1 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:14,310 right 2 00:00:19,350 --> 00:00:17,460 like that energy good afternoon everyone 3 00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:19,360 I'm very excited to be here in this very 4 00:00:23,249 --> 00:00:21,820 historic day and I want to thank our 5 00:00:30,410 --> 00:00:23,259 students here that's our next generation 6 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:33,119 my name is Leland Melvin I'm the 7 00:00:36,450 --> 00:00:34,690 associate administrator for education of 8 00:00:38,070 --> 00:00:36,460 a former astronaut and i'm here to help 9 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:38,080 inspire that next generation of 10 00:00:41,220 --> 00:00:39,610 explorers we're here at the Jet 11 00:00:43,619 --> 00:00:41,230 Propulsion Laboratory which is the lead 12 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:43,629 Center for planetary science and we all 13 00:00:46,889 --> 00:00:45,220 know about this fantastic vehicle 14 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:46,899 curiosity that's on the Martian surface 15 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:49,360 right now but before we get into the 16 00:00:55,049 --> 00:00:51,670 program I just want to take a moment to 17 00:00:58,110 --> 00:00:55,059 honor a fallen hero commander Neil 18 00:01:01,500 --> 00:00:58,120 Armstrong her past this weekend and Neil 19 00:01:03,779 --> 00:01:01,510 was the first human being to plant his 20 00:01:06,660 --> 00:01:03,789 foot on another on another surface on 21 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:06,670 the lunar surface and we are here today 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:09,490 to help honor his legacy so the students 23 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:12,130 in this room can help honor his legacy 24 00:01:17,550 --> 00:01:15,670 by being the best you can be his family 25 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:17,560 wants you to do everything to be 26 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:19,630 inspired to be motivated to maybe the 27 00:01:24,719 --> 00:01:22,240 one of you one day will be walking on 28 00:01:27,060 --> 00:01:24,729 the Martian surface so let's honor him 29 00:01:28,950 --> 00:01:27,070 by doing everything that we can but 30 00:01:32,149 --> 00:01:28,960 before we get into the rest of the show 31 00:01:34,679 --> 00:01:32,159 I want to introduce my big boss 32 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:34,689 administrator Charlie Bolden who is 33 00:01:38,340 --> 00:01:36,670 already going to give you a little 34 00:01:40,830 --> 00:01:38,350 welcome so we have a little video clip 35 00:01:42,990 --> 00:01:40,840 coming from him but he's also been the 36 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:43,000 first voice to come from Mars which came 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:45,310 down yesterday so if we could roll the 38 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:48,130 video with the administrator Bolden I'm 39 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:50,170 nasa administrator charlie bolden with 40 00:01:54,660 --> 00:01:51,850 greetings and best wishes for today's 41 00:01:57,389 --> 00:01:54,670 event I'm sorry I'm not able to join you 42 00:01:59,429 --> 00:01:57,399 in person millions of people around the 43 00:02:02,100 --> 00:01:59,439 world shared in our excitement earlier 44 00:02:04,350 --> 00:02:02,110 this month as the Curiosity rover defied 45 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:04,360 the odds demonstrated cutting-edge 46 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:07,329 technology flawlessly and landed on the 47 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:09,970 surface of Mars it was a great day for 48 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:13,030 NASA but even more importantly it helped 49 00:02:17,130 --> 00:02:15,310 people in the US and around the world to 50 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:17,140 share a common moment of accomplishment 51 00:02:22,259 --> 00:02:18,760 when the heights of human possibility 52 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:22,269 were demonstrated we explore because as 53 00:02:26,970 --> 00:02:24,850 humans we have to it's part of our 54 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:26,980 nature and it helps us to push ourselves 55 00:02:30,210 --> 00:02:28,030 to 56 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:30,220 what seemed impossible yesterday but 57 00:02:36,210 --> 00:02:33,550 today is reality Mars has always 58 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:36,220 fascinated us and the things curiosity 59 00:02:40,559 --> 00:02:38,470 tell us about it will help us learn 60 00:02:42,420 --> 00:02:40,569 about whether or not life was possible 61 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:42,430 there and what future human explorers 62 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:45,250 can expect there it's science 63 00:02:49,740 --> 00:02:47,410 instruments are like nothing we've ever 64 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:49,750 sent to another planet and we can't wait 65 00:02:53,910 --> 00:02:52,090 to start getting results the first 66 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:53,920 pictures have already been absolutely 67 00:02:58,979 --> 00:02:57,010 spectacular curiosity is a precursor to 68 00:03:01,740 --> 00:02:58,989 human arrival at the red planet and 69 00:03:04,020 --> 00:03:01,750 right now we're developing the rockets 70 00:03:07,140 --> 00:03:04,030 and spacecraft and technologies to get 71 00:03:08,850 --> 00:03:07,150 us there in the meantime there's so much 72 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:08,860 more we need to learn about our neighbor 73 00:03:14,580 --> 00:03:12,250 in the solar system today the music of 74 00:03:16,259 --> 00:03:14,590 will.i.am has already provided the first 75 00:03:19,530 --> 00:03:16,269 song on our playlist for Mars 76 00:03:21,930 --> 00:03:19,540 exploration it's crucial that we inspire 77 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:21,940 the next generation to help developing 78 00:03:26,699 --> 00:03:24,910 more capabilities to explore and that we 79 00:03:28,949 --> 00:03:26,709 provide opportunities like this where 80 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:28,959 scientists and engineers can share what 81 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:31,510 they do and the passion they have for 82 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:34,450 making our world a better place it's 83 00:03:38,850 --> 00:03:36,310 important that every student knows 84 00:03:42,390 --> 00:03:38,860 science technology engineering and math 85 00:03:44,580 --> 00:03:42,400 can be fun they can take us out of this 86 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:44,590 world and they can open unexpected doors 87 00:03:50,250 --> 00:03:47,320 of discovery and everyone can take part 88 00:03:51,810 --> 00:03:50,260 so enjoy today's events and take 89 00:03:53,819 --> 00:03:51,820 advantage of the highly trained people 90 00:03:57,300 --> 00:03:53,829 you're with to find out more about 91 00:03:59,699 --> 00:03:57,310 careers in exploration finally let me 92 00:04:02,340 --> 00:03:59,709 thank you will for your continued 93 00:04:04,860 --> 00:04:02,350 passion for NASA and for all you do to 94 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:04,870 keep the next generation reaching for 95 00:04:12,539 --> 00:04:09,489 the stars all right give it up for 96 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:15,970 so that was a historic moment and now 97 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:17,810 we're ready for another historic moment 98 00:04:22,090 --> 00:04:20,510 the first time that a song has come from 99 00:04:23,770 --> 00:04:22,100 the Martian surface and again this song 100 00:04:25,659 --> 00:04:23,780 is for you guys it's all about you guys 101 00:04:27,730 --> 00:04:25,669 today and being inspired and motivated 102 00:04:29,950 --> 00:04:27,740 to lead that charge to be those 103 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:29,960 explorers so the next person I want to 104 00:04:32,260 --> 00:04:31,010 bring up to the stage needs no 105 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:32,270 introduction but I'll give him one 106 00:04:37,510 --> 00:04:34,970 anyway his name is will.i.am he's a 107 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:37,520 singer-songwriter and he's one of the 108 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:39,650 most creative people that I know but 109 00:04:45,129 --> 00:04:42,650 also he is so passionate about making 110 00:04:47,770 --> 00:04:45,139 sure that our kids have an opportunity 111 00:04:49,050 --> 00:04:47,780 all kids have an opportunity to live 112 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:49,060 their dreams whether they want to be 113 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:51,860 astronauts or artists and musicians or 114 00:04:55,659 --> 00:04:53,270 ballplayers of whatever you want to do 115 00:04:57,340 --> 00:04:55,669 he's inspired to ensure that you guys 116 00:04:59,140 --> 00:04:57,350 are inspired so without further ado 117 00:05:10,250 --> 00:04:59,150 would you please come up to the stage 118 00:05:18,330 --> 00:05:14,760 everybody this is a you know I can't 119 00:05:22,230 --> 00:05:18,340 even there's no words to explain how 120 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:22,240 amazing this is these kids here from 121 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:23,770 Boyle Heights to same neighborhood I'm 122 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:28,210 from and this time last year I did a 123 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:34,690 program on ABC called I'm first and it 124 00:05:40,980 --> 00:05:37,810 was to inspire kids to take an interest 125 00:05:42,750 --> 00:05:40,990 in stem and just just to say hey kids 126 00:05:45,410 --> 00:05:42,760 usually want to become scientists I'm 127 00:05:47,910 --> 00:05:45,420 going to put this program and Roosevelt 128 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:47,920 doesn't mean that kids are going to want 129 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:50,890 to join that program so I thought making 130 00:05:56,820 --> 00:05:54,310 a television program to inspire kids on 131 00:05:58,620 --> 00:05:56,830 how cool science is to show that