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hello there 156 center closing center

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go ahead and execute startup script red

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go ahead and turn on the hydraulic pump

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to low pressure on low ready to run the

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spectrum we're ready 54 000 pound upload

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needles are up early now

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my condition

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commanding goes here

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area surfaces of 3000 feet

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three times the rate they normally do

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christchurch is certainly a big part of

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the answer both because you have really

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good weather here this time of year and

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you have some really nice objects in the

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i'm personally excited about having

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dream chaser here at dryden

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i can't think of a better place to be

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testing a vehicle like this than

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bringing it right out here to the

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edwards dry lake bed which is very

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historic in its own right

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i have enormous affection for this place

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it's people and it's vision for the

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future of the world of flight and i

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believe that whenever i have the

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privilege of visiting here again and

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years ahead and ask someone

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there'll always be something

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ladies and gentlemen can i please have

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you stand for the presentation of colors

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by the air force edwards air force honor

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can you see

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and the rockets

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the bombs bursting

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gave proof

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through the night

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that our flag was still there

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thank you the national anthem this

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morning was performed by kaylee

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armstrong granddaughter of neil

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armstrong

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accompanied by taylor sullivan thank you

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good morning i'm david mcbride center

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before we get started this moment i'd

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ask for a moment of silence for one of

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our lost heroes

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bill dana one of our inspirations our

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friend and a friend and colleague of

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neil armstrong passed away this past

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bill's presence is terribly missed but

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his memory and legacy continues with us

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here today

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welcome and thank you for being with us

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today at the outset i'd like to

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introduce and welcome our special guest

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welcome to the dryden family eric dryden

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hugh dryden's grandson with his wife

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lisa and their children logan matthew

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the armstrong family miss janet

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armstrong she was part of the exciting

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next 15 years here at the center with

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neil armstrong's sons rick and mark

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armstrong mark's wife wendy and their

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neil's sister june and her husband jack

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and our special guest grace walker

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weissman and the joe walker family

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miss judy dana

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sabring welcome to our distinguished

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guest u.s representative the honorable

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kevin mccarthy of california's 23rd

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maybe like i'll go to the end and we'll

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do one one applause

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representing representing u.s senator

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dianne feinstein miss elizabeth delgado

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california state senator steve knight of

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the 21st district

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nasa administrator

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nasa's chief technologist david miller

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associate administrator of small office

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business programs glen delgado

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and the nasa ames deputy center director

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locally palmdale mayor jim ledford to

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hatchback mayor phil smith and vice

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deputy to l.a county supervisor michael

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antonovic mr norm hinckley

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and from the center from the edwards air

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force base community general michael

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brewer commander 412 test wing colonel

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paul meyer vice commander air force test

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center colonel lars hoffman commander

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u.s air force test pilot school in the

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antelope valley board of trade

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we are here today to celebrate and honor

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the designation of our center is the

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nasa neil a armstrong flight research

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center and the western aeronautical test

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range at the huel dryden aeronautical

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test range

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this designation is the result of

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congressional resolution 667 championed

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by the antelope valley board of trade

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and authored by our congressman kevin

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mccarthy and signed into law by

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president obama

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public law 11375 in january of this year

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administrator bolden director directed

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that we implement the name change effect

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of march 1st

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we're here to honor the contributions of

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two men that had significant roles in

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placing america as a preeminent world

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leader in aerospace

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both men provided inspiration in their

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actions and in their contributions to

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the state and place of aerospace in the

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nation today

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as long as history is written both men

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and their contributions to aeronautics

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aerospace and exploration will be

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remembered and recalled

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while we are changing our name we will

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continue to honor the legacy of huel

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space age and remains one of the world's

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pivotal figures in both aeronautics and

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space flight

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dr dryden when asked about the value of

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flight research with respect to the x-15

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program stated that the purpose is to

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separate the real from the imagine

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and make known the overlooked and

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unexpected to that end our center

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vision will remain to separate the real

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from the imagine through flight

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and our mission will remain advancing

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technology and science through flight we

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will maintain and recommit to the

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agency's vision and mission researching

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for new heights and revealing the

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unknown for the benefit of humankind and

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driving advances in science technology

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and space exploration to enhance

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knowledge education innovation economic

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vitality and stewardship of earth

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our core values never change safety

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excellence teamwork and integrity in all

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it is now my pleasure to introduce

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california state senator steve knight

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representing the 21st district

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steve grew up here on the base and is no

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well it is my distinct pleasure to be

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here you know you can't drive across the

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lake bed without getting a smile on your

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face or a tear in your eye

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i have a little bit of history out here

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and i wanted to introduce someone who's

