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all right good evening ladies and

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gentlemen i'm jack daly the john and

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adrian mars director of the

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museum it's my pleasure to welcome you

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to the hubble space telescope 25th

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anniversary reception and award ceremony

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25 years ago today the single most

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influential scientific instrument in

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history launched aboard the space

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shuttle discovery

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it has forever opened our eyes to the

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a quarter century later it remains one

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of the high water marks of human

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achievement

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the hubble space telescope have

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revolutionized our understanding of the

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from its perch 350 miles above us it has

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seen the birth and death of stars

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the transit of alien worlds past distant

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and the very pillars of creation

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howell appeared back in time and helped

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the telescope's achievements belong to

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the outstanding men and women who made

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the picture belongs to the world

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our master of ceremonies for tonight has

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he's a third generation pilot a veteran

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journalist and long time friend and

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advocate of this museum

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please join me in welcoming mr miles

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thank you general good to see you

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it's a pleasure

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it's nice to be uh introduced by a

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decorated marine general

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i get to introduce one in a moment which

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i believe makes me a civilian sandwich

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on leather right

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this is my favorite place in washington

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it's nice to have a night at the museum

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if only the hubble could talk during the

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night of the museum

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happy birthday hubble

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25 years you know

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that front these days by my history

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major math hubble was conceived 69 years

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44 years of gestation and it was a

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roller coaster ride to orbit and then

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even after it arrived in orbit but let's

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take a moment to remember

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the widely acclaimed father of hubble

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lyman spitzer let's give him a round of

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applause in possibility

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the late lyman spitzer i had the good

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fortune to meet him on a story back in

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he was such a a dear man and he

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literally advocated for 30 plus years to

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make hubble happen it's an extraordinary

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feat and a great testament to his

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was something called the world wide web

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and mosaic which was brand new and the

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what does i mean really the fact that

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that textbooks have been rewritten is

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spectacular hubble deep field or the

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this extraordinary feat 25 years ago

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it's thanks to your own administrator

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men and women who have poured your heart

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propelled by sheer nerve

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to boldly seek the next frontier

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and all of humanity

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we are reminded of how much more we can

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learn and how much farther we can go

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america is a country that has always

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embraced the promise and the potential

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of science and technology

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and we have always pushed the envelope

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across the science technology

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engineering and math domains

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hubble has played a unique role in our

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american culture

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giving us a window into our universe

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that is accessible to everyone from the

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front pages of our newspapers and

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magazines to classrooms across the

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country

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the stunning images and discoveries from

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this observatory have touched

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generations of students girls and boys

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young and old

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there are countless scientists and

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engineers across the country

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who in learning about the universe

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through the eyes of the hubble

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were inspired to pursue their own

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careers in the stem fields

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that inspiration will undoubtedly

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continue

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with each new orbit of the telescope one

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of america's greatest scientific and

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technological achievements

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but the story does not end here

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as the hubble itself continues

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only a few years from now it will be

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joined by nasa's most ambitious

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telescope yet the james webb space

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telescope

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once operational the james webb will

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build on hubble's foundation to observe

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the most distant reaches of the cosmos

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answering questions about the first

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stars and galaxies in our universe as

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well as questions we have not yet even

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learned to ask

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we hope that a few decades from now

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our successors will celebrate the james

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webb telescope's tremendous discoveries

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the way we celebrate hubble's

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achievements tonight

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congratulations once again

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thank you very much john holdren

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25 years ago as john mentioned the man

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sitting in the right seat of the shuttle

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was well into an epic career on and off

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the planet

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a naval academy graduate in 1968

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president of his class

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i got to say the naval academy graduates

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are the best what would we do without

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them in the astronaut corps right i've

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got a son who's about to toss his hat

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high on may 22nd so i'm going to put in

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a plug for those who serve there but

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he's he's ready to move on that's for

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sure that's that's a hard four years it

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really is um

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our astronaut core is is lucky to have

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had someone of charlie's caliber uh even

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before he got there 100 sorties over

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vietnam and cambodia

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uh by the time he got to the hubble

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deployment mission he was his very

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accomplished

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young man and since 2009 he's been

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flying a desk in the corner office ninth

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floor at nasa headquarters

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uh probably not as much fun as deploying

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the hubble i gotta say right please

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welcome a true hero a great american

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thank you so much miles um you know for

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me it's an honor to be here tonight

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among all of you many of you um

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many of you here represent the thousands

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of people who played a critical role in

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the success of the hubble space

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telescope over the past 25 years

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through your efforts and and i mean that

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through the efforts of many of you

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sitting in this room

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um

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we have just astronomers have used

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hubble to revolutionize our

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understanding of the universe

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my job is to present awards tonight but

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before i get to that i do want to thank

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you again dr john holdren for for coming

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and out to be with us tonight

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for those of you who don't know john he

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has been a great friend of nasa science

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and it's always wonderful to have him

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and his lovely wife dr holdren

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who is also with us

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for this important event this evening

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it's always great to be at the national

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air and space museum so i echo what

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what what myles said earlier about it's

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just a phenomenal place to be

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when we come here we're where you can

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see firsthand what humans can achieve

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through aviation and in space

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hubble is one of those great missions

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that straddles the line between human

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exploration of space and scientific

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discovery and pushes the envelope on

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both

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hubble belongs to the entire world it

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truly is the people's telescope

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and all of you have truly been a part of

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a milestone for humanity

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you've expanded our reach

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and by the amazing transformative

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discoveries of this great observatory

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you've opened our eyes to our place in

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the universe and helped unify the globe

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in a higher spirit of pursuit

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it's hard to believe that 25 years ago

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today i was in the pilot seat for sts-31

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now all of you who um

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who know shuttle and all that stuff i

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have to i have to you know i got a lot

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of credit tonight i don't deserve

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uh the pilot

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ray j where are you

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okay

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ray j and i were pilots on our hubble

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missions and that meant we were helpers

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uh we were the co-pilot

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it was the commander lauren shriver and

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lauren schreiber is somewhere

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in this house tonight lauren where are

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you

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uh lauren is right back there

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so lauren was the guy at the controls um

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on that particular day in fact that

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particular mission in discovery when we

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deployed hubble

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you can see discovery herself at our

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sister museum to this one the hudvar

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hazy center out at dulles airport

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you know i know

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i'll never forget watching the telescope

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float out into space after a a very

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difficult deploy day that involved

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challenges to getting the observatory

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out of the cargo bay and also a bulky

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solar rate on that deploy day

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but after following for a while once it

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was free

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eventually our crew and i left hubble

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to space for future astronauts to

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complete its full amplification as a

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scientific legend and for those of you

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who had the privilege of of watching the

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the hubble imax 3d tonight it gave you a

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slight idea of all that hubble has been

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through over the last 25 years in fact

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more than 25 years but over the last 25

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years on orbit to be perhaps the

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greatest observatory that humans have

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ever have ever known

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i salute all my fellow astronauts who

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are here tonight and other places for

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their bravery and their commitment to

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deploying and servicing hubble

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they developed new tools and ways of

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doing work on orbit they pioneered the

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repair of a satellite in space

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something that i think will be a lasting

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legacy in the in addition to hubble's

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science as we move forward to an ever

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greater human presence in low earth

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orbit

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john grunsfeld who is uh was

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a key figure in bringing us all together

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for this occasion for this incredible

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week of activity to be quite honest

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uh john you certainly have the record

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for house calls with hubble

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and i thank you for all and all the

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servicing mission crews for the

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sacrifices you made and the hard work

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you poured into this asset for the

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entire world

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thanks to all of you

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we have a strong chance that there will

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be a continuous continuous data coming

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back from a great observatory as dr

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holdren said as we prepare to launch the

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james webb space telescope in just a few

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short years

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thank you also to the space telescope

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science institute for its unflagging

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enthusiasm and cheerleading of hubble in

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addition to its astute management of

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this complex project for so many years

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i also want to give a very special

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recognition to our colleague and my

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personal friend the dean

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of heads of space agencies as i like to

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call him

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jean-jacques dordian

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jean-jacques service to the space

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community is legendary

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and i look forward to seeing what he

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will do

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next after he leaves isa this summer

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esa's contributions to hubble have been

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critical

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and i thank jean-jacques for his

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leadership and continued dedication

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not only to our legacy missions but also

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to pushing the frontier toward the

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future of exploration let you in on a

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little secret jean-jacques and i are

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conspiring

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uh we're both trying to get to 77 years

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of age because what's magic about 77

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that's the age that john glenn said we

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can't think about going back into space

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again so we're working to get there so

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we can

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partners

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jackie

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the accomplishments and performance of

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the incredible international hubble

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space telescope team

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is deserving of a special recognition

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because of its long-term iconic impact

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on science and humanity

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since we at nasa currently have no

