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uh good evening and uh i want to take an

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opportunity to congratulate spacex for

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its successful launch

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and uh

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with my partner

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gwen shotwell the ceo ceo getting ready

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to promote you

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the president of spacex here and i also

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want to salute the nasa team that worked

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alongside them to uh to make tonight

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i've been emphasizing to all of you this

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was a critical event for nasa and the

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nation tonight it was um

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what i call a historical event in

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in the annals of space flight just over

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a year after the retirement of the space

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shuttle we have returned space station

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cargo resupply missions to u.s soil and

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are bringing jobs associated with this

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back right back here to america let me

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repeat

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we're once again launching spacecraft

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from american soil with the supplies our

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astronauts need in space

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the spacex launch tonight marks the

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official start of commercial resupply

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missions by american companies operating

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out of u.s spaceports like the one right

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here in florida

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recently another private company orbital

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sciences began pre-launch operations at

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the nation's newest spaceport the

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mid-atlantic spaceport in wallops island

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virginia

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preparation for cargo resupply

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demonstration flights

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we're also making extraordinary progress

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to ensure american companies are

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launching our astronauts from u.s soil

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in sourcing this in sourcing this work

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and ending our dependence on foreign

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governments to get into space

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we're handing off to the private sector

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our transportation to the international

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space station so that nasa can focus on

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what we do best exploring even deeper

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into our solar system with missions to

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an asteroid and mars on the horizon

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under president obama's leadership nasa

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and the nation are embarking on an

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ambitious program of space exploration

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that will build on new technologies as

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well as proven capabilities as we expand

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our reach into the solar system

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while reaching for new heights in space

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we're creating new jobs right here on

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we're making steady progress in building

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the next generation deep space crew

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capsule and heavy lift rocket that will

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support human exploration missions to

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new destinations

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we're enhancing use of the international

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space station to improve life on earth

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and help make the next great leaps in

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scientific discovery and exploration

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we're enhancing use of the international

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space station to improve life on earth

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and help make the next great leaps in

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scientific discovery and exploration

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as i've noted

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we're partnering with american companies

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to create new transportation

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capabilities to reach low earth orbit

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simulate stimulate not simulate

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stimulate the economy and decrease our

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reliance on foreign launch providers

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our space technology program is

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developing technologies we need for

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tomorrow's missions we're building and

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operating a balanced portfolio of

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groundbreaking science missions that

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will reach farther into the solar system

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reveal unknown aspects of our universe

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and provide critical data about our home

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planet the curiosity rover is making

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discoveries on the surface of mars on an

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almost daily basis and is preparing the

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way for future human missions to the red

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planet we're making steady progress on

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the james webb space telescope leading

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to its planned launch in 2018 when it

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again will revolutionize our

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understanding of our universe

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and we're operating spacecraft that are

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speeding to jupiter and pluto and other

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destinations throughout the solar system

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all the while we're inspiring the next

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generation of scientists technologists

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engineers and astronauts to keep the

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united states the world leader in space

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technology but tonight i really do want

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to take this opportunity to congratulate

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our teammates at spacex gwen great job

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tonight and i want to introduce to you

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gwen shotwell the spacex

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thank you charlie

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obviously i want to take this

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opportunity to thank nasa

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and applaud the partnership that we've

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forged with them it's a great evening

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dragon was inserted into a picture

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perfect orbit uh it's solar rays

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deployed and it's driving its way to

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station so that's just awesome so thanks

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very much charlie

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i think we're going to take a few

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you talked about the benefit of this to

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to nasa the history and the critical

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moment that this is if you can kind of

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frame out a little bit and talk about

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the international context how does this

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launch like this allow nasa to focus

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refocus itself on having a leadership

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role in a kind of hyper competitive

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space atmosphere with china and india

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you've all all of you have always heard

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me say i i have a hard time

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understanding what people say when they

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talk about regaining a leadership role

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or whatever we never lost it

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what this does is it strengthens our

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position of leadership because as i said

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with the president's leadership to be

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american industry uh you know this was

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not something tonight that nasa prepared

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american industry at its best and if you

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believe in what they do and our and our

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international partners are watching us

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how spacex performs so uh i think we we

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thank you administrator bolton uh i'm

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um i just wanted to ask you know with

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commercial crew access not just for nasa

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astronauts but maybe other americans who

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on the checklist uh gwen needs ends i

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uh this was an incredible end on the way

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companies that we selected to partner

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mission then then that gives the

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non-believers one more opportunity to

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get on board and root for us

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and we'll take maybe one more question

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because i've got to get gwen she has to

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go to a real press conference and i get

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well hey it's bill harwood cbs news and

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hey charlie um i got one quick one for

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gwen and like you say i know there's a

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news conference coming up but

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everybody's got a deadline as you can

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see all the social media around here

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that's the way it works these days um

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obviously you hit apogee imperative

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basically i jumped in a car and came

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here i'm going to try to pull up some