my 132 00:06:00,240 --> 00:05:58,630 world appreciates the scientists and the 133 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:00,250 engineers that give us the tools to 134 00:06:05,550 --> 00:06:03,490 express ourselves and you know entertain 135 00:06:07,410 --> 00:06:05,560 the world without scientists we wouldn't 136 00:06:09,270 --> 00:06:07,420 have these tools there would be no music 137 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:09,280 if it wasn't for people like Nikola 138 00:06:13,820 --> 00:06:11,770 Tesla it wouldn't be radio I'm sorry if 139 00:06:18,690 --> 00:06:13,830 it wasn't for people like Nikola Tesla 140 00:06:21,570 --> 00:06:18,700 wouldn't be record players and CDs if it 141 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:21,580 wasn't for all the engineers that you 142 00:06:27,810 --> 00:06:23,530 know champion that technology and 143 00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:27,820 passionate about connectivity and so I 144 00:06:33,510 --> 00:06:30,940 appreciate them to the point where I use 145 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:33,520 my own money to make that TV program to 146 00:06:37,260 --> 00:06:35,290 inspire kids in my neighborhood that 147 00:06:40,770 --> 00:06:37,270 that movie waiting for superman was 148 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:40,780 about our neighborhood and it doesn't 149 00:06:46,380 --> 00:06:43,690 have to be that way roosevelt changes 150 00:06:50,130 --> 00:06:46,390 when you guys become Mark Zuckerberg 151 00:06:53,550 --> 00:06:50,140 Dave laver ease you know jack dorsey's 152 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:53,560 and it's not impossible you know it's 153 00:06:59,730 --> 00:06:56,050 only impossible for no one brings those 154 00:07:02,400 --> 00:06:59,740 tools to you guys so now you know he got 155 00:07:07,710 --> 00:07:02,410 a champion in me to bring the tools to 156 00:07:09,950 --> 00:07:07,720 you guys to become the next completely 157 00:07:13,380 --> 00:07:09,960 not just you but everyone in this room 158 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:13,390 we are here for you guys yes it takes a 159 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:14,710 community takes a village to raise a 160 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:16,810 child and I know I had a lot of hands in 161 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:18,050 my development 162 00:07:26,060 --> 00:07:20,550 you know a lot of people were developing 163 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:26,070 me what got you inspired um really my 164 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:30,170 mom you know she she sent me to 165 00:07:36,710 --> 00:07:32,970 brentwood science magnet so early on I 166 00:07:38,690 --> 00:07:36,720 got you know I don't know what gave her 167 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:38,700 the idea to send me an hour way out of 168 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:40,710 our neighborhood but that was brave of 169 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:44,010 her to think of sending me an hour away 170 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:45,810 from home I was seven years old going to 171 00:07:49,940 --> 00:07:47,370 a brim with brim with science magnet 172 00:07:53,990 --> 00:07:49,950 school and I attended schools outside of 173 00:07:59,180 --> 00:07:54,000 my area for 12 years of my life and my 174 00:08:02,240 --> 00:07:59,190 teachers mr. right miss Montez they 175 00:08:05,180 --> 00:08:02,250 encouraged me so that encouragement goes 176 00:08:07,430 --> 00:08:05,190 a long way yeah my encouragement was my 177 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:07,440 mother gave me a chemistry set and I mix 178 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:09,150 these two chemicals together and I 179 00:08:15,710 --> 00:08:11,690 created the most fantastic explosion I 180 00:08:17,390 --> 00:08:15,720 mean fantastic huge orange smoke flames 181 00:08:20,330 --> 00:08:17,400 all that and then I had a hand in my 182 00:08:21,740 --> 00:08:20,340 development I wanted to go I wanted that 183 00:08:24,650 --> 00:08:21,750 chemistry said I remember I told my mom 184 00:08:27,830 --> 00:08:24,660 I was like I want to kiss you set for 185 00:08:29,750 --> 00:08:27,840 Christmas and then my uncle roger was 186 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:29,760 gonna give me you remember my shoot I 187 00:08:34,310 --> 00:08:32,970 wanted to Kimber she said and I know I 188 00:08:36,890 --> 00:08:34,320 didn't get why no it's not too late 189 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:36,900 though no so I wanted a chemistry set 190 00:08:40,970 --> 00:08:39,510 and then I want a piano I was like mom I 191 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:40,980 going to get my piano for Christmas I 192 00:08:47,210 --> 00:08:45,390 never got it over but it was that it was 193 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:47,220 that you know the drive of wanting 194 00:08:52,010 --> 00:08:49,290 something you couldn't have that keeps 195 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:52,020 you going right you kids in Boyle 196 00:08:55,550 --> 00:08:53,730 Heights you and outside you know 197 00:08:57,830 --> 00:08:55,560 communities like Boyle Heights you want 198 00:08:59,600 --> 00:08:57,840 something that you can't have but 199 00:09:01,850 --> 00:08:59,610 doesn't mean you won't be able to get it 200 00:09:03,290 --> 00:09:01,860 if you just stay focused and surround 201 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:03,300 yourself with people that have that same 202 00:09:08,990 --> 00:09:06,450 drive to change you know your lives a 203 00:09:11,540 --> 00:09:09,000 lot of times you know far too many 204 00:09:13,130 --> 00:09:11,550 people want to escape the neighborhood 205 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:13,140 to the point where the neighborhood 206 00:09:17,660 --> 00:09:16,110 stays a ghetto everyone wants to get out 207 00:09:19,460 --> 00:09:17,670 of it may I can't wait to get if I just 208 00:09:22,460 --> 00:09:19,470 gotta learn but that's the reason why I 209 00:09:24,770 --> 00:09:22,470 want to go back to Boyle Heights so let 210 00:09:27,610 --> 00:09:24,780 you guys don't ever think about leaving 211 00:09:29,450 --> 00:09:27,620 it but changing it we have to change 212 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:29,460 communities like Boyle Heights and 213 00:09:34,490 --> 00:09:30,930 you're going to change it vyas 214 00:09:37,010 --> 00:09:34,500 and esteem and if you think about music 215 00:09:38,540 --> 00:09:37,020 and math those are two true absolutes 216 00:09:40,519 --> 00:09:38,550 that use both the right and left side of 217 00:09:42,620 --> 00:09:40,529 your brain so if you know music you know 218 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:42,630 math and if no Matthew no music and if 219 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:44,850 those two things are in you you can do 220 00:09:49,699 --> 00:09:47,430 anything your creativity your innovation 221 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:49,709 your curiosity I mean that's what we 222 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:51,450 have these scientists and engineers like 223 00:09:55,850 --> 00:09:53,130 Adam right here who helped develop the 224 00:09:58,820 --> 00:09:55,860 edl mission to get this Mars Curiosity 225 00:09:59,930 --> 00:09:58,830 rover on the ground so that curiosity is 226 00:10:01,670 --> 00:09:59,940 I'm tell you a little story later on 227 00:10:03,889 --> 00:10:01,680 about what it took to keep him in school 228 00:10:07,220 --> 00:10:03,899 and the things that he had to do to keep 229 00:10:09,380 --> 00:10:07,230 going so never give up people told me 230 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:09,390 that I can be an astronaut I said why 231 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:10,890 why can't it be an astronaut well 232 00:10:13,579 --> 00:10:12,360 because you weren't in the military well 233 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:13,589 because you weren't this and run that 234 00:10:17,329 --> 00:10:15,510 it's not has nothing to do with that it 235 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:17,339 has to do with the drive inside of you 236 00:10:21,230 --> 00:10:19,170 whatever you want to be whatever you 237 00:10:23,269 --> 00:10:21,240 dream you can do if you put your mind to 238 00:10:26,180 --> 00:10:23,279 it right that's right is that is our 239 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:26,190 right student oh come on this week come 240 00:10:31,990 --> 00:10:28,490 on give me a little more is that right 241 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:32,000 that's more like it that's more like it 242 00:10:36,110 --> 00:10:34,470 yep I mean I'm a little nervous because 243 00:10:39,110 --> 00:10:36,120 moms in the audience is your mama gonna 244 00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:39,120 see this is hey mom but hey guess what 245 00:10:44,390 --> 00:10:42,150 it's about that time yes is we have 246 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:44,400 something this is the first time that a 247 00:10:49,190 --> 00:10:46,290 song has ever come from another planet 248 00:10:51,829 --> 00:10:49,200 and I think we have I think there's a 249 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:51,839 guy with a mohawk you know how famous I 250 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:55,290 got you high no way yeah that's all 251 00:10:59,510 --> 00:10:57,810 right we got a we got mr. Bobak there 252 00:11:02,390 --> 00:10:59,520 and we thank you for everything you've 253 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:02,400 done to help inspire and motivate one of 254 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:04,650 my friends was at the school bus the 255 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:06,450 other day and it was a little kid had a 256 00:11:09,230 --> 00:11:08,010 mohawk and a star in the side of his 257 00:11:12,019 --> 00:11:09,240 head and I wonder where he got that from 258 00:11:14,660 --> 00:11:12,029 it was you man so you've inspired and 259 00:11:17,420 --> 00:11:14,670 motivated kids just by just by being 260 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:17,430 there so let's hear the song yes let's 261 00:11:24,260 --> 00:11:20,730 do that I've been waiting you know for a 262 00:11:26,449 --> 