1 00:00:07,790 --> 00:00:15,109 >>> AT NASA, INNOVATION REVEALS OUR JOURNEY. 2 00:00:15,109 --> 00:00:18,020 >> THAT WORK IS PART OF A VITAL STRATEGY TO EQUIP OUR NATION 3 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:19,020 WITH THE PROPER TECHNOLOGY. 4 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:22,010 >> TO INSPIRE THE NEW GENERATION OF EXPLORERS. 5 00:00:22,010 --> 00:00:24,840 >> TO MAKE THE NEXT LEAP FOR HUMANITY. 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,860 >> NASA'S FIRST ECONOMIC GROWTH WHILE CONTINUING LEADERSHIP IN 7 00:00:29,860 --> 00:00:33,360 SPACE AND BREAKTHROUGHS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,360 >> IT'S SUCH A THRILL WORKING FOR NASA, AND EXPLORING THE 9 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:37,480 UNIVERSE. 10 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:39,950 >> NASA IS ON A JOURNEY TO MARS. 11 00:00:39,950 --> 00:00:46,750 >> THIS AMBITIOUS GOAL INVOLVES EVERYTHING WE DO. 12 00:00:46,750 --> 00:00:49,160 >> ROBOTIC EXPLORERS ARE PAVING THE WAY TO MARS. 13 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:51,760 >> WE ARE LEARNING ENORMOUS AMOUNTS ABOUT THE SURFACE OF 14 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,160 MARS DAILY. 15 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:58,109 >> IN COMING YEARS, ANOTHER NEW LAND†ER WILL LEARN MORE. 16 00:00:58,109 --> 00:01:03,450 >> WE ARE WORKING ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE RED PLANET. 17 00:01:03,450 --> 00:01:11,970 >> THE ORION SPACECRAFT, WHICH 18 00:01:11,970 --> 00:01:15,250 WILL CARRY ASTRONAUTS DEEPER INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAN EVER 19 00:01:15,250 --> 00:01:18,250 BEFORE HAS ACHIEVED A MAJOR MILESTONE WITH THE FIRST SPACE 20 00:01:18,250 --> 00:01:20,110 FLIGHT. 21 00:01:20,110 --> 00:01:23,220 >> SOON IT WILL FLY ON THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET EVER BUILT. 22 00:01:23,220 --> 00:01:26,360 >> THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM WHICH MOVED FROM CONCEPT TO 23 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,360 DEVELOPMENT. 24 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,570 >> WE ARE ADVANCING THE JOURNEY TO MARS THROUGH PROGRESS ON THE 25 00:01:29,570 --> 00:01:32,159 ASTEROID REDIRECT MISSION. 26 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:35,610 >> SEND PEOPLE ON AN ASTEROID, USE WHAT WE LEARN FROM THAT 27 00:01:35,610 --> 00:01:39,610 MISSION AND SOME DAY SEND PEOPLE TO MARS. 28 00:01:39,610 --> 00:01:43,250 >> NASA'S MISSION TO AN ASTEROID WILL TEST NEW CAPABILITIES AND 29 00:01:43,250 --> 00:01:45,299 THE PROVING GROUND OF DEEP SPACE. 30 00:01:45,299 --> 00:01:47,890 >> OUR JOURNEY TO MARS IS ALSO UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW. 31 00:01:47,890 --> 00:01:50,060 >> ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 32 00:01:50,060 --> 00:01:53,689 >> THE STATION FACILITATES GROWTH IN A ROBUST, COMMERCIAL 33 00:01:53,689 --> 00:01:58,350 MARKET AND LOW EARTH ORBIT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 34 00:01:58,350 --> 00:01:59,530 >> TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 35 00:01:59,530 --> 00:02:02,360 >> AND FOR TRANSPORTING BOTH PEOPLE AND CARGO. 36 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,689 >> TOGETHER WE'RE OPERATING EXPERIMENTS OFF EARTH FOR EARTH 37 00:02:06,689 --> 00:02:10,030 THAT ARE HELPING US LEARN HOW TO IMPROVE LIFE FOR HUMANS LIVING 38 00:02:10,030 --> 00:02:12,230 BOTH OFF AND ON OUR PLANET. 39 00:02:12,230 --> 00:02:15,460 >> THE STATION IS OUR OUTPOST ON THE EDGE OF DEEP SPACE. 40 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:19,619 >> WHERE WE ARE ADVANCING HUMAN AND ROBOTIC EXPLORATION. 41 00:02:19,619 --> 00:02:22,319 >> AMERICAN COMPANIES ARE DEVELOPING SYSTEMS IN WHICH 42 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:26,499 ASTRONAUTS SOON WILL TRAVEL FROM THE UNITED STATES TO LOW-EARTH 43 00:02:26,499 --> 00:02:27,499 ORBIT. 44 00:02:27,499 --> 00:02:29,989 >> COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE HELPING US TAKE THE NEXT GIANT 45 00:02:29,989 --> 00:02:30,989 LEAP. 46 00:02:30,989 --> 00:02:33,609 >> BY DEVELOPING NEW WAYS OF REACHING SPACE. 47 00:02:33,609 --> 00:02:34,919 >> CREATING JOBS. 48 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,629 >> AND ENABLING NASA TO FOCUS ON THE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES. 49 00:02:39,629 --> 00:02:41,290 >> TECHNOLOGY DRIVES EXPLORATION. 50 00:02:41,290 --> 00:02:44,790 >> AT NASA, TRANSFORMATIVE CAPABILITIES AND CUTTING EDGE 51 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:48,559 TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND FLOWN 52 00:02:48,559 --> 00:02:49,559 TODAY. 53 00:02:49,559 --> 00:02:51,419 >> AN IMPRESSIVE SET OF SCIENCE MISSIONS TAKES US ON A JOURNEY 54 00:02:51,419 --> 00:02:52,430 OF DISCOVERY. 55 00:02:52,430 --> 00:02:55,969 >> TO UNDERSTAND THE HOME PLANET AND SUN. 56 00:02:55,969 --> 00:02:59,989 >> SEARCH FOR LIFE BEYOND AND EXPLORE THE ORIGINS AND FUTURE 57 00:02:59,989 --> 00:03:00,989 OF THE UNIVERSE. 58 00:03:00,989 --> 00:03:05,159 >> THE MOST IMPORTANT PLANET WE STUDY IS THE ONE ON WHICH WE 59 00:03:05,159 --> 00:03:06,159 LIVE. 60 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:10,780 >> NASA IS CONSTANTLY EXPANDING OUR VIEW OF SPACE AS WELL AS 61 00:03:10,780 --> 00:03:15,719 UNDERSTANDING OUR HOME PLANET AND ITS CHANGES. 62 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:18,370 >> NASA IS COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING AVIATION. 63 00:03:18,370 --> 00:03:19,650 >> WE'RE DRAMATICALLY REDUCING AIR TRAFFIC'S ENVIRONMENTAL 64 00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:22,889 IMPACT, MAINTAINING SAFETY IN MORE CROWDED SKIES. 65 00:03:22,889 --> 00:03:26,200 >> AND PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS REVOLUTIONARY AIRCRAFT 66 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,200 TECHNOLOGY. 67 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,500 >> NASA IS WITH YOU WHEN YOU FLY. 68 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:31,149 >> AND TAKING YOU ON A JOURNEY TO MARS. 69 00:03:31,149 --> 00:03:33,709 >> EVERYTHING NASA DOES IS IMPROVING LIFE ON EARTH. 70 00:03:33,709 --> 00:03:39,019 >> RAISES THE BAR OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT. 71 00:03:39,019 --> 00:03:43,109 >> WE ARE AMERICA'S NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 72 00:03:43,109 --> 00:03:44,249 ADMINISTRATION. 73 00:03:44,249 --> 00:03:45,580 >> REVEALING THE UNKNOWN. 74 00:03:45,580 --> 00:03:53,849 >> AND BENEFITING ALL OF HUMANITY. 75 00:03:53,849 --> 00:04:02,040 [†APPLAUSE†] >> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. 76 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,349 MY NAME IS MARIA COLLURA, I WILL BE YOUR EMCEE TODAY. 77 00:04:05,349 --> 00:04:09,400 I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE 2015 ADMINISTRATOR'S AGENCY 78 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,890 HONOR AWARDS PROGRAM. 79 00:04:11,890 --> 00:04:15,560 THIS ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME 80 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,739 TOGETHER TO HONOR NASA'S BEST OF THE BEST. 81 00:04:19,739 --> 00:04:23,490 BEFORE WE BEGIN, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY 82 00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:27,120 THE PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE HONOR GUARD AND REMAIN STANDING DURING 83 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,400 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BY AMBER ALLEN AND 84 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:49,500 DEANTAE COOPER AND SPECIAL GUEST, CHRISTOPHER JACKSON. 85 00:04:49,500 --> 00:05:03,750 >> FORWARD. 86 00:05:03,750 --> 00:05:18,000 HALT. 87 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:46,490 PRESENT ARMS. 88 00:07:40,480 --> 00:06:14,990 \M\M \M\M 89 00:07:40,480 --> 00:08:08,970 >> FORWARD. 90 00:08:08,970 --> 00:08:13,230 >> PLEASE BE SEATED. 91 00:08:13,230 --> 00:08:15,640 I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO THE PATRICK AIR 92 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,370 FORCE BASE AMBER GUARD, AMBER, DEANTAE AND CHRISTOPHER FOR 93 00:08:19,370 --> 00:08:20,710 THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. 94 00:08:20,710 --> 00:08:25,530 LET'S PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 95 00:08:25,530 --> 00:08:30,340 [†APPLAUSE†] AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO 96 00:08:30,340 --> 00:08:33,269 INTRODUCE OUR HOST AND DIRECTOR OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, MR. 97 00:08:33,269 --> 00:08:35,060 BOB CABANA. 98 00:08:35,060 --> 00:08:36,710 >> THANKS. 99 00:08:36,710 --> 00:08:41,539 WASN'T THAT A GREAT OPENING VIDEO? 100 00:08:41,539 --> 00:08:45,439 I HOPE YOU ALL ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR PATH FORWARD FOR NASA AND 101 00:08:45,439 --> 00:08:48,870 THE JOURNEY TO MARS AS I AM. 102 00:08:48,870 --> 00:08:52,020 WE'RE KIND OF BLESSED AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, ON A 103 00:08:52,020 --> 00:08:55,959 DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE ACTUAL CHANGES GOING ON. 104 00:08:55,959 --> 00:09:00,879 SO MANY FOLKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S OFF SOMEWHERE, IN DESIGN, NOT 105 00:09:00,879 --> 00:09:03,830 EVERYBODY GETS DOWN TO THE CLEAN ROOMS TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 106 00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:08,829 AND WE ON A DAILY BASIS CAN LOOK OUT AND SEE THE TRANSFORMATION 107 00:09:08,829 --> 00:09:12,300 OF LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 SUPPORTING COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS TO 108 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:15,480 LOW-EARTH ORBIT AND PREPARING THAT LAUNCH SITE FOR A JOURNEY 109 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:16,480 TO MARS. 110 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,029 JUST BACK IN THE '60s, THIS BECAME A MOON PORT. 111 00:09:20,029 --> 00:09:22,230 RIGHT NOW WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE THE ARCHITECTURE. 112 00:09:22,230 --> 00:09:23,480 THIS IS A MARS PORT. 113 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,220 WE'RE GOING TO MARS FROM THAT LAUNCHPAD OUT THE WINDOW. 114 00:09:26,220 --> 00:09:32,240 SO, I HOPE ALL OF YOU GET A CHANCE TO ENJOY YOUR TOUR TODAY, 115 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,720 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU A BIT MORE AT THE "ATLANTIS" 116 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,101 EXHIBIT ABOUT THE CHANGES GOING ON HERE AT KSC AND OUR BRIGHT 117 00:09:40,101 --> 00:09:42,170 PATH FORWARD. 118 00:09:42,170 --> 00:09:45,709 MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOREES TODAY. 119 00:09:45,709 --> 00:09:47,519 THIS IS OUTSTANDING. 120 00:09:47,519 --> 00:09:51,730 I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF A PLEASURE IT IS FOR ME AT KSC TO 121 00:09:51,730 --> 00:09:54,139 HOST THIS EVENT. 