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established a reward to recognize a

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lifetime of achievement on part of a

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group or a team

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we have created a unique certificate of

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recognition just for this occasion of

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the 25th anniversary of the hubble space

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telescope

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each certificate that we hand out

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tonight reads from the national

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aeronautics and space administration

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presents this hubble 25th anniversary

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commendation to the specific team

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for contributions that rival the best

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that nasa has achieved in innovation and

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overcoming challenges

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signed and sealed in washington dc this

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24th day of april in

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it doesn't say me

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now miles if you would uh come back and

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take your podium and resume your duties

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as the emcee i'll step down for a few

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minutes and then later i'm going to ask

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mike garcia to uh to assist me by

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introducing each team as i stand down on

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the floor and present them with uh with

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the

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awards of recognition that we have

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tonight and mike's going to read you a

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brief description of each team and the

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unique roles they played in the life of

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hubble today so miles thank you very

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much all right

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thank you charlie

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as um

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nasa didn't build uh hubble alone like

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so many great space missions

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perhaps most notably the international

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space station it is the result of a

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partnership with the european space

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agency now our next guest has been with

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issa for 30 years

568
00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:45,280
since hubble was still on terra firma

569
00:22:49,270 --> 00:22:47,280
uh when he started there were 11 members

570
00:22:51,430 --> 00:22:49,280
now they're 22. he obviously has a very

571
00:22:52,950 --> 00:22:51,440
magnetic personality clearly

572
00:22:54,789 --> 00:22:52,960
he's forged partnerships with other

573
00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:54,799
countries including china that's a good

574
00:22:58,630 --> 00:22:56,720
idea and

575
00:22:59,830 --> 00:22:58,640
he wanted to be an astronaut as i

576
00:23:02,470 --> 00:22:59,840
understand it

577
00:23:04,310 --> 00:23:02,480
but instead has served his agency and

578
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:04,320
frankly all of us who care deeply about

579
00:23:08,549 --> 00:23:05,760
space

580
00:23:10,710 --> 00:23:08,559
with great vigor and great success and

581
00:23:12,789 --> 00:23:10,720
particularly for the past 12 years

582
00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:12,799
as the general director of visa he is

583
00:23:18,070 --> 00:23:15,200
leaving his post in june so give him a

584
00:23:20,070 --> 00:23:18,080
special warm welcome tonight

585
00:23:32,390 --> 00:23:20,080
acknowledging him for his great service

586
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:34,870
thank you very much

587
00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:37,760
it's certainly a pleasure for isaac and

588
00:23:42,470 --> 00:23:39,840
and for me to

589
00:23:45,029 --> 00:23:42,480
to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the

590
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:45,039
hubble space telescope together with the

591
00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:48,000
family it's a large

592
00:23:52,870 --> 00:23:50,400
and old family

593
00:23:55,750 --> 00:23:52,880
which has made the success of

594
00:23:57,990 --> 00:23:55,760
of the herbal space telescope so hst

595
00:23:58,870 --> 00:23:58,000
it's a three letters

596
00:24:03,110 --> 00:23:58,880
that

597
00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:03,120
i shall translate into uh five words

598
00:24:05,669 --> 00:24:04,640
cooperation

599
00:24:07,190 --> 00:24:05,679
risk

600
00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:07,200
success

601
00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:10,000
people and future

602
00:24:14,390 --> 00:24:12,320
cooperation first

603
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:14,400
so the above space telescope is a

604
00:24:18,789 --> 00:24:16,799
long-standing cooperation between nasa

605
00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:18,799
and isa

606
00:24:25,830 --> 00:24:21,440
which has started 45 years ago

607
00:24:27,990 --> 00:24:25,840
in 1970 when nasa invited esro isa was

608
00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:28,000
not even existing at that time it was

609
00:24:32,950 --> 00:24:30,880
esro the predecessor of isa

610
00:24:35,669 --> 00:24:32,960
to join a mission

611
00:24:38,070 --> 00:24:35,679
to look at the universe

612
00:24:41,510 --> 00:24:38,080
and as i am repeating at each

613
00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:41,520
opportunity and charlie knows that

614
00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:43,120
cooperation is

615
00:24:46,710 --> 00:24:45,520
a slow process

616
00:24:49,350 --> 00:24:46,720
but

617
00:24:51,909 --> 00:24:49,360
is robust and sustainable and the proof

618
00:24:56,149 --> 00:24:51,919
is that we have signed the memorandum of

619
00:24:59,430 --> 00:24:56,159
understanding in 1977

620
00:25:02,630 --> 00:24:59,440
and the paper still exists

621
00:25:03,590 --> 00:25:02,640
has been renewed several times

622
00:25:05,909 --> 00:25:03,600
to

623
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:05,919
drive this cooperation and isa has

624
00:25:11,269 --> 00:25:08,559
provided to the hubble

625
00:25:15,029 --> 00:25:11,279
some hardware

626
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:15,039
and one instrument and solar panels

627
00:25:19,430 --> 00:25:17,760
but also scientists and there is there

628
00:25:21,990 --> 00:25:19,440
are 15

629
00:25:25,029 --> 00:25:22,000
is a scientist working at the space

630
00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:25,039
telescope science institute

631
00:25:29,430 --> 00:25:28,480
and also astronauts and i have seen them

632
00:25:33,669 --> 00:25:29,440
since

633
00:25:35,590 --> 00:25:33,679
claude and jean-francois have flown

634
00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:35,600
on servicing missions

635
00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:38,240
to the hubble

636
00:25:43,029 --> 00:25:40,159
second world is risks

637
00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:43,039
yes it was risky for nasa

638
00:25:47,190 --> 00:25:46,240
to decide to make such a huge

639
00:25:51,029 --> 00:25:47,200
piece

640
00:25:54,950 --> 00:25:51,039
to look at the universe it was a risk

641
00:25:58,310 --> 00:25:54,960
it was also a risk for nasa to ask isa

642
00:25:59,350 --> 00:25:58,320
45 years ago to join this

643
00:26:01,190 --> 00:25:59,360
program

644
00:26:04,549 --> 00:26:01,200
because he's at that time there was

645
00:26:07,669 --> 00:26:04,559
almost no achievement at that time so

646
00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:07,679
isa was a baby agency

647
00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:11,120
you took the risk to put isa on board

648
00:26:15,350 --> 00:26:13,600
and it was risky also to

649
00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:15,360
send astronauts

650
00:26:18,630 --> 00:26:16,480
to

651
00:26:21,029 --> 00:26:18,640
service the

652
00:26:25,190 --> 00:26:21,039
telescope

653
00:26:29,190 --> 00:26:25,200
life

654
00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:29,200
and even improving the telescope

655
00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:32,960
but risks belong to progress

656
00:26:38,710 --> 00:26:35,360
you cannot push the frontiers

657
00:26:40,310 --> 00:26:38,720
of knowledge without taking risks i know

658
00:26:43,029 --> 00:26:40,320
that it's difficult

659
00:26:46,070 --> 00:26:43,039
but it's necessary

660
00:26:48,870 --> 00:26:46,080
the third word is success

661
00:26:50,149 --> 00:26:48,880
i would not say that the hubble is a

662
00:26:59,990 --> 00:26:50,159
success

663
00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:00,000
at each discovery

664
00:27:07,029 --> 00:27:01,840
you have new questions

665
00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:07,039
you have new discoveries and this is a

666
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:09,200
cooperation between the different

667
00:27:14,470 --> 00:27:11,520
scientific communities and also the

668
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:14,480
cooperation among generations

669
00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:17,760
because the 45 years ago the scientists

670
00:27:23,190 --> 00:27:20,240
of today were not even born so it was a

671
00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:23,200
cooperation among generations which have

672
00:27:28,789 --> 00:27:26,880
put the leverage for new success

673
00:27:32,149 --> 00:27:28,799
the first word is people

674
00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:32,159
because cooperation risk management

675
00:27:37,590 --> 00:27:35,840
and discoveries is a matter of people

676
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:37,600
people who are taking political

677
00:27:41,110 --> 00:27:39,200
decisions

678
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:41,120
people who are taking technical

679
00:27:43,669 --> 00:27:42,720
decisions

680
00:27:45,909 --> 00:27:43,679
nasa

681
00:27:48,950 --> 00:27:45,919
industry

682
00:27:51,830 --> 00:27:48,960
people from the scientific communities

683
00:27:54,149 --> 00:27:51,840
and also astronauts working together

684
00:27:56,230 --> 00:27:54,159
with one single objective

685
00:27:58,789 --> 00:27:56,240
progress

686
00:27:59,990 --> 00:27:58,799
and i would say and this was been said

687
00:28:02,070 --> 00:28:00,000
that

688
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:02,080
among the people there is also all the