00:11:24,270 year now I've been keeping this under my 263 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:26,459 belt and not telling anybody what kind 264 00:11:33,620 --> 00:11:29,760 of under your bed kind of but it was so 265 00:11:36,230 --> 00:11:33,630 hard to like not want to you know just 266 00:11:38,660 --> 00:11:36,240 blurt out the first couple of months but 267 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:38,670 now it's it finally is a reality and 268 00:11:43,860 --> 00:11:42,810 it's and it's coming just in a second 269 00:12:33,809 --> 00:11:43,870 there we go 270 00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:37,869 when I see the footprints our own why do 271 00:12:51,470 --> 00:13:00,160 I 272 00:13:00,170 --> 00:13:08,710 star reach force 273 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:11,140 four star 274 00:13:21,690 --> 00:13:38,460 ok 275 00:13:49,199 --> 00:13:39,860 me 276 00:13:49,209 --> 00:13:52,809 Oh 277 00:13:52,819 --> 00:13:55,990 ha 278 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,750 yes 279 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:04,060 monospaced master 280 00:15:07,750 --> 00:14:05,590 I 281 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:19,610 ha ha 282 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:28,329 member 283 00:15:28,339 --> 00:16:08,150 the 284 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:17,239 give it up give it up for will I am here 285 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:19,679 whenever I hear that I get so inspired 286 00:16:25,079 --> 00:16:23,290 and what what was it about this song 287 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:25,089 that you know when you saw the launch 288 00:16:29,309 --> 00:16:27,129 what was it that just made you want to 289 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:29,319 use the orchestral pieces and the French 290 00:16:35,030 --> 00:16:31,209 horns and those kind of things that to 291 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:35,040 make this song well the first thing when 292 00:16:41,189 --> 00:16:38,410 when I was here last year and they said 293 00:16:44,189 --> 00:16:41,199 it was a possibility of having a song 294 00:16:46,710 --> 00:16:44,199 broadcast it back from Mars the first 295 00:16:48,389 --> 00:16:46,720 thing that hit my head was I don't want 296 00:16:52,139 --> 00:16:48,399 to do a song that was done on a computer 297 00:16:54,389 --> 00:16:52,149 I wanted to show human collaboration and 298 00:16:56,489 --> 00:16:54,399 have an orchestra there and something 299 00:16:58,499 --> 00:16:56,499 that would be timeless where it's you 300 00:17:00,869 --> 00:16:58,509 know and translated in different 301 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:00,879 cultures not have like a hip hop beat or 302 00:17:06,899 --> 00:17:04,809 a dance beat you know a lot of a lot of 303 00:17:09,179 --> 00:17:06,909 times you think that people in my field 304 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:09,189 aren't aren't supposed to try to execute 305 00:17:15,379 --> 00:17:12,510 something classical or a core orchestral 306 00:17:18,929 --> 00:17:15,389 so I wanted to break that you know 307 00:17:22,470 --> 00:17:18,939 stigma and do my interpretation of an 308 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:22,480 hour of an orchestral piece so you know 309 00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:24,970 there was a 40-piece Orchestra there and 310 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:30,460 a friend of mine help me it was it was 311 00:17:36,750 --> 00:17:35,260 it was so beautiful to see in all the 312 00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:36,760 the people from the orchestra there 313 00:17:41,850 --> 00:17:39,760 reading the sheet music and it was in 314 00:17:44,279 --> 00:17:41,860 record plant in Hollywood and you know 315 00:17:46,230 --> 00:17:44,289 see a big Orchestra translate something 316 00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:46,240 that was in my head was just was so was 317 00:17:50,580 --> 00:17:49,240 so beautiful right all right so do you 318 00:17:52,769 --> 00:17:50,590 have any students here they have any 319 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:52,779 questions I think this young lady right 320 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:55,090 here has a question don't you you don't 321 00:17:59,190 --> 00:17:57,250 have a question oh come on anyone have a 322 00:18:03,440 --> 00:17:59,200 question for will about the making of 323 00:18:06,149 --> 00:18:03,450 the song behind me okay here we go what 324 00:18:07,409 --> 00:18:06,159 my name is Christina Cervantes and I 325 00:18:09,899 --> 00:18:07,419 just wanted to ask you like what 326 00:18:12,350 --> 00:18:09,909 inspired you to play do all this and 327 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:12,360 make show off what you're doing a 328 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:17,049 question just really was um my 329 00:18:21,690 --> 00:18:18,130 neighborhood 330 00:18:25,290 --> 00:18:21,700 encouraging me that's where it started 331 00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:25,300 really was people in Boyle Heights east 332 00:18:29,970 --> 00:18:27,040 LA saying hey Willie I heard you rapped 333 00:18:33,060 --> 00:18:29,980 dance for us show us your new dance 334 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:33,070 moves and then from there it went you 335 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:35,410 know it just grew but just being 336 00:18:40,980 --> 00:18:38,050 acknowledged and encouraged goes a long 337 00:18:43,620 --> 00:18:40,990 way so that that really was the the you 338 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:43,630 know the birth of you know my passion 339 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:46,570 was just being encouraged by family and 340 00:18:52,710 --> 00:18:51,490 friends and then no boundaries you know 341 00:18:56,730 --> 00:18:52,720 once you're encouraged you don't see 342 00:18:59,040 --> 00:18:56,740 boundaries you know so that's pretty 343 00:19:00,750 --> 00:18:59,050 much it so that's why one try my hardest 344 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:00,760 to encourage you guys to go beyond what 345 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:02,170 they tell you're supposed to do in Boyle 346 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:03,910 Heights so what you can do in Boyle 347 00:19:11,670 --> 00:19:07,930 Heights have another question will I'm 348 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:11,680 Cynthia enough my question is well what 349 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:14,410 would you have said if the NASA were 350 00:19:21,540 --> 00:19:17,290 told to not make the song what would 351 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:21,550 have been your reaction to it oh if NASA 352 00:19:27,030 --> 00:19:25,050 said we can't be me back from Mars I 353 00:19:28,550 --> 00:19:27,040 would have still been blessed that I 354 00:19:31,590 --> 00:19:28,560 came to JP oh and hung out with 355 00:19:36,690 --> 00:19:31,600 scientists and people like Leland you 356 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:36,700 know not not not every idea if it's a 357 00:19:42,210 --> 00:19:38,890 good idea doesn't mean it's not going to 358 00:19:44,070 --> 00:19:42,220 happen at the time that you told them if 359 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:44,080 you're persistent at one point in time 360 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:46,750 it would happen you know I've been told 361 00:19:53,430 --> 00:19:50,110 no a trillion times but that doesn't 362 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:53,440 stop you so if you know the day that I 363 00:19:57,420 --> 00:19:54,970 came here and I presented the idea to 364 00:19:59,850 --> 00:19:57,430 the people to at NASA and they and they 365 00:20:01,530 --> 00:19:59,860 said no it was not possible I still 366 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:01,540 would have went to my community and 367 00:20:05,310 --> 00:20:03,310 around the world and said hey I was 368 00:20:08,690 --> 00:20:05,320 chillin at NASA and I pitched an idea 369 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:08,700 that they didn't like 370 00:20:19,070 --> 00:20:15,330 here I still came to NASA got another 371 00:20:21,710 --> 00:20:19,080 question back here my name is Jeffrey 372 00:20:24,950 --> 00:20:21,720 Malenko and um I don't know what gave 373 00:20:30,860 --> 00:20:24,960 you the idea to do this um to be my song 374 00:20:32,690 --> 00:20:30,870 to Mars and bring it back so I had met 375 00:20:34,820 --> 00:20:32,700 Dean Cayman and Dean campaign has this 376 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:34,830 program called us first where he teaches 377 00:20:41,180 --> 00:20:38,540 kids from the ages eight to nineteen 378 00:20:44,030 --> 00:20:41,190 stem and they compete building robots 379 00:20:46,970 --> 00:20:44,040 every April within the st. Louis and I 380 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:46,980 helped them with you know I told him I 381 00:20:52,370 --> 00:20:49,050 wanted to help him make us first louder 382 00:20:56,150 --> 00:20:52,380 so I exhausted all my thoughts on how to 383 00:20:59,390 --> 00:20:56,160 you know make it loud in America so the 384 00:21:01,340 --> 00:20:59,400 solution was to buy time on ABC so about 385 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:01,350 the time when ABC and made a TV program 386 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:04,140 and when you buy time and you put 387 00:21:09,020 --> 00:21:06,570 yourself in that position all that it 388 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:09,030 all ends on you if you don't if it 389 00:21:14,330 --> 00:21:11,610 doesn't happen so I wanted to take the 390 00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:14,340 risk so you use your own money so I 391 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:15,900 remember people my team were like you 392 00:21:18,950 --> 00:21:17,670 know you could you could risk four 393 00:21:24,770 --> 00:21:18,960 million dollars you can lose four 394 00:21:26,780 --> 00:21:24,780 million bucks so I said I rather risk 395 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:26,790 losing four million dollars to bring 396 00:21:30,710 --> 00:21:28,500 opportunity to the neighborhood I come 397 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:30,720 