> 00:42:10,560
we'll have this laboratory about the

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00:42:15,829 --> 00:42:14,240
size of a small car and see you just

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00:42:17,349 --> 00:42:15,839
i love it

1192
00:42:20,230 --> 00:42:17,359
that's all right if your heart's pumping

1193
00:42:21,510 --> 00:42:20,240
that's good that's good

1194
00:42:23,109 --> 00:42:21,520
because you're going to be doing this

1195
00:42:25,589 --> 00:42:23,119
stuff

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00:42:27,589 --> 00:42:25,599
we'll have a a small laboratory about

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00:42:29,510 --> 00:42:27,599
the size of a small car like a mini

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00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:29,520
cooper or a volkswagen

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00:42:34,309 --> 00:42:32,160
roving all over the planet with the most

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00:42:36,790 --> 00:42:34,319
sophisticated suite of instruments

1201
00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:36,800
ever to evaluate whether mars might have

1202
00:42:41,190 --> 00:42:39,680
ever been habitable to life

1203
00:42:43,510 --> 00:42:41,200
certainly among the biggest questions

1204
00:42:45,109 --> 00:42:43,520
mankind has ever considered are are we

1205
00:42:48,309 --> 00:42:45,119
alone

1206
00:42:50,470 --> 00:42:48,319
is there life elsewhere in the universe

1207
00:42:52,710 --> 00:42:50,480
these are questions that have captured

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00:42:54,630 --> 00:42:52,720
the curiosity of humankind since the

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00:42:56,870 --> 00:42:54,640
beginning of time

1210
00:42:59,190 --> 00:42:56,880
at the same time as curiosity sends back

1211
00:43:00,550 --> 00:42:59,200
what is sure to be an incredible data

1212
00:43:02,710 --> 00:43:00,560
from mars

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00:43:03,990 --> 00:43:02,720
we'll also still be orbiting mercury and

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00:43:06,950 --> 00:43:04,000
saturn

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00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:06,960
and on our way to jupiter and pluto

1216
00:43:10,710 --> 00:43:08,960
just two weeks ago we launched nustar a

1217
00:43:12,309 --> 00:43:10,720
black hole spotter

1218
00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:12,319
kepler has discovered hundreds of

1219
00:43:17,190 --> 00:43:14,800
planets around stars and other solar

1220
00:43:18,309 --> 00:43:17,200
systems and continues to do its work

1221
00:43:20,309 --> 00:43:18,319
hubble

1222
00:43:22,790 --> 00:43:20,319
keeps transforming our view of our

1223
00:43:25,190 --> 00:43:22,800
cosmic of cosmic phenomena

1224
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:25,200
and the james webb space telescope its

1225
00:43:29,670 --> 00:43:26,480
successor

1226
00:43:31,670 --> 00:43:29,680
is preparing for a 2018 launch

1227
00:43:33,589 --> 00:43:31,680
that telescope's first instrument just

1228
00:43:35,030 --> 00:43:33,599
arrived at goddard space flight center a

1229
00:43:36,550 --> 00:43:35,040
couple of weeks ago

1230
00:43:39,030 --> 00:43:36,560
and the project has been meeting its

1231
00:43:40,550 --> 00:43:39,040
many structural technical and spending

1232
00:43:42,550 --> 00:43:40,560
milestones

1233
00:43:43,430 --> 00:43:42,560
the webb telescope's launch will be a

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00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:43,440
first

1235
00:43:47,829 --> 00:43:46,000
as we send it to a point one million

1236
00:43:50,230 --> 00:43:47,839
miles away from earth

1237
00:43:52,390 --> 00:43:50,240
on a hunt for light from the earliest

1238
00:43:54,069 --> 00:43:52,400
days in our universe

1239
00:43:56,309 --> 00:43:54,079
right now many of our earth scientists

1240
00:43:58,630 --> 00:43:56,319
are gearing up for hurricane season

1241
00:44:01,670 --> 00:43:58,640
the aquarius mission recently released

1242
00:44:03,510 --> 00:44:01,680
the first map of global ocean salinity

1243
00:44:06,150 --> 00:44:03,520
we certainly haven't lost sight of our

1244
00:44:08,150 --> 00:44:06,160
home planet as we extend our reach

1245
00:44:09,349 --> 00:44:08,160
throughout the solar system and look

1246
00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:09,359
beyond it

1247
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:11,359
so today

1248
00:44:16,550 --> 00:44:12,960
there may be budget squabbles up the

1249
00:44:18,950 --> 00:44:16,560
street in that big dome building

1250
00:44:22,230 --> 00:44:18,960
but at nasa we're still in the future

1251
00:44:23,670 --> 00:44:22,240
business so we take the long-term view

1252
00:44:25,910 --> 00:44:23,680
when you're preparing an instrument to

1253
00:44:27,750 --> 00:44:25,920
peer back billions of years

1254
00:44:30,550 --> 00:44:27,760
or developing the technology that will

1255
00:44:32,309 --> 00:44:30,560
rocket humans at tens of thousands of

1256
00:44:33,910 --> 00:44:32,319
miles an hour to destinations they've

1257
00:44:36,470 --> 00:44:33,920
never before visited

1258
00:44:39,109 --> 00:44:36,480
or studying the mysteries of the sun and

1259
00:44:41,349 --> 00:44:39,119
how it affects our planet well

1260
00:44:43,990 --> 00:44:41,359
you can get lost in the magnitude of our

1261
00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:44,000
work and today's problems may seem like