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we have colonel larry hoffman here who's

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one of my dearest friends i grew up with

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him out in edwards air force base united

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states air force test pilot school

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commandant here with his wife jill

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we know a little bit about growing up at

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edwards just like the armstrong family

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did and the walker family and mccabe

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family and the dana family

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this is where history is made

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i'm going to use a line my father

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made in 1997 on the 30th anniversary of

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his flight and the 50th anniversary of

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jaeger's flight

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was these are the good old days today i

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think people believe that things happen

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in the 50s and 60s and nothing happens

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anymore and he was saying these are the

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good old days edwards is where it

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nobody

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exemplifies that more than neil

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armstrong from what he did in

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probably one of the most successful

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platforms that nasa's ever had

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to his one small step

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neil armstrong

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and i say that not lightly

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what we did in the 60s and what he

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put us on the map it showed what

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american ingenuity is and it showed what

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thank you and thank you to uh

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congressman mccarthy for making this

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this uh this exemplifies this area

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and uh and i appreciate everything that

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i would like to offer a resolution from

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the california state senate

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in honor of the neil a armstrong flight

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research center

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and i think that it is fitting that we

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name this after

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an x-15 pilot

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all those x-15 pilots

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but uh also for someone who took that

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small step and that giant leap

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at this time it's my pleasure to

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introduce united states representative

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kevin mccarthy he's our representative

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well thank you very much um i first want

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to thank david

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not only for making this happen today

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but for the leadership of nasa he's

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never forgotten where we come from

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you know he takes the

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legacy of the past and applies it to a

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changing future and that's what we're

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i also want to thank kathy hart for the

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antelope valley board of trade

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they kept this fire burning for nine

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and that takes a great deal of

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responsibility to make happen

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i want to honor that

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charles bolden's here we thank you for

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your work we thank you for what you're

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going to do in the future

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we appreciate you coming here and seeing

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the capabilities that we have as well

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a special thanks to

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state senator steve knight

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you think about the legacy that he knows

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about where he's been and what he

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continues to carry on he's been a great

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part of making this happen

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to be here today it took an act of

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you know what the little sad part i had

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to pass it twice

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we got it through the house one time

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and the senate in the senate wisdom kind

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of ran out of time

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so we passed it again but with

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everything you hear about washington i'm

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very proud to say

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nobody voted against it

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so here today to honor two men

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they're amazing accomplishments

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it's the neil a armstrong

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flight research center

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and the hu drill uh dryden aeronautic

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we all know the history of both men

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but what's most ironic when you sit here

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and think of neil armstrong

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you wonder in somebody's life that they

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well it's not just everybody in america

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but everybody in the world where were

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everybody was watching

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everybody was wondering

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his famous quote but then when he put

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that footstep down

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and he made that footprint on the moon

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the legacy that lasted

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but what we're here today before he put

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that footprint down on the moon he put a

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footprint down right here

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you look at the two

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instruments next to me

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conceptual he was a part of it before we

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even got there

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the 24-hour 2400 hours that he flew

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seven years that he was apart

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but to me that he never forgot where he

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came from

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he knew what he was doing for mankind

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but he also we knew what he was doing

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for everybody else but in that in that

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video that we saw

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i'm very taken by what he said on the

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50th anniversary of 1996

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when he talked about

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he said my years here were wonderful

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years

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dryden was a most unusual place

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it's enormous curiosity

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wonderful intensity

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an unbelievable willingness to attempt

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the impossible here

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if you wonder what our quest is today to

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never lose sight

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to be able to get the quest of the

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impossible

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and that's what we still drive us here

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today

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before neil armstrong was here

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you had you dryden

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think of the accomplishments that he

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made think of the

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history that he put forward

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he helped develop the p51 mustang

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the x-15 aircraft that launched

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when nasa was created in 58 dryden

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that's pioneering that's setting a

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framework so others could propel

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unfortunately passed away of cancer in

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1965 just a few years before he could

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fulfill in the apollo 11 mission but we

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will never forget him

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and today we're here to honor the legacy

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of the two men

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but not just honor them continue that

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footprint for the next generation

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so we could go further

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and continue to lead the entire world

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when it comes to space thank you and god

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at this time i'd like to introduce the

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honorable charles f bolden charlie

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bolden to us administrator of national

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aeronautics and space administration

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his 34-year career with the marine corps

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included 14 years as a member of the

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nasa astronaut office

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after joining the office in 1980 he

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traveled to orbit four times aboard the

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space shuttle between 1986 and 1994

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commanding two of those missions

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charlie was confirmed nasa administrator

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july 2009

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thanks very much david um it's quite a