from because the only way people in 398 00:21:34,550 --> 00:21:32,970 Boyle Heights and communities like Boyle 399 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:34,560 Heights are going to take an interest in 400 00:21:41,450 --> 00:21:38,490 stem is if they think it's cool so you 401 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:41,460 know that TV show Cape was so successful 402 00:21:47,150 --> 00:21:44,370 that Charlie Bolden called me on the 403 00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:47,160 phone and said he wanted me to come to 404 00:21:52,250 --> 00:21:49,950 NASA to help them with their efforts in 405 00:21:56,210 --> 00:21:52,260 inspiring kids to care about stem and 406 00:21:57,650 --> 00:21:56,220 space exploration so I asked a question 407 00:21:59,630 --> 00:21:57,660 like hey what do you guys got coming up 408 00:22:01,460 --> 00:21:59,640 they said we have a rocket going to Mars 409 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:01,470 say hey have you ever thought about 410 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:02,910 putting a song on the rocket so when the 411 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:04,050 rocket lands it coming back to earth 412 00:22:10,510 --> 00:22:06,710 that's never happened before 413 00:22:16,269 --> 00:22:10,520 and so they said who's gonna do the song 414 00:22:23,919 --> 00:22:16,279 I was like are you serious damn that's a 415 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:23,929 tote my name is Arlene Sibella um my 416 00:22:27,820 --> 00:22:25,850 question is how do you feel when people 417 00:22:30,970 --> 00:22:27,830 tell you that you're an inspiration of 418 00:22:33,370 --> 00:22:30,980 them what was the question how do you 419 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:33,380 feel when people tell you you're an 420 00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:41,090 inspiration to them um I get emotional 421 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:44,390 I'm an emotional cat so I get emotional 422 00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:46,970 and uh but then it just reminds me of 423 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:51,039 how responsible I have to be you know 424 00:22:58,480 --> 00:22:54,130 some people run away from responsibility 425 00:23:02,529 --> 00:22:58,490 so it just helps me stay focused that I 426 00:23:05,830 --> 00:23:02,539 know that people can be inspired by the 427 00:23:08,830 --> 00:23:05,840 things that I you know involve myself in 428 00:23:10,779 --> 00:23:08,840 and when I'm in studio writing songs i 429 00:23:13,180 --> 00:23:10,789 have to say hey you know i shouldn't say 430 00:23:16,870 --> 00:23:13,190 that even though a lot of times i want 431 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:16,880 to say that it keeps me responsible you 432 00:23:21,970 --> 00:23:18,950 know Oprah Winfrey is a big inspiration 433 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:21,980 to me so when I met her and we became 434 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:27,049 friends it it kept me balanced to a now 435 00:23:32,529 --> 00:23:30,250 I know I'm doing things for different 436 00:23:34,930 --> 00:23:32,539 you know from what I thought I was just 437 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:34,940 going to be doing them for so it just 438 00:23:39,970 --> 00:23:37,610 keeps me keeps me level-headed when I 439 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:39,980 hear things from the youth saying you 440 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:43,700 inspire me so I can't go out and do some 441 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:46,490 knucklehead stuff so you you guys 442 00:23:53,740 --> 00:23:49,850 actually bring me it's it's reciprocal 443 00:23:55,779 --> 00:23:53,750 so I you I may inspire you you keep me 444 00:23:59,019 --> 00:23:55,789 balanced because if I didn't have you 445 00:24:01,350 --> 00:23:59,029 guys as foundation to say those things I 446 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:01,360 don't know what I would be getting into 447 00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:14,669 my name is Bridget look at us and I 448 00:24:19,799 --> 00:24:17,529 wanted to ask how anxious for you to to 449 00:24:23,450 --> 00:24:19,809 know that one is your song gonna be 450 00:24:27,029 --> 00:24:23,460 broadcasted into other / cece that you 451 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:27,039 how anxious for you to know that your 452 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:28,690 song was gonna be broadcasted into other 453 00:24:38,370 --> 00:24:35,710 over anxious it was it was more I didn't 454 00:24:42,710 --> 00:24:38,380 think it was real you know still to this 455 00:24:46,260 --> 00:24:42,720 date right now seemed surreal you know 456 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:46,270 but it's it's a real thing and it should 457 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:49,690 it should remind you guys that you know 458 00:24:54,810 --> 00:24:51,610 after today you're going to go home and 459 00:24:56,430 --> 00:24:54,820 life is going to be as it is and you're 460 00:24:59,279 --> 00:24:56,440 going to have all these boundaries in 461 00:25:01,169 --> 00:24:59,289 front of you and you know reality is 462 00:25:02,159 --> 00:25:01,179 going to be telling society and reality 463 00:25:06,570 --> 00:25:02,169 is going to be telling you that you need 464 00:25:09,269 --> 00:25:06,580 to stay in this area but you have to 465 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:09,279 think beyond because anything is 466 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:11,710 possible with discipline so you just 467 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:13,289 have to discipline yourself and whatever 468 00:25:18,389 --> 00:25:15,850 passion point of interest that you have 469 00:25:22,380 --> 00:25:18,399 and surround yourself with friends and 470 00:25:24,450 --> 00:25:22,390 teachers like mr. legaspi and and you'll 471 00:25:25,830 --> 00:25:24,460 be able to do that but it's not gonna 472 00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:25,840 happen overnight it didn't happen 473 00:25:32,159 --> 00:25:29,140 overnight for me and I've come from I'm 474 00:25:35,399 --> 00:25:32,169 one of you guys like really I was in 475 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:35,409 strata court yesterday seriously I 476 00:25:38,639 --> 00:25:37,210 called my mom yesterday because I was 477 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:38,649 like wow Mike song is gonna be beamed 478 00:25:44,460 --> 00:25:42,370 back from Mars today tomorrow so I went 479 00:25:46,590 --> 00:25:44,470 to my old neighborhood to keep me 480 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:46,600 balanced cuz I could be like yeah I'm 481 00:25:51,630 --> 00:25:49,510 boys that's what's up so I was like let 482 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:51,640 me go back to my neighborhood where I'm 483 00:25:58,440 --> 00:25:54,730 from and sit on the porch that I said 484 00:25:59,820 --> 00:25:58,450 that okay hey I got a question for you 485 00:26:01,289 --> 00:25:59,830 guys how many of you have smartphones in 486 00:26:03,539 --> 00:26:01,299 here raise your hands we have a 487 00:26:05,870 --> 00:26:03,549 smartphone how many of you have played 488 00:26:08,540 --> 00:26:05,880 Angry Birds 489 00:26:11,540 --> 00:26:08,550 have you played angry birds space okay 490 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:11,550 angry birds space all right do you know 491 00:26:18,260 --> 00:26:15,330 that that game made ten million dollars 492 00:26:20,930 --> 00:26:18,270 in three days and did you know that 493 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:20,940 you're holding in your hand this little 494 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:24,360 tool that you can program and make your 495 00:26:28,790 --> 00:26:26,730 own games and you can get paid you can 496 00:26:30,940 --> 00:26:28,800 pay for your college if you want to so 497 00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:30,950 the thing that we're trying to teach our 498 00:26:36,650 --> 00:26:33,480 students to look at is not just being a 499 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:36,660 user of the technology be a developer of 500 00:26:41,660 --> 00:26:38,730 the technology you can create your own 501 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:41,670 things and use that to advance yourself 502 00:26:46,810 --> 00:26:44,370 to advance your community to Vance your 503 00:26:49,670 --> 00:26:46,820 friends how many people on Instagram 504 00:26:52,430 --> 00:26:49,680 Instagram do you know that the people 505 00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:52,440 that started Instagram this time last 506 00:26:56,030 --> 00:26:54,390 year instagram didn't exist and there's 507 00:26:59,990 --> 00:26:56,040 only 14 of them and they sold it for a 508 00:27:05,180 --> 00:27:00,000 billion dollars real yeah what is right 509 00:27:12,170 --> 00:27:05,190 14 kids the younger to me and I'm pretty 510 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:12,180 young yes look pretty young my name is 511 00:27:22,580 --> 00:27:14,730 Kimberly Ortega how did you find what 512 00:27:25,580 --> 00:27:22,590 your passion was if it's real passion 513 00:27:27,170 --> 00:27:25,590 your passion finds you you know what 514 00:27:29,930 --> 00:27:27,180 you're looking for it then it's probably 515 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:29,940 not passion it's probably you know an 516 00:27:35,090 --> 00:27:32,490 obsession or something that's going to 517 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:35,100 come and go when something else you 518 00:27:41,330 --> 00:27:37,050 think is your passion comes so a lot of 519 00:27:42,980 --> 00:27:41,340 times your passion find you and it's 520 00:27:45,260 --> 00:27:42,990 something you can't ignore it's 521 00:27:47,990 --> 00:27:45,270 something you can't run from and you 522 00:27:50,030 --> 00:27:48,000 find yourself you're going to find 523 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:50,040 yourself depressed if you don't follow 524 00:27:56,540 --> 00:27:53,640 that passion in the future and so that 525 00:27:58,550 --> 00:27:56,550 means ignoring all the things that are 526 00:28:01,310 --> 00:27:58,560 going to get in the way of that passion 527 00:28:03,740 --> 00:28:01,320 becoming a reality