689
00:28:06,630 --> 00:28:04,559
public and the young generations who are

690
00:28:11,269 --> 00:28:06,640
all fascinated by

691
00:28:15,909 --> 00:28:13,990
it's important to involve the people

692
00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:15,919
because only the people can change the

693
00:28:20,149 --> 00:28:17,360
world

694
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:20,159
and invent a better future

695
00:28:24,310 --> 00:28:22,080
and i shall finish by that this is the

696
00:28:26,710 --> 00:28:24,320
future the future is always more

697
00:28:27,990 --> 00:28:26,720
interesting than the past

698
00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:28,000
but the past

699
00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:30,720
just serves to make the future

700
00:28:34,230 --> 00:28:32,640
better

701
00:28:36,470 --> 00:28:34,240
so

702
00:28:39,669 --> 00:28:36,480
that more data will come from the herbal

703
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:39,679
space telescope but even when the data

704
00:28:44,149 --> 00:28:42,320
will be over

705
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:44,159
the work will continue because the

706
00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:47,279
scientists will use this data for

707
00:28:52,070 --> 00:28:49,760
decades so the mission will not be over

708
00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:52,080
with the hardware

709
00:28:56,789 --> 00:28:54,320
and after that there was the gems there

710
00:28:57,669 --> 00:28:56,799
will be the james webb telescope

711
00:29:03,510 --> 00:28:57,679
and

712
00:29:04,549 --> 00:29:03,520
will continue on the jobs web we are

713
00:29:07,350 --> 00:29:04,559
ready

714
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:07,360
and we shall be there again as we have

715
00:29:12,870 --> 00:29:09,200
been together on the oval space

716
00:29:14,789 --> 00:29:12,880
telescope so congratulations nasa and

717
00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:14,799
happy birthday

718
00:29:28,710 --> 00:29:24,870
i understand

719
00:29:30,070 --> 00:29:28,720
is a very popular corner and i i'm

720
00:29:32,549 --> 00:29:30,080
hoping

721
00:29:34,389 --> 00:29:32,559
it's because of the hubble and not the

722
00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:34,399
fact that right over here is the how do

723
00:29:37,350 --> 00:29:35,840
they go to the bathroom and space

724
00:29:39,269 --> 00:29:37,360
exhibit

725
00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:39,279
which as any astronaut knows is the

726
00:29:44,310 --> 00:29:42,320
first question of any sixth grader when

727
00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:44,320
they go into the classroom by the way i

728
00:29:48,789 --> 00:29:45,760
i know there's you know we've talked

729
00:29:50,950 --> 00:29:48,799
about charlie and john would anybody who

730
00:29:52,549 --> 00:29:50,960
has uh as an astronaut flown to hubble

731
00:29:53,990 --> 00:29:52,559
please stand

732
00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:54,000
there are more than one of them more

733
00:29:57,430 --> 00:29:56,080
than two of them here

734
00:30:01,750 --> 00:29:57,440
and please just give them a round of

735
00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:04,310
i mean let's face it

736
00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:06,840
had it not been

737
00:30:11,269 --> 00:30:08,399
congratulated

738
00:30:13,590 --> 00:30:11,279
had it not been for their efforts

739
00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:13,600
it would have been the techno turkey

740
00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:16,799
that they talked about back in 1990

741
00:30:20,549 --> 00:30:18,480
um

742
00:30:23,510 --> 00:30:20,559
and we do applaud them but as a former

743
00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:23,520
tv anchorman you you will understand

744
00:30:26,549 --> 00:30:24,799
that i know

745
00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:26,559
they really are taking all the credit

746
00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:29,440
and that there are many others who

747
00:30:34,070 --> 00:30:31,919
make it all happen it takes a village to

748
00:30:36,389 --> 00:30:34,080
make these things happen so let's spend

749
00:30:39,430 --> 00:30:36,399
a few moments listening to some of the

750
00:30:41,269 --> 00:30:39,440
people who through the ups and downs the

751
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:41,279
wild roller coaster ride that is the

752
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:43,520
hubble space telescope let's hear from

753
00:30:47,510 --> 00:30:44,720
some of the people that made it all

754
00:30:49,590 --> 00:30:47,520
happen on video

755
00:30:51,909 --> 00:30:49,600
it means that we now understand much

756
00:30:53,669 --> 00:30:51,919
more about our universe than we ever

757
00:30:55,909 --> 00:30:53,679
would have known had it not been for

758
00:30:57,830 --> 00:30:55,919
hubble it just gives me that sense that

759
00:31:00,070 --> 00:30:57,840
we live in this vast and remarkable

760
00:31:02,470 --> 00:31:00,080
universe hubble today would be a piece

761
00:31:04,310 --> 00:31:02,480
of floating space debris if it weren't

762
00:31:06,870 --> 00:31:04,320
for the human spaceflight program to

763
00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:06,880
build a telescope in many ways is a

764
00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:09,360
decision to build a time machine the

765
00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:12,080
united states congress approved a large

766
00:31:17,990 --> 00:31:15,120
space telescope in 1977

767
00:31:20,630 --> 00:31:18,000
sparking work to begin on creating this

768
00:31:21,909 --> 00:31:20,640
large complex and capable orbiting

769
00:31:25,029 --> 00:31:21,919
telescope

770
00:31:27,029 --> 00:31:25,039
well it wasn't easy uh it was a long

771
00:31:29,350 --> 00:31:27,039
slog difficult

772
00:31:31,669 --> 00:31:29,360
politically at first to have it accepted

773
00:31:33,990 --> 00:31:31,679
and funded in the us congress

774
00:31:37,350 --> 00:31:34,000
and then technically it was difficult

775
00:31:40,070 --> 00:31:37,360
it's an amazing machine it can

776
00:31:41,430 --> 00:31:40,080
orbit around the earth at 17 500 miles

777
00:31:43,110 --> 00:31:41,440
an hour

778
00:31:44,950 --> 00:31:43,120
and the reason it can take all these

779
00:31:46,389 --> 00:31:44,960
these great images is not only because

780
00:31:49,029 --> 00:31:46,399
it's above the atmosphere

781
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:49,039
but because it can very steadily hold

782
00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:51,519
its gaze on

783
00:31:56,389 --> 00:31:54,320
an object in space a globally connected

784
00:31:58,389 --> 00:31:56,399
telescope built through a partnership

785
00:32:00,710 --> 00:31:58,399
with the european space agency which

786
00:32:02,710 --> 00:32:00,720
would look into the stars well beyond

787
00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:02,720
international borders it takes a lot of

788
00:32:07,110 --> 00:32:05,360
people you know it takes people that

789
00:32:10,230 --> 00:32:07,120
obviously the scientists

790
00:32:13,029 --> 00:32:10,240
to conceive of it it takes engineers to

791
00:32:15,110 --> 00:32:13,039
design it and build it and test it takes

792
00:32:16,950 --> 00:32:15,120
technicians to actually build it it

793
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:16,960
takes the people to keep the rooms clean

794
00:32:19,830 --> 00:32:18,240
the facilities

795
00:32:22,389 --> 00:32:19,840
up and operating

796
00:32:25,430 --> 00:32:22,399
so it takes people from every walk of

797
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:25,440
life in order to do it every skill set

798
00:32:30,630 --> 00:32:27,760
that you can think of to then place this

799
00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:30,640
telescope into orbit to send back to us

800
00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:32,880
the data that scientists needed

801
00:32:38,310 --> 00:32:35,760
unobstructed and unencumbered and when

802
00:32:40,789 --> 00:32:38,320
it was launched in 1990 it really opened

803
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:40,799
a new vista on the whole universe simply

804
00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:43,200
by enabling us to get sharper images

805
00:32:48,070 --> 00:32:45,200
above the atmosphere at the time i was

806
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:48,080
the what we call the plt or the pilot

807
00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:50,159
for the hubble deploy mission which was

808
00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:53,120
sts-31 aboard the shuttle discovery all

809
00:32:57,269 --> 00:32:54,960
of us in the crew had a certain feeling

810
00:32:59,590 --> 00:32:57,279
of exhilaration and excitement

811
00:33:01,830 --> 00:32:59,600
we knew that this was going to be an

812
00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:01,840
important mission two

813
00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:02,640
one

814
00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:04,640
and liftoff of the space shuttle

815
00:33:09,350 --> 00:33:06,480
discovery with the hubble space

816
00:33:12,950 --> 00:33:09,360
telescope our window on the universe on

817
00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:12,960
the 25th of april 1990 the space shuttle

818
00:33:17,909 --> 00:33:15,039
discovery deployed the hubble space

819
00:33:20,070 --> 00:33:17,919
telescope into an orbit around earth

820
00:33:22,830 --> 00:33:20,080
discover houston you have a go to open

821
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:25,830
doors the mission itself was pretty

