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hello i'm navy captain butch wilmore

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commander of the expedition 42 crew

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aboard the international space station

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along with my nasa crewmate air force

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colonel terry verts and on behalf of our

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crew i want to recognize the 100th

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anniversary of the founding of the

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national advisory committee for

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aeronautics the naca

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this precursor to nasa was founded by

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congress to improve our knowledge of

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aviation and to lead us into the modern

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age of aeronautics with a tiny budget

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and no paid staff the new research

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organization began to formulate what our

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nation needed to dramatically improve

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aircraft performance

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and a hundred years after it was

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conceived the committee's influence is

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seen today in many technologies from

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retractable landing gear to jet engine

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turbines and so much of the technology

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aboard our magnificent international

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space station that is taking us into

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future endeavors including eventually a

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journey to mars

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when the naca became nasa in 1958 some

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of its brightest minds became leaders of

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the effort to leave our planet for the

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venture into space

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thanks to the naca nasa is with you when

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you fly here's to another hundred