122 00:09:54,139 --> 00:09:58,320 IT'S MY PLEASURE NOW TO INTRODUCE NASA'S SENIOR CAREER 123 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,861 CIVIL SERVANT, OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, THE MAN 124 00:10:01,861 --> 00:10:06,040 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF NASA AND ALL THAT 125 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,059 WE DO, IN ALL AREAS, ROBERT LIGHTFOOT. 126 00:10:09,059 --> 00:10:13,529 [†APPLAUSE†] >> THANK YOU, BOB. 127 00:10:13,529 --> 00:10:15,769 HELLO, EVERYBODY. 128 00:10:15,769 --> 00:10:19,119 HOW Y'ALL DOING? 129 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:20,959 WHEN I WALKED IN HERE, IT WAS AWFULLY QUIET. 130 00:10:20,959 --> 00:10:23,029 YOU GUYS THIS IS AN AWARDS CEREMONY. 131 00:10:23,029 --> 00:10:24,959 WE'RE HONORING SOME GREAT FOLKS HERE TODAY. 132 00:10:24,959 --> 00:10:26,149 LET'S GET EXCITED. 133 00:10:26,149 --> 00:10:29,309 IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS AN 134 00:10:29,309 --> 00:10:30,309 AGENCY. 135 00:10:30,309 --> 00:10:31,709 KUDOS TO OUR HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT FOLKS. 136 00:10:31,709 --> 00:10:33,240 WE NORMALLY BRING EVERYBODY TO D.C. 137 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,220 WHEN YOU WORK FOR NASA, WHAT A BETTER PLACE TO COME THAN 138 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:38,290 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 139 00:10:38,290 --> 00:10:41,779 THANKS, BOB, FOR HOSTING US. 140 00:10:41,779 --> 00:10:45,329 WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING DOWN HERE AND SEEING THIS. 141 00:10:45,329 --> 00:10:47,290 AS BOB SAID, SOME OF THE GREATEST MISSIONS THIS AGENCY 142 00:10:47,290 --> 00:10:49,949 HAVE DONE HAVE BLASTED OFF HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 143 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:51,959 YOU GUYS WILL GET TO SEE THAT TODAY. 144 00:10:51,959 --> 00:10:56,589 IT'S JUST†-- THANKS TO BOB AND HIS TEAM, THEY TRANSFORMED THIS 145 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:59,060 INTO A MULTI USER SPACE PORT. 146 00:10:59,060 --> 00:11:03,050 TWO YEARS AGO NOTES WOULD SAY THEY'RE TRANSFORMING IT INTO A 147 00:11:03,050 --> 00:11:05,949 MULTI USER SPACE PORT. 148 00:11:05,949 --> 00:11:12,529 THAT'S TRANSFORMED IT, GETTING US READY TO TAKE ON THE NEXT 149 00:11:12,529 --> 00:11:13,600 CHALLENGE TO MARS. 150 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,610 IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 151 00:11:16,610 --> 00:11:18,480 EVERY YEAR IT'S DYNAMIC IN THIS AGENCY. 152 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,080 IT'S A DYNAMIC TIME. 153 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:23,080 RIGHT NOW WE ARE THRIVING. 154 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,080 WE ARE BUSY. 155 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,459 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU GUYS DRIVE AROUND TODAY, LOOK AT THE 156 00:11:27,459 --> 00:11:28,459 CONSTRUCTION. 157 00:11:28,459 --> 00:11:30,470 REMINDS ME OF THE PICTURES I SAW BACK BEFORE APOLLO. 158 00:11:30,470 --> 00:11:33,740 YOU WILL SEE THINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALL OVER THE PLACE, 159 00:11:33,740 --> 00:11:36,100 IN THE MIDDLE OF ACTIVE SYSTEMS, ACTIVE LAUNCHPADS. 160 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:39,769 THAT'S WHAT THE TEAM IS DOING. 161 00:11:39,769 --> 00:11:42,430 YOU THINK THIS PAST YEAR WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE FLEW ORION. 162 00:11:42,430 --> 00:11:45,160 YOU SAW THE VIDEO HERE, EFT-1. 163 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,730 WHAT A BIG STEP FOR US TO GET THAT CAPSULE UP AND GET IT 164 00:11:48,730 --> 00:11:49,730 MOVING. 165 00:11:49,730 --> 00:11:53,279 THEN TO GET IT HOME, MY FAVORITE QUOTE WAS ON NASA WATCH, WHERE 166 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:55,630 IT SAYS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SPILL SOME COFFEE ON THE KEYBOARD OVER 167 00:11:55,630 --> 00:11:56,630 THERE. 168 00:11:56,630 --> 00:11:58,379 EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD FOR NASA ON THIS MISSION. 169 00:11:58,379 --> 00:12:00,199 IT DID. 170 00:12:00,199 --> 00:12:05,690 NOW WE'RE TAKING THING APART IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL TO TEACH US. 171 00:12:05,690 --> 00:12:10,790 I REMEMBER GOING INTO THAT REVIEW BEFORE WE WERE READY TO 172 00:12:10,790 --> 00:12:13,839 GO FLY, ONE OF THE ENGINEERS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK ON 173 00:12:13,839 --> 00:12:14,940 IT A LITTLE MORE. 174 00:12:14,940 --> 00:12:17,310 WE CAN DO A LITTLE MORE WORK, BUT THE HARDWARE WANTS TO TALK 175 00:12:19,310 --> 00:12:18,310 TO US. 176 00:12:19,310 --> 00:12:22,060 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, GET OUR HARDWARE OUT THERE. 177 00:12:22,060 --> 00:12:31,749 A LITTLE LATER THIS YEAR, WE WILL SPACEX LAUNCH AGAIN, THAT 178 00:12:31,749 --> 00:12:33,700 PROVIDES THE CARGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 179 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:36,779 THEY ARE TAKING UP THE DOCKING ADAPTERS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO 180 00:12:36,779 --> 00:12:42,559 BRING THE COMMERCIAL CREW CAPSULE UP AROUND THE 2017 TIME 181 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:43,990 FRAME. 182 00:12:43,990 --> 00:12:48,040 WE'LL HAVE ASTRONAUTS FLYING OUT OF FLORIDA OFF OF U.S. SOIL IN 183 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,040 2017. 184 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,619 SO, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR US TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. 185 00:12:51,619 --> 00:12:54,029 YOU LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, YOU SAW SCOTT 186 00:12:54,029 --> 00:12:55,029 KELLY THERE. 187 00:12:55,029 --> 00:12:57,759 THAT'S WHEN HE WAS AT HOME ON THE GROUND. 188 00:12:57,759 --> 00:13:01,260 HIS NEW HOME, HE'S BEEN UP THERE ABOUT A MONTH NOW. 189 00:13:01,260 --> 00:13:02,999 SCOTT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A ONE-YEAR MISSION ON THE 190 00:13:02,999 --> 00:13:03,999 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 191 00:13:03,999 --> 00:13:08,720 WE NORMALLY HAVE SIX-MONTH INCREMENTS, BUT WE'RE STUDYING 192 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,660 WHAT THE EFFECTS OF A YEAR†-- WHAT IS THE TIPPING POINT? 193 00:13:11,660 --> 00:13:12,910 WE HAD FOLKS UP THERE FOR SIX MONTHS. 194 00:13:12,910 --> 00:13:15,040 DOES SOMETHING HAPPEN AFTER SIX MONTHS? 195 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:20,619 HIS TWIN BROTHER, MARK, IS A FORMER ASTRONAUT. 196 00:13:20,619 --> 00:13:23,230 HE'S PART OF THE SAME EXPERIMENT WHAT WILL WE LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE 197 00:13:23,230 --> 00:13:24,230 AFTER A YEAR? 198 00:13:24,230 --> 00:13:25,230 DOES SOMETHING CHANGE? 199 00:13:25,230 --> 00:13:26,990 WE NEED TO KNOW THAT AS WE CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY TO 200 00:13:26,990 --> 00:13:27,990 PARTICULARS. 201 00:13:27,990 --> 00:13:28,990 IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. 202 00:13:28,990 --> 00:13:31,920 IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A LOT OF TECHNOLOGIES. 203 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,149 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEST AT, GETTING TECHNOLOGIES READY TO 204 00:13:35,149 --> 00:13:36,209 GO. 205 00:13:36,209 --> 00:13:41,939 WE LANDED CURIOSITY TO MARS, THE SIZE OF A MINI COOPER. 206 00:13:41,939 --> 00:13:45,220 NOW WE WANT TO TAKE CREWS, A HABITAT AND POTENTIAL LANDER TO 207 00:13:45,220 --> 00:13:46,220 MARS. 208 00:13:46,220 --> 00:13:48,699 IT'S A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO COME THROUGH THEIR ATMOSPHERE 209 00:13:48,699 --> 00:13:51,500 THAN HOURS, THEIRS IS THINNER. 210 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:55,899 WE'RE JUST A DAY AND ABOUT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES WE HOPE THE 211 00:13:55,899 --> 00:14:01,619 WINDOW IN HAWAII TO TEST THE LOAD DENSITY DECELERATOR A 212 00:14:01,619 --> 00:14:04,300 PROCESS TO SLOW US DOWN WHEN WE GET TO MARS. 213 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:09,319 A HUGE MATERIALS CHALLENGE, A HUGE CHALLENGE IN SO MANY AREAS. 214 00:14:09,319 --> 00:14:14,100 WE'LL FLY THAT, WE CALL IT OUR BIG FLYING SAUCER. 215 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:17,249 IT EXPANDS AND IT WILL USE THE ATMOSPHERE TO SLOW DOWN. 216 00:14:17,249 --> 00:14:22,100 IT'S A FASCINATING CONCEPT, THAT WITH OTHER CONCEPTS WILL BE WHAT 217 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:24,709 WE USE ULTIMATELY TO TAKE CREWS TO MARS. 218 00:14:24,709 --> 00:14:27,519 THAT'S HAPPENING HOPEFULLY TODAY. 219 00:14:27,519 --> 00:14:29,569 THE TEAMS ARE READY TO GO. 220 00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:31,999 AS YOU HEARD, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM 221 00:14:31,999 --> 00:14:34,899 CHARLIE WHEN HE GETS UP, WE'RE ON A JOURNEY TO MARS. 222 00:14:34,899 --> 00:14:36,829 BUT WE'RE ALREADY THERE. 223 00:14:36,829 --> 00:14:40,249 WE HAVE ROVERS ON MARS AS WE SPEAK DOING THE PRECURSOR 224 00:14:40,249 --> 00:14:43,319 MISSIONS WE NEED TO HELP US LEARN ABOUT THE RED PLANET 225 00:14:43,319 --> 00:14:45,990 BEFORE WE TAKE FOLKS THERE. 226 00:14:45,990 --> 00:14:46,990 IT'S EXCITING. 227 00:14:46,990 --> 00:14:52,589 WE GOT†-- WE'RE GOING THERE, IN A WAY THAT LETS US LEARN ALL THE 228 00:14:52,589 --> 00:14:54,889 THINGS WE NEED DO BEFORE WE TAKE FOLKS. 229 00:14:54,889 --> 00:14:56,089 BUT WE CAN'T GO TO MARS RIGHT NOW. 230 00:14:56,089 --> 00:14:57,089 WE HAVE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO. 231 00:14:57,089 --> 00:14:59,459 WE HAVE A STEPPING STONE APPROACH WE'RE TAKING AS AN 232 00:14:59,459 --> 00:15:01,100 AGENCY. 233 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:05,579 THE POINT IS WE'LL LEARN ABOUT THE WAY WE WILL DO DECELERATE, 234 00:15:05,579 --> 00:15:13,579 DECELERATORS TO LAND ON MARS, AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS IN SPACE. 235 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:14,999 ALL THESE THINGS WILL HELP US. 236 00:15:14,999 --> 00:15:16,559 WE JUST BUILD OFF THOSE. 237 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:19,209 ULTIMATELY WE WILL GET TO MARS. 238 00:15:19,209 --> 00:15:21,050 NOT EVERYTHING WE DO IS RELATED TO MARS. 239 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:22,579 IT'S NOT ALL JUST MARS. 240 00:15:22,579 --> 00:15:24,709 WE DO A LOT OF THINGS HERE ON EARTH. 241 00:15:24,709 --> 00:15:27,200 WHETHER IT'S THE AERONAUTICS PROGRAM. 242 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:32,350 HOW MANY OF YOU FLEW DOWN HERE TO KSC? 243 00:15:32,350 --> 00:15:33,350 ALL RIGHT. 244 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:34,550 I DID THIS MORNING. 