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pleasure to be here and um

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senator knight thank you very much for

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your comments i we were just

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saying i said you know i didn't realize

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your dad had been an f-15 pilot he said

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oh yes and we have some friends in

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common who uh

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senator knight probably has some real

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good memories like my son reminds me why

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can't i do what you used to do you

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probably say why can't you do what your

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dad used to do is because your dad and

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me and other people we were crazy

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and uh and so we try to keep you all

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from doing the things that we did

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um

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congresswoman mccarthy i cannot thank

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you enough for this entire crowd for

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your tenacity tenacity and really

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leading the charge on bringing us here

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today as you said this took an act of

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congress and

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so be it

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but i i thank you for coming out members

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of the dryden and armstrong family

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thanks to all of you for being here with

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us today this this is your day um i also

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want to take an opportunity to recognize

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one of members of my staff who who was

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overlooked but that's uh associate

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administrator for communications david

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weaver and he plays a very key role

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david raise your at least raise your

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hand yeah and then the other person who

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i don't think left marie where are you

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marie fullerton

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there's marie

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i want to acknowledge the presence of

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marie fullerton the widow of gordon

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fullerton who was uh a mentor of mine

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when i first got to houston in the

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astronaut office and and gordo reed he

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did what what not too many people do and

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what not enough people do uh he left the

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astronaut program came back to his roots

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came back out here out here to to

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edwards and dryden and uh and continued

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his legacy and and

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so marie it's really special to have you

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today it's um i'm joining everyone else

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because it's our opportunity to

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recognize two icons of aerospace

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engineering and excellence

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from hugh dryden's experiences and work

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with airplanes when when the field was

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really in its infancy to neil

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armstrong's work as a test pilot in

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historic footsteps on the moon

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these two tell pioneer field it sustains

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us today in ways that could hardly have

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have been imagined

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hugh dryden was considered an

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aeronautical genius

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who pushed the boundaries of high-speed

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flight beginning in 1931

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dryden's expertise at the national

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advisory committee for aeronautics or

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naca and then nasa established america's

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leadership in space and organized the

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research that led to our first steps in

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space

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his organizational leadership was at the

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root of neil armstrong's most

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spectacular flight achievements from the

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x-15 to his 1969 first footsteps on the

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moon

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if president johnson's eulogy uh in

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president johnson's eulogy for dryden he

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said and i quote hugh dryden's death

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ended nearly 50 years of single-minded

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devotion and effort by one of the most

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distinguished civil servants this

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country has ever known

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beloved by all his associates and

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respected throughout the world dr dryden

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more than any other man led us into the

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age of jet aircraft and space

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exploration

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president obama on the occasion of neil

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armstrong's passing said and i quote

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future generations will draw inspiration

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from his spirit of discovery

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humble composure and pioneering

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leadership in setting a bold new course

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for space exploration

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the imprint he left on the surface of

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the moon and the story of human history

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is matched only by the extraordinary

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mark he left on the hearts of all

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americans unquote

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this wonderful center continues to blaze

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new trails in aeronautics and the

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technologies that support our path to

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mars

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its earth science work has immediate

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value for understanding our changing

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planet

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and it also supports our broader science

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portfolio and the human space flight

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program which even now is reaching for

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new destinations

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i know hugh dryden would have been

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amazed at the range of activities this

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center is involved in now

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neil armstrong would be proud

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to be so intimately connected to this

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center where he served as a research

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pilot from 1955 to 1962 and was part of

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the team that conceptualized and tested

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the lunar landing training vehicle

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neil may be remembered best as an

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astronaut but he never forgot his navy

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roots and naval aviation heritage as he

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lived out his life as an active member

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of the golden eagles

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i cannot think

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of a more appropriate way to honor neil

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who broadened our understanding and

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achievements in aeronautics and space

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exploration

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then to name this center for him where

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he worked at his first passion aviation

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similarly the center's western

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aeronautical test range becomes the huel

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dryden aeronautical test range

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it's a place where the planes of

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tomorrow

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so passionately studied and promoted by

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hugh dryden from his childhood onward

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take flight toward the future

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and i will take the the the i'll take

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the opportunity to

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come off my script here to say something

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about

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uh what this naming means to the

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employees at uh at the dryden test range

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you know up until now uh its name was

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the western flight test range or

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something like that

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uh when i talk to folk out here

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they talk of the excitement of the

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employees at the dryden test range

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and finally being able to identify with

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an american icon and an aviation pioneer

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so that's a big deal for the folk who

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are now at the dryden test range

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both dryden and armstrong you can you

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both dryden and armstrong are pioneers

