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it's great as i said earlier it's great

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to see all of you here today on on a

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rainy day that you all came out uh for

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uh for this uh special opportunity and

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as you can see we have two special

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guests with us senator mikulski and

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administrator bolden

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they've been

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obviously great supporters of

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nasa and today we'll be talking about

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jwst and they've been great supporters

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of the james webb

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uh before we get into the the james webb

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portion though i would like to mention

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that you know 2013 was an incredible

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flight center

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so we're extremely pleased to have

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senator mikulski and administrator

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bolden here to help acknowledge some of

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however we can't spend all of our time

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talking about the outstanding

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accomplishments that mark 2013

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take this opportunity though to note the

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significant year that jwst had in 2013

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most of the hardware

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all the critical hardware is here now

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for the james webb space telescope to

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we just recently completed it northrop

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critical design review for the

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some of our special guests that are

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you hold your applause until after i've

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okay sitting right here in the front is

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dr john grunsfeld he's the associate

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administrator for the science mission

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directorate next to him is eric smith

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hubble space telescope it's going to

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allow us to see back in time

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in the formation of the universe when

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liquid hydrogen in our most

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sophisticated rockets that we use

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work together to form a single mirror

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an incredible time of progress for the

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telescope all four science instruments

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are here and their representatives are

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instrument module last year and as i

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rain so paul go ahead and uh and take us

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workhorse of the telescope it's going to

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propulsion laboratory so there are four

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lightweight and stiff metal that is

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stable at the

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cryogenic temperatures that

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the telescope and the instruments will

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operate at

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it's coated in gold

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to optimize its reflectivity in the

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infrared

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this was made by

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or the construction of these mirrors was

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led by ball aerospace under subcontract

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one thing interesting about these

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mirrors

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this is about 1.4 meters in diameter

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if you scaled this up

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by a factor of 2 million

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so it's the same size as the continental

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united states

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this thing's so smooth that the average

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uh altitude difference between peaks and

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valleys

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would be only about two inches

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that's how smooth this mirror is

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18 of them make up the primary mirror

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and over

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here is the robot arm that we will use

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to

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structure

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i'm actually standing on what we call

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the ambient optical assembly stand

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which is a

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massive

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precision

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structure for assembling the telescope

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this is a pretty neat robot arm it will

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place each of the 18 segments into the

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into what we call the back plane it's a

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structure that will hold the mirrors and

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this is uh

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right here is is a an engineering model

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we use to

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validate our design of the structure it

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has three out of the 18 cells on it and

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we're we were practicing putting

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mirror segments

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into this before the flight structure

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so that's

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what i have to show you right now uh

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lastly if you want to see where all the

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mirror segments are up on that mezzanine

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looks a little bit like the nursery from

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the movie alien

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that's where

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all those cool looking shipping

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containers are where the flight mirrors

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so you know just in closing the uh

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you know some of the greatest

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discoveries from hubble were

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basically answers to questions no one

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even thought to ask

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and uh

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james webb space telescope with this

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tremendous capabilities uh

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will really be something you know

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whenever we look at nature

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with new and powerful capabilities

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we always discover amazing things

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this is the promise of the james webb

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space telescope

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you can see hopefully you heard you got

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some rounding uh

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applause there for uh for a great tour

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someday we'll let people see your face

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uh and and now i'd like to give senator

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mikulski and administrator bolton an

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opportunity to ask you some questions

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no seriously i'm still i have to teach

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you when you're on microphone paul i'm

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hey there paul how are you feeling i'm

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feeling like kind of the broncos

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here's my question paraphrasing over the

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ronald reagan quote of

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trust but verify

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ours is test but verify

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we all remember the

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white knuckle experience of the hubble

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that after it got up it needed to be

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repaired the famous mirror the largest

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most expensive contact lens in world

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history my question to you is we look

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forward to the testing and verifying

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what lessons learned from the hubble

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experience

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will be applied here so that when we

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launch the

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james webb in 2018 it really is

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this one is

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do you feel like the first 30 seconds of

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your audio dropped out oh oh can you

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hear me now yeah yeah we can hear you

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all right uh

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that's a great question of course um

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there's really two things one

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is uh

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we're all our testing is being done

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completely independently from

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the manufacturing so

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the tools we use to test

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uh

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the instruments the optics

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they are completely separate from the