so you have to have 528 00:28:05,110 --> 00:28:03,750 the ability to see that far like I 529 00:28:09,230 --> 00:28:05,120 shouldn't be hanging out with you 530 00:28:12,110 --> 00:28:09,240 because you are going to keep me from 531 00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:12,120 achieving this passion that I want to 532 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:16,200 see real so it takes you knowing 533 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:17,890 yourself 534 00:28:27,330 --> 00:28:25,090 you know getting your five closest 535 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:27,340 friends that you have and then looking 536 00:28:32,790 --> 00:28:30,130 at their personality and then that's a 537 00:28:34,620 --> 00:28:32,800 reflection of you so if you don't like 538 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:34,630 that combination of friends then you 539 00:28:40,650 --> 00:28:38,260 probably should change friends so and 540 00:28:43,530 --> 00:28:40,660 then once you do that you have like you 541 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:43,540 know I you know selection of friends 542 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:45,930 that you will aspire to be like then 543 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:47,770 you're going to find your passion 544 00:28:58,410 --> 00:28:54,610 somewhere in there my name my name is 545 00:29:00,540 --> 00:28:58,420 Clarissa and I want to ask um is there a 546 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:00,550 message you want like you did this song 547 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:02,770 to send a message to so on or say 548 00:29:08,550 --> 00:29:04,930 something like what was the whole point 549 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:08,560 like trying to send a message someone so 550 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:13,570 the point of the song is to remind 551 00:29:23,010 --> 00:29:15,970 people it's not a point but it's a 552 00:29:25,350 --> 00:29:23,020 reminder that anything is possible if 553 00:29:28,860 --> 00:29:25,360 you discipline yourself and dedicate 554 00:29:30,780 --> 00:29:28,870 yourself and stand for something you 555 00:29:32,970 --> 00:29:30,790 know every single person that's a part 556 00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:32,980 of NASA stood for something and we have 557 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:34,780 this wonderful technology the phone you 558 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:36,850 have in your hand small computers if it 559 00:29:40,740 --> 00:29:38,620 wasn't for their discipline and they're 560 00:29:42,530 --> 00:29:40,750 relentless you know research and efforts 561 00:29:47,910 --> 00:29:42,540 we wouldn't have these small computers 562 00:29:49,860 --> 00:29:47,920 you know so we don't have to be I say we 563 00:29:53,580 --> 00:29:49,870 because I'm no different in you we don't 564 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:53,590 have to just end up in a hood but it's a 565 00:30:00,990 --> 00:29:55,690 hard thing the hardest thing is 566 00:30:03,060 --> 00:30:01,000 discipline everything else is easy Hey 567 00:30:13,790 --> 00:30:03,070 thank you sir thank you there's awesome 568 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:17,220 okay next up we have some other really 569 00:30:22,550 --> 00:30:19,450 cool people these were the people that 570 00:30:25,310 --> 00:30:22,560 actually built designed created and 571 00:30:27,830 --> 00:30:25,320 landed curiosity on the Martian surface 572 00:30:30,450 --> 00:30:27,840 so I want to bring up two individuals 573 00:30:31,860 --> 00:30:30,460 Adam steltzner he was part of the entry 574 00:30:36,170 --> 00:30:31,870 descent and landing team coming up at 575 00:30:38,820 --> 00:30:36,180 him and also want to bring up Mike Myers 576 00:30:39,990 --> 00:30:38,830 who was also part of making this whole 577 00:30:42,270 --> 00:30:40,000 thing happened to they're going to talk 578 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:42,280 a little bit about their backgrounds 579 00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:44,770 their careers and also the science 580 00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:47,230 associated with curiosity right thanks 581 00:31:01,050 --> 00:30:57,310 my thanks brother don't be shy guys 582 00:31:07,260 --> 00:31:01,060 don't be shy good afternoon how you guys 583 00:31:09,930 --> 00:31:07,270 doing so my name is Adam I led the team 584 00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:09,940 that invented that wacky sky crane 585 00:31:19,140 --> 00:31:12,390 maneuver we used at the very end to land 586 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:19,150 curiosity and I had a kind of a maybe an 587 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:22,090 unusual way to find myself here speaking 588 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:25,810 to you about landing a 2,000 pound rover 589 00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:28,630 on Mars I started out being interested 590 00:31:33,180 --> 00:31:31,120 in music and and will and leland 591 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:33,190 mentioned that you know the connection 592 00:31:38,970 --> 00:31:35,530 between a science mathematics 593 00:31:40,470 --> 00:31:38,980 engineering music the arts they're all 594 00:31:42,750 --> 00:31:40,480 in there they're all on the different 595 00:31:46,650 --> 00:31:42,760 parts of your brain and using that whole 596 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:46,660 brain of yours is not only is it super 597 00:31:52,020 --> 00:31:48,250 important for your life but it feels 598 00:31:54,030 --> 00:31:52,030 great and i discovered kind of late 599 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:54,040 after high school when I was playing 600 00:31:59,220 --> 00:31:56,290 music that then I was a little 601 00:32:02,190 --> 00:31:59,230 interested in in physics and astronomy 602 00:32:06,210 --> 00:32:02,200 and the way that the world worked and 603 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:06,220 and so started started down that path 604 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:11,440 and that led me to be in here so again 605 00:32:15,450 --> 00:32:13,510 as will mentioned you know discipline 606 00:32:17,580 --> 00:32:15,460 once you find that thing that sort of 607 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:17,590 lights the fire inside of you if you're 608 00:32:26,030 --> 00:32:20,410 true to it and you work hard 609 00:32:31,580 --> 00:32:28,470 I'm Michael Meyer and I'm the lead 610 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:31,590 scientist for the Mars program and I 611 00:32:40,140 --> 00:32:34,510 think maybe the message today is is that 612 00:32:41,730 --> 00:32:40,150 whatever path you're on follow it do the 613 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:41,740 best that you can because you never know 614 00:32:47,850 --> 00:32:44,290 where you'll end up I was kind of a late 615 00:32:50,820 --> 00:32:47,860 bloomer I flunked out of college and 616 00:32:53,570 --> 00:32:50,830 then decided that maybe it was a good 617 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:53,580 idea to go to college and I ended up 618 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:56,170 starting as an engineer moving into 619 00:33:01,890 --> 00:32:57,730 biology because I really liked biology 620 00:33:05,490 --> 00:33:01,900 getting a degree in oceanography doing 621 00:33:09,690 --> 00:33:05,500 oceanography then my first real job was 622 00:33:12,780 --> 00:33:09,700 actually working in deserts and so is a 623 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:12,790 pretty circuitous path to end up going 624 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:15,370 from just being passionate about 625 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:19,540 learning to going from oceans to deserts 626 00:33:26,420 --> 00:33:23,890 to now to the red planet and and part of 627 00:33:30,390 --> 00:33:26,430 this is we have a tremendous opportunity 628 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:30,400 is only 50 years ago this year that we 629 00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:32,530 sent the first instruments out into 630 00:33:36,540 --> 00:33:35,200 space out toward another planet it's 631 00:33:40,350 --> 00:33:36,550 only 50 years that we've actually 632 00:33:42,540 --> 00:33:40,360 started exploration other than looking 633 00:33:44,970 --> 00:33:42,550 through telescopes from the very ground 634 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:44,980 that we're standing on and here we are 635 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:46,690 we have something on Mars with 636 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:49,690 tremendous capability trying to answer 637 00:33:53,340 --> 00:33:51,370 the question whether or not that red 638 00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:53,350 planet could have ever supported life 639 00:33:58,380 --> 00:33:56,320 and with that we're starting on a quest 640 00:33:59,430 --> 00:33:58,390 a real scientific quest understand 641 00:34:01,290 --> 00:33:59,440 whether or not we're alone in the 642 00:34:04,830 --> 00:34:01,300 universe and that doesn't get you jazzed 643 00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:04,840 I don't know what wouldn't that's that's 644 00:34:09,870 --> 00:34:08,590 pretty freaky it's pretty crazy so do 645 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:09,880 you guys got some questions you want to 646 00:34:20,210 --> 00:34:12,160 know about curiosity not only your 647 00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:24,149 what is the goal for curiosity 648 00:34:31,409 --> 00:34:27,760 it is going to place called gale crater 649 00:34:33,899 --> 00:34:31,419 and we're going there because it looks 650 00:34:36,299 --> 00:34:33,909 like it had water for a significant 651 00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:36,309 period of its time and the whole goal is 652 00:34:40,889 --> 00:34:38,319 to determine whether or not it could 653 00:34:43,020 --> 00:34:40,899 have supported life so the idea is by 654 00:34:45,089 --> 00:34:43,030 making the right measurements exploring 655 00:34:48,270 --> 00:34:45,099 this whole region we can get an idea of 656 00:34:49,889 --> 00:34:48,280 what ancient Mars was like when we think 657 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:49,899 