245 00:15:34,550 --> 00:15:37,189 I GET A KICK OUT OF IT NOW AS I SIT IN THE AIRPLANES AND I 246 00:15:37,189 --> 00:15:39,470 NOTICE ALL THE THINGS THAT NASA HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH. 247 00:15:39,470 --> 00:15:42,860 WHEN I SIT ON THAT TARMAC AND WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT, AND I 248 00:15:42,860 --> 00:15:47,110 KNOW THE SYSTEMS WE USE TO MAKE THAT WAIT LESS TIME. 249 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:49,300 THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON. 250 00:15:49,300 --> 00:15:52,360 THE AIR TRAFFIC SAFETY, THE SPACING OF THE PLANES, THE 251 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:56,769 SYSTEMS WE ROLL OUT AS AN AGENCY TO HELP MAKE IT†-- THE AIRCRAFT 252 00:15:56,769 --> 00:16:01,050 SAFER, MORE FUEL EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFICIENT IN GENERAL FOR 253 00:16:01,050 --> 00:16:02,119 THE PROGRAM. 254 00:16:02,119 --> 00:16:04,749 THAT'S ALL PART OF THE ENERGY AND SPIRIT OF NASA. 255 00:16:04,749 --> 00:16:05,989 THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE SCIENCE SIDE. 256 00:16:05,989 --> 00:16:09,149 WE TALK ABOUT MARS, THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 257 00:16:09,149 --> 00:16:10,869 MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JULY 14th. 258 00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:14,809 JULY 14th IS NEW HORIZON, IT LAUNCHED NINE YEARS AGO. 259 00:16:14,809 --> 00:16:18,809 IT WILL PASS PLUTO AND GIVE US THE BEST IMAGES WE'VE HAD OF†-- 260 00:16:18,809 --> 00:16:21,899 I CALL IT THE PLANET. 261 00:16:21,899 --> 00:16:23,379 WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, IT'S A PLANET. 262 00:16:23,379 --> 00:16:24,619 WE'LL SEE. 263 00:16:24,619 --> 00:16:26,029 AFTER WE GO THERE. 264 00:16:26,029 --> 00:16:29,440 WHEN WE GO BY PLUTO, WE'LL GET AN INCREDIBLE VIEW. 265 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,339 THE SPACECRAFT DAWN, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN UP THERE FOREVER IS 266 00:16:32,339 --> 00:16:34,389 NOW WITH A DWARF PLANET SIRI. 267 00:16:34,389 --> 00:16:37,040 WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHS BACK OF THAT DWARF 268 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,649 PLANET. 269 00:16:39,649 --> 00:16:42,569 CONTINUING TO REWRITE TEXTBOOKS, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE OUR 270 00:16:42,569 --> 00:16:46,269 UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE AROUND US, INCLUDING OUR OWN 271 00:16:46,269 --> 00:16:47,589 SOLAR SYSTEM. 272 00:16:47,589 --> 00:16:50,749 WE JUST SELECTED THE INSTRUMENTS FOR OUR MISSION TO JUPITER'S 273 00:16:50,749 --> 00:16:52,239 MOON, EUROPA. 274 00:16:52,239 --> 00:16:54,619 A FASCINATING SET OF INSTRUMENTS THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND 275 00:16:54,619 --> 00:16:57,920 ABOUT THE ICE SHELF WE KNOW IS THERE, WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND 276 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,660 THAT PLANET COULD IT HAVE LIFE THERE? 277 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:02,220 UNDERNEATH THAT ICE SHELF? 278 00:17:02,220 --> 00:17:04,600 THAT'S WHERE THE TEAMS WILL GO LOOK. 279 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,480 SO, WHILE CURIOSITY IS ON THE SURFACE OF MARS, WE'RE LOOKING 280 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,690 AT THE OTHER PLANETS AS WELL. 281 00:17:10,690 --> 00:17:13,550 STEADY PROGRESS CONTINUES ON THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE. 282 00:17:13,550 --> 00:17:16,480 YOU SAW ONE OF THE MIRRORS IN THE VIDEO THERE. 283 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:17,480 WE LAUNCH IN 2018. 284 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,370 THE TEAM HAS BEEN ON THE PATH FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, STILL 285 00:17:20,370 --> 00:17:23,360 HAS PLENTY OF MARGIN FOR THAT DATE. 286 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:28,340 THIS IS THE NEXT GREAT EXPLORATORY THAT NASA HAS 287 00:17:28,340 --> 00:17:30,040 DEVELOPED AND WILL PUT IN SPACE. 288 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,740 AS WE CELEBRATE HUBBLE'S 25th ANNIVERSARY HERE A COUPLE MONTHS 289 00:17:32,740 --> 00:17:35,740 AGO WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE NEXT GENERATION. 290 00:17:35,740 --> 00:17:39,900 THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE IT WILL BRING US BACK TREMENDOUS 291 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:41,390 IMAGES. 292 00:17:41,390 --> 00:17:44,640 IT'S EXCITING WHAT WE'RE DOING. 293 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,960 IT'S KIND OF†-- I LIKE TO SAY A BREATH TAKING PORTFOLIO THAT WE 294 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:49,960 HAVE. 295 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,550 AS BOB SAID, AS THE COO, I GET TO SEE THIS EVERY MONTH, SEE 296 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:55,760 WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 297 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,880 IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE ALL THIS THAT WE'RE DOING. 298 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:00,880 THAT'S THE WHAT WE'RE DOING. 299 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,580 BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO IT. 300 00:18:02,580 --> 00:18:03,580 ALL RIGHT? 301 00:18:03,580 --> 00:18:05,370 HOW WE DO IT IS WITH YOU. 302 00:18:05,370 --> 00:18:06,370 IT'S OUR PEOPLE. 303 00:18:06,370 --> 00:18:09,060 IT'S†-- YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK WHAT ALL DAY LONG. 304 00:18:09,060 --> 00:18:12,440 HOW WE DO IT, THE SPIRIT OF THE NASA TEAM, THAT MAKES THIS PLACE 305 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:13,440 GO. 306 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,260 IT'S NOT JUST THE FOLKS THAT WORK HERE. 307 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:17,700 IT'S THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT THEM. 308 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:21,610 DO ME A FAVOR, IF YOU'RE A FAMILY MEMBER HERE SUPPORTING 309 00:18:21,610 --> 00:18:32,800 ONE OF OUR HONOREES, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? 310 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,320 [†APPLAUSE†] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 311 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:36,320 SUPPORT. 312 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,020 I WOULD SAY FOR THE MOST PORT, THOSE OF US THAT GET DO THIS, WE 313 00:18:38,020 --> 00:18:39,780 DO THIS BECAUSE WE LOVE IT. 314 00:18:39,780 --> 00:18:43,240 IT'S AS MUCH A HOBBY AS IT IS A JOB FOR US. 315 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:44,970 YOU GUYS HAVE TO PUT UP WITH US. 316 00:18:44,970 --> 00:18:46,680 THOSE OF YOU THAT JUST STOOD UP. 317 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:47,880 I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. 318 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,500 I APPRECIATE, AS WE USED TO SAY, PICKING UP AT THE SOCCER GAME, 319 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:55,810 THE COVER AND THE PTA MEETINGS WHILE WE GET TO DO WHAT WE DO. 320 00:18:55,810 --> 00:18:57,990 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS FAMILY. 321 00:18:57,990 --> 00:19:01,080 IT'S THAT ENERGY AND OUR PEOPLE AND THE FOLKS THAT SUPPORT THEM 322 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,520 THAT ALLOW US TO GET THE THINGS WE GET TO DO AND MAKE THE 323 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,830 DIFFERENCES WE WANT TO DO. 324 00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:09,080 WHAT WE DO DOES MATTER, WHETHER IT'S THE SPINOFF OF THE 325 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,740 TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS US HERE ON EARTH, OR WHETHER IT'S JUST 326 00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:15,300 MAKING THINGS SAFER, MORE EFFICIENT FOR US AS WE MOVE 327 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:18,950 FORWARD OR JUST EXPANDS OUR KNOWLEDGE. 328 00:19:18,950 --> 00:19:20,920 THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 329 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:25,920 THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE I THINK FOR THE UNITED STATES, NASA 330 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:27,610 REMAINS A GLOBAL LEADER. 331 00:19:27,610 --> 00:19:30,770 THE U.S. CAN LOOK AT US AS†-- THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE ARE A 332 00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:32,430 LEADER INTERNATIONALLY IN SPACE. 333 00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:37,430 THAT'S WHAT WE DO IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE DO. 334 00:19:37,430 --> 00:19:40,170 I THINK PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO WHAT WE DO FOR A LOT OF REASONS. 335 00:19:40,170 --> 00:19:42,310 WE INSPIRE. 336 00:19:42,310 --> 00:19:45,530 WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF KNOWLEDGE. 337 00:19:45,530 --> 00:19:47,810 THAT GIVES PEOPLE A BIT OF HOPE. 338 00:19:47,810 --> 00:19:52,420 A BIT OF THINKING THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN OVERCOME SOME 339 00:19:52,420 --> 00:19:55,130 OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING GREAT 340 00:19:55,130 --> 00:19:58,510 ADVANCES IN AREAS THAT PEOPLE NEVER THOUGHT WERE POSSIBLE. 341 00:19:58,510 --> 00:20:01,650 CHARLIE LIKES TO SAY WE MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE. 342 00:20:01,650 --> 00:20:03,300 THAT'S WHAT WE GET DO EVERY DAY AT NASA. 343 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:05,700 IT'S FASCINATING. 344 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:08,260 I THINK I WANT TO HIT ONE MORE THING. 345 00:20:08,260 --> 00:20:09,340 I TALKED ABOUT THE WHAT. 346 00:20:09,340 --> 00:20:10,340 I TALKED ABOUT THE HOW. 347 00:20:10,340 --> 00:20:13,160 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WHY. 348 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,900 I THINK THE WHY IS IMPORTANT. 349 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:17,940 WE'LL RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE BEST THIS AGENCY HAS TODAY. 350 00:20:17,940 --> 00:20:18,940 THEY'LL WALK UP HERE. 351 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:22,820 I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE. 352 00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:24,600 OR READ THE BOOK. 353 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,070 IT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL WHAT THESE FOLKS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. 354 00:20:27,070 --> 00:20:34,230 THEY REPRESENT A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE AGENCY. 355 00:20:34,230 --> 00:20:35,830 THEY UNDERSTAND THE WHY. 356 00:20:35,830 --> 00:20:37,391 THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY GET THE WHY. 357 00:20:37,391 --> 00:20:39,430 WHY DO WE DO THIS. 358 00:20:39,430 --> 00:20:43,551 I THINK IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EVERY ONE OF THEM, IF YOU 359 00:20:43,551 --> 00:20:45,430 BROUGHT THEM OUT AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM, THEY 360 00:20:45,430 --> 00:20:47,200 HAVE A STORY TO TELL. 361 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,790 THEY'LL TELL THEIR STORY ABOUT WHY THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE 362 00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:51,770 DOING. 