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whose contributions to nasa and our

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nation are unequaled this renaming is a

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fitting tribute that honors both their

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legacies uh and before i present the

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first montage to the to the dryden

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family i do want to take an opportunity

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to to talk about why we're here

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and why hugh dryden and neil armstrong

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came here they weren't thinking about

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themselves they weren't even thinking

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about that day

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they were thinking about the distant

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future

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and uh

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you know eric

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thank you for representing your family

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and i know you're going to come up in a

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moment but but i want to thank you for

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bringing you know logan matthew and

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tristan out to

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to have an opportunity to be here to

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celebrate

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their great granddad this is a big deal

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guys

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i know i i asked i think now let me see

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you're

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matthew

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what brings you out here today and i

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didn't know who he was

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and he was really quiet he didn't say

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anything i said yeah i know your mom

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said you had to come he said yeah

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well matthew this is why your mom said

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you have to come because this is a big

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day for the dryden family so thanks very

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much for listening to your mom uh logan

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and tristan thanks to you all for

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listening to your mom and being here uh

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thanks to all of you in the dryden

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family and now i'd like to present a

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montage to the dryden family uh with the

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signed bill uh that that senator

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yeah you never know uh

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and let me tell you that was not a plug

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that was not in anything because i i get

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in big trouble if i do that so that was

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a slip

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but eric if you would come up right now

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i'd like to make a presentation to you

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well i'd like to thank

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the administrator and all of nasa for

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inviting our family here

566
00:30:13,830 --> 00:30:12,080
we certainly have enjoyed uh spending

567
00:30:15,909 --> 00:30:13,840
the day with the armstrong family

568
00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:15,919
yesterday and touring this amazing

569
00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:18,320
facility uh

570
00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:19,840
i've never been here before i was too

571
00:30:24,950 --> 00:30:22,000
young when the first dedication

572
00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:24,960
ceremony took place

573
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:26,960
it has been an absolute honor

574
00:30:30,310 --> 00:30:27,919
to

575
00:30:32,549 --> 00:30:30,320
share the dryden name

576
00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:32,559
with this amazing test facility

577
00:30:35,830 --> 00:30:34,720
and all of the employees here at nasa

578
00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:35,840
for the

579
00:30:39,830 --> 00:30:37,679
past 38 years

580
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:39,840
i knew my grandfather for

581
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:43,919
five months before he passed away

582
00:30:46,870 --> 00:30:45,520
i do know that he would be extremely

583
00:30:49,190 --> 00:30:46,880
proud

584
00:30:51,430 --> 00:30:49,200
and honored to

585
00:30:55,430 --> 00:30:51,440
pass the torch so to speak

586
00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:55,440
to an amazing engineer test pilot

587
00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:56,880
astronaut

588
00:31:01,430 --> 00:30:58,320
a true

589
00:31:03,190 --> 00:31:01,440
aerospace pioneer neil armstrong thank

590
00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:03,200
you very much for allowing us to share

591
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:15,590
eric thanks very much for your remarks

592
00:31:18,870 --> 00:31:16,640
and

593
00:31:20,230 --> 00:31:18,880
as i get ready to move to the to the

594
00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:20,240
armstrong family

595
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:22,000
kelly i want to thank you again you know

596
00:31:27,190 --> 00:31:23,679
kaylee and i were together in anacortes

597
00:31:29,110 --> 00:31:27,200
washington jesus a month or two ago

598
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:29,120
uh when kaylee also sang the national

599
00:31:35,350 --> 00:31:32,240
anthem at the at the christening of of

600
00:31:36,950 --> 00:31:35,360
uh a naval research vessel named for her

601
00:31:39,830 --> 00:31:36,960
dad and it was at that time that i

602
00:31:41,669 --> 00:31:39,840
learned of her incredible voice

603
00:31:44,230 --> 00:31:41,679
and it was even better today so i know

604
00:31:46,470 --> 00:31:44,240
you're i was watching your father beam

605
00:31:48,230 --> 00:31:46,480
uh with pride as you saying they

606
00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:48,240
sometimes she told me they sing together

607
00:31:52,230 --> 00:31:50,640
i think she got it from him so so kaylee

608
00:31:54,630 --> 00:31:52,240
thank you very much

609
00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:54,640
i um i i'm gonna sort of close out

610
00:31:58,549 --> 00:31:56,080
because i have a letter from president

611
00:32:00,389 --> 00:31:58,559
obama commemorating this occasion and

612
00:32:02,310 --> 00:32:00,399
the contributions of these two men to

613
00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:02,320
our national life that i'd like to read

614
00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:04,640
now and um and