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instruments that we're used to and the

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tools to use to build them

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and uh that was the fatal flaw with

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hubble's primary mirror was the same

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tool was used to guide its polishing

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that it was later used also to to verify

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its figure well if you set it up wrong

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you're still going to get a right answer

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you think you get a right answer so what

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we've done here is all our tooling is

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for manufacture and our tooling for

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verification are separate and then the

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second thing

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is

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independent review

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we

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have rigorous in an expert independent

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review of all our

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uh testing procedures uh in particular

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our optical

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uh work

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uh with a panel of extinct esteemed

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engineers and scientists and um

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that rigorous independent review was

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really useful kept us

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from making any mistakes so and then

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there's really one more thing i guess if

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you could add a third thing and that's

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adjustability you know the fact that

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this telescope is deployable

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means we need to be able to adjust it so

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we can get it all lined up and uh that

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adjustability that we need for

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deployment also will help us out in uh

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making sure that

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we can make the telescope line line it

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okay thanks paul and

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now it's my privilege to introduce our

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administrator charlie bolden

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you all know him he's been a great

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supporter of the james webb space

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telescope

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uh through his development

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and of course you know

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he and and john actually visited hubble

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charlie delivered it john fixed it

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and improved it

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so uh so we have the the trioca that

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that made hubble a great success and of

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course all of you many of you worked on

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hubble as well and now you're making

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thanks very much chris and i i will be

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very brief because i think everybody

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wants to hear from senator mikulski but

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um it is a pleasure for me to be here

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with senator mikulski this morning

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particularly because it gives us an

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opportunity to brag if you will about

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the progress that has been made with

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jwst and that is incredible progress you

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know unless you go back to the beginning

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of something uh bad days dark days that

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senator mikulski

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sort of implied um in her comments about

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hubble then you don't have a way to

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appreciate where you are today

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and five years ago senator mikulski and

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i

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and um one of the reasons you know that

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that this team is here today is because

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of that promise we made to her

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uh on a lighter side eric's sitting down

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here people back at nasa headquarters

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are relaxing this morning that are in

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our morning workout group because if

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eric's not there we're not doing t25 or

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any of that other crazy stuff so it's

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good to be here i i really believe that

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like the other great observatories that

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are operating today whether you're

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talking about hubble chandra or spitzer

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jwst will revolutionize our

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understanding of the universe and paul

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talked about one thing

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if i had asked the question

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it would have been i i am very very

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hopeful that what paul talked about with

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nirspec for example

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that we can look into the atmosphere of

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some of these planets that we are now

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discovering

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uh you know with with with other

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instruments that we call exoplanets uh

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particularly those that very seem to be

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very similar to earth that we can look

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into the end of the atmosphere of these

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planets with james webb and just like

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you teach a kid today what the

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percentage of nitrogen or oxygen or

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hydrogen or other gases in our

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atmosphere are and why that sustains

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life we'll be able to do that with james

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webb

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in planets that are i mean they're

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they're they were inconceivable

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10 years ago

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i mean just think about it uh millions

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of them potentially so that's i think

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that's the promise of james webb and i

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think that is something that there's

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probably not many people who recognize

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that outside of this room better than

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senator mikulski and i think that's the

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reason that she was so tough on us

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and so demanding that we get it right

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the team has worked through the early

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challenges and and as chris said and

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paul said

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we're now delivering what we think is

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the best product possible

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you should all be proud of the work that

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you continue to do not just the work

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that has been done because past this

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prologue what counts from here on out is

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how we perform

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from here till we

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we never cross the finish line but until

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we get to the first

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products from jwst about an exoplanet so

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so i am really really proud of this team

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and what we've done as chris has said

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the four science instruments are

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complete they're all here at goddard

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right now waiting for assembly all the

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mirror segments are also complete and

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have been delivered the back plane and i

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wish i knew more about it because that

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is the that is the consummate

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in new technology that that was a

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technology that we did not have and

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really without it my understanding is

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james webb would not be the instrument

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that we expect it will be because we

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needed a stable back plane on which all

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these segments could sit and be adjusted

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the way that paul talked about in

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response to your question about you know

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testing and everything else not only are

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we going to test and test hard here on

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earth but when we get it in space we can

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actually make adjustments with it

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because of this new technology backplane

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on which these 18 segments sit and we