1262
00:44:48,630 --> 00:44:46,560
such not such a big deal

1263
00:44:50,390 --> 00:44:48,640
it's been my great honor to be a part of

1264
00:44:51,589 --> 00:44:50,400
a mission that deployed the hubble space

1265
00:44:52,870 --> 00:44:51,599
telescope

1266
00:44:54,790 --> 00:44:52,880
one of the greatest scientific

1267
00:44:56,630 --> 00:44:54,800
instruments of all time

1268
00:44:58,870 --> 00:44:56,640
and to be part of a core that flew an

1269
00:45:01,270 --> 00:44:58,880
experimental vehicle that incredible

1270
00:45:03,750 --> 00:45:01,280
flying machine the space shuttle for

1271
00:45:05,510 --> 00:45:03,760
three decades continually refining it

1272
00:45:08,470 --> 00:45:05,520
and bringing into existence something

1273
00:45:10,950 --> 00:45:08,480
that the world hadn't seen before

1274
00:45:13,030 --> 00:45:10,960
a reusable space vehicle which some of

1275
00:45:14,550 --> 00:45:13,040
our commercial partners will now also be

1276
00:45:17,109 --> 00:45:14,560
developing

1277
00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:17,119
because nasa pioneered such a thing they

1278
00:45:22,390 --> 00:45:19,760
can follow in our footsteps

1279
00:45:24,150 --> 00:45:22,400
there are legacies like these all across

1280
00:45:25,190 --> 00:45:24,160
our space program

1281
00:45:27,030 --> 00:45:25,200
people

1282
00:45:29,349 --> 00:45:27,040
and technologies

1283
00:45:31,190 --> 00:45:29,359
among this nation's greatest legacies

1284
00:45:33,030 --> 00:45:31,200
and legacies may be

1285
00:45:36,230 --> 00:45:33,040
maybe the wrong word

1286
00:45:37,990 --> 00:45:36,240
because we're not stopping anytime soon

1287
00:45:38,950 --> 00:45:38,000
these achievements represent the jump

1288
00:45:40,950 --> 00:45:38,960
start

1289
00:45:42,630 --> 00:45:40,960
we gave to a global exploration

1290
00:45:44,790 --> 00:45:42,640
enterprise

1291
00:45:46,790 --> 00:45:44,800
these achievements help turn what a

1292
00:45:48,150 --> 00:45:46,800
global competition what was a global

1293
00:45:50,150 --> 00:45:48,160
competition

1294
00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:50,160
into global cooperation

1295
00:45:53,990 --> 00:45:51,280
today

1296
00:45:55,910 --> 00:45:54,000
we remain at the forefront as leader of

1297
00:45:57,430 --> 00:45:55,920
this massive effort

1298
00:45:59,270 --> 00:45:57,440
i was privileged to be at the events

1299
00:46:01,589 --> 00:45:59,280
earlier this year celebrating the 50th

1300
00:46:03,030 --> 00:46:01,599
anniversary of john glenn's first

1301
00:46:04,710 --> 00:46:03,040
orbital flight

1302
00:46:07,109 --> 00:46:04,720
and he talks about

1303
00:46:08,950 --> 00:46:07,119
how at each stage of the path we learn

1304
00:46:11,510 --> 00:46:08,960
something

1305
00:46:13,349 --> 00:46:11,520
the research is always important

1306
00:46:15,589 --> 00:46:13,359
in incorporating what we've done to make

1307
00:46:16,950 --> 00:46:15,599
it to the next level will always be

1308
00:46:18,630 --> 00:46:16,960
critical

1309
00:46:20,790 --> 00:46:18,640
enhancing our utilization of the

1310
00:46:24,470 --> 00:46:20,800
international space station is one of

1311
00:46:25,270 --> 00:46:24,480
john's passions as well as one of mine

1312
00:46:28,870 --> 00:46:25,280
this

1313
00:46:30,870 --> 00:46:28,880
is a challenge we must meet to enable

1314
00:46:33,190 --> 00:46:30,880
realization of many of our exploration

1315
00:46:36,870 --> 00:46:33,200
dreams and visions

1316
00:46:38,710 --> 00:46:36,880
today's space program is vital and alive

1317
00:46:41,990 --> 00:46:38,720
it's led by men and women who are

1318
00:46:43,990 --> 00:46:42,000
passionately dedicated to space and

1319
00:46:46,390 --> 00:46:44,000
keeping america the leader in its

1320
00:46:49,109 --> 00:46:46,400
exploration and expanding

1321
00:46:52,790 --> 00:46:49,119
john glenn's legacy

1322
00:46:55,030 --> 00:46:52,800
is the food on which we feed

1323
00:46:56,630 --> 00:46:55,040
they're across this nation

1324
00:46:58,390 --> 00:46:56,640
and around the world

1325
00:47:00,710 --> 00:46:58,400
working on the next phase of a global

1326
00:47:02,550 --> 00:47:00,720
space exploration enterprise

1327
00:47:04,790 --> 00:47:02,560
that those first astronauts and

1328
00:47:07,030 --> 00:47:04,800
scientists and engineers and many

1329
00:47:09,030 --> 00:47:07,040
thousands of people who supported them

1330
00:47:10,950 --> 00:47:09,040
helped to make possible

1331
00:47:12,550 --> 00:47:10,960
it's been my honor

1332
00:47:13,750 --> 00:47:12,560
to be a part of our nation's greatest

1333
00:47:15,670 --> 00:47:13,760
successes

1334
00:47:17,349 --> 00:47:15,680
and to help shepherd nasa to its next

1335
00:47:19,109 --> 00:47:17,359
destinations

1336
00:47:20,950 --> 00:47:19,119
there are many bright days ahead for the

1337
00:47:24,150 --> 00:47:20,960
nation space program and for

1338
00:47:26,790 --> 00:47:24,160
civilization's progress into space i

1339
00:47:30,390 --> 00:47:26,800
hope every one of you here tonight is

1340
00:47:32,309 --> 00:47:30,400
excited and passionate i know i have one

1341
00:47:34,230 --> 00:47:32,319
i hope every one of you though is as

1342
00:47:37,430 --> 00:47:34,240
excited and passionate

1343
00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:37,440
as i am about ensuring that we realize