822
00:33:30,789 --> 00:33:28,720
intense because we we had to train for

823
00:33:32,950 --> 00:33:30,799
any number of contingencies that we all

824
00:33:34,950 --> 00:33:32,960
prayed would not happen ironically one

825
00:33:37,269 --> 00:33:34,960
of those contingencies was failure of

826
00:33:39,190 --> 00:33:37,279
the solar array to deploy it took us

827
00:33:41,430 --> 00:33:39,200
much of the day for the flight control

828
00:33:43,190 --> 00:33:41,440
team to say look we this is not working

829
00:33:45,269 --> 00:33:43,200
out we don't think we're going to get

830
00:33:46,470 --> 00:33:45,279
the solar rays deployed side of the path

831
00:33:48,310 --> 00:33:46,480
the other half

832
00:33:51,909 --> 00:33:48,320
all of a sudden this great experience

833
00:33:53,830 --> 00:33:51,919
turned out to just go this is not good

834
00:33:56,470 --> 00:33:53,840
supervisor when the ground control team

835
00:33:59,269 --> 00:33:56,480
calls it stop stop we think we found a

836
00:34:01,750 --> 00:33:59,279
solution um you know just stop where you

837
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:01,760
are we're going to try this and and they

838
00:34:05,750 --> 00:34:03,760
did and it worked and so we went ahead

839
00:34:10,069 --> 00:34:05,760
and deployed boy activity so far is

840
00:34:14,869 --> 00:34:12,069
it all worked out because of the

841
00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:14,879
incredible work of the combination of

842
00:34:19,669 --> 00:34:16,720
the crew on board the flight control

843
00:34:21,270 --> 00:34:19,679
team in houston but most especially

844
00:34:23,190 --> 00:34:21,280
very smart

845
00:34:24,310 --> 00:34:23,200
people at the goddard space flight

846
00:34:26,470 --> 00:34:24,320
center

847
00:34:28,950 --> 00:34:26,480
who actually knew the hubble space

848
00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:28,960
telescope about as well as any people

849
00:34:32,829 --> 00:34:30,399
around

850
00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:32,839
discovery go for hubble

851
00:34:38,470 --> 00:34:35,520
release the discovery go ahead charlie

852
00:34:41,030 --> 00:34:38,480
okay story uh we've been taking marks

853
00:34:42,550 --> 00:34:41,040
residuals and ratios look good and we'd

854
00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:42,560
like to go ahead and

855
00:34:46,950 --> 00:34:44,720
go to filter state

856
00:34:49,349 --> 00:34:46,960
we concur charlie the science that is

857
00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:49,359
astronomy would never be the same when

858
00:34:52,869 --> 00:34:51,200
people think about a telescope here on

859
00:34:55,270 --> 00:34:52,879
earth they think about a mirror with a

860
00:34:57,750 --> 00:34:55,280
tube around it and that's exactly what

861
00:35:00,310 --> 00:34:57,760
hubble is it's a it's a huge mirror with

862
00:35:01,829 --> 00:35:00,320
a huge tube around it in space of course

863
00:35:03,670 --> 00:35:01,839
the purpose of hubble is to take these

864
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:03,680
beautiful images that we learn about and

865
00:35:07,349 --> 00:35:05,280
then the data sent back to earth for us

866
00:35:09,829 --> 00:35:07,359
to study the hubble space telescope

867
00:35:11,829 --> 00:35:09,839
powered up all systems nominal and the

868
00:35:14,470 --> 00:35:11,839
data began to stream in

869
00:35:16,950 --> 00:35:14,480
images of far off distances galaxies and

870
00:35:19,109 --> 00:35:16,960
stars but there was something wrong

871
00:35:22,150 --> 00:35:19,119
the magnificent space observatory's

872
00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:22,160
imagery was not clear not crisp we saw

873
00:35:26,790 --> 00:35:23,760
the first light images and to the

874
00:35:28,390 --> 00:35:26,800
amateur like me it looked great because

875
00:35:30,069 --> 00:35:28,400
we had made this great discovery right

876
00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:30,079
off the bat what we thought was a single

877
00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:32,480
star turned out to be a binary star when

878
00:35:36,230 --> 00:35:34,560
we learned that no it's not really that

879
00:35:38,790 --> 00:35:36,240
good an image it's kind of blurred

880
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:38,800
because we have this theme from an

881
00:35:42,230 --> 00:35:40,880
agency perspective and from a public

882
00:35:46,470 --> 00:35:42,240
perspective

883
00:35:50,150 --> 00:35:46,480
doom and gloom but working on a

884
00:35:53,750 --> 00:35:50,160
bipartisan basis we used the best tools

885
00:35:55,990 --> 00:35:53,760
to identify was this a techno turkey

886
00:35:58,710 --> 00:35:56,000
that we would just bag

887
00:36:00,950 --> 00:35:58,720
as a terrible mistake and say bye bye

888
00:36:03,190 --> 00:36:00,960
boondoggle or where are we really going

889
00:36:05,109 --> 00:36:03,200
to try to fix it what we had was sincere

890
00:36:07,990 --> 00:36:05,119
collaboration the mirror was polished

891
00:36:10,390 --> 00:36:08,000
incorrectly we were off by

892
00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:10,400
half the thickness of a human hair from

893
00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:13,040
center to edge and that that's pretty

894
00:36:16,069 --> 00:36:15,040
astounding uh that that you know we

895
00:36:17,990 --> 00:36:16,079
could

896
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:18,000
come so close and yet not make it the

897
00:36:23,190 --> 00:36:20,480
truly remarkable feature of the hubble

898
00:36:27,030 --> 00:36:23,200
space telescope is that it was designed

899
00:36:29,190 --> 00:36:27,040
to be upgraded and fixed and nasa is

900
00:36:31,349 --> 00:36:29,200
absolutely expertise on this when you've

901
00:36:33,589 --> 00:36:31,359
got to get the job done

902
00:36:36,150 --> 00:36:33,599
the team comes from many different

903
00:36:38,550 --> 00:36:36,160
places one

904
00:36:40,230 --> 00:36:38,560
and we have liftoff liftoff of the space

905
00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:40,240
shuttle endeavour on an ambitious

906
00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:41,920
mission to service the hubble space

907
00:36:46,150 --> 00:36:44,240
telescope the real magic on the hubble

908
00:36:48,630 --> 00:36:46,160
mission is almost 40 hours of space

909
00:36:50,550 --> 00:36:48,640
walking and we had almost no surprises

910
00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:50,560
because astronauts from nasa have been

911
00:36:53,829 --> 00:36:52,320
able to go back and

912
00:36:56,550 --> 00:36:53,839
refurbish it put in new instruments

913
00:36:58,710 --> 00:36:56,560
repair it so that 25 years has made it

914
00:37:00,150 --> 00:36:58,720
an increasingly more powerful telescope

915
00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:00,160
and it's the fact that hubble is so

916
00:37:05,349 --> 00:37:02,480
powerful today which is so remarkable

917
00:37:06,710 --> 00:37:05,359
after 25 years it's basically 10 to 100

918
00:37:09,589 --> 00:37:06,720
times more powerful than when it was

919
00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:09,599
first launched i did a mission to the

920
00:37:13,829 --> 00:37:11,760
hubble space telescope and it was a it

921
00:37:16,390 --> 00:37:13,839
wasn't it wasn't really a refurbishment

922
00:37:19,670 --> 00:37:16,400
it was a rescue mission because the

923
00:37:21,430 --> 00:37:19,680
hubble telescope uses um gyroscopes to

924
00:37:23,349 --> 00:37:21,440
determine how it's moving and how to

925
00:37:24,470 --> 00:37:23,359
point with absolutely no motion at a

926
00:37:26,069 --> 00:37:24,480
star

927
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:26,079
and those gyroscopes

928
00:37:30,230 --> 00:37:27,760
were failing and by the time we got

929
00:37:32,069 --> 00:37:30,240
there only one i think was working and

930
00:37:33,829 --> 00:37:32,079
so it was a dead telescope at that point

931
00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:33,839
our role on that mission was to

932
00:37:36,950 --> 00:37:35,040
basically

933
00:37:38,790 --> 00:37:36,960
repaired the hubble telescope it was a

934
00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:38,800
repair a real repair mission just like

935
00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:40,640
the first repair mission to change the

936
00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:42,400
optics if i had messed that up i would

937
00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:44,079
be the one that had broken the telescope

938
00:37:46,870 --> 00:37:45,280
forever

939
00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:46,880
i guess that's part of the excitement of

940
00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:48,560
having worked a hubble mission because

941
00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:50,800
you know you've got the best best team