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can adjust it real time if we have to so

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that's that's incredible it is an

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absolutely

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impressive piece of engineering and it

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includes new technologies that make this

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spacecraft unlike any other we've ever

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developed before and the good news the

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really good news

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is that we're on track for a planned

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launch in 2018

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and uh and that's great news we've got

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cushion in our schedule and we're

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hanging in there in cost so we're doing

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i think pretty well i want to thank

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senator mikulski i want to thank you

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personally for being tough on us and for

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continuing to be tough because it's sort

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of like raising your kids

573
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you know you can um you can give them

574
00:23:57,430 --> 00:23:55,840
everything they want

575
00:23:59,269 --> 00:23:57,440
you can try to be easy on them but there

576
00:24:01,909 --> 00:23:59,279
is nothing like tough love

577
00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:01,919
and i kind of describe that as senator

578
00:24:06,470 --> 00:24:04,640
mccull's approach to us it's been tough

579
00:24:07,909 --> 00:24:06,480
love and she continues to hold our feet

580
00:24:10,630 --> 00:24:07,919
to the fire and i know as long as she

581
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:10,640
does that we will try not to disappoint

582
00:24:14,470 --> 00:24:12,480
we wouldn't be here today

583
00:24:16,710 --> 00:24:14,480
if she hadn't championed

584
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:16,720
this critical capability for nasa no

585
00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:19,760
question none whatsoever so anybody who

586
00:24:24,470 --> 00:24:22,240
thinks we would you got another thought

587
00:24:27,110 --> 00:24:24,480
coming we would not be sitting in this

588
00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:27,120
room today talking about jwst had it not

589
00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:29,760
been for her i know she understands just

590
00:24:33,510 --> 00:24:31,520
how important it is to continue to push

591
00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:33,520
the boundaries of what we can do in

592
00:24:36,470 --> 00:24:34,400
space

593
00:24:38,630 --> 00:24:36,480
with her support congress has passed an

594
00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:38,640
appropriations bill that reaffirms

595
00:24:43,029 --> 00:24:40,320
support for the bipartisan space

596
00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:43,039
exploration plan agreed to back in 2010

597
00:24:46,390 --> 00:24:44,960
by the president and congress again

598
00:24:47,909 --> 00:24:46,400
she's holding our feet to the fire she

599
00:24:49,590 --> 00:24:47,919
said okay this is what you said you're

600
00:24:51,430 --> 00:24:49,600
going to do back in 2010 this is what

601
00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:51,440
the president put his signature on and

602
00:24:55,029 --> 00:24:53,520
i'm holding you to it it provides

603
00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:55,039
funding for the president's plan to

604
00:24:57,909 --> 00:24:56,880
return american space launches to the

605
00:24:59,830 --> 00:24:57,919
u.s

606
00:25:02,310 --> 00:24:59,840
as well as groundbreaking scientific

607
00:25:04,230 --> 00:25:02,320
discoveries game-changing technologies

608
00:25:06,149 --> 00:25:04,240
and cutting-edge research into cleaner

609
00:25:07,909 --> 00:25:06,159
and quieter airplanes we're doing all

610
00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:07,919
that and we're doing it because of the

611
00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:09,600
support that she has continued to give

612
00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:10,240
us

613
00:25:14,230 --> 00:25:12,080
the bill keeps nasa's deep space

614
00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:14,240
exploration program on track and will

615
00:25:18,390 --> 00:25:16,240
continue to spur american innovation and

616
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:18,400
keep the us the world leader in space

617
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:21,279
exploration as i continually tell people

618
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:22,720
like frank mooring who's sitting out

619
00:25:26,230 --> 00:25:24,640
here and others and one of these days

620
00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:26,240
they're going to believe me that we are

621
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:28,480
the world's best and we are still the

622
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:30,080
world's leader when it comes to space

623
00:25:34,710 --> 00:25:32,320
exploration and scientific discovery and

624
00:25:36,470 --> 00:25:34,720
i i think we owe a lot of that to the to

625
00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:36,480
the lady who's sitting to my right now

626
00:25:39,990 --> 00:25:38,000
and i'm going to now ask to come to the

627
00:25:42,470 --> 00:25:40,000
podium so it gives me great pleasure to

628
00:25:44,230 --> 00:25:42,480
introduce a great friend to nasa

629
00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:44,240
and to the goddard space flight center