363 00:20:51,770 --> 00:20:53,920 THEY ARE EITHER INVOLVED IN TAKING HUMANS FURTHER THAN 364 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,900 THEY'VE GONE BEFORE IN SPACE, BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT WILL 365 00:20:57,900 --> 00:21:00,440 REVEAL NEW SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO US, BASICALLY REWRITING 366 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,570 TEXTBOOKS FOR GRANDKIDS, ASSUMING MY GRANDKIDS HAVE 367 00:21:03,570 --> 00:21:07,990 TEXTBOOKS BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, AND DOING THINGS TO HELP 368 00:21:07,990 --> 00:21:15,500 US UNDERSTAND THE HOME PROGRAM. 369 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,570 EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS A STORY TO TELL. 370 00:21:18,570 --> 00:21:20,940 AND MOST OF US ARE BUILDING OFF A LEGACY THAT WAS LEFT TO US 371 00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:23,190 THAT WERE HERE WITH THE FOLKS BEFORE. 372 00:21:23,190 --> 00:21:25,070 I ALWAYS TALK TO THE FOLKS HERE BEFORE. 373 00:21:25,070 --> 00:21:28,820 I ASK, ESPECIALLY THE GUYS BACK IN THE APOLLO DAYS, DID YOU KNOW 374 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:30,530 YOU WERE MAKING HISTORY? 375 00:21:30,530 --> 00:21:33,220 FOR THE MOST PART THEY SAY, NO, I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB. 376 00:21:33,220 --> 00:21:34,630 MAN, I LOVE MY JOB. 377 00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:35,630 IT WAS FUN. 378 00:21:35,630 --> 00:21:40,150 I BET YOU ASK THESE FOLKS HERE, THEY'LL SAY I WAS JUST DOING MY 379 00:21:40,150 --> 00:21:41,150 JOB. 380 00:21:41,150 --> 00:21:42,150 I LOVE DOING THIS STUFF. 381 00:21:42,150 --> 00:21:43,930 THEY'RE ALSO MAKING HISTORY, EVERY DAY. 382 00:21:43,930 --> 00:21:46,920 YOU SAW THAT VIDEO THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN THIS AGENCY. 383 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:51,640 AS CHARLIE SAYS, WE ARE A FUTURE AGENCY, BUT WE'RE MAKING HISTORY 384 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:52,900 AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 385 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:56,030 I SHARED THIS STORY A COUPLE TIMES LATELY ABOUT THE WHY PART 386 00:21:56,030 --> 00:22:00,140 OF THIS I WANT TO SHARE IT FOR THIS CROWD AT AN HONOR AWARDS, 387 00:22:00,140 --> 00:22:04,400 BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT THE WHY PART AS MUCH AS ANYBODY. 388 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:10,180 IT'S THE STONE CUTTER'S STORY, IT NEVER HURTS TO HEAR IT AGAIN. 389 00:22:10,180 --> 00:22:15,040 A MAN SEES THREE STONE CUTTERS WORKING IN A QUARRY. 390 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,480 HE WANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. 391 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,660 HE WALKS UP TO THE FIRST ONE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 392 00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:21,020 I'M MAKING A BRICK. 393 00:22:21,020 --> 00:22:22,800 THAT DOESN'T HELP HIM VERY MUCH. 394 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,020 HE GOES TO THE SECOND ONE WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 395 00:22:26,020 --> 00:22:28,620 I'M MAKING A BRICK, BUT I'M MAKING SURE THE EDGES ARE 396 00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:33,120 PERFECTLY SHAPED SO WHEN IT GETS PLACED, IT WILL BE THE RIGHT 397 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:34,250 PART. 398 00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:37,780 THE THIRD SAYS I'M BUILDING A CATHEDRAL. 399 00:22:37,780 --> 00:22:38,780 WHICH ONE GETS IT? 400 00:22:38,780 --> 00:22:39,780 THE THIRD ONE, RIGHT? 401 00:22:39,780 --> 00:22:40,960 APPLY THAT TO US. 402 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,980 I'M AN OLD ROCKET GUY, I HAD TO MAKE IT A ROCKET STORY. 403 00:22:44,980 --> 00:22:48,120 OUR VERSION COULD BE, YOU WALK UP TO AN ENGINEER ON A 404 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:49,860 MANUFACTURING MACHINE. 405 00:22:49,860 --> 00:22:51,860 ALL RIGHT? 406 00:22:51,860 --> 00:22:54,590 FIRST ENGINEER SAYS, I'M BUILDING A PART. 407 00:22:54,590 --> 00:22:55,820 RIGHT? 408 00:22:55,820 --> 00:22:58,540 SECOND ENGINEER SAYS I'M BUILDING A PART THAT WILL FIT ON 409 00:22:58,540 --> 00:22:59,830 A ROCKET. 410 00:22:59,830 --> 00:23:03,390 THE THIRD ENGINEER SAYS, I'M BUILDING A ROCKET THAT WILL TAKE 411 00:23:03,390 --> 00:23:06,160 HUMANS FURTHER THAN WE'VE EVER TAKEN THEM BEFORE. 412 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,400 THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 413 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,690 THAT'S THE WHY. 414 00:23:08,690 --> 00:23:10,400 THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. 415 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,340 THANKS AGAIN TO EACH OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, FOR OUR 416 00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:17,690 HONOREES TODAY AND THANKS TO THE FAMILIES FOR BEING HERE WITH US 417 00:23:17,690 --> 00:23:20,850 AND SUPPORTING THESE FOLKS AND ALLOWING US TO GET TO DO WHAT WE 418 00:23:20,850 --> 00:23:22,530 GET TO DO. 419 00:23:22,530 --> 00:23:24,540 GENERATIONS LIKE THESE BEHIND YOU WILL FOLLOW IN YOUR 420 00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:25,540 FOOTSTEPS. 421 00:23:25,540 --> 00:23:27,410 I CAN BE PROUD OF THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. 422 00:23:27,410 --> 00:23:30,510 THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE AT KSC, AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO 423 00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:34,960 TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO CHARLIE BOLDEN, OUR ADMINISTRATOR. 424 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:44,170 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROBERT. 425 00:23:44,170 --> 00:23:46,050 THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 426 00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:49,920 BOB, ROBERT, THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 427 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,770 ROBERT ELUDED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 428 00:23:51,770 --> 00:23:55,780 AS I LOOKED OUT THERE I SAW SOME SPOUSES, I THINK, FAMILY MEMBERS 429 00:23:55,780 --> 00:23:58,970 WHO KIND OF LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GETTING CHOKED UP WHEN 430 00:23:58,970 --> 00:24:00,740 ROBERT THANKED YOU. 431 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:02,290 I CAN SEE ONE OVER THERE. 432 00:24:02,290 --> 00:24:04,550 SHE'S LIKE ME. 433 00:24:04,550 --> 00:24:06,760 YOU ALL DO INCREDIBLE STUFF. 434 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,620 YOU REALLY DO I THINK THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT ROBERT WAS TRYING 435 00:24:09,620 --> 00:24:10,990 TO GIVE YOU. 436 00:24:10,990 --> 00:24:13,440 I'M PRIVILEGED. 437 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,040 I WORK WITH THE GREATEST GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 438 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,990 THERE'S ABOUT 18,000 CIVIL SERVANTS THAT MAKE UP THE NASA 439 00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:23,310 FAMILY, ABOUT 40,000 CONTRACTORS. 440 00:24:23,310 --> 00:24:26,100 AND LIKE ROBERT AND BOB SAID, WE GET TO SEE A LOT OF STUFF COME 441 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:29,000 AND GO EVERY SINGLE DAY. 442 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:33,130 FROM NASA HEADQUARTERS, WHILE WE'RE NOT DOWN TOUCHING HARDWARE 443 00:24:33,130 --> 00:24:37,130 EVERY DAY, WE GET TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT YOU ALL MAKE. 444 00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:40,160 WE GET TO SEE IT ON A GLOBAL SCALE. 445 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:45,090 BECAUSE WE DO GET TO TALK TO PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND 446 00:24:45,090 --> 00:24:48,190 COMPANIES AND THE LIKE WHO ALWAYS ADMIRE EVERYTHING THAT 447 00:24:48,190 --> 00:24:49,190 YOU DO. 448 00:24:49,190 --> 00:24:52,240 THIS IS A VERY†-- THIS IS YOUR DAY, THOSE BEING RECOGNIZED 449 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,860 TODAY. 450 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:57,500 ROBERT GIVES ME SOMETHING EVERY TIME I HEAR HIM THAT I FALL IN 451 00:24:57,500 --> 00:24:58,500 LOVE WITH. 452 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:02,110 I NEVER HEARD THE HARDWARE WANTS TO TALK TO US. 453 00:25:02,110 --> 00:25:04,790 THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO REMEMBER. 454 00:25:04,790 --> 00:25:08,080 WE WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT SCHEDULES, ALL THAT STUFF 455 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,010 BEFORE WE CAME IN. 456 00:25:10,010 --> 00:25:12,210 WE CAN WORK A THING TO DEATH. 457 00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:15,660 BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE NEED TO SAY, IT'S TIME TO GO. 458 00:25:15,660 --> 00:25:17,010 LET THE HARDWARE TALK TO US. 459 00:25:17,010 --> 00:25:18,640 I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THAT. 460 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,280 I WAS COMMENTING TO ROBERT, IN THE VIDEO, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY 461 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,460 OF YOU SAW IT WHEN THE PILOT, THE GUY WEARING THE FLIGHT SUIT 462 00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:27,240 SAYS NASA IS WITH YOU WHEN YOU FLY. 463 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,660 I TRY TO SAY THAT ALL THE TIME IT DOESN'T GO OVER WELL WHEN 464 00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:32,080 YOU'RE IN A BUSINESS SUIT. 465 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,820 I REALLY LIKED IT WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY IN A FLIGHT SUIT SAYING 466 00:25:35,820 --> 00:25:37,390 NASA IS WITH YOU WHEN YOU FLY. 467 00:25:37,390 --> 00:25:42,960 THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. 468 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:43,960 WHY KSC? 469 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,660 WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? 470 00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:49,490 IT'S BECAUSE SHARP PEOPLE IN HUMAN CAPITAL THOUGHT IT WAS 471 00:25:49,490 --> 00:25:52,460 TIME TO TAKE THE SHOW ON THE ROAD. 472 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:56,590 BRINGING PEOPLE TO WASHINGTON IS OKAY, BUT PEOPLE IN THE CENTERS 473 00:25:56,590 --> 00:26:00,200 AND THEIR FAMILIES DON'T ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE 474 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,230 SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR CEREMONY. 