942
00:37:54,790 --> 00:37:53,200
on the ground best crew upstairs it's

943
00:37:56,150 --> 00:37:54,800
exciting but there's there's a level of

944
00:37:58,069 --> 00:37:56,160
confidence you're gonna pull through

945
00:38:00,150 --> 00:37:58,079
this we were able to leave the hubble in

946
00:38:02,550 --> 00:38:00,160
even better shape such that now we're

947
00:38:04,790 --> 00:38:02,560
able to celebrate the 25th anniversary

948
00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:04,800
with the repairs completed hubble blew

949
00:38:09,910 --> 00:38:07,280
the world away with what it saw circling

950
00:38:12,230 --> 00:38:09,920
the globe at five miles per second

951
00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:12,240
this school bus sized observatory was

952
00:38:15,670 --> 00:38:14,400
the most technologically advanced device

953
00:38:17,589 --> 00:38:15,680
ever launched

954
00:38:20,470 --> 00:38:17,599
and has stayed amazingly advanced

955
00:38:22,390 --> 00:38:20,480
through five repair and upgrade missions

956
00:38:25,990 --> 00:38:22,400
from the first mission critical optics

957
00:38:28,270 --> 00:38:26,000
repair on space shuttle mission sts-61

958
00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:28,280
to the last servicing mission

959
00:38:33,270 --> 00:38:30,880
sts-125 which added the wide field

960
00:38:35,349 --> 00:38:33,280
camera 3 and replaced or improved

961
00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:35,359
sensors batteries and numerous other

962
00:38:40,390 --> 00:38:38,160
components the magnitude of the things

963
00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:40,400
that they wanted to accomplish almost

964
00:38:44,390 --> 00:38:42,800
meant certain failure somewhere but the

965
00:38:45,589 --> 00:38:44,400
crew said look

966
00:38:47,270 --> 00:38:45,599
we can do this

967
00:38:49,190 --> 00:38:47,280
you know we will have accomplished so

968
00:38:51,670 --> 00:38:49,200
much more in making hubble better than

969
00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:51,680
it is ever ever believed to be everybody

970
00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:54,640
knows hubble it's it's really true

971
00:38:59,670 --> 00:38:56,720
worldwide all throughout the u.s

972
00:39:01,510 --> 00:38:59,680
everybody all ages all walks of life you

973
00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:01,520
say hubble space telescope people know

974
00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:03,040
what you're talking about more than a

975
00:39:07,829 --> 00:39:05,440
simple telescope hubble is humanity's

976
00:39:10,150 --> 00:39:07,839
grand observatory of the vastness of

977
00:39:12,470 --> 00:39:10,160
space and we've kept exploring by

978
00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:12,480
staring into the universe and moving

979
00:39:16,310 --> 00:39:14,560
forward the great thing about hubble now

980
00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:16,320
this year is that it's still going

981
00:39:21,910 --> 00:39:18,800
strong and we expect it to last out till

982
00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:21,920
2020 maybe even longer hubble has

983
00:39:26,630 --> 00:39:23,920
consistently

984
00:39:29,349 --> 00:39:26,640
taken us to places we've never been

985
00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:29,359
visually of course and

986
00:39:34,390 --> 00:39:31,040
uh given

987
00:39:35,990 --> 00:39:34,400
and empowered us to answer questions

988
00:39:38,790 --> 00:39:36,000
that in a previous generation of

989
00:39:41,109 --> 00:39:38,800
telescopes we couldn't even pose and

990
00:39:42,710 --> 00:39:41,119
that allowed us to probe much deeper in

991
00:39:44,870 --> 00:39:42,720
the universe and to see phenomena that

992
00:39:47,589 --> 00:39:44,880
were otherwise hidden from us

993
00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:47,599
and it revealed a scientific wonderland

994
00:39:52,310 --> 00:39:50,560
of discoveries but even more so

995
00:39:54,550 --> 00:39:52,320
it showed us for the first time how

996
00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:54,560
beautiful the universe is because the

997
00:39:59,349 --> 00:39:56,640
hubble space telescope was able to

998
00:40:01,109 --> 00:39:59,359
observe the cosmos with the kind of

999
00:40:02,950 --> 00:40:01,119
intricate detail

1000
00:40:05,109 --> 00:40:02,960
that we observed with our human eyeballs

1001
00:40:07,349 --> 00:40:05,119
it means that we now understand much

1002
00:40:09,190 --> 00:40:07,359
more about our universe than we ever

1003
00:40:11,829 --> 00:40:09,200
would have known had it not been for

1004
00:40:14,710 --> 00:40:11,839
hubble that we have

1005
00:40:17,670 --> 00:40:14,720
not only young people students

1006
00:40:18,790 --> 00:40:17,680
but now professionals who have grown up

1007
00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:18,800
with hubble

1008
00:40:23,109 --> 00:40:20,720
and who have had hubble change their

1009
00:40:25,430 --> 00:40:23,119
lives and change their minds about about

1010
00:40:27,349 --> 00:40:25,440
careers because they saw a hubble image

1011
00:40:29,270 --> 00:40:27,359
and decided that you know i don't really

1012
00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:29,280
think i like science but i think i want

1013
00:40:34,069 --> 00:40:31,760
to try it because i want to go take part

1014
00:40:35,829 --> 00:40:34,079
in in doing something with this

1015
00:40:37,030 --> 00:40:35,839
particular instrument that makes these

1016
00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:37,040
incredible

1017
00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:39,040
visual images for people so i think it

1018
00:40:43,430 --> 00:40:41,200
has changed not just textbooks but

1019
00:40:45,349 --> 00:40:43,440
people's lives we're on a never-ending

1020
00:40:47,190 --> 00:40:45,359
journey and the hubble space telescope

1021
00:41:02,710 --> 00:40:47,200
celebrates its quarter century of

1022
00:41:06,069 --> 00:41:03,829
so

1023
00:41:09,349 --> 00:41:06,079
what's really uh of course as you know

1024
00:41:10,309 --> 00:41:09,359
the hubble was built to be serviced on

1025
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:10,319
orbit

1026
00:41:14,150 --> 00:41:11,680
and there were many pieces that were

1027
00:41:16,630 --> 00:41:14,160
designed just for that but

1028
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:16,640
as it turns out over the years a lot of

1029
00:41:21,430 --> 00:41:18,240
the work that was done

1030
00:41:24,710 --> 00:41:21,440
was not intended to be done by a

1031
00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:24,720
spacewalking astronaut uh as someone

1032
00:41:29,190 --> 00:41:27,200
once told me it's like working on your

1033
00:41:32,230 --> 00:41:29,200
car in the cold

1034
00:41:34,309 --> 00:41:32,240
in ski gloves and i believe that person

1035
00:41:36,470 --> 00:41:34,319
is our next speaker but before i bring

1036
00:41:39,349 --> 00:41:36,480
him up here i have to do a little humble

1037
00:41:41,270 --> 00:41:39,359
brag i was the first reporter who had an

1038
00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:41,280
opportunity to interview the hubble

1039
00:41:45,109 --> 00:41:43,040
repairman

1040
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:45,119
on the job site well at least the

1041
00:42:00,710 --> 00:41:46,640
practice job site take a look at this

1042
00:42:05,750 --> 00:42:03,349
and the hole is big leverage

1043
00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:05,760
to uh take the cards out

1044
00:42:09,270 --> 00:42:08,160
i'm not hurting anything i hope

1045
00:42:12,069 --> 00:42:09,280
okay

1046
00:42:15,109 --> 00:42:12,079
couple of times

1047
00:42:17,990 --> 00:42:15,119
just to get a feel for the trigger

1048
00:42:18,710 --> 00:42:18,000
this training is

1049
00:42:20,069 --> 00:42:18,720
so

1050
00:42:22,150 --> 00:42:20,079
you know you got a good job when your

1051
00:42:24,630 --> 00:42:22,160
rich friends call you up and say can you

1052
00:42:26,390 --> 00:42:24,640
get me in that pool in houston i say no

1053
00:42:30,630 --> 00:42:26,400
sorry

1054
00:42:32,470 --> 00:42:30,640
grunsfeld who's got an even better job

1055
00:42:34,230 --> 00:42:32,480
in any case uh that was one of my

1056
00:42:35,270 --> 00:42:34,240
all-time favorite opportunities as a

1057
00:42:38,309 --> 00:42:35,280
reporter

1058
00:42:39,270 --> 00:42:38,319
and uh a truly extraordinary interview

1059
00:42:40,710 --> 00:42:39,280
and it wouldn't have happened if it

1060
00:42:42,550 --> 00:42:40,720
hadn't been for john grunsfeld in the

1061
00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:42,560
rem the rest of that crew the last

1062
00:42:45,670 --> 00:42:44,400
hubble repair mission advocating for me

1063
00:42:48,470 --> 00:42:45,680
to be there

1064
00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:48,480
john is now um the science boss at