1344
00:47:42,150 --> 00:47:40,000
every potential of our times

1345
00:47:44,630 --> 00:47:42,160
my thanks again general daily to you and

1346
00:47:46,630 --> 00:47:44,640
to the smithsonian for this opportunity

1347
00:47:48,870 --> 00:47:46,640
john to you for honoring me by me by

1348
00:47:51,430 --> 00:47:48,880
allowing me to be a glenn lecturer

1349
00:47:53,109 --> 00:47:51,440
and for the role that the smithsonian

1350
00:47:55,349 --> 00:47:53,119
the incredible role that they have

1351
00:47:57,670 --> 00:47:55,359
played in the promotion of exploration

1352
00:47:59,990 --> 00:47:57,680
and keeping the dream alive god bless

1353
00:48:01,510 --> 00:48:00,000
each one of you and may god bless the

1354
00:48:09,109 --> 00:48:01,520
good old usa

1355
00:48:13,589 --> 00:48:11,750
i have been told that i have uh

1356
00:48:15,270 --> 00:48:13,599
i have a few minutes that i can take

1357
00:48:16,550 --> 00:48:15,280
thank you very much thank you thanks so

1358
00:48:18,069 --> 00:48:16,560
much

1359
00:48:20,470 --> 00:48:18,079
i've been told that i can take a few

1360
00:48:22,790 --> 00:48:20,480
questions if you have them i'd ask you

1361
00:48:24,309 --> 00:48:22,800
to yell it out and then i'll repeat the

1362
00:48:27,829 --> 00:48:24,319
question so that everybody knows what

1363
00:48:30,150 --> 00:48:27,839
i'm attempting to answer okay and i i

1364
00:48:31,910 --> 00:48:30,160
say that attempting to answer

1365
00:48:34,790 --> 00:48:31,920
even my driver can answer most of these

1366
00:48:35,829 --> 00:48:34,800
questions john's driver will answer most

1367
00:48:37,910 --> 00:48:35,839
of them

1368
00:48:52,549 --> 00:48:37,920
since he's the expert in this crowd all

1369
00:48:57,990 --> 00:48:55,910
the question was we recently acquired

1370
00:48:59,430 --> 00:48:58,000
by gift

1371
00:49:01,990 --> 00:48:59,440
essentially the makings of two

1372
00:49:04,069 --> 00:49:02,000
telescopes from the nro the national

1373
00:49:06,230 --> 00:49:04,079
reconnaissance organization and

1374
00:49:08,870 --> 00:49:06,240
he was asking if we had definitive plans

1375
00:49:10,950 --> 00:49:08,880
for their employment yet we do not

1376
00:49:12,790 --> 00:49:10,960
we accepted them because

1377
00:49:13,670 --> 00:49:12,800
there is great promise of what they can

1378
00:49:17,270 --> 00:49:13,680
do

1379
00:49:19,030 --> 00:49:17,280
exploration program where we've gone

1380
00:49:21,349 --> 00:49:19,040
we've gone out to the public we've gone

1381
00:49:22,309 --> 00:49:21,359
to academia industry and other people

1382
00:49:23,829 --> 00:49:22,319
and said

1383
00:49:25,670 --> 00:49:23,839
you know what should a mars program look

1384
00:49:27,510 --> 00:49:25,680
like for the united states and our

1385
00:49:29,109 --> 00:49:27,520
international partners in the future

1386
00:49:31,430 --> 00:49:29,119
we're now collaborating with the science

1387
00:49:33,990 --> 00:49:31,440
community because there are a lot of

1388
00:49:35,349 --> 00:49:34,000
things that they have great hope that we

1389
00:49:37,030 --> 00:49:35,359
will be able to do

1390
00:49:38,549 --> 00:49:37,040
a lot of things depend on funding but

1391
00:49:40,470 --> 00:49:38,559
that's not something that we're planning

1392
00:49:42,710 --> 00:49:40,480
for right now so you're probably going

1393
00:49:44,549 --> 00:49:42,720
to see us start talking about them

1394
00:49:47,270 --> 00:49:44,559
a couple of budget cycles down the road

1395
00:49:48,950 --> 00:49:47,280
so don't don't go right into congress

1396
00:49:50,630 --> 00:49:48,960
and saying give nasa more money i don't

1397
00:49:52,950 --> 00:49:50,640
i do need it but i don't need it for

1398
00:49:54,710 --> 00:49:52,960
that all right so but but they are very

1399
00:49:57,589 --> 00:49:54,720
promising and we'll determine what we're

1400
00:49:58,309 --> 00:49:57,599
going to do with them soon we hope

1401
00:50:00,470 --> 00:49:58,319
so

1402
00:50:02,069 --> 00:50:00,480
from an internal viewpoint i think

1403
00:50:04,390 --> 00:50:02,079
there's some things that go on at nasa

1404
00:50:06,390 --> 00:50:04,400
centers that public don't realize and

1405
00:50:08,549 --> 00:50:06,400
that i work at a center where it's an

1406
00:50:10,630 --> 00:50:08,559
interesting divide within nasa between

1407
00:50:13,349 --> 00:50:10,640
earth science and planetary science

1408
00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:13,359
particularly with budget issues

1409
00:50:17,430 --> 00:50:15,520
big thing going on is

1410
00:50:19,750 --> 00:50:17,440
that we have our 40th

1411
00:50:20,710 --> 00:50:19,760
anniversary of landsat coming up

1412
00:50:22,790 --> 00:50:20,720
and

1413
00:50:24,790 --> 00:50:22,800
i'm just wondering how you would get

1414
00:50:27,190 --> 00:50:24,800
nasa to be more of a cohesive whole

1415
00:50:29,190 --> 00:50:27,200
again instead of that great divide that

1416
00:50:30,950 --> 00:50:29,200
i see

1417
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:30,960
the question here was from from an