475 00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:07,410 WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE HIGHEST PERFORMERS IN THE AGENCY TODAY 476 00:26:07,410 --> 00:26:11,460 WITH TWO AAWARDS WE GIVE, ONE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS, AND THE 477 00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:16,120 OTHER FOR PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. 478 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:19,270 HOPEFULLY THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. 479 00:26:19,270 --> 00:26:21,860 BUT ALSO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW YOU TO 480 00:26:21,860 --> 00:26:25,270 SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT ORDINARILY GET TO SEE IT UP 481 00:26:25,270 --> 00:26:26,490 CLOSE AND PERSONAL. 482 00:26:26,490 --> 00:26:30,530 WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK FROM HERE AND MOVE AROUND THE CENTER 483 00:26:30,530 --> 00:26:34,760 PERIODICALLY SO WE DO THIS AT CENTERS INSTEAD OF ALWAYS AT 484 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,200 NASA HEADQUARTERS. 485 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:41,470 I SAID I WANT TO THANK ALSO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO HAS 486 00:26:41,470 --> 00:26:43,130 JOINED US TODAY FOR THIS. 487 00:26:43,130 --> 00:26:45,880 IT IS A SPECIAL CELEBRATION. 488 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,340 MANY OF YOU HAVE TRAVELED TO BE HERE. 489 00:26:49,340 --> 00:26:52,690 I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 490 00:26:52,690 --> 00:26:55,850 TO YOU'RE FAMILIES, AS ROBERT SAID, I SAY THANK YOU FOR 491 00:26:55,850 --> 00:26:58,240 SHARING YOUR LOVED ONES WITH US. 492 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,910 WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE SACRIFICED AND YOU WOULD 493 00:27:01,910 --> 00:27:06,290 LIKE TO HAVE THEM HOME MUCH MORE THAN THEY ARE, SOME OF YOU. 494 00:27:06,290 --> 00:27:10,310 FOR THE WIVES THAT ARE LIKE MY LIFE, I REMEMBER WHEN I TRIED TO 495 00:27:10,310 --> 00:27:14,660 RETIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME, TRANSITION, AS SHE CALL IT I GOT 496 00:27:14,660 --> 00:27:18,600 UP DUTIFULLY EVERY MORNING, WENT DOWN, FIXED COFFEE, WOULD BRING 497 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,430 UP BREAKFAST IN BED. 498 00:27:20,430 --> 00:27:24,370 FIRST WEEK, I WOULD GIVE HER THE BREAKFAST AND COFFEE AND SAY 499 00:27:24,370 --> 00:27:26,270 WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY. 500 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:29,790 SHE WOULD KIND OF LOOK, AND THEN START OF THE SECOND WEEK, I 501 00:27:29,790 --> 00:27:31,680 BROUGHT THE COFFEE AND BREAKFAST UP. 502 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,510 I SAID, JACKIE WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY? 503 00:27:33,510 --> 00:27:35,460 SHE SAID, LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 504 00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:37,340 I GOT A LIFE. 505 00:27:37,340 --> 00:27:39,400 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF 506 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,510 HERE AND DO SOMETHING. 507 00:27:40,510 --> 00:27:43,160 SHE SAID I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. 508 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,510 I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO FOR US ALL THE TIME. 509 00:27:46,510 --> 00:27:49,000 I KNOW THAT YOUR LOVED ONES DO, ALSO. 510 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,460 BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR LOVED ONES WITH US. 511 00:27:51,460 --> 00:27:54,470 I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH OF THE HONOREES FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE 512 00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:57,300 JOINED US, AND I WANT TO WELCOME A SPECIAL GROUP. 513 00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:01,730 I HAD A CHANCE TO YELL AT THEM. 514 00:28:01,730 --> 00:28:04,710 WELCOME THE STUDENTS FROM THE COCOA BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB 515 00:28:04,710 --> 00:28:06,200 WHO HAVE JOINED US TODAY. 516 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,790 I KNOW MANY OF THEM ARE IN THE PURPLE AND YELLOW, GREAT 517 00:28:10,790 --> 00:28:14,370 COLORS†-- NOT SURE WHO PICKED YOUR COLORS, YOU COULDN'T HAVE 518 00:28:14,370 --> 00:28:17,360 PICKED BETTER COLORS THAN PURPLE AND GOLD. 519 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:18,790 SOME OF YOU GET IT. 520 00:28:18,790 --> 00:28:19,830 SOME OTHERS DON'T. 521 00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:23,610 ALEXANDER, OLIVER, EDEN, BENJAMIN, MADISON, LEAH, 522 00:28:23,610 --> 00:28:24,870 NICHOLAS, ALEC. 523 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:28,650 LET ME SEE, YOU ARE ALEC? 524 00:28:28,650 --> 00:28:29,910 THAT'S ALEC. 525 00:28:29,910 --> 00:28:31,890 YOU MUST BE NICHOLAS. 526 00:28:31,890 --> 00:28:34,380 NICHOLAS, I WAS TELLING FOLKS ON THE FRONT ROW, I SAID NICHOLAS 527 00:28:34,380 --> 00:28:37,660 IS PROBABLY GOING WHO IS THAT GUY? 528 00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:39,710 WHO KEEPS TURNING†-- BEFORE WE STARTED, WHO KEEPS TURNING 529 00:28:39,710 --> 00:28:43,400 AROUND BOTHERING ME AND TALKING ABOUT NOT DRINKING COFFEE 530 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,080 BECAUSE IT WILL STUNT YOUR GROWTH AND ALL THAT STUFF. 531 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:51,770 NICHOLAS, I WAS JUST TRYING TO†-- I WAS TRYING TO THANK YOU 532 00:28:51,770 --> 00:28:56,150 FOR WHAT YOUR DAD IS GOING TO GET TODAY. 533 00:28:56,150 --> 00:28:59,240 HOPEFULLY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. 534 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,350 HOPEFULLY HOW YOU WILL FEEL PROUD ABOUT IT YOU'LL LOOK BACK 535 00:29:01,350 --> 00:29:04,280 ON IT SOME DAY AND SAY I DO REMEMBER THAT GUY NOW. 536 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,920 I THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY. 537 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,000 FOR THE GROUP FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, I WILL SINGLE OUT 538 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,000 TAMERA. 539 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,810 TAMERA, RAISE YOUR HAND. 540 00:29:13,810 --> 00:29:14,810 STAND. 541 00:29:14,810 --> 00:29:16,220 YOU ARE THE OLDEST ONE. 542 00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:19,090 SHE TOLD ME THAT STAND UP FOR A SECOND. 543 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:22,770 AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS, EVERYBODY SAYS TAMERA IS ALWAYS 544 00:29:22,770 --> 00:29:26,930 FULL OF LIFE AND HER SMILE IS ALWAYS SHINING LIKE ONE†-- LIKE 545 00:29:26,930 --> 00:29:28,220 THE ONE IN HER PICTURE. 546 00:29:28,220 --> 00:29:31,940 SHE IS THE REIGNING YOUTH OF THE YEAR FOR COCOA BEACH. 547 00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:36,770 A STAR†-- WILL YOU LOVE THIS. 548 00:29:36,770 --> 00:29:39,590 STAR VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAYER AT TITUSVILLE HIGH AND A 549 00:29:39,590 --> 00:29:42,360 STAR TRACK RUNNER AT THE SCHOOL, TOO. 550 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,500 TAMERA REPRESENTS ALL OF THE KIDS OUT THERE. 551 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:52,460 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE THIS YEAR. 552 00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:55,530 [†APPLAUSE†] I SAID ALL THAT, THOUGH, ABOUT 553 00:29:55,530 --> 00:29:58,380 THE STUDENTS, ABOUT THE FAMILIES, THEY'RE MORE FAMILIES 554 00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:00,670 HERE WITH THEIR KIDS AND IT'S SPECIAL FOR ALL OF YOU TO BE 555 00:30:00,670 --> 00:30:01,670 HERE. 556 00:30:01,670 --> 00:30:07,800 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE REALLY THE FIRST, THE TRUE FIRST 557 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,120 SPACE GENERATION. 558 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:13,850 IT'S YOUR GENERATION THAT HAS NEVER†-- TAMERA HAS, TWO YEARS. 559 00:30:13,850 --> 00:30:16,320 YOU MISSED IT BY TWO YEARS, YOU'RE STILL IN THE SPACE 560 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:17,320 GENERATION. 561 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,290 YOUR GENERATION HAS NEVER KNOWN A TIME THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE 562 00:30:20,290 --> 00:30:22,330 NOT LIVED AND WORKED IN SPACE. 563 00:30:22,330 --> 00:30:26,970 FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU 14 AND YOUNGER, SOON THE 564 00:30:26,970 --> 00:30:30,790 15-YEAR-OLDS, THERE WILL NOT AB SINGLE SECOND IN YOUR LIFE WHEN 565 00:30:30,790 --> 00:30:33,070 HUMAN BEINGS HAVE NOT CONTINUOUSLY BEEN LIVING AND 566 00:30:33,070 --> 00:30:38,180 WORKING ON THE SPACE STATION, 250 MILES ABOVE EARTH. 567 00:30:38,180 --> 00:30:41,110 AS ROBERT SAID, WE'RE NOT ALL ABOUT MARS, WE'RE NOT ALL ABOUT 568 00:30:41,110 --> 00:30:43,950 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, BUT WE'RE ABOUT MAKING LIFE 569 00:30:43,950 --> 00:30:45,440 BETTER ON EARTH. 570 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,020 THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 571 00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:52,050 AND FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, 572 00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:54,910 THAT MAKES YOU THE SPECIAL SPACE GENERATION. 573 00:30:54,910 --> 00:30:56,800 YOU WILL GO TO MARS. 574 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,240 WE TALK ABOUT IT. 575 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:03,200 BOB AND I, WE KEEP SCHEMING, THINKING WE'LL LAST LONG ENOUGH. 576 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:09,580 WE TALK TO SENATOR JOHN GLENN, HE TELLS US WE WANT GO BACK AND 577 00:31:09,580 --> 00:31:11,780 FLY AGAIN UNTIL WE'RE 77. 578 00:31:11,780 --> 00:31:15,450 BOB AND I ARE STARTING TO COUNT THE DAYS, REALLY YEARS, THAT'S A 579 00:31:15,450 --> 00:31:18,940 LONG TIME TO GET TO 77, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE AS OLD AS I AM. 580 00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:21,940 BUT YOU ARE GOING TO MARS. 581 00:31:21,940 --> 00:31:24,910 PROBABLY ONE OF YOU SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW WILL BE 582 00:31:24,910 --> 00:31:28,310 AMONG THE FIRST CREW THAT WILL PUT BOOTS ON MARS. 583 00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:29,310 THAT'S IMPORTANT. 