1065
00:42:51,430 --> 00:42:49,680
headquarters

1066
00:42:53,589 --> 00:42:51,440
uh which in some ways means the fun is

1067
00:42:55,349 --> 00:42:53,599
over for him too but that's all right

1068
00:42:57,349 --> 00:42:55,359
somebody's got to do that job too please

1069
00:43:07,030 --> 00:42:57,359
welcome the hubble repair

1070
00:43:10,630 --> 00:43:08,870
thank you very much miles for that kind

1071
00:43:12,470 --> 00:43:10,640
introduction and for joining me in the

1072
00:43:14,710 --> 00:43:12,480
neutral buoyancy laboratory while we

1073
00:43:16,950 --> 00:43:14,720
were practicing and training to repair

1074
00:43:18,710 --> 00:43:16,960
the advanced camera for surveys

1075
00:43:20,470 --> 00:43:18,720
as an nbl diver

1076
00:43:22,390 --> 00:43:20,480
we now count you as a member of our

1077
00:43:24,790 --> 00:43:22,400
hubble team

1078
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:24,800
tonight we celebrate

1079
00:43:28,870 --> 00:43:26,480
we celebrate one of the grandest

1080
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:28,880
adventures in human history certainly in

1081
00:43:33,349 --> 00:43:31,119
the history of our space program and as

1082
00:43:35,030 --> 00:43:33,359
you look around that's quite a feat

1083
00:43:36,710 --> 00:43:35,040
for me working with the hubble team has

1084
00:43:37,829 --> 00:43:36,720
been the highlight of my life without

1085
00:43:40,390 --> 00:43:37,839
doubt

1086
00:43:43,750 --> 00:43:40,400
there's nowhere i'd rather be

1087
00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:43,760
than in a spacesuit hugging hubble

1088
00:43:49,270 --> 00:43:46,000
the story of hubble with all its twists

1089
00:43:50,390 --> 00:43:49,280
and turns is almost too fantastic to be

1090
00:43:52,870 --> 00:43:50,400
true

1091
00:43:55,190 --> 00:43:52,880
but it is and we all lived it

1092
00:43:57,030 --> 00:43:55,200
from the launch to the trouble with the

1093
00:43:58,470 --> 00:43:57,040
solar array on deployment to the first

1094
00:44:00,390 --> 00:43:58,480
servicing mission

1095
00:44:02,470 --> 00:44:00,400
where women and men

1096
00:44:04,710 --> 00:44:02,480
in white suits rode to the rescue like

1097
00:44:06,390 --> 00:44:04,720
an old western

1098
00:44:09,430 --> 00:44:06,400
to the missions and the politics that

1099
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:09,440
followed the hubble story is a narrative

1100
00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:12,960
about the most amazing team in the world

1101
00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:15,040
more than a team

1102
00:44:23,589 --> 00:44:22,150
our mission at nasa is to innovate

1103
00:44:24,790 --> 00:44:23,599
explore

1104
00:44:26,390 --> 00:44:24,800
discover

1105
00:44:27,829 --> 00:44:26,400
and inspire

1106
00:44:30,230 --> 00:44:27,839
we are searching for answers to

1107
00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:30,240
fundamental questions where do we come

1108
00:44:32,710 --> 00:44:31,040
from

1109
00:44:34,870 --> 00:44:32,720
where are we going

1110
00:44:36,390 --> 00:44:34,880
are we alone

1111
00:44:39,910 --> 00:44:36,400
hubble is helping us to answer these

1112
00:44:41,030 --> 00:44:39,920
questions and much much more

1113
00:44:42,630 --> 00:44:41,040
hubble

1114
00:44:46,069 --> 00:44:42,640
and all of our nasa activities are

1115
00:44:48,230 --> 00:44:46,079
funded by taxpayer investments in nasa

1116
00:44:50,390 --> 00:44:48,240
many of those taxpayers are not as not

1117
00:44:52,950 --> 00:44:50,400
as fortunate as we are

1118
00:44:55,589 --> 00:44:52,960
we all have a special responsibility to

1119
00:44:58,230 --> 00:44:55,599
the nation to deliver

1120
00:45:04,710 --> 00:44:58,240
hubble delivers

1121
00:45:06,550 --> 00:45:04,720
motivation to learn science technology

1122
00:45:08,309 --> 00:45:06,560
engineering and math for millions of

1123
00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:08,319
students

1124
00:45:14,470 --> 00:45:12,000
not only in our nation but worldwide

1125
00:45:17,829 --> 00:45:14,480
many scientists reached the peak of

1126
00:45:19,990 --> 00:45:17,839
their productivity in their twenties

1127
00:45:23,910 --> 00:45:20,000
think you would all agree

1128
00:45:26,150 --> 00:45:23,920
that hubble is at its peak right now

1129
00:45:28,710 --> 00:45:26,160
i want to personally thank all of you

1130
00:45:30,630 --> 00:45:28,720
who contributed to the hubble program

1131
00:45:34,630 --> 00:45:30,640
for doing your job

1132
00:45:39,270 --> 00:45:36,790
those of you who know me

1133
00:45:42,710 --> 00:45:39,280
know i give homework

1134
00:45:44,550 --> 00:45:42,720
my charge for you tonight is twofold

1135
00:45:46,150 --> 00:45:44,560
first of all

1136
00:45:48,550 --> 00:45:46,160
make sure and thank your loved ones if

1137
00:45:50,790 --> 00:45:48,560
they're not here for allowing you to do

1138
00:45:52,710 --> 00:45:50,800
these great things

1139
00:45:53,670 --> 00:45:52,720
and second i ask you to redouble your

1140
00:45:56,550 --> 00:45:53,680
efforts

1141
00:46:00,470 --> 00:45:56,560
to share the wonder and awe of hubble as

1142
00:46:02,309 --> 00:46:00,480
it continues its voyage of discovery

1143
00:46:04,309 --> 00:46:02,319
now it is my pleasure

1144
00:46:06,069 --> 00:46:04,319
to bring administrator charlie bolden

1145
00:46:08,950 --> 00:46:06,079
back to the stage

1146
00:46:11,510 --> 00:46:08,960
to begin our award ceremony

1147
00:46:12,390 --> 00:46:11,520
and to do that

1148
00:46:17,109 --> 00:46:12,400
i'd

1149
00:46:21,510 --> 00:46:18,550
charlie

1150
00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:21,520
it's a pleasure working with you

1151
00:46:24,710 --> 00:46:23,040
and for your role in launching the

1152
00:46:26,790 --> 00:46:24,720
scientific legacy of the hubble space

1153
00:46:28,390 --> 00:46:26,800
telescope and your team

1154
00:46:29,670 --> 00:46:28,400
we'd like to help you celebrate this

1155
00:46:31,589 --> 00:46:29,680
special day

1156
00:46:46,150 --> 00:46:31,599
with one of the new hubble images thank

1157
00:46:54,829 --> 00:46:48,470
not very often that i'm surprised but

1158
00:47:00,470 --> 00:46:58,150
much okay on to the awards

1159
00:47:05,750 --> 00:47:03,190
the award for for the science team

1160
00:47:07,990 --> 00:47:05,760
this award recognizes the spectacular

1161
00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:08,000
science that the hubble science team has

1162
00:47:13,589 --> 00:47:10,880
enabled and carried out this science

1163
00:47:14,630 --> 00:47:13,599
rewrote our textbooks it won a nobel

1164
00:47:16,470 --> 00:47:14,640
prize

1165
00:47:17,910 --> 00:47:16,480
and it showed us our place in the

1166
00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:17,920
universe

1167
00:47:22,309 --> 00:47:19,760
accepting on behalf of the science team

1168
00:47:23,670 --> 00:47:22,319
is my very good friend kathy flanagan

1169
00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:23,680
the interim director of the space