1418
00:50:35,670 --> 00:50:33,040
internal point of view working at a nasa

1419
00:50:38,870 --> 00:50:35,680
center she sees a divide between

1420
00:50:41,190 --> 00:50:38,880
communities earth science space science

1421
00:50:43,990 --> 00:50:41,200
i talked about human space flight and

1422
00:50:46,230 --> 00:50:44,000
science period um the one thing that i

1423
00:50:48,150 --> 00:50:46,240
think you will see us doing today we we

1424
00:50:49,190 --> 00:50:48,160
are trying to think strategically and

1425
00:50:52,150 --> 00:50:49,200
we're trying to think of where the

1426
00:50:53,750 --> 00:50:52,160
nation wants us to be 30 years from now

1427
00:50:55,829 --> 00:50:53,760
and the other thing that we're doing is

1428
00:50:57,349 --> 00:50:55,839
we're trying to become relevant uh to

1429
00:50:58,790 --> 00:50:57,359
the needs of the people of the nation

1430
00:51:00,069 --> 00:50:58,800
and i think you heard us heard me say

1431
00:51:02,150 --> 00:51:00,079
earlier you know our vision if i

1432
00:51:04,390 --> 00:51:02,160
paraphrase it is we reach for new

1433
00:51:06,069 --> 00:51:04,400
heights for greater heights to reveal

1434
00:51:07,510 --> 00:51:06,079
the unknown so that what we learn and

1435
00:51:08,710 --> 00:51:07,520
what we do makes life better for

1436
00:51:10,390 --> 00:51:08,720
humankind

1437
00:51:11,910 --> 00:51:10,400
earth science plays a critical role in

1438
00:51:14,390 --> 00:51:11,920
everything that we do and i think if you

1439
00:51:16,309 --> 00:51:14,400
look at if you look at the budget

1440
00:51:18,230 --> 00:51:16,319
because you have to say okay

1441
00:51:19,750 --> 00:51:18,240
what is it that you're emphasizing you

1442
00:51:21,109 --> 00:51:19,760
go to the budget

1443
00:51:22,470 --> 00:51:21,119
and if you look at the budget earth

1444
00:51:23,270 --> 00:51:22,480
science has

1445
00:51:26,069 --> 00:51:23,280
has

1446
00:51:27,430 --> 00:51:26,079
been healthy and and healthier

1447
00:51:30,069 --> 00:51:27,440
we have a president who is very

1448
00:51:31,990 --> 00:51:30,079
interested in in earth and its

1449
00:51:33,030 --> 00:51:32,000
preservation and so you find that we are

1450
00:51:34,950 --> 00:51:33,040
putting more

1451
00:51:36,710 --> 00:51:34,960
much more emphasis on on earth science

1452
00:51:39,990 --> 00:51:36,720
that we did then we then we have done in

1453
00:51:42,230 --> 00:51:40,000
recent years but there has to be uh

1454
00:51:44,630 --> 00:51:42,240
collaboration between the two

1455
00:51:46,790 --> 00:51:44,640
we can't know what we need to know about

1456
00:51:50,150 --> 00:51:46,800
earth unless we study

1457
00:51:51,910 --> 00:51:50,160
other planets and asteroids people say

1458
00:51:53,829 --> 00:51:51,920
why do you care about an asteroid i

1459
00:51:55,750 --> 00:51:53,839
mentioned vesta earlier

1460
00:51:58,390 --> 00:51:55,760
uh as an earth scientist if that's what

1461
00:52:00,710 --> 00:51:58,400
you are you probably are hungry for data

1462
00:52:03,030 --> 00:52:00,720
from vesta because we're finding that

1463
00:52:04,870 --> 00:52:03,040
this asteroid this rock is what we

1464
00:52:07,030 --> 00:52:04,880
thought it was

1465
00:52:09,670 --> 00:52:07,040
we now are starting to slowly

1466
00:52:11,510 --> 00:52:09,680
lean toward classifying it as a

1467
00:52:14,549 --> 00:52:11,520
what do we call it a microplanet or a

1468
00:52:17,190 --> 00:52:14,559
small planet or a dwarf planet

1469
00:52:20,230 --> 00:52:17,200
because we're seeing tectonic the

1470
00:52:22,950 --> 00:52:20,240
signs of past tectonic activity if we

1471
00:52:25,109 --> 00:52:22,960
can understand from space science what

1472
00:52:26,870 --> 00:52:25,119
happened to things like older planets

1473
00:52:28,950 --> 00:52:26,880
and asteroids in the light

1474
00:52:30,390 --> 00:52:28,960
we can hopefully keep from making some

1475
00:52:33,030 --> 00:52:30,400
of those mistakes

1476
00:52:35,190 --> 00:52:33,040
uh that you know that humans might cause

1477
00:52:37,109 --> 00:52:35,200
that would cause us to end up like a

1478
00:52:38,150 --> 00:52:37,119
vesta which we would not want to do so i

1479
00:52:39,270 --> 00:52:38,160
think you're going to find hopefully

1480
00:52:41,510 --> 00:52:39,280
what you're going to see is that there's

1481
00:52:43,109 --> 00:52:41,520
much more collaboration among the earth

1482
00:52:45,270 --> 00:52:43,119
scientists and the space scientists and

1483
00:52:46,870 --> 00:52:45,280
among human and robotic space flight

1484
00:52:54,630 --> 00:52:46,880
that's that's what we're striving for

1485
00:52:54,640 --> 00:53:01,109
what is

1486
00:53:05,750 --> 00:53:03,030
uh good question the question is are we

1487
00:53:08,230 --> 00:53:05,760
a rel the basic question was are we are

1488
00:53:10,230 --> 00:53:08,240
we a reliable international partner the