584 00:31:29,310 --> 00:31:32,210 THAT'S WHY THE PEOPLE BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY, IF YOU ASK 585 00:31:32,210 --> 00:31:34,900 THEM, A LOT OF THEM, IT WOULD TELL YOU THAT'S ALSO WHY THEY DO 586 00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:35,900 WHAT THEY DO. 587 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:39,880 WHEN ROBERT TALKS ABOUT THE HOW, WHY, WHAT, WE'RE DOING IT FOR 588 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:40,880 YOU. 589 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,870 WE'RE DOING A LOT OF HARD WORK TODAY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE. 590 00:31:43,870 --> 00:31:46,720 NEW TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE ROBERT MENTIONED, THE SOLAR ELECTRIC 591 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:51,600 PROPULSION, THE ORION, SPACE LAUNCH ROCKET ARE BEING 592 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,010 DEVELOPED AND TESTED NOW. 593 00:31:54,010 --> 00:31:59,690 PEOPLE YOUR AGE WILL TAKE HUMANITY TO MARS IN THE 2030s. 594 00:31:59,690 --> 00:32:03,309 ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY, BOTH THOSE GOING TO BE UP HERE 595 00:32:03,309 --> 00:32:06,870 SHARING THE STAGE WITH US, AND THOSE OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, 596 00:32:06,870 --> 00:32:08,559 ARE GOING TO HELP YOU. 597 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:10,710 GOING TO HELP YOU TO REALIZE YOUR DREAMS. 598 00:32:10,710 --> 00:32:13,460 THESE PEOPLE ARE ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. 599 00:32:13,460 --> 00:32:20,420 THE NASA WORK FORCE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO POSSESS MANY TALL 600 00:32:20,420 --> 00:32:24,130 LENGTH AND ARE DEDICATED TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBILITY POSSIBILITY 601 00:32:24,130 --> 00:32:26,630 AND TURNING SCIENCE FICTION INTO SCIENCE FACT. 602 00:32:26,630 --> 00:32:32,620 REACH YEAR ITS MY PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 603 00:32:32,620 --> 00:32:35,640 AT THIS CEREMONY TODAY WE PRESENT THE HIGHEST MONEYERS 604 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,460 NASA BESTOWS, THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICES METAL AND THE 605 00:32:39,460 --> 00:32:41,930 DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL. 606 00:32:41,930 --> 00:32:46,520 THAT VERY WORD, DISTINGUISHED, MEANS THEY SET THEMSELVES APART. 607 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,700 THEY HAVE BROKEN FROM THE CROWD INTO A LOFTIER REALM OF QUALITY 608 00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:51,370 AND DEDICATION. 609 00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:52,370 DISTINGUISHED. 610 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:55,530 THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED, THAT THE NATION NEEDS 611 00:32:55,530 --> 00:32:58,860 ON NASA'S TEAM AS WE MAKE THE JOURNEY TO MARS, BECAUSE IT'S 612 00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:00,790 NOT GOING TO BE EASY. 613 00:33:00,790 --> 00:33:03,140 WE'RE GOING TO NEED EVERYONE TO PULL THEIR OWN WEIGHT. 614 00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:07,040 WE'LL NEED LEADERS LIKE OUR HONOR AWARDS RECIPIENTS TO SEE 615 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,750 THE BIG PICTURE AND MAKE A TARGETED INVESTMENT IN THEIR 616 00:33:09,750 --> 00:33:13,210 INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND GOOD OLD-FASHIONED BLOOD, SWEAT AND 617 00:33:13,210 --> 00:33:14,360 TEARS. 618 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:22,400 OUR GOAL TODAY IS TO CELEBRATE THE HONOREES, ALL OF NASA AND 619 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:27,020 THE CHALLENGES IT MEETS WHICH GIVES RISE TO SUCH PASSION AND 620 00:33:27,020 --> 00:33:32,050 TALENT THIS CEREMONY IS ALSO INTENDED TO INSPIRE AND ENGAGE 621 00:33:32,050 --> 00:33:34,550 ALL OF YOU PRESENT. 622 00:33:34,550 --> 00:33:37,010 INSPIRATION IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL GIFTS WE GIVE EACH 623 00:33:37,010 --> 00:33:42,240 OTHER, AND THAT NASA GIVES TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT MAKE 624 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,460 THEIR OWN GIANT LEAPS IN EXPLORATION. 625 00:33:45,460 --> 00:33:48,500 I WANT TO THANK OUR ENTIRE WORK FORCE FOR ANOTHER FANTASTIC 626 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:49,500 YEAR. 627 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,350 WE REACHED A LOT OF MILESTONES, AS ROBERT MENTIONED. 628 00:33:52,350 --> 00:33:55,800 OUR JOURNEY TO MARS CONTINUED UNABATED EVEN AS WE CELEBRATE 629 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:00,870 THE INCREDIBLE LEGACY WE HAVE BUILT THAT LEGACY INCLUDES THE 630 00:34:00,870 --> 00:34:04,450 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE AND THE 50th 631 00:34:04,450 --> 00:34:07,770 ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN SPACEWALK BY ED WHITE, 632 00:34:07,770 --> 00:34:11,000 WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS ACTUALLY TOMORROW. 633 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,740 YOU KNOW, THIS PAST WEEKEND HERE AT THE KSC VISITOR'S CENTER, BOB 634 00:34:15,740 --> 00:34:19,650 AND I WERE HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO TAKE PART IN THE 635 00:34:19,650 --> 00:34:23,610 NEW HEROES AND LEGENDS EXHIBIT THAT WILL HONOR THE PANTHEON OF 636 00:34:23,610 --> 00:34:28,669 OUR SPACE FLIGHT ENGINEERS FROM EARLY DAYS TO CONTEMPORARY 637 00:34:28,669 --> 00:34:29,669 TIMES. 638 00:34:29,669 --> 00:34:34,960 I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME BACK IN THE FALL OF 2016 OR THE 639 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:40,050 SUMMER OF 2016 WHEN HEROES AND LEGENDS HAS ITS OFFICIAL 640 00:34:40,050 --> 00:34:41,050 OPENING. 641 00:34:41,050 --> 00:34:43,889 I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE INDUCTION OF FOUR NEW MEMBERS OF 642 00:34:43,889 --> 00:34:53,790 THE ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME, JOHN GLENN, STEVE LINDSAY, YOU, EVERY 643 00:34:53,790 --> 00:34:57,830 ONE OF YOU IN THE NASA FAMILY IS A PART OF THAT CONTINUUM. 644 00:34:57,830 --> 00:35:01,490 WE ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE 645 00:35:01,490 --> 00:35:06,450 AND WE ARE PROVIDING THE FOUNDATION FOR THOSE WHO WILL 646 00:35:06,450 --> 00:35:09,950 FOLLOW, THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SITTING HERE IN THIS AUDIENCE, 647 00:35:09,950 --> 00:35:13,320 THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, THE SONS 648 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,560 AND DAUGHTERS AND GRANDSONS, GRANDDAUGHTERS OF THE HONOREES 649 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,310 TODAY. 650 00:35:18,310 --> 00:35:21,740 THAT'S SOMETHING OF WHICH WE CAN ALL BE EXTREMELY PROUD. 651 00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:24,750 YOU ONLY GET A STRONG FOUNDATION BY BUILDING IT WITH CARE AND 652 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:28,040 PRIDE AND USING THE BEST MATERIALS. 653 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,560 THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU PROVIDING THAT IN THE FORM OF YOUR 654 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,340 DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE. 655 00:35:33,340 --> 00:35:35,620 OUR TEAM IS UNBEATABLE. 656 00:35:35,620 --> 00:35:39,260 AND I'M DELIGHTED TO LEAD THIS INCREDIBLE WORK FORCE TOWARDS 657 00:35:39,260 --> 00:35:40,430 THE NEXT MILESTONES. 658 00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:45,130 SO, NOW, LET'S JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING OUR COLLEAGUES WHO 659 00:35:45,130 --> 00:35:48,650 HAVE DONE EXCEPTIONAL WORK THIS PAST YEAR AND IN CELEBRATING THE 660 00:35:48,650 --> 00:35:52,490 INCREDIBLE MISSIONS THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS HELPING 661 00:35:52,490 --> 00:35:53,850 UNFOLD TODAY. 662 00:35:53,850 --> 00:35:59,090 NOW I'D LIKE TO BRING NASA'S ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR, ROBERT 663 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:04,010 LIGHTFOOT BACK UP TO THE STAGE TO JOIN ME SO WE CAN GIVE AWAY 664 00:36:04,010 --> 00:36:06,230 SOME AWARDS. 665 00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:15,820 [†APPLAUSE†] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, EACH 666 00:36:15,820 --> 00:36:21,290 YEAR NASA RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT 667 00:36:21,290 --> 00:36:23,640 TO NASA'S MISSION SUCCESS. 668 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,430 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE ONE OF TWO 669 00:36:26,430 --> 00:36:34,369 PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS, FIRST IS THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, IT 670 00:36:34,369 --> 00:36:38,290 IS AWARDED TO A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE WHO BY DISTINGUISHED 671 00:36:38,290 --> 00:36:43,690 SERVICE, ABILITY OR VISION HAS PERSONALLY CONTRIBUTED TO NASA'S 672 00:36:43,690 --> 00:36:47,430 ADVANCEMENT OF UNITED STATES INTERESTS. 673 00:36:47,430 --> 00:36:51,160 THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACHIEVEMENT OR CONTRIBUTION MUST DEMONSTRATE A 674 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,600 LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT HAS MADE A PROFOUND OR INDELIBLE 675 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,340 IMPACT ON NASA MISSION SUCCESS. 676 00:36:57,340 --> 00:37:01,050 AND THEREFORE THE CONTRIBUTION IS SO EXTRAORDINARY THAT OTHER 677 00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:05,180 FORMS OF RECOGNITION BY NASA WOULD BE INADEQUATE. 678 00:37:05,180 --> 00:37:10,270 TODAY, WE HAVE 21 HONOREE IN THIS CATEGORY. 679 00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:13,040 OTHER FIRST HONOREE IS MR. 680 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,190 DANIEL BUFTON. 681 00:37:16,190 --> 00:37:18,100 >> DAN IS A TRUE FORCE OF NATURE. 682 00:37:18,100 --> 00:37:20,840 HE IS A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT. 683 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:25,563 HE IS A PERSON THAT GENUINELY CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HE 684 00:37:25,563 --> 00:37:26,563 WORKS WITH. 685 00:37:26,563 --> 00:37:29,150 HE IS A MENTOR. 686 00:37:29,150 --> 00:37:33,540 HE IS†-- HAS A STRATEGIC VIEW OF THE WORLD AND HAS A WAY OF 687 00:37:33,540 --> 00:37:37,360 ASSEMBLING TEAMS TO DO SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE PROJECTS. 688 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:43,540 HE HAS DONE TOO MANY PROJECTS HERE AT AMES TO COUNT FROM 689 00:37:43,540 --> 00:37:49,020 FACILITIES TO SPACE RELATED THINGS, BUT THROUGH IT ALL HIS 690 00:37:49,020 --> 00:37:55,220 STRENGTHS ARE HIS PEOPLE SKILLS, HIS ABILITY TO EMPOWER THE 691 00:37:55,220 --> 00:38:03,470 PEOPLE HE WORKS WITH, TO INSPIRE THEM DO THINGS BEYOND WHAT THEY 692 00:38:03,470 --> 00:38:06,140 THINK THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING. 693 00:38:06,140 --> 00:38:11,420 THAT REALLY IS THE ESSENCE OF DAN. 694 00:38:11,420 --> 00:38:12,420 >> MR. 695 00:38:12,420 --> 00:38:16,560 BUFTON? 696 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:21,720 [†APPLAUSE†] MR. 697 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:24,790 BUFTON IS BEING AWARDED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO NASA 698 00:38:24,790 --> 00:38:28,170 HAS CREATED CRITICAL SERVICE CAPABILITIES, PERFORMED 699 00:38:28,170 --> 00:38:39,780 IMPACTFUL SCIENCE AND INSPIRED FUTURE PROJECT MANAGERS AT AMES. 700 00:38:39,780 --> 00:38:49,119 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 701 00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:50,119 LEROY CAIN. 702 00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:51,119 >> HELLO, LEROY. 