1170
00:47:46,630 --> 00:47:44,309
reward for the servicing mission teams

1171
00:47:48,870 --> 00:47:46,640
without the quick thinking and the hard

1172
00:47:50,390 --> 00:47:48,880
work of the servicing mission teams

1173
00:47:53,510 --> 00:47:50,400
hubble would not be the scientific

1174
00:47:56,549 --> 00:47:53,520
legacy it is today these teams are the

1175
00:47:57,990 --> 00:47:56,559
embodiment of resilience

1176
00:48:00,710 --> 00:47:58,000
their work ensures that hubble will

1177
00:48:03,349 --> 00:48:00,720
continue to produce great science into

1178
00:48:05,990 --> 00:48:03,359
the 2020s and hopefully beyond

1179
00:48:08,950 --> 00:48:06,000
accepting on behalf of those teams is

1180
00:48:10,150 --> 00:48:08,960
frank sepi seppolino from goddard space

1181
00:48:12,230 --> 00:48:10,160
flight center

1182
00:48:39,670 --> 00:48:12,240
who pioneered

1183
00:48:44,870 --> 00:48:42,549
the award for the european space agency

1184
00:48:47,670 --> 00:48:44,880
esa has been an essential partner with

1185
00:48:49,670 --> 00:48:47,680
us on hubble providing the solar panels

1186
00:48:50,790 --> 00:48:49,680
that power hubble and the faint optic

1187
00:48:54,549 --> 00:48:50,800
camera

1188
00:48:56,470 --> 00:48:54,559
esa astronauts helped service the hubble

1189
00:48:58,470 --> 00:48:56,480
that critical partnership continues with

1190
00:48:59,829 --> 00:48:58,480
hubble's successor the james webb space

1191
00:49:02,150 --> 00:48:59,839
telescope

1192
00:49:03,750 --> 00:49:02,160
accepting on behalf of the issa team

1193
00:49:28,549 --> 00:49:03,760
jean-jacques dordan

1194
00:49:28,559 --> 00:49:33,109
just to

1195
00:49:37,030 --> 00:49:35,190
since you have complained a lot about

1196
00:49:39,349 --> 00:49:37,040
solar panels

1197
00:49:41,829 --> 00:49:39,359
charlie

1198
00:49:44,390 --> 00:49:41,839
i wish to give you back

1199
00:49:57,030 --> 00:49:44,400
the original solar panel

1200
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:05,430
sts-31

1201
00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:07,829
the award to astronaut team

1202
00:50:11,670 --> 00:50:09,599
it's a particular pleasure to see how

1203
00:50:13,670 --> 00:50:11,680
many of the hubble astronauts have been

1204
00:50:15,030 --> 00:50:13,680
able to make it to this 25th anniversary

1205
00:50:16,549 --> 00:50:15,040
ceremony

1206
00:50:18,950 --> 00:50:16,559
including the ones standing up here with

1207
00:50:24,069 --> 00:50:21,750
the astronaut retire team

1208
00:50:26,630 --> 00:50:24,079
embodies the collaboration between

1209
00:50:28,549 --> 00:50:26,640
manned space flight and science that

1210
00:50:30,470 --> 00:50:28,559
servicing missions are

1211
00:50:32,870 --> 00:50:30,480
accepting on behalf of the astronaut

1212
00:50:34,710 --> 00:50:32,880
team is john grunsfeld

1213
00:50:36,390 --> 00:50:34,720
associate manager administrator for

1214
00:50:38,470 --> 00:50:36,400
science at nasa

1215
00:50:40,470 --> 00:50:38,480
veteran of three hubble servicing

1216
00:50:42,390 --> 00:50:40,480
admissions and affectionately known to

1217
00:50:55,109 --> 00:50:42,400
all of us hubble huggers here gathered

1218
00:50:58,630 --> 00:50:56,790
the award for the payload the mission

1219
00:51:00,470 --> 00:50:58,640
and the launch ops team

1220
00:51:02,630 --> 00:51:00,480
this award recognizes the work of the

1221
00:51:05,510 --> 00:51:02,640
teams who prepared the crews for the

1222
00:51:07,430 --> 00:51:05,520
evas prepared the payloads for the

1223
00:51:09,829 --> 00:51:07,440
servicing missions and prepared and

1224
00:51:12,309 --> 00:51:09,839
operated the shuttle for each launch

1225
00:51:13,349 --> 00:51:12,319
accepting on behalf of that team of ten

1226
00:51:15,510 --> 00:51:13,359
thousand

1227
00:51:17,109 --> 00:51:15,520
is jeffrey bantal who was a flight

1228
00:51:18,950 --> 00:51:17,119
director at johnson space center for

1229
00:51:35,190 --> 00:51:18,960
three of the six

1230
00:51:39,430 --> 00:51:37,030
the award for development

1231
00:51:42,069 --> 00:51:39,440
this award recognizes the start nearly

1232
00:51:44,470 --> 00:51:42,079
45 years ago of the effort to develop

1233
00:51:45,670 --> 00:51:44,480
the telescope and its overall science

1234
00:51:47,990 --> 00:51:45,680
program

1235
00:51:49,349 --> 00:51:48,000
accepting on behalf of those teams is

1236
00:51:51,589 --> 00:51:49,359
robert o'dell

1237
00:51:53,510 --> 00:51:51,599
who was the hubble project scientist at

1238
00:52:13,270 --> 00:51:53,520
marshall space flight center where much

1239
00:52:17,670 --> 00:52:15,349
of course hubble is a collaboration

1240
00:52:19,750 --> 00:52:17,680
between the government and

1241
00:52:21,670 --> 00:52:19,760
and it is industry that actually cuts

1242
00:52:23,589 --> 00:52:21,680
most of the metal and solders most of

1243
00:52:26,309 --> 00:52:23,599
the parts together that make the

1244
00:52:27,990 --> 00:52:26,319
beautiful hubble space telescope

1245
00:52:30,390 --> 00:52:28,000
the main industrial partner for the

1246
00:52:32,390 --> 00:52:30,400
hubble was lockheed martin and accepting

1247
00:52:33,990 --> 00:52:32,400
on behalf of our industrial team

1248
00:52:35,670 --> 00:52:34,000
is jim crocker

1249
00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:35,680
head of the civil space division at

1250
00:52:59,670 --> 00:52:58,150
and last and in no way least the award

1251
00:53:01,030 --> 00:52:59,680
for the goddard space flight project

1252
00:53:03,349 --> 00:53:01,040
team

1253
00:53:05,670 --> 00:53:03,359
hubble may be unique in the history of

1254
00:53:07,750 --> 00:53:05,680
nasa in terms of the size and the

1255
00:53:09,109 --> 00:53:07,760
breadth of the teams that have worked on

1256
00:53:11,190 --> 00:53:09,119
it

1257
00:53:12,549 --> 00:53:11,200
including teams at virtually every nasa

1258
00:53:16,230 --> 00:53:12,559
center

1259
00:53:18,069 --> 00:53:16,240
provided the overall leadership and the

1260
00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:18,079
direction that made hubble the great