630
00:26:03,350 --> 00:26:00,070
thank you director uh bolden and

631
00:26:05,110 --> 00:26:03,360
administrator bolden and to all of you

632
00:26:08,230 --> 00:26:05,120
first of all i'm just glad to be back at

633
00:26:10,549 --> 00:26:08,240
goddard once again and to say hello to

634
00:26:13,909 --> 00:26:10,559
all the wonderful men and women who work

635
00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:13,919
here at uh nasa goddard the civil

636
00:26:19,510 --> 00:26:16,720
servants the contractors

637
00:26:22,710 --> 00:26:19,520
all of the people here over 10 000

638
00:26:25,510 --> 00:26:22,720
people scientists engineers our very own

639
00:26:28,549 --> 00:26:25,520
in-house nobel prize winner i'm so proud

640
00:26:31,029 --> 00:26:28,559
of goddard every day in every way you

641
00:26:34,149 --> 00:26:31,039
lead the way in earth science helping us

642
00:26:37,269 --> 00:26:34,159
understand the earth itself its climate

643
00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:37,279
and all the great science research that

644
00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:38,640
goddard does

645
00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:40,720
and we've had a very successful year

646
00:26:47,190 --> 00:26:43,840
like at wallops where we've actually had

647
00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:47,200
an unmanned crew an unmanned commercial

648
00:26:50,950 --> 00:26:48,400
vehicle go

649
00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:50,960
take cargo up to the space station

650
00:26:56,230 --> 00:26:54,080
and our continued work with hubble space

651
00:26:59,590 --> 00:26:56,240
servicing all the wonderful things you

652
00:27:02,390 --> 00:26:59,600
do and now today the delivery of the

653
00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:02,400
parts all of the component parts

654
00:27:07,590 --> 00:27:04,320
to really actually

655
00:27:09,750 --> 00:27:07,600
build the james webb telescope i see

656
00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:09,760
this as kind of like

657
00:27:14,710 --> 00:27:12,400
lagos meets nasa

658
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:14,720
uh in all of these parts being put

659
00:27:18,950 --> 00:27:17,279
together but we i have a great deal of

660
00:27:22,389 --> 00:27:18,960
confidence in what's going to happen

661
00:27:23,190 --> 00:27:22,399
here that it will be assembled

662
00:27:31,590 --> 00:27:23,200
then

663
00:27:32,549 --> 00:27:31,600
to french guyana in 2018 for its launch

664
00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:32,559
now

665
00:27:36,389 --> 00:27:34,080
administrator bolden has talked about

666
00:27:38,389 --> 00:27:36,399
how tough i am friends i'm not the one

667
00:27:40,710 --> 00:27:38,399
that's tough on you the tea party's

668
00:27:43,190 --> 00:27:40,720
tough on you i've saved you from the tea

669
00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:43,200
party my firmness

670
00:27:48,789 --> 00:27:45,440
and getting the right information to

671
00:27:51,430 --> 00:27:48,799
keep on budget line saved you it was not

672
00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:51,440
me being tough it was them

673
00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:54,880
seeking quick fixes to cut the budget

674
00:28:00,070 --> 00:27:57,760
and james webb telescope at the cost of

675
00:28:02,470 --> 00:28:00,080
eight billion dollars was standing out

676
00:28:05,990 --> 00:28:02,480
there like in an orange jumpsuit waiting

677
00:28:07,590 --> 00:28:06,000
to be cut because of some

678
00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:07,600
really quite frankly the lack of

679
00:28:12,230 --> 00:28:10,000
stewardship and oversight at nasa but

680
00:28:16,230 --> 00:28:12,240
we've now righted that ship with the

681
00:28:19,750 --> 00:28:16,240
cassini report the fact that we have a a

682
00:28:22,789 --> 00:28:19,760
actual game plan uh for making sure the

683
00:28:24,789 --> 00:28:22,799
project is completed one time

684
00:28:27,269 --> 00:28:24,799
we were able to do that but just

685
00:28:30,310 --> 00:28:27,279
remember it's not me let's not make it

686
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:30,320
personal the fact is is that me was to

687
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:33,520
make sure you got to do what you do

688
00:28:40,070 --> 00:28:36,559
my job is to help you be you

689
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:40,080
my job was also to try to protect the

690
00:28:46,070 --> 00:28:44,080
overall nasa appropriations and i am so

691
00:28:50,310 --> 00:28:46,080
pleased that this year

692
00:28:51,710 --> 00:28:50,320
and when january 20th we found we passed

693
00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:51,720
the fiscal

694
00:28:57,350 --> 00:28:54,080
appropriations for the funding for the

695
00:29:00,470 --> 00:28:57,360
united states government for fiscal 14.