1489
00:53:11,510 --> 00:53:10,240
preface for all that was he's talked to

1490
00:53:13,430 --> 00:53:11,520
a lot of his friends in the european

1491
00:53:15,589 --> 00:53:13,440
space agency and other places and and

1492
00:53:18,870 --> 00:53:15,599
they're concerned because nasa has has

1493
00:53:20,309 --> 00:53:18,880
had to to not continue work with them in

1494
00:53:22,309 --> 00:53:20,319
some things that we were we were

1495
00:53:24,390 --> 00:53:22,319
thinking about doing i think we're an

1496
00:53:27,430 --> 00:53:24,400
incredibly reliable partner and the

1497
00:53:28,470 --> 00:53:27,440
collaboration between the us nasa being

1498
00:53:31,190 --> 00:53:28,480
the space

1499
00:53:33,030 --> 00:53:31,200
arm of the u.s between the u.s and and

1500
00:53:35,430 --> 00:53:33,040
our international partners remains very

1501
00:53:37,349 --> 00:53:35,440
robust if you look at

1502
00:53:38,309 --> 00:53:37,359
the james webb space telescope that i

1503
00:53:39,829 --> 00:53:38,319
mentioned

1504
00:53:41,190 --> 00:53:39,839
that is a partnership between the

1505
00:53:43,589 --> 00:53:41,200
europeans

1506
00:53:45,030 --> 00:53:43,599
the canadians the united states

1507
00:53:46,630 --> 00:53:45,040
we're going to launch it on an ariane

1508
00:53:48,950 --> 00:53:46,640
spacecraft

1509
00:53:50,790 --> 00:53:48,960
so that is a that is something that's

1510
00:53:52,390 --> 00:53:50,800
that's out in the future that that

1511
00:53:53,829 --> 00:53:52,400
remains intact

1512
00:53:55,270 --> 00:53:53,839
if you look at what we're trying to do

1513
00:53:57,430 --> 00:53:55,280
with the mars program as we try to

1514
00:54:00,069 --> 00:53:57,440
restructure our mars program

1515
00:54:01,430 --> 00:54:00,079
we had a workshop in houston

1516
00:54:03,990 --> 00:54:01,440
two weeks ago

1517
00:54:06,470 --> 00:54:04,000
and we had an abundance of international

1518
00:54:09,030 --> 00:54:06,480
partners who came in people representing

1519
00:54:11,589 --> 00:54:09,040
academia the science community industry

1520
00:54:14,150 --> 00:54:11,599
all trying to give us ideas on what

1521
00:54:16,630 --> 00:54:14,160
would a mars program look like given

1522
00:54:18,710 --> 00:54:16,640
today's budgetary environment so

1523
00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:18,720
our international partners are vital to

1524
00:54:21,750 --> 00:54:20,400
everything that we do and particularly

1525
00:54:22,470 --> 00:54:21,760
in the mars program so i think you'll

1526
00:54:24,390 --> 00:54:22,480
see

1527
00:54:27,190 --> 00:54:24,400
we've committed to support them with the

1528
00:54:29,670 --> 00:54:27,200
program called exomars which we did not

1529
00:54:31,750 --> 00:54:29,680
we were not able to to fully stay in the

1530
00:54:33,750 --> 00:54:31,760
way that that we were thinking about but

1531
00:54:35,910 --> 00:54:33,760
we've committed a communications orbiter

1532
00:54:37,750 --> 00:54:35,920
to them for that 2016 mission that

1533
00:54:39,430 --> 00:54:37,760
they're trying to trying to fly and

1534
00:54:41,750 --> 00:54:39,440
because we need it ourselves we have

1535
00:54:43,750 --> 00:54:41,760
also committed to provide our expertise

1536
00:54:45,589 --> 00:54:43,760
in entry decent landing because it's

1537
00:54:48,150 --> 00:54:45,599
only the united states that has ever

1538
00:54:51,109 --> 00:54:48,160
successfully landed something on another

1539
00:54:53,109 --> 00:54:51,119
planet and we know how to do that

1540
00:54:55,190 --> 00:54:53,119
we're trying to help others learn how to

1541
00:54:57,190 --> 00:54:55,200
do it so so we'll continue to be a part

1542
00:55:07,270 --> 00:54:57,200
of their programs

1543
00:55:11,349 --> 00:55:08,950
oh what's nasa's vision on private

1544
00:55:13,829 --> 00:55:11,359
enterprise beyond orbit uh

1545
00:55:15,430 --> 00:55:13,839
we're really working hard on what we can

1546
00:55:17,510 --> 00:55:15,440
do to enable

1547
00:55:20,390 --> 00:55:17,520
private industry to follow in our

1548
00:55:22,230 --> 00:55:20,400
footsteps as far as they can um there

1549
00:55:23,589 --> 00:55:22,240
are some private companies that that

1550
00:55:25,109 --> 00:55:23,599
have visions

1551
00:55:27,430 --> 00:55:25,119
of uh because

1552
00:55:29,829 --> 00:55:27,440
and i need to explain this

1553
00:55:32,309 --> 00:55:29,839
i'm not developing commercial space okay

1554
00:55:35,030 --> 00:55:32,319
under pl get that straight

1555
00:55:37,589 --> 00:55:35,040
i nasa is facilitating

1556
00:55:39,109 --> 00:55:37,599
the the success of a commercial

1557
00:55:40,150 --> 00:55:39,119
enterprise if that's where you want to

1558
00:55:42,549 --> 00:55:40,160
go

1559
00:55:44,470 --> 00:55:42,559
okay if the american taxpayer

1560
00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:44,480
and investors