1261
00:53:21,910 --> 00:53:19,839
success that it is

1262
00:53:24,309 --> 00:53:21,920
accepting behalf of the goddard space

1263
00:53:26,630 --> 00:53:24,319
flight center center hubble team

1264
00:53:28,710 --> 00:53:26,640
is jennifer wiseman the hubble senior

1265
00:53:49,190 --> 00:53:28,720
project scientist at goddard's wayside

1266
00:53:53,030 --> 00:53:51,109
without the work of all thousands of you

1267
00:53:56,309 --> 00:53:53,040
in the audience and at least a thousand

1268
00:53:58,549 --> 00:53:56,319
more who couldn't make it here tonight

1269
00:53:59,910 --> 00:53:58,559
we would not have the hubble we have

1270
00:54:02,790 --> 00:53:59,920
today

1271
00:54:05,430 --> 00:54:02,800
this truly was a team effort

1272
00:54:07,349 --> 00:54:05,440
you will all be receiving personalized

1273
00:54:09,270 --> 00:54:07,359
certificates of commendation for your

1274
00:54:10,470 --> 00:54:09,280
exemplary work

1275
00:54:24,549 --> 00:54:10,480
thank you and enjoy the rest of the

1276
00:54:24,559 --> 00:54:52,150
glad you did

1277
00:54:55,910 --> 00:54:53,750
give them all one more round of applause

1278
00:54:58,710 --> 00:54:55,920
that's um

1279
00:55:00,390 --> 00:54:58,720
tremendous accomplishment very inspiring

1280
00:55:03,750 --> 00:55:00,400
you know the hubble

1281
00:55:05,430 --> 00:55:03,760
hubble space telescope is a story of uh

1282
00:55:07,670 --> 00:55:05,440
exploration and understanding our

1283
00:55:09,990 --> 00:55:07,680
universe but it is also one which

1284
00:55:12,630 --> 00:55:10,000
teaches us a lot about perseverance and

1285
00:55:14,549 --> 00:55:12,640
what humanity can do i i always think of

1286
00:55:15,990 --> 00:55:14,559
that scene in the movie naked gun do you

1287
00:55:17,510 --> 00:55:16,000
remember the scene where leslie

1288
00:55:18,789 --> 00:55:17,520
nielsen's in the bar drowning his

1289
00:55:20,549 --> 00:55:18,799
sorrows and

1290
00:55:22,789 --> 00:55:20,559
there's a series of portraits of great

1291
00:55:24,710 --> 00:55:22,799
disasters there's the hindenburg and the

1292
00:55:27,829 --> 00:55:24,720
edsel and right beside it is the hubble

1293
00:55:30,069 --> 00:55:27,839
space telescope it was a punch line

1294
00:55:31,829 --> 00:55:30,079
and uh within a few years what a

1295
00:55:33,670 --> 00:55:31,839
turnaround what a turnaround and that

1296
00:55:34,390 --> 00:55:33,680
didn't happen by magic that happened

1297
00:55:36,789 --> 00:55:34,400
because

1298
00:55:38,710 --> 00:55:36,799
uh of all of you in this room and

1299
00:55:40,470 --> 00:55:38,720
and others who are not here with us

1300
00:55:42,870 --> 00:55:40,480
tonight and who are not with us period

1301
00:55:44,470 --> 00:55:42,880
and we want to salute you all for

1302
00:55:48,870 --> 00:55:44,480
your perseverance as well as your

1303
00:55:54,230 --> 00:55:50,870
it's a tough fact to follow

1304
00:55:55,750 --> 00:55:54,240
and we have uh that act being built as

1305
00:55:57,109 --> 00:55:55,760
we speak

1306
00:55:59,349 --> 00:55:57,119
with any luck

1307
00:56:01,030 --> 00:55:59,359
hubble will still be

1308
00:56:02,630 --> 00:56:01,040
in its prime in its

1309
00:56:04,950 --> 00:56:02,640
later twenties

1310
00:56:07,750 --> 00:56:04,960
as the james webb space telescope takes

1311
00:56:09,589 --> 00:56:07,760
its perch into lagrange point what out

1312
00:56:11,910 --> 00:56:09,599
of reach of the hubble repair man and

1313
00:56:14,230 --> 00:56:11,920
and human beings for now

1314
00:56:17,829 --> 00:56:14,240
but uh it does have the opportunity to

1315
00:56:18,789 --> 00:56:17,839
take us farther out and and thus further

1316
00:56:20,710 --> 00:56:18,799
back

1317
00:56:21,990 --> 00:56:20,720
and we look forward to seeing those

1318
00:56:24,230 --> 00:56:22,000
images and wouldn't it be good if they

1319
00:56:25,270 --> 00:56:24,240
were working together

1320
00:56:26,549 --> 00:56:25,280
um

1321
00:56:28,150 --> 00:56:26,559
somehow

1322
00:56:30,069 --> 00:56:28,160
so uh yeah

1323
00:56:32,710 --> 00:56:30,079
so yeah and a round of applause to him

1324
00:56:37,109 --> 00:56:34,390
a little cameo appearance from some of

1325
00:56:39,750 --> 00:56:38,470
it's good to have a nobel laureate in

1326
00:56:41,990 --> 00:56:39,760
the house you know you never know when

1327
00:56:45,109 --> 00:56:42,000
you need one right

1328
00:56:47,510 --> 00:56:45,119
anyway um so i wish all of you godspeed

1329
00:56:49,670 --> 00:56:47,520
i wish hubble godspeed and we leave you

1330
00:57:01,430 --> 00:56:49,680
as i say goodnight with a look at what

1331
00:57:07,349 --> 00:57:03,750
we tried some things as many people said

1332
00:57:10,309 --> 00:57:07,359
was impossible but we've achieved that

1333
00:57:12,549 --> 00:57:10,319
and we wish hubble the very best

1334
00:57:14,870 --> 00:57:12,559
the hubble space telescope offered its

1335
00:57:19,109 --> 00:57:14,880
greatest performance yet seeking clues

1336
00:57:21,349 --> 00:57:19,119
to how and when the universe was created

1337
00:57:25,030 --> 00:57:21,359
with the hubble we made incredible

1338
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:29,109
but also told us where our limits were

1339
00:57:34,710 --> 00:57:31,030
as hubble stayed deeper and deeper into

1340
00:57:36,230 --> 00:57:34,720
space we began to run out of galaxies

1341
00:57:38,829 --> 00:57:36,240
does that mean the galaxies come to the

1342
00:57:44,710 --> 00:57:42,630
no we realized what we should really do

1343
00:57:48,549 --> 00:57:44,720
is build the largest space telescope

1344
00:57:50,710 --> 00:57:48,559
humanity has ever conceived of

1345
00:57:52,870 --> 00:57:50,720
this is the next generation telescope

1346
00:58:01,030 --> 00:57:52,880
and will show us a universe we have

1347
00:58:04,549 --> 00:58:02,789
the hubble telescope can only see what

1348
00:58:06,309 --> 00:58:04,559
you can see with your eye the james webb

1349
00:58:09,589 --> 00:58:06,319
telescope looks at areas that the hubble

1350
00:58:12,230 --> 00:58:09,599
could never see just the physical size

1351
00:58:14,470 --> 00:58:12,240
of the mirror is much much larger the

1352
00:58:16,230 --> 00:58:14,480
mirror is so big we need to slice it

1353
00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:16,240
into smaller segments so we can fold it

1354
00:58:25,030 --> 00:58:22,390
there's nothing i can say that can come

1355
00:58:27,270 --> 00:58:25,040
close to describing how technically

1356
00:58:29,349 --> 00:58:27,280
difficult building this telescope is

1357
00:58:31,349 --> 00:58:29,359
every team is so anxiously looking at

1358
00:58:32,630 --> 00:58:31,359
their part is the membrane shaped right

1359
00:58:34,870 --> 00:58:32,640
is that the right material is it going

1360
00:58:37,109 --> 00:58:34,880
to hold it in place will it deploy

1361
00:58:41,190 --> 00:58:37,119
hubble you could go up and fix this one

1362
00:58:46,150 --> 00:58:43,750
we can't afford a mistake we have to get

1363
00:58:47,910 --> 00:58:46,160
this right the first time the only time

1364
00:58:50,470 --> 00:58:47,920
we have to hit the pitch out of the park

1365
00:58:52,789 --> 00:58:50,480
a million miles out of the park

1366
00:58:55,349 --> 00:58:52,799
it's within our grasp for the first time

1367
00:58:59,829 --> 00:58:55,359
in human history to make a discovery

1368
00:59:05,030 --> 00:59:02,390
this telescope is going to capture the

1369
00:59:07,109 --> 00:59:05,040
very first light of the universe what we

1370
00:59:09,589 --> 00:59:07,119
can do is fill in when did the first

1371
00:59:12,069 --> 00:59:09,599
stars and galaxies turn on we'll be able

1372
00:59:14,230 --> 00:59:12,079
to peer inside of the very cold clouds

1373
00:59:16,309 --> 00:59:14,240
of gas and dust where baby stars and

1374
00:59:17,990 --> 00:59:16,319
planets are being formed

1375
00:59:20,150 --> 00:59:18,000
in our own milky way galaxy we have

1376
00:59:22,150 --> 00:59:20,160
hundreds of billions of stars another

1377
00:59:24,309 --> 00:59:22,160
earth is undoubtedly out there the

1378
00:59:29,829 --> 00:59:24,319
harder question we face right now is

1379
00:59:32,950 --> 00:59:31,349
one of the cool things about flying is

1380
00:59:34,549 --> 00:59:32,960
it makes me think about what other

1381
00:59:36,230 --> 00:59:34,559
worlds are out there that are like this

1382
00:59:37,510 --> 00:59:36,240
that have water and land and maybe

1383
00:59:38,950 --> 00:59:37,520
civilization

1384
00:59:40,870 --> 00:59:38,960
everyone's sort of trapped in their own

1385
00:59:43,829 --> 00:59:40,880
head and i think that we're trying to

1386
00:59:45,670 --> 00:59:43,839
find life elsewhere because we're lonely

1387
00:59:47,430 --> 00:59:45,680
i think that's why we do these things

1388
00:59:49,270 --> 00:59:47,440
this is a chance to measure myself

1389
00:59:51,510 --> 00:59:49,280
against one of the hardest problems man

1390
00:59:53,910 --> 00:59:51,520
has set himself the goal to do it's the

1391
00:59:56,470 --> 00:59:53,920
engineering job of a lifetime we want to

1392
00:59:58,150 --> 00:59:56,480
see what's at the outer edges of what's

1393
01:00:00,390 --> 00:59:58,160
possible and then we

1394
01:00:01,750 --> 01:00:00,400
push a little farther it's not just a

1395
01:00:03,270 --> 01:00:01,760
machine built by engineers and

1396
01:00:07,750 --> 01:00:03,280
scientists to look out for the universe

1397
01:00:12,710 --> 01:00:10,870
i have to believe with all that galaxy

1398
01:00:15,510 --> 01:00:12,720
up there that someone else is looking up

1399
01:00:17,589 --> 01:00:15,520
and sees me looking back even if we're

1400
01:00:19,589 --> 01:00:17,599
one in a million there's billions and

1401
01:00:21,190 --> 01:00:19,599
billions and billions within our

1402
01:00:22,630 --> 01:00:21,200
generation we might be able to answer

1403
01:00:23,670 --> 01:00:22,640
the question are we alone in the