696
00:29:03,029 --> 00:29:00,480
it was bipartisan it was bicameral it

697
00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:03,039
was the first time in several years that

698
00:29:07,430 --> 00:29:05,360
we actually got it done

699
00:29:10,310 --> 00:29:07,440
and that means to everybody here who

700
00:29:12,950 --> 00:29:10,320
works at nasa both at goddard and all of

701
00:29:15,590 --> 00:29:12,960
our wonderful facilities there will be

702
00:29:18,870 --> 00:29:15,600
no more government shutdowns there will

703
00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:18,880
be no more furloughs and for fiscal 14

704
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:22,399
and 15 we can guarantee that there will

705
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:25,440
be no more sequesters that's why i was

706
00:29:30,950 --> 00:29:28,080
firm so that i could fight for you and

707
00:29:40,470 --> 00:29:30,960
at the very end we could deliver for you

708
00:29:45,990 --> 00:29:43,029
we worked together and it wasn't easy i

709
00:29:49,110 --> 00:29:46,000
can assure you that you know senator

710
00:29:51,269 --> 00:29:49,120
patty murray and paul ryan did a great

711
00:29:53,990 --> 00:29:51,279
budget showing that you can compromise

712
00:29:56,230 --> 00:29:54,000
without capitulating on principle those

713
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:56,240
two worked and led the way we in

714
00:30:01,669 --> 00:29:58,799
maryland had the very able help of chris

715
00:30:03,830 --> 00:30:01,679
van hollen who was the vice chair of the

716
00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:03,840
budget committee they gave us the

717
00:30:09,430 --> 00:30:06,080
framework they were able to cancel

718
00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:09,440
sequester then it came to appropriations

719
00:30:15,269 --> 00:30:12,559
senator richard shelby another devoted

720
00:30:17,990 --> 00:30:15,279
advocate of america's space program and

721
00:30:20,149 --> 00:30:18,000
i went to work with the house they said

722
00:30:22,549 --> 00:30:20,159
it couldn't be done we'll pass some

723
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:22,559
things like defense but the others will

724
00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:26,000
put into a cr a continuing resolution

725
00:30:31,510 --> 00:30:29,440
that would have frozen you at 2013

726
00:30:33,990 --> 00:30:31,520
post sequester levels

727
00:30:36,549 --> 00:30:34,000
that would have been a disaster no

728
00:30:37,909 --> 00:30:36,559
matter how able the administration no

729
00:30:43,350 --> 00:30:37,919
matter how

730
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:43,360
faithful the employees it still would

731
00:30:48,549 --> 00:30:46,640
have been so spartan and so skimpy that

732
00:30:50,789 --> 00:30:48,559
we would not have been able to do what

733
00:30:53,590 --> 00:30:50,799
we needed to do but we were able to go

734
00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:53,600
to work and we did show that we could

735
00:30:58,070 --> 00:30:55,520
compromise on

736
00:31:02,070 --> 00:30:58,080
certain line items even with certain

737
00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:02,080
riders i faced 134 poison pill riders

738
00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:04,559
when i went into negotiation but at the

739
00:31:09,590 --> 00:31:07,120
end we were able to get it done and what

740
00:31:11,430 --> 00:31:09,600
does getting it done mean

741
00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:11,440
we will fund

742
00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:13,640
nasa at

743
00:31:18,190 --> 00:31:16,960
17.65 billion dollars the james webb

744
00:31:22,310 --> 00:31:18,200
will get

745
00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:22,320
658 million dollars 23 million dollars

746
00:31:27,830 --> 00:31:26,000
more than fiscal 13 but most of all for

747
00:31:31,350 --> 00:31:27,840
the nasa employees and for the

748
00:31:33,509 --> 00:31:31,360
contractors we won't face sequester we

749
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:33,519
will actually have certainty in the

750
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:36,799
budget so that we can plan we can test