it was warmer and wetter whether or not 658 00:34:54,990 --> 00:34:52,450 it actually could have supported 659 00:34:56,460 --> 00:34:55,000 microbial life part of the if you've 660 00:34:58,950 --> 00:34:56,470 been looking at some of the images back 661 00:35:00,990 --> 00:34:58,960 here one of the ones that really gets 662 00:35:02,910 --> 00:35:01,000 the scientific community excited is 663 00:35:06,210 --> 00:35:02,920 there's a close up of all this layering 664 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:06,220 on the base of Mount sharp and that 665 00:35:10,799 --> 00:35:09,490 layering it's like taking a history book 666 00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:10,809 and putting it face down on the table 667 00:35:15,539 --> 00:35:13,390 and each of those layers is a page of 668 00:35:17,819 --> 00:35:15,549 history and so as we go and explore 669 00:35:19,770 --> 00:35:17,829 going up Mount sharp looking at each of 670 00:35:21,750 --> 00:35:19,780 those pages is going to tell us what was 671 00:35:24,420 --> 00:35:21,760 going on on Mars at some point in time 672 00:35:38,269 --> 00:35:24,430 in the past and whether or not it could 673 00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:38,279 have been a habitable place questions is 674 00:35:42,269 --> 00:35:40,750 the is curiosity gonna stay there 675 00:35:47,549 --> 00:35:42,279 forever or are we gonna bring you back 676 00:35:49,170 --> 00:35:47,559 and when she stays there forever well I 677 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:49,180 don't know do you think your space 678 00:35:55,049 --> 00:35:51,130 museum might bring it back one of these 679 00:35:59,010 --> 00:35:55,059 days you know I once had a student asked 680 00:36:01,880 --> 00:35:59,020 me will you leave it behind is that 681 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:04,050 and I thought about it for a while and i 682 00:36:08,730 --> 00:36:05,530 said no i think of it as an art 683 00:36:11,150 --> 00:36:08,740 installation right as a gesture of our 684 00:36:13,110 --> 00:36:11,160 humanity of our curiosity of our 685 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:13,120 interest about what's around the next 686 00:36:19,950 --> 00:36:16,210 corner and we leave it there to remind 687 00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:19,960 ourselves about that i think you should 688 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:23,350 get ready and go there and help check it 689 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:27,850 out right with your curiosity other 690 00:36:37,710 --> 00:36:35,890 questions how long did it take you to 691 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:37,720 build curiosity and did it take day and 692 00:36:48,030 --> 00:36:43,930 night yeah so it took a while we started 693 00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:48,040 thinking about her this big Rover the 694 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:50,350 science instruments almost ten years ago 695 00:36:59,640 --> 00:36:55,410 and and actually wrenching or together 696 00:37:02,100 --> 00:36:59,650 took about three years and and there 697 00:37:03,750 --> 00:37:02,110 were periods of time when it was day and 698 00:37:05,010 --> 00:37:03,760 night not all of those three years not 699 00:37:07,770 --> 00:37:05,020 all of that ten years but there was 700 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:07,780 maybe a good year all in where it was 701 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:10,770 day and night seven days a week yeah 702 00:37:15,780 --> 00:37:14,050 just to add to that a little bit it it 703 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:15,790 starts with the concept and the 704 00:37:18,930 --> 00:37:17,620 community getting behind it and deciding 705 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:18,940 what the real goals of the mission 706 00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:21,310 should be so we actually had the first 707 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:24,520 what should cure eos ax t be back in two 708 00:37:30,510 --> 00:37:27,850 thousand one and it took three years 709 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:30,520 before we got what we thought was a 710 00:37:34,470 --> 00:37:32,410 reasonable plan that would then we could 711 00:37:39,750 --> 00:37:34,480 go forward and actually start really 712 00:37:41,130 --> 00:37:39,760 building things cool um so do you guys 713 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:41,140 think that you guys could have made 714 00:37:47,460 --> 00:37:45,130 curiosity like better in any way that's 715 00:37:49,740 --> 00:37:47,470 the beauty about making anything is you 716 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:49,750 always know by the time you're done with 717 00:37:53,790 --> 00:37:51,130 it you always know how you could make it 718 00:37:55,950 --> 00:37:53,800 better and absolutely there's things we 719 00:38:01,140 --> 00:37:55,960 could do to make her better and next 720 00:38:03,540 --> 00:38:01,150 time we go there we'll do that other 721 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:03,550 questions over there 722 00:38:07,530 --> 00:38:06,250 like you said that if you leave it it's 723 00:38:11,550 --> 00:38:07,540 gonna stay there forever will that ever 724 00:38:13,050 --> 00:38:11,560 run out of energy or battery yeah one of 725 00:38:18,570 --> 00:38:13,060 the great things about the way she's 726 00:38:21,060 --> 00:38:18,580 powered uses a little pieces of 727 00:38:23,730 --> 00:38:21,070 plutonium that are decaying plutonium's 728 00:38:26,340 --> 00:38:23,740 a radioactive material and it puts off a 729 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:26,350 lot of heat and she uses that heat and 730 00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:28,570 turns it into electricity that heat will 731 00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:32,920 always be there really forever it decays 732 00:38:38,670 --> 00:38:36,190 and gets puts off less heat so she'll 733 00:38:41,610 --> 00:38:38,680 have less and less and less power but 734 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:41,620 she'll always have a little bit someday 735 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:43,810 she may not have enough to operate her 736 00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:45,310 instruments and someday she may not even 737 00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:47,110 have enough to talk on the radios to us 738 00:38:51,180 --> 00:38:49,180 but it's gonna potentially could be a 739 00:38:57,140 --> 00:38:51,190 long time she could beat speaking to us 740 00:39:01,730 --> 00:38:57,150 for quite some time um what kind of 741 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:01,740 instrument do you guys use to make her 742 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:08,410 it actually has ten instruments I'm not 743 00:39:11,430 --> 00:39:10,210 sure I should list all of them but one 744 00:39:13,470 --> 00:39:11,440 of the things that really makes it 745 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:13,480 unique is that it's a analytical 746 00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:15,970 laboratory so there are two instruments 747 00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:18,730 inside the rover that actually do the 748 00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:20,320 same kind of things that you would do in 749 00:39:25,710 --> 00:39:23,710 your chemistry lab and those are sort of 750 00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:25,720 the hallmark of the instrumentation and 751 00:39:29,940 --> 00:39:27,790 the rest of the instruments are actually 752 00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:29,950 ways to look around and decide what 753 00:39:39,870 --> 00:39:31,480 would be the best thing to put into your 754 00:39:42,180 --> 00:39:39,880 chemistry set yeah no way my question is 755 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:42,190 that weapons if you do find out that 756 00:39:47,190 --> 00:39:45,490 there was water in the in the location 757 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:47,200 what will you do will you just know 758 00:39:54,810 --> 00:39:51,850 that's it or well yeah it's interesting 759 00:39:57,300 --> 00:39:54,820 question we're pretty sure that there 760 00:39:59,430 --> 00:39:57,310 was water there and then now it comes to 761 00:40:02,490 --> 00:39:59,440 what was the temperature are the right 762 00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:02,500 minerals there what it really does is 763 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:04,120 you're trying to establish whether or 764 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:06,490 not life what's possible there and then 765 00:40:10,470 --> 00:40:09,250 the next big question which we can start 766 00:40:12,420 --> 00:40:10,480 getting toward is whether or not 767 00:40:15,090 --> 00:40:12,430 anything happened so one of the 768 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:15,100 analytical instruments inside the rover 769 00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:17,260 is able to measure organic 770 00:40:22,950 --> 00:40:19,990 so one of the big questions the real 771 00:40:25,050 --> 00:40:22,960 tough thing here on earth we don't know 772 00:40:26,910 --> 00:40:25,060 how tough it is on Mars is can we find a 773 00:40:29,250 --> 00:40:26,920 place where if there was organic matter 774 00:40:31,020 --> 00:40:29,260 would it be preserved is there something 775 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:31,030 there for you to actually see so that's 776 00:40:35,220 --> 00:40:32,890 going to be the big question that we're 777 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:35,230 going to be playing with over the next 778 00:40:40,620 --> 00:40:37,090 couple of years on on the surface of 779 00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:40,630 Mars great here's another question once 780 00:40:45,690 --> 00:40:42,700 you guys reach your goal on finding out 781 00:40:47,850 --> 00:40:45,700 if there was life or there could be um 782 00:40:52,410 --> 00:40:47,860 what are your future plans about it like 783 00:40:57,060 --> 00:40:52,420 once you find out what are your future 784 00:41:01,620 --> 00:40:57,070 plans on going back to Mars great 785 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:01,630 question really important question right 786 