1561
00:55:48,470 --> 00:55:46,720
and entrepreneurs want to go there we

1562
00:55:50,630 --> 00:55:48,480
can make them successful we can help

1563
00:55:53,030 --> 00:55:50,640
them be successful but

1564
00:55:54,470 --> 00:55:53,040
my job is not to build the industry i am

1565
00:55:57,270 --> 00:55:54,480
a facilitator

1566
00:56:00,230 --> 00:55:57,280
we have met with great success so far in

1567
00:56:01,829 --> 00:56:00,240
our commercial cargo program we have

1568
00:56:04,230 --> 00:56:01,839
we're hoping that orbital will fly their

1569
00:56:05,670 --> 00:56:04,240
first flight coming up here this fall

1570
00:56:07,349 --> 00:56:05,680
spacex has already flown their

1571
00:56:09,430 --> 00:56:07,359
demonstration the next time they fly it

1572
00:56:11,270 --> 00:56:09,440
will be for pay it'll be for contract

1573
00:56:13,829 --> 00:56:11,280
and that's what we're trying to do we're

1574
00:56:14,950 --> 00:56:13,839
working with uh with a number of of

1575
00:56:16,390 --> 00:56:14,960
american

1576
00:56:18,069 --> 00:56:16,400
lead companies that are trying to

1577
00:56:20,230 --> 00:56:18,079
develop vehicles that can carry humans

1578
00:56:22,069 --> 00:56:20,240
to orbit we need that badly to support

1579
00:56:23,510 --> 00:56:22,079
the international space station senator

1580
00:56:24,789 --> 00:56:23,520
glenn and i were talking earlier we need

1581
00:56:27,270 --> 00:56:24,799
to be able to get

1582
00:56:29,270 --> 00:56:27,280
uh an in a larger crew up there than we

1583
00:56:32,470 --> 00:56:29,280
have right now because we need people

1584
00:56:34,309 --> 00:56:32,480
who will tend to the care and feeding of

1585
00:56:36,150 --> 00:56:34,319
the international space station while

1586
00:56:37,990 --> 00:56:36,160
researchers go off and do their work one

1587
00:56:39,910 --> 00:56:38,000
of the problems we have now with a crew

1588
00:56:40,950 --> 00:56:39,920
of six is that we aren't able to get as

1589
00:56:43,510 --> 00:56:40,960
much

1590
00:56:45,349 --> 00:56:43,520
research in as we would like to do so

1591
00:56:47,030 --> 00:56:45,359
we're looking for ways to enhance the

1592
00:56:50,870 --> 00:56:47,040
utilization of the international space

1593
00:56:53,750 --> 00:56:50,880
station uh if if we have private

1594
00:56:55,510 --> 00:56:53,760
industry that wants to colonize the moon

1595
00:56:56,470 --> 00:56:55,520
and if you if you follow the space

1596
00:56:59,270 --> 00:56:56,480
program you'll know that there are a

1597
00:57:02,069 --> 00:56:59,280
number of private companies that are

1598
00:57:04,390 --> 00:57:02,079
looking into ways that they can do an

1599
00:57:06,549 --> 00:57:04,400
elaborate number of things and and we

1600
00:57:08,630 --> 00:57:06,559
support that and we will do everything

1601
00:57:11,510 --> 00:57:08,640
that we can to to facilitate their

1602
00:57:14,390 --> 00:57:11,520
success but but we do not in we don't

1603
00:57:16,470 --> 00:57:14,400
visualize or envision uh

1604
00:57:18,470 --> 00:57:16,480
making private industry

1605
00:57:20,150 --> 00:57:18,480
do things beyond low earth orbit if they

1606
00:57:21,910 --> 00:57:20,160
want to do it we're happy and we'll

1607
00:57:27,990 --> 00:57:21,920
support them

1608
00:57:31,349 --> 00:57:29,589
oh what advice do i have for you as a

1609
00:57:33,190 --> 00:57:31,359
future astronaut

1610
00:57:34,950 --> 00:57:33,200
uh it's very simple you know i wish i

1611
00:57:36,470 --> 00:57:34,960
could tell you something you know i

1612
00:57:38,470 --> 00:57:36,480
could give you some magic potion but

1613
00:57:40,390 --> 00:57:38,480
it's what my mom and dad told me

1614
00:57:42,470 --> 00:57:40,400
you got to study your little tail off i

1615
00:57:44,390 --> 00:57:42,480
mean you have to study hard

1616
00:57:46,630 --> 00:57:44,400
what do you study everything take math

1617
00:57:48,549 --> 00:57:46,640
and science they're absolutely critical

1618
00:57:49,990 --> 00:57:48,559
challenge yourself every step along the

1619
00:57:52,710 --> 00:57:50,000
way

1620
00:57:54,390 --> 00:57:52,720
don't get focused on a's get focused on

1621
00:57:55,270 --> 00:57:54,400
knowledge

1622
00:57:57,589 --> 00:57:55,280
you know

1623
00:57:59,910 --> 00:57:57,599
take the difficult courses work really

1624
00:58:01,510 --> 00:57:59,920
hard if you're an athlete or a musician

1625
00:58:03,670 --> 00:58:01,520
or anything else

1626
00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:03,680
do the same focus in the classroom that

1627
00:58:07,990 --> 00:58:06,160
you do when you're on the sports field

1628
00:58:09,430 --> 00:58:08,000
separate them don't worry about sports

1629
00:58:11,430 --> 00:58:09,440
when you're in academics don't worry

1630
00:58:13,829 --> 00:58:11,440
about academics when you're in sports we

1631
00:58:15,510 --> 00:58:13,839
need real well-rounded human beings so i

1632
00:58:17,510 --> 00:58:15,520
need for you to be an athlete and i need

1633
00:58:18,710 --> 00:58:17,520
for you to be a musician but i also need

1634
00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:18,720
for you to be a