615
00:32:07,269 --> 00:32:06,000
the letter is actually on one of the

616
00:32:09,909 --> 00:32:07,279
plaques i'm going to present so i'm

617
00:32:11,350 --> 00:32:09,919
reading from that from my paper

618
00:32:13,269 --> 00:32:11,360
and i quote

619
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:13,279
i extend my warmest wishes to the

620
00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:15,840
armstrong family and all those gathered

621
00:32:19,750 --> 00:32:17,840
at the ul dryden flight research center

622
00:32:21,990 --> 00:32:19,760
in edwards california

623
00:32:24,230 --> 00:32:22,000
as as it becomes the neil a armstrong

624
00:32:26,149 --> 00:32:24,240
flight research center with one small

625
00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:26,159
step neil armstrong captured the hope

626
00:32:31,269 --> 00:32:28,320
and resolve of our nation making a

627
00:32:33,669 --> 00:32:31,279
historic milestone for mankind he helped

628
00:32:35,990 --> 00:32:33,679
renew america's commitment to innovation

629
00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:36,000
and exploration as he and his colleagues

630
00:32:39,430 --> 00:32:38,000
at nasa pushed the very boundaries of

631
00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:39,440
science in space

632
00:32:43,909 --> 00:32:41,440
they showed us that anything is possible

633
00:32:45,990 --> 00:32:43,919
with enough drive and imagination and

634
00:32:47,190 --> 00:32:46,000
that the sky is no limit for what we can

635
00:32:49,110 --> 00:32:47,200
achieve

636
00:32:51,350 --> 00:32:49,120
a true american hero

637
00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:51,360
kneel reflected the best of our nation's

638
00:32:55,110 --> 00:32:52,320
spirit

639
00:32:57,110 --> 00:32:55,120
not only in space but also here on earth

640
00:32:59,350 --> 00:32:57,120
he served with uneven unwavering

641
00:33:02,389 --> 00:32:59,360
patriotism in the korean war and applied

642
00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:02,399
his talents to public service at nasa

643
00:33:07,269 --> 00:33:04,480
his leadership in business and academia

644
00:33:09,430 --> 00:33:07,279
empowered so many to use science as a

645
00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:09,440
means to reach their dreams and his

646
00:33:14,789 --> 00:33:11,600
powerful example continues to challenge

647
00:33:16,710 --> 00:33:14,799
us all to set our sights on new horizons

648
00:33:18,950 --> 00:33:16,720
i was pleased to sign into law the

649
00:33:21,269 --> 00:33:18,960
legislation that renamed this special

650
00:33:24,230 --> 00:33:21,279
facility where neil armstrong once

651
00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:24,240
worked in his honor and i am pleased to

652
00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:25,760
join in celebrating the legacy of

653
00:33:30,710 --> 00:33:28,320
another aerospace icon who paved the way

654
00:33:32,870 --> 00:33:30,720
for neal and so many others as the

655
00:33:35,350 --> 00:33:32,880
western aeronautical test range recently

656
00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:35,360
became the hugh l dryden aeronautical

657
00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:38,320
test range congratulations to the entire

658
00:33:43,990 --> 00:33:41,360
armstrong family may this rededication

659
00:33:46,710 --> 00:33:44,000
rededicated center inspire all those

660
00:33:49,190 --> 00:33:46,720
committed to reaching ever higher sign

661
00:33:51,669 --> 00:33:49,200
barack obama now i'd like to present

662
00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:51,679
this montage to the armstrong family

663
00:33:54,549 --> 00:33:53,200
with the president's signed letter and

664
00:33:56,470 --> 00:33:54,559
rick and mark i think both of you are

665
00:34:41,190 --> 00:33:56,480
going to come up they're going to do a

666
00:34:45,829 --> 00:34:43,669
we're grateful to be here today

667
00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:45,839
in the celebration with administrator

668
00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:47,520
bolden

669
00:34:52,389 --> 00:34:50,320
distinguished members of government

670
00:34:53,829 --> 00:34:52,399
and the families of dryden

671
00:34:55,349 --> 00:34:53,839
and thompson

672
00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:55,359
and walker

673
00:34:58,950 --> 00:34:56,800
and fullerton

674
00:35:03,190 --> 00:34:58,960
and dana

675
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:03,200
and so many others past and present

676
00:35:07,030 --> 00:35:05,200
that make this flight research center

677
00:35:09,109 --> 00:35:07,040
the inspiring place

678
00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:09,119
that it has been

679
00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:17,829
in 1939

680
00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:19,760
a brilliant mathematician and