00:41:11,130 --> 00:41:05,710 now we're still we're still replanning 787 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:11,140 the Mars exploration program so for some 788 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:13,450 people myself included I'm a little 789 00:41:17,430 --> 00:41:14,890 disappointed because I can't see the 790 00:41:18,990 --> 00:41:17,440 road map to the next mission but we know 791 00:41:20,970 --> 00:41:19,000 that those missions are out there and we 792 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:20,980 know that their Grand Challenges waiting 793 00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:23,770 for us in Mars the next grand challenge 794 00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:26,830 is called Mars sample return and it 795 00:41:32,970 --> 00:41:30,160 involves bringing a sample from Mars 796 00:41:36,230 --> 00:41:32,980 back to earth because although we've 797 00:41:39,870 --> 00:41:36,240 taken a ton of really smart people and 798 00:41:43,230 --> 00:41:39,880 and developed these instruments and put 799 00:41:45,060 --> 00:41:43,240 all their smarts onto a robot rover 800 00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:45,070 named curiosity sitting down on the 801 00:41:49,410 --> 00:41:47,350 bottom of Gale Crater it's still not as 802 00:41:53,310 --> 00:41:49,420 good as having a piece of Mars here on 803 00:41:55,950 --> 00:41:53,320 earth for us to sniff wonder about 804 00:41:58,890 --> 00:41:55,960 decide to invent a new instrument to 805 00:42:01,800 --> 00:41:58,900 look at and so that's the next big grand 806 00:42:04,350 --> 00:42:01,810 challenge for Mars is bringing going to 807 00:42:08,430 --> 00:42:04,360 Mars carefully picking some pieces of 808 00:42:10,950 --> 00:42:08,440 Mars and bringing it back and I'm hoping 809 00:42:14,130 --> 00:42:10,960 that you and some of the guys and girls 810 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:14,140 in the audience will help us do that um 811 00:42:18,810 --> 00:42:17,170 my question is you know how you guys are 812 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:18,820 saying that she's gonna be over there 813 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:20,530 how are you guys gonna bring that piece 814 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:22,330 back if you guys are leaving this one 815 00:42:27,030 --> 00:42:24,370 behind like you guys are gonna set 816 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:27,040 another one to get a piece of it and 817 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:29,410 bring it back yes ma'am but why are you 818 00:42:38,220 --> 00:42:31,770 guys leaving this one back behind 819 00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:38,230 it's a fun future it's not easy getting 820 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:39,670 something off the surface of Mars and 821 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:42,490 back to earth in fact we'll probably 822 00:42:47,010 --> 00:42:44,890 take a whole mission maybe with a rover 823 00:42:49,470 --> 00:42:47,020 the size of curiosity and then a little 824 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:49,480 rocket on top of her that will take a 825 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:51,490 little piece of Mars maybe the size of 826 00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:53,410 my fist put it in the top of the rocket 827 00:42:59,370 --> 00:42:57,130 shoot it off of Mars collected by from 828 00:43:01,470 --> 00:42:59,380 another spacecraft and fly it back to 829 00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:01,480 earth it's involved that's why I say 830 00:43:05,220 --> 00:43:03,040 it's a grand challenge and it's 831 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:05,230 something for us for us to put our 832 00:43:10,050 --> 00:43:07,930 efforts to because when we when we 833 00:43:12,630 --> 00:43:10,060 engage in those grand challenges just 834 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:12,640 like curiosity they pay off in the 835 00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:15,130 science answers and the inspiration to 836 00:43:23,730 --> 00:43:20,950 all of us to do better in our lives if 837 00:43:28,250 --> 00:43:23,740 if the rover ever tips over how will 838 00:43:42,390 --> 00:43:37,020 don't tip the rover over as bad right 839 00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:42,400 bad any other questions right did you 840 00:43:57,450 --> 00:43:54,730 make sure yes you did okay so um um does 841 00:44:05,370 --> 00:43:57,460 that Rover um send information 842 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:05,380 constantly like what um yeah Mars is 843 00:44:11,099 --> 00:44:09,130 kind of far away and so for one thing it 844 00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:11,109 takes a fair amount of energy to send a 845 00:44:19,319 --> 00:44:16,510 signal all that distance and also Mars 846 00:44:22,710 --> 00:44:19,329 is rotating just like Earth is and so if 847 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:22,720 you try to do it directly or Mars is 848 00:44:28,859 --> 00:44:25,690 only facing earth half the time of its 849 00:44:31,530 --> 00:44:28,869 day so what we do is we have a couple of 850 00:44:33,690 --> 00:44:31,540 orbiters going around Mars that collect 851 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:33,700 the information from the rover whenever 852 00:44:40,050 --> 00:44:37,690 the orbiter passes over so twice a day 853 00:44:43,020 --> 00:44:40,060 each each of the orbiters gets 854 00:44:44,529 --> 00:44:43,030 information from the rover and because 855 00:44:46,209 --> 00:44:44,539 it's a lot easier to send 856 00:44:48,219 --> 00:44:46,219 signal just to something in orbit then 857 00:44:50,769 --> 00:44:48,229 it is all the way back to earth and then 858 00:44:54,309 --> 00:44:50,779 the orbiters they have these large solar 859 00:44:56,529 --> 00:44:54,319 panels and big antennas and so for them 860 00:44:59,829 --> 00:44:56,539 it's not that big of a deal then to beam 861 00:45:02,349 --> 00:44:59,839 the information back to us and so 862 00:45:05,140 --> 00:45:02,359 because of that we get a lot more 863 00:45:08,890 --> 00:45:05,150 information doesn't take as much power 864 00:45:14,140 --> 00:45:08,900 but it's also bracketed so that we only 865 00:45:17,259 --> 00:45:14,150 get maximum two passes from each orbiter 866 00:45:19,679 --> 00:45:17,269 each day so much of our cadence of how 867 00:45:21,909 --> 00:45:19,689 we're exploring Mars is we sit around 868 00:45:24,069 --> 00:45:21,919 wait for the information to come from 869 00:45:25,749 --> 00:45:24,079 the orbiter and then we go oh the rover 870 00:45:28,269 --> 00:45:25,759 did what we wanted and here's a new 871 00:45:30,519 --> 00:45:28,279 pitcher and then the science team spends 872 00:45:34,380 --> 00:45:30,529 the rest of day planning what to do for 873 00:45:36,849 --> 00:45:34,390 the next day's opportunity so 874 00:45:40,630 --> 00:45:36,859 conversation is difficult because it 875 00:45:42,339 --> 00:45:40,640 ends up taking a whole 24 hours to find 876 00:45:45,130 --> 00:45:42,349 out what happened come up with a new 877 00:45:46,449 --> 00:45:45,140 plan send the plan and have the rover do 878 00:45:49,689 --> 00:45:46,459 that plan tell us whether or not it 879 00:45:53,169 --> 00:45:49,699 happened I have a great like a homework 880 00:45:55,209 --> 00:45:53,179 assignment for you guys we're so paper 881 00:45:57,069 --> 00:45:55,219 and pencil get it out no no it's going 882 00:46:02,769 --> 00:45:57,079 to be easy and it's it's going to be fun 883 00:46:04,839 --> 00:46:02,779 um pick a friend and next weekend only 884 00:46:07,870 --> 00:46:04,849 speak to the friend by writing a note to 885 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:07,880 the friend and putting it in a box then 886 00:46:11,859 --> 00:46:09,890 the friend re and there's good let's say 887 00:46:13,479 --> 00:46:11,869 and you got to wait an hour and then the 888 00:46:15,009 --> 00:46:13,489 friend reads the note then they write a 889 00:46:17,679 --> 00:46:15,019 note back to you put it in another box 890 00:46:19,630 --> 00:46:17,689 wait an hour and see how tough it is to 891 00:46:21,189 --> 00:46:19,640 have a conversation and that's what 892 00:46:22,959 --> 00:46:21,199 these guys are operating the rover have 893 00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:22,969 to go through when they're trying to 894 00:46:28,179 --> 00:46:25,880 figure out what to do with her awesome 895 00:46:36,779 --> 00:46:28,189 one more question right here here you go 896 00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:36,789 sir oh yeah I have question um um huh I 897 00:46:44,529 --> 00:46:40,249 know my question is that if you're to 898 00:46:46,509 --> 00:46:44,539 find water or ice on Mars would you 899 00:46:48,219 --> 00:46:46,519 possibly like create something to like 900 00:46:49,569 --> 00:46:48,229 signature like maybe like the moon of 901 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:49,579 and Saturdays or something like to see 902 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:51,650 if life could be generated may be there 903 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:01,250 thanks very good well oh so so quick 904 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:03,850 first thing to consider is whether or 905 00:47:08,970 --> 00:47:06,610 not there's life on Mars because you you 906 00:47:11,790 --> 00:47:08,980 don't want to infect the planet and ruin 907 00:47:14,190 --> 00:47:11,800 it for the Martians so you want to be 908 00:47:16,590 --> 00:47:14,200 responsible you want to explore safely 909 00:47:20,130 --> 00:47:16,600 and make sure that we're protecting Mars 910 00:47:21,750 --> 00:47:20,140 from us so that we don't change the 911 00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:21,760 planet before we know what's going on 912 00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:24,850 then the idea of taking life to some 913 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:27,370 other place will have the same kind of 914 00:47:31,860 --> 00:47:29,650 ethical decision to make whether or not 915 00:47:33,630 --> 00:47:31,870 wherever we're taking it whether or not 916 00:47:36,630 --> 00:47:33,640 there's something already there that we 917 00:47:39,090 --> 00:47:36,640 might displace no so underneath your 918 00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:39,100 question I think is a is a is Mexes oak 919 