703 00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:55,890 GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND TALK WITH YOU AND YOUR 704 00:38:55,890 --> 00:38:58,240 COLLEAGUES AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ABOUT YOUR DISTINGUISHED 705 00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:01,920 SERVICE MEDAL IT WAS EXCITING TO THERE TO SEE ROBERT AWARD THAT 706 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:02,920 TO YOU. 707 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,140 WHY THINK ABOUT THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND 708 00:39:05,140 --> 00:39:08,100 WHAT IT REPRESENTS, YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMES TO MIND. 709 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:10,900 YOUR WORK WITH SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM, SAVING DID FROM 710 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:16,720 LIGHTNING STRIKES, MOVING IT OUT OF THE WAY OF HURRICANES, THAT 711 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:20,900 ALLOWED THE SPACE STATION TO BE ASSEMBLED, HUBBLE TO BE SERVICED 712 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:25,750 AND THE PROGRAM TO PROCEED AND CONTINUE TO FLY AFTER "COLUMBIA" 713 00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:28,300 AND THEN FLY EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY EVEN WHILE THE PROGRAM 714 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:31,870 WAS BEING PLANNED FOR COMPLETION AND SHUT DOWN, YOU KEPT IT 715 00:39:33,870 --> 00:39:32,870 GOING. 716 00:39:33,870 --> 00:39:35,920 YOU TRAINED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADERS ELSEWHERE ACROSS 717 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,030 NASA. 718 00:39:37,030 --> 00:39:39,900 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL SAYS IT ALL. 719 00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:43,590 YOU'RE A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE AGENCY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 720 00:39:43,590 --> 00:39:46,809 WORKING WITH YOU EVEN IN YOUR NEW ROLE. 721 00:39:46,809 --> 00:39:47,809 >> MR. 722 00:39:47,809 --> 00:39:56,290 CAIN? 723 00:39:56,290 --> 00:39:57,290 MR. 724 00:39:57,290 --> 00:39:59,690 CAIN IS BEING HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 725 00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:02,520 NATION'S HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT ENDEAVORS THROUGH A STELLAR 726 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,320 CAREER IN NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 727 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:20,210 EXPLORATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 728 00:40:20,210 --> 00:40:33,619 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. 729 00:40:33,619 --> 00:40:35,440 RAYMOND CLINTON JR. 730 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:36,440 >> DR. 731 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,450 CLINTON IS ABSOLUTELY A PIONEER IN THE AREA OF ADVANCED 732 00:40:40,450 --> 00:40:43,670 MANUFACTURING, AND ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION. 733 00:40:43,670 --> 00:40:49,530 HE HAS PERSONALLY LED THAT FIELD AND AREA AND AT ONE TIME WHEN WE 734 00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:54,330 HAD REALLY NOTHING TO SHOW IN THAT ARENA, TOOK AN IDEA OF 735 00:40:54,330 --> 00:40:58,190 PRINTING A PART IN SPACE ON A 3-D PRINTER AND TOOK IT FROM AN 736 00:40:58,190 --> 00:41:01,680 SBIR PROGRAM TO FRUITION WHERE WE PRINTED A PART ON THE 737 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,630 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THIS PAST YEAR. 738 00:41:03,630 --> 00:41:05,010 IT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. 739 00:41:05,010 --> 00:41:09,870 HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ARMY ON A CONCEPT TO BUILD STRUCTURES 740 00:41:09,870 --> 00:41:12,740 ON ANOTHER PLANETARY BODY. 741 00:41:12,740 --> 00:41:15,760 WE'RE DOING THAT IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY 742 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:19,160 CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHERE HE TOOK 743 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,840 SOMETHING THAT REALLY WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE, AND HAS TURNED 744 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,670 IT INTO A MAJOR ACTIVITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER 745 00:41:26,670 --> 00:41:29,460 ORGANIZATION. 746 00:41:29,460 --> 00:41:32,250 >> DR. 747 00:41:32,250 --> 00:41:35,040 CLINTON? 748 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:40,620 [†APPLAUSE†] DR. 749 00:41:40,620 --> 00:41:43,940 CLINTON IS BEING HONORED FOR SUSTAINED EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND 750 00:41:43,940 --> 00:41:47,500 LEADERSHIP OF ALMOST 30 YEARS CONTRIBUTING TO NASA'S 751 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:51,020 SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH 752 00:41:51,020 --> 00:42:01,390 WE LIVE. 753 00:42:01,390 --> 00:42:07,970 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 754 00:42:07,970 --> 00:42:10,450 DANIEL DUMBACHER. 755 00:42:10,450 --> 00:42:16,250 >> DAN'S 36-YEAR CAREER HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE. 756 00:42:16,250 --> 00:42:22,550 HIS ABILITY TO LEAD AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS 757 00:42:22,550 --> 00:42:26,289 DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IS VERY NOTEWORTHY. 758 00:42:26,289 --> 00:42:28,980 MOST RECENTLY AS THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATION FOR 759 00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:34,760 EXPLORATORY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT, HE LED THE SYSTEMS FOR 760 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,340 DEVELOPING THE FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR OUR JOURNEY TO 761 00:42:37,340 --> 00:42:38,950 MARS. 762 00:42:38,950 --> 00:42:42,450 DAN WAS ALSO THE ENGINEERING DIRECTOR AT MARSHALL SPACE 763 00:42:42,450 --> 00:42:46,921 FLIGHT CENTER, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE SAFETY OF 764 00:42:46,921 --> 00:42:48,230 MISSION ASSURANCE. 765 00:42:48,230 --> 00:42:52,330 HE WAS ON NUMEROUS OTHER PROGRAMS AS EITHER THE MANAGER 766 00:42:52,330 --> 00:42:56,730 OR THE DEPUTY, THINGS LIKE X-33, X-37. 767 00:42:56,730 --> 00:43:05,010 DAN CLEARLY EARNED NASA'S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. 768 00:43:05,010 --> 00:43:10,480 [†APPLAUSE†] MR. 769 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:14,880 DUMBACHER IS BEING HONORED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND 770 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,320 EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT THAT 771 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:22,130 IS CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF HUMAN EXPLORATION AND PIONEERING 772 00:43:22,130 --> 00:43:25,820 OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 773 00:43:25,820 --> 00:43:26,910 OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 774 00:43:26,910 --> 00:43:29,160 CHARLES GAYE. 775 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,980 >> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CHUCK GAYE. 776 00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:36,000 CHUCK HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTOR TO ALL THAT WE DO AT 777 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:40,160 NASA ESPECIALLY IN THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE. 778 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:44,500 A BIT OF CHUCK IS EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE, EXPLORING THE SOLAR 779 00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:47,350 SYSTEM, THE SUN, THE EARTH WITH ALL OF THE WONDERFUL MISSIONS 780 00:43:47,350 --> 00:43:49,020 HE'S CONTRIBUTED TO. 781 00:43:49,020 --> 00:43:50,910 CONGRATULATIONS, CHUCK. 782 00:43:50,910 --> 00:43:56,240 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 783 00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:00,300 [†APPLAUSE†] >> MR. 784 00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:02,490 GAYE WHO ALSO COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, IS BEING 785 00:44:02,490 --> 00:44:06,210 HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND DISTINGUISHED 786 00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:09,460 SERVICE TO NASA AND THE NATION IN THE LEADERSHIP OF SPACE AND 787 00:44:09,460 --> 00:44:13,520 EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS, AND FOR DEDICATION TO TEACHING THE NEXT 788 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,680 GENERATION OF LEADERS SO THAT THEY, TOO, MAY SOME DAY BECOME 789 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:20,329 GREAT LEADERS. 790 00:44:20,329 --> 00:44:21,670 >>> OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 791 00:44:21,670 --> 00:44:23,849 MARK GUYER. 792 00:44:23,849 --> 00:44:26,050 >> MARK GUYER IS A VERY TALENTED LEADER, WHO HAS MADE 793 00:44:26,050 --> 00:44:29,230 EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT THROUGHOUT 794 00:44:29,230 --> 00:44:31,470 HIS CAREER. 795 00:44:31,470 --> 00:44:34,540 SINCE 2007, HE'S BEEN THE ORION PROGRAM MANAGER. 796 00:44:34,540 --> 00:44:37,880 LEADING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORION THROUGH THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL 797 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:42,450 EXPLORATION FLIGHT TEST ONE LAST DECEMBER AND CONTINUING STILL 798 00:44:42,450 --> 00:44:47,920 TOWARDS THE JOINT ORION SLS, EM 1 MISSION IN A FEW YEARS. 799 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,300 ONE OF MARK'S GREATEST LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES IS HIS 800 00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:54,750 ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND INSPIRE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST PEOPLE. 801 00:44:54,750 --> 00:44:57,460 EVEN DURING TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND UNCERTAINTY. 802 00:44:57,460 --> 00:45:01,330 HIS THOUGHTFUL AND STEADY HAND IS AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE 803 00:45:01,330 --> 00:45:06,730 WHO WORKS WITH HIM. 804 00:45:06,730 --> 00:45:11,590 [†APPLAUSE†] MR. 805 00:45:11,590 --> 00:45:14,090 GUYER, WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY IS BEING HONORED FOR 806 00:45:14,090 --> 00:45:17,320 EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAL 807 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:21,590 DEDICATION TO NASA'S MISSION AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE ORION 808 00:45:21,590 --> 00:45:27,320 PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL EXPLORATION FLIGHT TEST ONE. 809 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:28,490 OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 810 00:45:28,490 --> 00:45:29,490 WILLIAM HAYDEN. 