1635
00:58:23,190 --> 00:58:20,640
critical thinker and finally don't be

1636
00:58:26,390 --> 00:58:23,200
afraid of failure

1637
00:58:28,470 --> 00:58:26,400
space travel is difficult and dangerous

1638
00:58:30,789 --> 00:58:28,480
i have lived through the loss of two

1639
00:58:32,470 --> 00:58:30,799
groups of friends in two vehicles

1640
00:58:35,270 --> 00:58:32,480
john's been through three

1641
00:58:38,069 --> 00:58:35,280
and so you know we have suffered through

1642
00:58:39,589 --> 00:58:38,079
triumphant tragedy uh they go together

1643
00:58:41,750 --> 00:58:39,599
you can't have one without the other

1644
00:58:43,990 --> 00:58:41,760
there is no triumph without tragedy

1645
00:58:45,190 --> 00:58:44,000
without people willing to take risks so

1646
00:58:46,789 --> 00:58:45,200
those are the three things i tell you

1647
00:58:48,309 --> 00:58:46,799
study hard work really hard and don't be

1648
00:58:50,950 --> 00:58:48,319
afraid of failure don't let anybody tell

1649
00:58:51,910 --> 00:58:50,960
you you can't do something

1650
00:58:55,190 --> 00:58:51,920
okay

1651
00:58:58,789 --> 00:58:57,430
12 i love it that's my granddaughter

1652
00:59:00,789 --> 00:58:58,799
that's my oldest grand that's not my

1653
00:59:02,549 --> 00:59:00,799
oldest granddaughter but

1654
00:59:03,990 --> 00:59:02,559
but i need to introduce you to my oldest

1655
00:59:06,230 --> 00:59:04,000
granddaughter who's 12 and she's the

1656
00:59:07,510 --> 00:59:06,240
rocket scientist she doesn't talk about

1657
00:59:09,030 --> 00:59:07,520
going to space but she wants to build

1658
00:59:11,430 --> 00:59:09,040
rockets so people can go to space and

1659
00:59:13,190 --> 00:59:11,440
i'm incredibly proud maybe two more

1660
00:59:18,309 --> 00:59:13,200
questions one way back up in the back

1661
00:59:22,390 --> 00:59:20,150
what's uh say one more i know it's

1662
00:59:24,390 --> 00:59:22,400
something about a future marine but

1663
00:59:25,430 --> 00:59:24,400
oh what advice would i have for a future

1664
00:59:28,470 --> 00:59:25,440
marine

1665
00:59:34,630 --> 00:59:31,990
work hard do not accept failure

1666
00:59:37,430 --> 00:59:34,640
and get in shape

1667
00:59:39,910 --> 00:59:37,440
okay not just physical shape but but get

1668
00:59:41,910 --> 00:59:39,920
in shape in your head

1669
00:59:43,750 --> 00:59:41,920
you know just just get ready to take

1670
00:59:44,870 --> 00:59:43,760
anything anybody throws at you because

1671
00:59:48,150 --> 00:59:44,880
that's

1672
00:59:50,470 --> 00:59:48,160
it's a little bit tougher than being an

1673
00:59:51,430 --> 00:59:50,480
astronaut but you can do it

1674
00:59:53,750 --> 00:59:51,440
okay

1675
00:59:56,309 --> 00:59:53,760
last question or what i pointed to

1676
00:59:58,789 --> 00:59:56,319
somebody and i apologize was it you yes

1677
01:00:00,950 --> 00:59:58,799
i'm sorry i know that uh the kepler team

1678
01:00:03,349 --> 01:00:00,960
right now is almost inundated with

1679
01:00:05,430 --> 01:00:03,359
information coming in and that they put

1680
01:00:07,990 --> 01:00:05,440
some of that uh online and they've been

1681
01:00:09,589 --> 01:00:08,000
able to crowdsource a lot of um

1682
01:00:11,750 --> 01:00:09,599
input into where they can find

1683
01:00:15,190 --> 01:00:11,760
exoplanets do you have any other ideas

1684
01:00:16,870 --> 01:00:15,200
of how the public can be engaged

1685
01:00:18,309 --> 01:00:16,880
i'm going to ask somebody believe it or

1686
01:00:20,230 --> 01:00:18,319
not becky would you come up here for a

1687
01:00:22,549 --> 01:00:20,240
minute

1688
01:00:23,910 --> 01:00:22,559
i don't know the answer

1689
01:00:25,589 --> 01:00:23,920
one of the things i learned a long time

1690
01:00:27,510 --> 01:00:25,599
ago when i became the nasa administrator

1691
01:00:29,829 --> 01:00:27,520
was don't pretend you know the answer to

1692
01:00:32,069 --> 01:00:29,839
everything because you don't uh

1693
01:00:34,309 --> 01:00:32,079
becky is one of one of our

1694
01:00:36,150 --> 01:00:34,319
one of our experts in the communications

1695
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department so i'm going to ask her to

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answer your question and i'm going to

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give you the simplest answer possible

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there's lots of stuff out there but go

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to nasa.gov

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01:00:48,470 --> 01:00:45,920
it's all online we have

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01:00:50,630 --> 01:00:48,480
if you are a student there's a place to

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01:00:52,549 --> 01:00:50,640
go for students if you're a teacher go

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01:00:54,789 --> 01:00:52,559
to the four teachers for the public

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01:00:56,390 --> 01:00:54,799
there's for parents even we've got

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01:00:57,910 --> 01:00:56,400
all sorts of cool little sections of

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01:01:01,430 --> 01:00:57,920
places where you can go to find what to

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01:01:04,230 --> 01:01:01,440
do and you can get involved if you are a

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01:01:06,549 --> 01:01:04,240
big social media person

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come to one of our nasa socials

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and you get amazing behind the scenes

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looks at what we do plus you get to meet