681
00:35:23,829 --> 00:35:22,240
aerodynamics researcher by the name of

682
00:35:26,390 --> 00:35:23,839
hugh dryden

683
00:35:29,990 --> 00:35:26,400
became a member of the national advisory

684
00:35:32,550 --> 00:35:30,000
committee for aeronautics

685
00:35:34,630 --> 00:35:32,560
about the same time

686
00:35:37,109 --> 00:35:34,640
that a young boy from ohio

687
00:35:39,829 --> 00:35:37,119
was learning to build model airplanes

688
00:35:42,630 --> 00:35:39,839
out of paper and balsa wood

689
00:35:44,470 --> 00:35:42,640
and using an x-acto knife

690
00:35:47,430 --> 00:35:44,480
to make small alterations in the

691
00:35:53,030 --> 00:35:49,829
from that time onward

692
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:53,040
both shared the same goal

693
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:56,160
to design airplanes that would go higher

694
00:36:01,990 --> 00:35:57,599
and faster

695
00:36:07,510 --> 00:36:05,109
hugh helped to create and define

696
00:36:09,990 --> 00:36:07,520
this amazing place

697
00:36:11,910 --> 00:36:10,000
a center for excellence

698
00:36:15,190 --> 00:36:11,920
where the where this sort of flight

699
00:36:18,069 --> 00:36:15,200
research could be achieved

700
00:36:19,990 --> 00:36:18,079
but he would need pilots

701
00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:20,000
meanwhile

702
00:36:24,470 --> 00:36:21,920
neil came to the conclusion

703
00:36:27,270 --> 00:36:24,480
that he would need to become a pilot

704
00:36:30,550 --> 00:36:27,280
to really understand how to design a

705
00:36:35,510 --> 00:36:33,910
so you see it is right and good

706
00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:35,520
that these two men

707
00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:42,790
may this center flourish

708
00:36:45,990 --> 00:36:44,880
as long as we have the dreams to fly

709
00:36:48,470 --> 00:36:46,000
faster

710
00:36:50,470 --> 00:36:48,480
and farther than ever before

711
00:37:13,349 --> 00:36:50,480
and to make real

712
00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:14,950
on behalf of the family

713
00:37:18,710 --> 00:37:16,720
i would like to thank you all for very

714
00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:18,720
much for coming out to the desert this

715
00:37:22,550 --> 00:37:20,160
morning

716
00:37:25,349 --> 00:37:22,560
the renaming of this facility to the

717
00:37:27,670 --> 00:37:25,359
nasa armstrong flight research center

718
00:37:31,510 --> 00:37:27,680
touches directly on two of dad's

719
00:37:32,950 --> 00:37:31,520
passions flying and engineering

720
00:37:34,950 --> 00:37:32,960
if you could have just worked a golf

721
00:37:39,670 --> 00:37:34,960
course in there somewhere

722
00:37:42,630 --> 00:37:41,829
in preparation for this event i've been

723
00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:42,640
uh

724
00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:44,720
reading a few books on the work that

725
00:37:49,109 --> 00:37:47,200
went on here back in the day

726
00:37:50,710 --> 00:37:49,119
one phrase i've encountered a number of

727
00:37:52,550 --> 00:37:50,720
times was

728
00:37:55,430 --> 00:37:52,560
has to do with an airplane that has a

729
00:37:57,430 --> 00:37:55,440
low lift drag ratio

730
00:37:59,829 --> 00:37:57,440
and i remembered something from when i

731
00:38:03,030 --> 00:37:59,839
was about 10.

732
00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:03,040
on dad's desk in our house in houston

733
00:38:06,470 --> 00:38:05,040
sitting amongst the various airplane

734
00:38:09,589 --> 00:38:06,480
models

735
00:38:11,349 --> 00:38:09,599
was a white block on a stand

736
00:38:14,630 --> 00:38:11,359
it had two little rectangles sticking

737
00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:14,640
out of the side kind of like wings

738
00:38:22,150 --> 00:38:19,270
on the on the end of the

739
00:38:25,349 --> 00:38:22,160
of the block were the letters l slash d

740
00:38:28,950 --> 00:38:27,349
i asked him what that meant

741
00:38:33,910 --> 00:38:28,960
and he said

742
00:38:37,109 --> 00:38:35,990
that explanation made no sense to me at

743
00:38:40,950 --> 00:38:37,119
the time

744
00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:43,670
of course dad is typically thought of

745
00:38:48,069 --> 00:38:46,000
as a pilot and an astronaut but as he

746
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:48,079
has said on a number of times