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:43,510 is a a wondering about life in other 920 00:47:48,420 --> 00:47:46,090 places in our solar system and Mars is 921 00:47:51,540 --> 00:47:48,430 not the only place that we think life 922 00:47:55,110 --> 00:47:51,550 may have existed or could exist today 923 00:47:57,450 --> 00:47:55,120 you met until this there's also the moon 924 00:47:59,280 --> 00:47:57,460 of Jupiter Europa we think that that 925 00:48:02,970 --> 00:47:59,290 might be the leading place where life 926 00:48:06,420 --> 00:48:02,980 might be present today as we sit here 927 00:48:08,340 --> 00:48:06,430 talking about it so in that big list of 928 00:48:10,980 --> 00:48:08,350 grand challenges in front of us for you 929 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:10,990 guys to work on I'll try and help out 930 00:48:17,250 --> 00:48:13,810 but will we need we need all the help we 931 00:48:19,350 --> 00:48:17,260 can get our things like Mars sample 932 00:48:22,140 --> 00:48:19,360 return it's about going to the surface 933 00:48:24,210 --> 00:48:22,150 of Europa to look at that ice to see 934 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:24,220 what's in that ice ultimately I'd love 935 00:48:30,300 --> 00:48:27,610 to get a get a spacecraft underneath the 936 00:48:32,610 --> 00:48:30,310 ice a submarine into the warm liquid 937 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:32,620 ocean of water under the ice of Europa 938 00:48:39,090 --> 00:48:34,450 these are things that are out there 939 00:48:42,090 --> 00:48:39,100 waiting for you guys to go do it's easy 940 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:42,100 for your rope it's only ten ten miles or 941 00:48:46,650 --> 00:48:43,690 so of ice that you have to go through 942 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:46,660 yes well no problem hey guys I really 943 00:48:52,549 --> 00:48:47,770 appreciate let's give a round of 944 00:48:56,269 --> 00:48:52,559 applause Adam in my great job 945 00:48:57,319 --> 00:48:56,279 and morning I want to introduce before 946 00:48:59,449 --> 00:48:57,329 you guys leave I want introduce one more 947 00:49:03,219 --> 00:48:59,459 person from the flight control team this 948 00:49:06,559 --> 00:49:03,229 is babak for Josie yep yeah got it right 949 00:49:08,359 --> 00:49:06,569 we got better known as mohawk guy but 950 00:49:10,130 --> 00:49:08,369 also he's the one that played the song 951 00:49:11,929 --> 00:49:10,140 today for us so let's give a round of 952 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:11,939 applause for him and the rest of the 953 00:49:24,349 --> 00:49:13,650 team in Mission Control thanks guys 954 00:49:26,150 --> 00:49:24,359 awesome ok next I mentioned at the 955 00:49:27,709 --> 00:49:26,160 beginning of the show that it takes a 956 00:49:29,059 --> 00:49:27,719 village to raise a child and I had a lot 957 00:49:31,130 --> 00:49:29,069 of people in my village that helped me 958 00:49:33,229 --> 00:49:31,140 become an astronaut become a chemist's 959 00:49:35,539 --> 00:49:33,239 become a scientist become whatever I 960 00:49:37,489 --> 00:49:35,549 wanted to be but one of the things that 961 00:49:39,529 --> 00:49:37,499 we're kicking off today is a partnership 962 00:49:42,170 --> 00:49:39,539 it's a relationship with collaboration 963 00:49:44,779 --> 00:49:42,180 and I'd like to introduce will.i.am back 964 00:49:49,130 --> 00:49:44,789 to the stage and i'll also like to bring 965 00:49:50,150 --> 00:49:49,140 up the CEO for Discovery Education build 966 00:49:59,209 --> 00:49:50,160 good wouldn't you come to the stage 967 00:50:00,859 --> 00:49:59,219 please ok ok bill you want to talk a bit 968 00:50:03,979 --> 00:50:00,869 about the partnership with I am angel 969 00:50:06,079 --> 00:50:03,989 and William and absolutey I'm just an 970 00:50:08,299 --> 00:50:06,089 Avenger borrow Mike one sec oh this one 971 00:50:10,130 --> 00:50:08,309 or treat there we go ok first of all 972 00:50:13,069 --> 00:50:10,140 what an amazing moment in history we've 973 00:50:15,380 --> 00:50:13,079 seen today we heard a song that will IM 974 00:50:18,410 --> 00:50:15,390 wrote and beamed it back from Mars 975 00:50:21,019 --> 00:50:18,420 pretty cool huh we also look back on her 976 00:50:23,079 --> 00:50:21,029 first walk on the moon and celebrated a 977 00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:23,089 real american hero neil armstrong ger 978 00:50:27,169 --> 00:50:25,049 absolutely and then we heard from leland 979 00:50:29,870 --> 00:50:27,179 in the incredibly brilliant people from 980 00:50:32,749 --> 00:50:29,880 NASA right they'd built a rover to 981 00:50:34,519 --> 00:50:32,759 explore Mars there's a lot to explore in 982 00:50:36,319 --> 00:50:34,529 our own backyard Boyle Heights and all 983 00:50:37,939 --> 00:50:36,329 the neighborhoods and in our schools and 984 00:50:39,169 --> 00:50:37,949 that's what we want to do and that's 985 00:50:42,469 --> 00:50:39,179 what this partnership is going to be 986 00:50:45,919 --> 00:50:42,479 about because ultimately when discovery 987 00:50:47,390 --> 00:50:45,929 channel was first launched in 1985 John 988 00:50:49,189 --> 00:50:47,400 Hendricks the founder believed that 989 00:50:53,299 --> 00:50:49,199 television could do more than entertain 990 00:50:55,219 --> 00:50:53,309 it could educate it could inspire and so 991 00:50:57,259 --> 00:50:55,229 that's what discovery education is doing 992 00:50:59,599 --> 00:50:57,269 classrooms today we're trying to 993 00:51:02,120 --> 00:50:59,609 transform teaching and learning to 994 00:51:03,650 --> 00:51:02,130 improve student achievement so with 995 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:03,660 discovery education we want to engage 996 00:51:08,390 --> 00:51:06,210 students get them excited about all 997 00:51:11,030 --> 00:51:08,400 subjects we talked about today stem but 998 00:51:13,609 --> 00:51:11,040 it's really not stem it's steam it's 999 00:51:17,210 --> 00:51:13,619 science technology engineering arts and 1000 00:51:19,370 --> 00:51:17,220 math so we prepare you 21st century 1001 00:51:22,250 --> 00:51:19,380 learners we give you twenty first 1002 00:51:24,020 --> 00:51:22,260 century tools so you'll have 21st 1003 00:51:25,550 --> 00:51:24,030 century jobs and that's what this 1004 00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:25,560 partnerships all about so we're proud to 1005 00:51:30,829 --> 00:51:27,450 announce they want to be partnering with 1006 00:51:32,390 --> 00:51:30,839 will.i.am the I am angel foundation and 1007 00:51:34,430 --> 00:51:32,400 Discovery Education to bring STEM 1008 00:51:35,990 --> 00:51:34,440 education to life for millions of 1009 00:51:37,730 --> 00:51:36,000 students across the country you're going 1010 00:51:54,609 --> 00:51:37,740 to hear more about it in September but 1011 00:52:01,220 --> 00:51:58,640 song and I think thank NASA really 1012 00:52:03,710 --> 00:52:01,230 putting this fantastic program together 1013 00:52:12,109 --> 00:52:03,720 my education director here apartment 1014 00:52:16,099 --> 00:52:12,119 aside you're in the front I'd also like 1015 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:16,109 to use your mic and thank Dave Lavery to 1016 00:52:21,010 --> 00:52:17,490 for helping put this together Dave 1017 00:52:24,349 --> 00:52:21,020 Lavery over here in the corner and it 1018 00:52:25,670 --> 00:52:24,359 work I really appreciate the students 1019 00:52:28,130 --> 00:52:25,680 questions you had some fantastic 1020 00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:28,140 questions keep those questions coming 1021 00:52:32,570 --> 00:52:30,210 when when someone asks you to do 1022 00:52:35,030 --> 00:52:32,580 something don't don't don't just always 1023 00:52:36,500 --> 00:52:35,040 questioned it but think in your mind how 1024 00:52:39,050 --> 00:52:36,510 can I make this better how can I make 1025 00:52:41,150 --> 00:52:39,060 something out of my own hands when I was 1026 00:52:43,099 --> 00:52:41,160 a kid I built a skateboard that was the 1027 00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:43,109 first thing that I built because my mom 1028 00:52:47,210 --> 00:52:44,490 and dad didn't have money to buy me a 1029 00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:47,220 skateboard so stay curious with 1030 00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:48,930 partnerships like discovery and I am 1031 00:52:52,700 --> 00:52:50,730 angel we're going to build new things 1032 00:52:55,010 --> 00:52:52,710 we're going to send you one of you maybe 1033 00:52:56,450 --> 00:52:55,020 tomorrow's one day I think this young 1034 00:53:00,260 --> 00:52:56,460 lady right here is ready to go to Mars 1035 00:53:02,839 --> 00:53:00,270 to grab the rover and bring it back but 1036 00:53:04,910 --> 00:53:02,849 just stay curious and when I talk about 1037 00:53:07,820 --> 00:53:04,920 these smartphones and these devices that 1038 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:07,830 you use don't just be a user of the 1039 00:53:12,650 --> 00:53:10,770 technology be a developer and you will 1040 00:53:15,530 --> 00:53:12,660 win we will all win and some of you in 1041 00:53:17,540 --> 00:53:15,540 this room a cure the cure cancer one day 1042 00:53:19,670 --> 00:53:17,550 or you may save someone's life one day 1043 00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:19,680 or you may write a song 1044 00:53:24,589 --> 00:53:22,530 that inspires someone else to do 1045 00:53:26,390 --> 00:53:24,599 something great and wonderful so with 1046 00:53:30,049 --> 00:53:26,400 that I just want to say thanks again to 1047 00:53:34,390 --> 00:53:30,059 everyone in the room thank you I like to 1048 00:53:37,010 --> 00:53:34,400 thank um I like to thank honoree for 1049 00:53:38,359 --> 00:53:37,020 helping me with the song and bring in 1050 00:53:40,670 --> 00:53:38,369 the orchestra together Thank You 1051 00:53:43,910 --> 00:53:40,680 Discovery Education for the partnership 1052 00:53:45,740 --> 00:53:43,920 and I am angel and thank you kids thank 1053 00:53:48,500 --> 00:53:45,750 you guys for joining the item first 1054 00:53:51,410 --> 00:53:48,510 college track program here in Boyle 1055 00:53:53,450 --> 00:53:51,420 Heights and Roosevelt don't just look 1056 00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:53,460 for a job create a job and you're going 1057 00:53:57,710 --> 00:53:55,170 to create a job by disciplining yourself 1058 00:54:00,079 --> 00:53:57,720 around steam science technology 1059 00:54:18,250 --> 00:54:00,089 engineering arts and mathematics we 1060 00:54:28,230 --> 00:54:23,380 baby really bad in