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01:01:15,510 --> 01:01:13,760
all these other cool social media folks

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01:01:18,549 --> 01:01:15,520
that's a great way to get involved but

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01:01:20,870 --> 01:01:18,559
go to nasa.gov it's all on there we put

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01:01:22,789 --> 01:01:20,880
all of these opportunities online and

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01:01:24,950 --> 01:01:22,799
there are lots of ways for you to get

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01:01:26,630 --> 01:01:24,960
involved if you can't find them give me

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a call

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becky ramsay

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or sarah or sarah sarah rebecca

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um thanks becky

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01:01:37,670 --> 01:01:36,319
the the

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socials

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that's what we call them now right

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01:01:43,349 --> 01:01:41,760
yeah they used to be called tweet ups

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01:01:45,990 --> 01:01:43,359
but but they're now called socials i see

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01:01:48,549 --> 01:01:46,000
a lot of thumbs going up if you if you

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do any kind of social media

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01:01:53,109 --> 01:01:51,119
uh you want to try to find a social

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01:01:55,670 --> 01:01:53,119
we're having them all over the country

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01:01:57,589 --> 01:01:55,680
for the uh curiosity

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landing so

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august at least august fourth and fifth

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01:02:06,309 --> 01:02:02,319
uh there's probably gonna be some here

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01:02:08,390 --> 01:02:06,319
fourth fourth fifth and sixth

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01:02:10,470 --> 01:02:08,400
okay there's six nasa socials but you

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01:02:12,870 --> 01:02:10,480
can probably find it on online again go

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01:02:15,030 --> 01:02:12,880
to nasa.gov and look for

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01:02:16,710 --> 01:02:15,040
all that stuff one at goddard are we

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01:02:18,549 --> 01:02:16,720
doing one here

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01:02:21,829 --> 01:02:18,559
we're not doing one general daily says

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01:02:24,230 --> 01:02:21,839
he is now so

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01:02:26,950 --> 01:02:24,240
i'm just kidding i i i didn't

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01:02:29,430 --> 01:02:26,960
i didn't say that but but really i i am

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01:02:31,349 --> 01:02:29,440
very proud of of the nasa website it is

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01:02:33,589 --> 01:02:31,359
it's it is an award-winning website for

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01:02:35,109 --> 01:02:33,599
those of you who who follow social media

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01:02:37,510 --> 01:02:35,119
and stuff like that and all that kind of

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01:02:39,670 --> 01:02:37,520
stuff we've won a number of webbies uh

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01:02:43,349 --> 01:02:39,680
it's like an academy award for websites

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01:02:45,190 --> 01:02:43,359
and stuff um and and becky and and bob

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01:02:46,390 --> 01:02:45,200
jacobs and david weaver and the whole

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01:02:48,309 --> 01:02:46,400
crew

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01:02:49,910 --> 01:02:48,319
in communications do an absolutely

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01:02:51,990 --> 01:02:49,920
incredible job

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01:02:54,150 --> 01:02:52,000
i am a hard taskmaster so i always say

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01:02:56,549 --> 01:02:54,160
it's not good enough because we still

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01:02:58,309 --> 01:02:56,559
have people who come up to me when i go

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01:02:59,510 --> 01:02:58,319
places and say why are we no longer in

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01:03:01,670 --> 01:02:59,520
space

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01:03:03,589 --> 01:03:01,680
and why is nasa walking away from human

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01:03:05,589 --> 01:03:03,599
space flight and so if i didn't leave

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01:03:07,190 --> 01:03:05,599
you with anything tonight you know i

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01:03:10,309 --> 01:03:07,200
need you to be missionaries i need for

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01:03:11,910 --> 01:03:10,319
you to go out and you need to brag about

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01:03:13,510 --> 01:03:11,920
what you do

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01:03:15,670 --> 01:03:13,520
whether you work at nasa or not you've

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01:03:17,990 --> 01:03:15,680
heard me say this right

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01:03:19,349 --> 01:03:18,000
i tell our nasa family all the time they

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01:03:20,950 --> 01:03:19,359
need to be proud of what they do they

1771
01:03:23,190 --> 01:03:20,960
need to go stick their chests out they

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01:03:25,349 --> 01:03:23,200
need to be marines about nasa

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01:03:27,910 --> 01:03:25,359
you don't see any marine who's bashful

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01:03:29,589 --> 01:03:27,920
about talking about being a marine

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01:03:30,789 --> 01:03:29,599
we're very proud of it because we know

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01:03:32,549 --> 01:03:30,799
we're good

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01:03:34,309 --> 01:03:32,559
at nasa we're very proud of it because

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01:03:35,589 --> 01:03:34,319
we know we're good we do stuff no one

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01:03:38,069 --> 01:03:35,599
else can do

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01:03:40,470 --> 01:03:38,079
and uh and we lead the world and so

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01:03:41,990 --> 01:03:40,480
i would ask you to go back home tomorrow

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01:03:42,710 --> 01:03:42,000
or go to work or whatever it is and said

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01:03:44,470 --> 01:03:42,720
hey

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01:03:45,670 --> 01:03:44,480
i saw this lousy speaker but he had good

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01:03:47,510 --> 01:03:45,680
images

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01:03:50,789 --> 01:03:47,520
and uh and he told me to go out and

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01:03:52,710 --> 01:03:50,799
proselytize about exploration and so if

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01:03:54,710 --> 01:03:52,720
you do that i will have been successful

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01:03:56,549 --> 01:03:54,720
tonight so thank you very much again for

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01:03:57,670 --> 01:03:56,559
uh for allowing me to come here and be

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01:03:59,430 --> 01:03:57,680
with you tonight thanks so much for

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01:04:01,190 --> 01:03:59,440
giving up your evening thanks again

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01:04:02,470 --> 01:04:01,200
general daley senator glenn thank you