747
00:38:54,470 --> 00:38:52,160
he considered himself an engineer first

748
00:38:56,470 --> 00:38:54,480
in one speech he said

749
00:38:59,510 --> 00:38:56,480
science is about what is

750
00:39:01,589 --> 00:38:59,520
engineering is about what can be

751
00:39:03,829 --> 00:39:01,599
i can assure you that he applied that

752
00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:03,839
engineering methodology to many things

753
00:39:07,750 --> 00:39:05,760
in his life

754
00:39:10,790 --> 00:39:07,760
for example

755
00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:10,800
when we lived up in juniper hills

756
00:39:15,829 --> 00:39:12,800
there are a number of stories about dad

757
00:39:17,910 --> 00:39:15,839
and his various cars

758
00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:17,920
one in particular has to do with the 47

759
00:39:22,069 --> 00:39:20,320
dodge that he found broken down by the

760
00:39:23,510 --> 00:39:22,079
side of the road

761
00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:23,520
it turned out that it belonged to

762
00:39:28,390 --> 00:39:25,760
someone here on the base and he found

763
00:39:30,470 --> 00:39:28,400
him and bought it for fifty dollars

764
00:39:32,950 --> 00:39:30,480
he intended to rebuild the engine and

765
00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:32,960
used it to carpool to work

766
00:39:36,390 --> 00:39:35,040
it was a good plan

767
00:39:37,910 --> 00:39:36,400
however

768
00:39:39,349 --> 00:39:37,920
according to my mom

769
00:39:43,349 --> 00:39:39,359
dad didn't really know much about

770
00:39:46,710 --> 00:39:44,870
perhaps he thought that he was an

771
00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:46,720
engineer and

772
00:40:04,630 --> 00:39:51,270
he

773
00:40:07,910 --> 00:40:04,640
newspaper

774
00:40:11,510 --> 00:40:07,920
on the floor in our house

775
00:40:12,790 --> 00:40:11,520
in the order that they came off

776
00:40:15,589 --> 00:40:12,800
that way he knew how to put it back

777
00:40:19,829 --> 00:40:17,510
no problem well

778
00:40:21,430 --> 00:40:19,839
it was a pretty small house

779
00:40:22,309 --> 00:40:21,440
it's more of a cabin

780
00:40:26,870 --> 00:40:22,319
and

781
00:40:31,990 --> 00:40:29,670
think things on the floor yeah

782
00:40:33,349 --> 00:40:32,000
i have no doubt that i was admonished

783
00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:33,359
frequently

784
00:40:37,990 --> 00:40:36,240
not to touch anything because if i the

785
00:40:40,069 --> 00:40:38,000
parts got out of order and all that was

786
00:40:41,589 --> 00:40:40,079
going to be bad

787
00:40:45,030 --> 00:40:41,599
to this day

788
00:40:49,190 --> 00:40:45,040
if i see something on a towel

789
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:53,910
even if i put it there

790
00:40:57,670 --> 00:40:55,750
how long did this whole operation take

791
00:40:59,750 --> 00:40:57,680
you might have

792
00:41:02,309 --> 00:40:59,760
about a year

793
00:41:04,390 --> 00:41:02,319
so that might qualify as a miracle

794
00:41:06,390 --> 00:41:04,400
as far as i'm concerned or maybe it's

795
00:41:10,550 --> 00:41:06,400
just another example of looking at

796
00:41:14,390 --> 00:41:12,390
as you saw in the clip dad liked to come

797
00:41:15,510 --> 00:41:14,400
here now and then and just hang out and

798
00:41:18,069 --> 00:41:15,520
talk about

799
00:41:20,470 --> 00:41:18,079
what was what was going on what was new

800
00:41:23,670 --> 00:41:20,480
and i like to think with this renaming

801
00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:23,680
that it will be even easier for him to

802
00:41:27,990 --> 00:41:25,680
keep track of what's going on in the

803
00:41:30,309 --> 00:41:28,000
world of flight research

804
00:41:32,150 --> 00:41:30,319
i also hope it will inspire others

805
00:41:35,109 --> 00:41:32,160
particularly young people

806
00:41:37,910 --> 00:41:35,119
to want to learn more about the stem

807
00:41:40,069 --> 00:41:37,920
fields so that one day they can achieve

808
00:41:42,710 --> 00:41:40,079
great things just as those here at the

809
00:41:45,829 --> 00:41:42,720
flight research center have been doing

810
00:41:49,910 --> 00:41:46,829
i'd like to

811
00:41:52,069 --> 00:41:49,920
close with this a year or so ago i was

812
00:41:54,390 --> 00:41:52,079
talking with my with my daughter about

813
00:41:55,750 --> 00:41:54,400
dad she was about 12.