751
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:39,200
and we can execute and we did that

752
00:31:46,149 --> 00:31:42,640
because we are so proud of you

753
00:31:49,669 --> 00:31:46,159
for this lack so that for that where we

754
00:31:53,590 --> 00:31:49,679
know that 2013 was indeed a tumultuous

755
00:31:55,830 --> 00:31:53,600
year 97 percent of nasa's workforce went

756
00:31:58,870 --> 00:31:55,840
through furloughs halting research

757
00:32:01,590 --> 00:31:58,880
projects causing delays and testing

758
00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:01,600
now we feel that we are on track we have

759
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:03,760
so much faith in you and that's how we

760
00:32:08,070 --> 00:32:06,320
would round it we have

761
00:32:10,149 --> 00:32:08,080
the right stuff

762
00:32:13,750 --> 00:32:10,159
so much is said about america's

763
00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:13,760
exceptionalism our exceptionalism lies

764
00:32:20,070 --> 00:32:17,679
in science technology discovery that's

765
00:32:23,029 --> 00:32:20,080
who we are it's in it's not only

766
00:32:25,269 --> 00:32:23,039
financial entrepreneurship which is yes

767
00:32:26,870 --> 00:32:25,279
the hallmark of our country but it's

768
00:32:29,029 --> 00:32:26,880
intellectual

769
00:32:31,430 --> 00:32:29,039
entrepreneurship and working with great

770
00:32:33,110 --> 00:32:31,440
partners like one of the most wonderful

771
00:32:35,669 --> 00:32:33,120
neighbors you could have in the world

772
00:32:40,389 --> 00:32:35,679
the canadians and i think the canadians

773
00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:43,350
so to our space mountain today we say

774
00:32:48,070 --> 00:32:45,200
hello to you

775
00:32:49,990 --> 00:32:48,080
so i'm happy to be here at nasa today

776
00:32:52,149 --> 00:32:50,000
because this is the latest piece of the

777
00:32:55,430 --> 00:32:52,159
puzzle bringing important instruments

778
00:32:57,990 --> 00:32:55,440
and mirrors to goddard when completed

779
00:32:59,509 --> 00:32:58,000
this new telescope will

780
00:33:00,630 --> 00:32:59,519
absolutely

781
00:33:03,509 --> 00:33:00,640
secure

782
00:33:06,950 --> 00:33:03,519
our lead in astronomy i think for the

783
00:33:10,070 --> 00:33:06,960
next 50 years inspiring generations of

784
00:33:12,470 --> 00:33:10,080
star gazers and scientists for all the

785
00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:12,480
groundbreaking that hubble did for the

786
00:33:17,509 --> 00:33:14,480
rewriting of all the scientific

787
00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:17,519
textbooks that hubble did the fact is

788
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:20,320
that james webb with its 18 high-tech

789
00:33:24,950 --> 00:33:22,720
mirrors and four advanced scientific

790
00:33:28,149 --> 00:33:24,960
instruments will even be far more

791
00:33:31,029 --> 00:33:28,159
superior and even 50 and 100 years from

792
00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:31,039
now they'll be writing books about what

793
00:33:36,870 --> 00:33:34,480
the hubble did and what james webb does

794
00:33:40,230 --> 00:33:36,880
we're very proud of what is going to

795
00:33:42,789 --> 00:33:40,240
happen here so much has happened already

796
00:33:45,269 --> 00:33:42,799
the fact that all the parts are here

797
00:33:48,070 --> 00:33:45,279
that it's actually happening that we

798
00:33:52,549 --> 00:33:48,080
actually saw on our virtual tour

799
00:33:55,669 --> 00:33:52,559
the whole process going the next step is

800
00:33:58,149 --> 00:33:55,679
why we work so hard and i said when i

801
00:34:00,310 --> 00:33:58,159
was at the space telescope institute

802
00:34:02,630 --> 00:34:00,320
what is so phenomenal about what we will

803
00:34:04,470 --> 00:34:02,640
do and working with our international

804
00:34:07,029 --> 00:34:04,480
partners is that a lot of our

805
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:07,039
information our information and our

806
00:34:13,109 --> 00:34:10,159
knowledge will give away

807
00:34:16,310 --> 00:34:13,119
a big nation

808
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:16,320
can build a telescope a rich nation can