814
00:41:57,190 --> 00:41:55,760
and she said

815
00:41:58,870 --> 00:41:57,200
you know one thing i remember about

816
00:42:01,190 --> 00:41:58,880
grandpa neil

817
00:42:03,990 --> 00:42:01,200
every time an airplane flew over he

818
00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:04,000
would look up at it

819
00:42:31,190 --> 00:42:29,270
thank you thank you to

820
00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:31,200
senator knight congressman mccarthy

821
00:42:34,470 --> 00:42:33,520
general bolden the armstrong and dryden

822
00:42:36,150 --> 00:42:34,480
families

823
00:42:38,630 --> 00:42:36,160
also want to take a moment to thank

824
00:42:39,910 --> 00:42:38,640
another group the air force museum they

825
00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:39,920
went through a lot of effort to get the

826
00:42:45,109 --> 00:42:42,880
replica x-15 put together for this event

827
00:42:52,150 --> 00:42:45,119
so thank you to their efforts and the

828
00:42:56,630 --> 00:42:54,069
like our air force counterparts at murak

829
00:42:58,470 --> 00:42:56,640
and later edwards air force base

830
00:43:01,349 --> 00:42:58,480
through the years this place this center

831
00:43:03,990 --> 00:43:01,359
has gone through many many name changes

832
00:43:06,069 --> 00:43:04,000
it was founded as the national national

833
00:43:08,470 --> 00:43:06,079
advisory committee for aeronautics naca

834
00:43:10,470 --> 00:43:08,480
langley memorial laboratory murak field

835
00:43:12,309 --> 00:43:10,480
unit in 1946

836
00:43:14,069 --> 00:43:12,319
this was langley's high-speed flight

837
00:43:16,309 --> 00:43:14,079
station fueled to advance the

838
00:43:18,630 --> 00:43:16,319
postulation that man could in fact

839
00:43:20,069 --> 00:43:18,640
travel faster than the speed of sound

840
00:43:22,150 --> 00:43:20,079
since that time

841
00:43:24,150 --> 00:43:22,160
we've been called for naca the murak

842
00:43:26,390 --> 00:43:24,160
blight test unit the high speed plate

843
00:43:27,349 --> 00:43:26,400
research station the high-speed flight

844
00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:27,359
station

845
00:43:31,030 --> 00:43:29,200
after the establishment of nasa we were

846
00:43:33,589 --> 00:43:31,040
called the flight research center in

847
00:43:36,470 --> 00:43:33,599
1976 we were very honored to be named

848
00:43:39,030 --> 00:43:36,480
the ql dryden flight research center

849
00:43:41,190 --> 00:43:39,040
subsequently the ames research center ul

850
00:43:42,950 --> 00:43:41,200
dryden flight research facility

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back to the huel dryden flight research

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center and now we are honored to be

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called the neil a armstrong flight

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research center

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this change is an immense honor for the

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center

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neil armstrong was the first man to

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stand on the moon he was also an

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engineer a research test pilot

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at this center for naca and nasa

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throughout our history with naca and

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nasa are ties to the agency and name of

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change but throughout all the changes

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the work we do remains consistent

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we feel fulfill a national need for our

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capabilities and competencies our role

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throughout the our history is and has

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been the integration of complex flight

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systems in their safe test and flight

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operations though we've diversified from

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our traditional aeronautics base the

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work we continue to do in science and

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space exploration utilizes our abilities

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to understand the problem and its

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connection to flight and understand the

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vehicle and to safely clear the envelope

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so to you in the back the employees of

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dryden and now the armstrong team

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we have the ability to make complex

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systems work safely and that will not

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change

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the successful completion of our mission

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requires all of you working as a in a

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coordinated manner

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pilots and engineers mechanics and

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technicians administrative finance

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facilities legal acquisition security

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and communications it requires all of

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you

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to fulfill our mission

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so to you the current employees

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of armstrong its retired alumni

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and the future

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employees whose careers have not yet

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begun

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you will be remembered for the

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contributions to the advancement of

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aerospace and our care for the planet

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earth and our exploration for the solar

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system of beyond your contributions and

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impacts will be felt now is the time for

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change and now is the time to commit to

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our existing vision missions and values

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we fly

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we explore we measure we reveal and we

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discover the overlooked and unexpected

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for the benefit of the nation and for

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at this time i'd like to invite everyone

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to join us outside out in front of the

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building 4 800. we'll have a flyby and a

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commemorative unveiling of our new sign

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if you'll

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leave through the the doors to your

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right came in come leave the way you

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came in and gather out front in front of

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the white x1e

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be careful on the on the loose rocks