809
00:34:22,550 --> 00:34:19,200
build a telescope but it's only a great

810
00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:22,560
nation that shares that information that

811
00:34:28,629 --> 00:34:25,440
knowledge that know-how with the world

812
00:34:30,629 --> 00:34:28,639
this is why i'm so proud of what you do

813
00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:30,639
and how united states of america will

814
00:34:35,669 --> 00:34:33,200
lead the way but in leading the way we

815
00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:35,679
do it with others and i believe that

816
00:34:41,349 --> 00:34:38,720
we'll look back on this milestone as one

817
00:34:44,629 --> 00:34:41,359
of the great benchmarks so good luck to

818
00:34:47,270 --> 00:34:44,639
all of you who are going to test verify

819
00:35:03,190 --> 00:34:47,280
and move it on and may the force

820
00:35:07,589 --> 00:35:05,349
well you know it's it's always difficult

821
00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:07,599
to follow charlie but it's impossible to

822
00:35:11,829 --> 00:35:09,520
follow senator mikulski

823
00:35:15,589 --> 00:35:13,750
i'll be closing this out but and give

824
00:35:17,829 --> 00:35:15,599
some logistics in a moment but before i

825
00:35:19,109 --> 00:35:17,839
do that i really want to thank

826
00:35:22,470 --> 00:35:19,119
administrator bolden and senator

827
00:35:25,829 --> 00:35:22,480
mikulski for being with us here today

828
00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:25,839
as you can see and as you heard we have

829
00:35:31,990 --> 00:35:28,480
two fantastic supporters

830
00:35:34,310 --> 00:35:32,000
in the highest places in government and

831
00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:34,320
really we couldn't do it without them uh

832
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:35,440
you know i

833
00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:37,520
i've been in this job for two years and

834
00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:39,200
and i've been in another job for a

835
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:41,440
little longer than that with charlie

836
00:35:45,670 --> 00:35:43,359
and have had the opportunity to watch

837
00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:45,680
you know how the government works

838
00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:48,320
and and how this center works and i have

839
00:35:51,990 --> 00:35:49,760
to tell you the center is one of the

840
00:35:54,550 --> 00:35:52,000
best there is i know we can build this

841
00:35:56,390 --> 00:35:54,560
telescope i know we'll do a great job

842
00:35:58,870 --> 00:35:56,400
and i know with the support that we have

843
00:35:59,750 --> 00:35:58,880
from from senator mikulski

844
00:36:05,270 --> 00:35:59,760
that

845
00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:05,280
need to make it happen if we do our job

846
00:36:09,430 --> 00:36:07,760
so we'll continue to do our job senator

847
00:36:10,790 --> 00:36:09,440
and we'll make you a great telescope and

848
00:36:12,310 --> 00:36:10,800
we'll keep that

849
00:36:14,310 --> 00:36:12,320
centuries centuries-long

850
00:36:16,630 --> 00:36:14,320
history of hubble and

851
00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:16,640
jwst to it

852
00:36:19,910 --> 00:36:18,720
so now i have to do logistics and this

853
00:36:21,990 --> 00:36:19,920
is where i have to read again and i'm

854
00:36:23,270 --> 00:36:22,000
not very good at reading okay

855
00:36:25,030 --> 00:36:23,280
so

856
00:36:27,670 --> 00:36:25,040
what we're going to do

857
00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:27,680
is people in the front row will come up

858
00:36:32,950 --> 00:36:29,760
here and we'll do a photo op with the

859
00:36:35,270 --> 00:36:32,960
senator and and the administrator

860
00:36:37,349 --> 00:36:35,280
the press will take you into the back

861
00:36:38,870 --> 00:36:37,359
and uh after the photo op we'll come

862
00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:38,880
back and meet with you

863
00:36:41,589 --> 00:36:40,720
to do uh some

864
00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:41,599
some

865
00:36:45,510 --> 00:36:44,240
opportunities there to ask questions of

866
00:36:47,430 --> 00:36:45,520
of us

867
00:36:48,310 --> 00:36:47,440
so that should take just uh just a few

868
00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:48,320
minutes

869
00:36:52,870 --> 00:36:50,320
so with that thank you all very much for

870
00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:52,880
being here today and

871
00:36:56,950 --> 00:36:55,040
go off and enjoy the day stay as dry as