811 00:45:29,490 --> 00:45:30,490 >> DR. 812 00:45:30,490 --> 00:45:34,720 HAYDEN HAS MADE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANY NASA 813 00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:35,960 PROGRAMS. 814 00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:39,800 HE'S BEEN A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR IN THE FIELD OF INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS. 815 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:43,680 AND HAS WORKED ON EVERYTHING FROM THE CASSINI PROGRAM THROUGH 816 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:47,320 THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE AND EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE 817 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:48,320 INSTRUMENTS. 818 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:49,320 DR. 819 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:50,940 HAYDEN IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAS BOTH 820 00:45:50,940 --> 00:45:54,609 THE INTEGRITY AND THE TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE TO UNDERSTAND MANY 821 00:45:54,609 --> 00:46:00,970 DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE, 822 00:46:00,970 --> 00:46:04,860 LEAD BIG TEAMS, AND HAS ACCOMPLISHED A HUGE AMOUNT ON 823 00:46:04,860 --> 00:46:10,650 MANY DIFFERENT NASA PROGRAMS OVER A VERY LONG AND INCREDIBLE 824 00:46:10,650 --> 00:46:13,329 CAREER. 825 00:46:13,329 --> 00:46:16,000 >> DR. 826 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,680 HAYDEN? 827 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:24,030 [†APPLAUSE†] DR. 828 00:46:24,030 --> 00:46:27,450 HAYDEN IS BEING HONORED FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO 829 00:46:27,450 --> 00:46:28,770 NASA. 830 00:46:28,770 --> 00:46:32,750 CONQUERING INTRICATE AND COMPLEX TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES TO 831 00:46:32,750 --> 00:46:44,560 ADVANCE THE AGENCY'S SCIENCE GOALS. 832 00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:55,650 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 833 00:46:55,650 --> 00:46:57,060 PAUL HILL. 834 00:46:57,060 --> 00:47:00,850 >> PAUL HILL HAS BEEN A LEADER OF CHANGE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER 835 00:47:00,850 --> 00:47:04,930 AND PARTICULARLY AS DIRECTOR OF JSE'S MISSIONS OPERATION 836 00:47:04,930 --> 00:47:06,520 DIRECTORATE, M.O.D. 837 00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,619 IN THIS ROLE HE TRANSFORMED THE TRAINING AND 838 00:47:09,619 --> 00:47:12,950 FLIGHT CONTROL MODEL. 839 00:47:12,950 --> 00:47:17,700 PAUL PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE "COLUMBIA" ACCIDENT 840 00:47:17,700 --> 00:47:21,160 INVESTIGATION AND WAS CHOSEN AS LEAD FLIGHT DIRECTOR FOR THE 841 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:25,060 RETURN TO FLIGHT MISSION, STS-114. 842 00:47:25,060 --> 00:47:26,690 UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, M.O.D. 843 00:47:26,690 --> 00:47:28,109 HAS BRILLIANTLY ADDRESSED 844 00:47:28,109 --> 00:47:31,580 IMNUMERABLE OPERATIONAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES. 845 00:47:31,580 --> 00:47:34,530 PROTECTING CREW AND VEHICLE HEALTH, AND ALLOWING THE 846 00:47:34,530 --> 00:47:38,369 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO BE ASSEMBLED AND THEN UTILIZED 847 00:47:38,369 --> 00:47:41,550 IN SUPPORT OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EXPLORATION. 848 00:47:41,550 --> 00:47:44,760 HE EMBODIES THE ATTRIBUTES THAT M.O.D. 849 00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:50,820 VALUES, TOUGH AND COMPETENT. 850 00:47:50,820 --> 00:47:51,820 >> MR. 851 00:47:51,820 --> 00:47:53,540 HILL, WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, IS BEING HONORED 852 00:47:53,540 --> 00:47:57,020 FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN DIRECTING MISSION OPERATIONS 853 00:47:57,020 --> 00:48:02,840 SUPPORT TO NASA'S SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS. 854 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:08,440 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. 855 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:09,749 ARTHUR HOWELL. 856 00:48:09,749 --> 00:48:10,890 >> DR. 857 00:48:10,890 --> 00:48:14,540 ARTHUR HOWELL TRULY MADE GPM GLOBAL BY DEVELOPING A 858 00:48:14,540 --> 00:48:16,690 WORLDWIDE SCIENCE TEAM. 859 00:48:16,690 --> 00:48:21,940 HIS DEATH IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, WAS JUST THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO 860 00:48:21,940 --> 00:48:22,940 LAUNCH. 861 00:48:22,940 --> 00:48:26,720 HIS PRESENCE, LEADERSHIP AND GENEROUS PERSONALITY AS WELL AS 862 00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:30,140 THE EXAMPLE HE SET ARE GREATLY MISSED. 863 00:48:30,140 --> 00:48:32,619 SCIENTISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD REMEMBER DR. 864 00:48:32,619 --> 00:48:36,970 HOWELL THROUGH HIS SUCCESSFUL GPM MISSION AND THEIR 865 00:48:36,970 --> 00:48:40,290 USE OF THE DATA FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. 866 00:48:40,290 --> 00:48:43,920 HE INSISTED THAT GPM ADD ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENT 867 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:47,430 CAPABILITIES SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEASURE LIGHT RAIN RATES TO 868 00:48:47,430 --> 00:48:50,599 HEAVY RAIN RATES AND FALLING SNOW. 869 00:48:50,599 --> 00:48:55,450 HE ALSO INSISTED THAT THAT DATA BE PROVIDED IN REAL-TIME SO THAT 870 00:48:55,450 --> 00:48:59,280 SOCIETY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WATER RESOURCES, HURRICANES, 871 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:04,630 FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. 872 00:49:04,630 --> 00:49:05,630 >> MRS. 873 00:49:05,630 --> 00:49:07,590 SANDRA HOWELL WILL ACCEPT THIS HONOR ON BEHALF OF 874 00:49:07,590 --> 00:49:11,740 HER LATE HUSBAND. 875 00:49:11,740 --> 00:49:18,870 [†APPLAUSE†] DR. 876 00:49:18,870 --> 00:49:24,740 HOWELL IS BEING HONORED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND 877 00:49:24,740 --> 00:49:28,109 STEADFAST LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING THE GLOBAL 878 00:49:28,109 --> 00:49:31,470 PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSION AS A SUCCESSFUL 879 00:49:31,470 --> 00:49:40,560 INTERNATIONAL PROJECT FOR SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL BENEFIT. 880 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:47,390 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 881 00:49:47,390 --> 00:49:49,329 THOMAS IRVINE. 882 00:49:49,329 --> 00:49:50,710 >> MR. 883 00:49:50,710 --> 00:49:55,200 IRVINE DESERVES THE AGENCY'S HIGHEST HONOR. 884 00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:59,480 TOM HAS MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AGENCY AND 885 00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:04,690 NATION THROUGH HIS DISTINGUISHED NASA CAREER IN THE INTERNATIONAL 886 00:50:04,690 --> 00:50:09,650 SPACE STATION PROGRAM, FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND MOST RECENTLY AS 887 00:50:09,650 --> 00:50:14,150 DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR IN AERONAUTICS RESEARCH MISSION 888 00:50:14,150 --> 00:50:15,359 DIRECTORATE. 889 00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:19,869 CONGRATULATIONS, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE, TOM. 890 00:50:19,869 --> 00:50:21,780 WELL DONE. 891 00:50:21,780 --> 00:50:22,780 MR. 892 00:50:22,780 --> 00:50:26,820 IRVINE, IS BEING HONORED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO NASA 893 00:50:26,820 --> 00:50:30,320 AND THE NATION THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP IN AERONAUTICS, 894 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:35,760 FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND THE SPACE STATION. 895 00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:41,030 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. 896 00:50:41,030 --> 00:50:43,319 GARY JANS. 897 00:50:43,319 --> 00:50:46,720 >> I'M HAPPY TODAY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT GARY 898 00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:47,720 JANS. 899 00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:50,750 AND THE WONDERFUL WORK HE'S BEEN DOING FOR NASA FOR THE LAST 30 900 00:50:50,750 --> 00:50:51,750 YEARS. 901 00:50:51,750 --> 00:50:53,940 HOWEVER I ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM FOR 902 00:50:53,940 --> 00:50:58,220 THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WHERE HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE SBIR/STIR 903 00:50:58,220 --> 00:50:59,750 PROGRAM. 904 00:50:59,750 --> 00:51:05,720 HE'S ABLE TO WORK CHALLENGES THAT SPAN THE ENTIRE AGENCY WITH 905 00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:10,810 GREAT INTEGRITY AND CIVILITY AND INSPIRATIONAL TO THOSE AROUND 906 00:51:10,810 --> 00:51:15,790 HIM WHO WORKED WITH HIM TO OVERCOME THE MANY CHALLENGES 907 00:51:15,790 --> 00:51:18,030 THAT THE PROGRAM PRESENTED. 908 00:51:18,030 --> 00:51:21,960 I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LEARNED FROM 909 00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:22,960 HIM. 910 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:24,369 HE'S A GREAT MENTOR. 911 00:51:24,369 --> 00:51:28,030 AND I'M GLAD THAT HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THIS GREAT HONOR 912 00:51:28,030 --> 00:51:29,030 TODAY. 913 00:51:29,030 --> 00:51:30,030 >> DR. 914 00:51:30,030 --> 00:51:33,630 JANS, WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, IS BEING HONORED 915 00:51:33,630 --> 00:51:37,190 FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OVER A LIFETIME OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE 916 00:51:37,190 --> 00:51:41,090 AND TAKING PERSONAL INITIATIVE TO ENABLE GROUNDBREAKING NASA 917 00:51:41,090 --> 00:51:45,850 MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS. 918 00:51:45,850 --> 00:51:50,640 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 919 00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,980 CARL PRESTON JONES. 920 00:51:53,980 --> 00:51:56,240 >> I'M CHRIS SINGER, ENGINEERING DIRECTOR AT MARSHALL SPACE 921 00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:57,240 FLIGHT CENTER. 922 00:51:57,240 --> 00:51:59,850 I'VE KNOWN PRESTON JONES FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 923 00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:03,270 AS WIDE-EYED YOUNG ENGINEERS ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM WE 924 00:52:03,270 --> 00:52:06,420 WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER DOING SSME ANALYSIS. 925 00:52:06,420 --> 00:52:11,750 WHILE HIS TECHNICAL SKILLS ARE TREMENDOUS, IT IS HIS LEADERSHIP 926 00:52:11,750 --> 00:52:15,690 SKILLS THAT DISTINGUISH HIM AMONG NASA. 927 00:52:15,690 --> 00:52:19,320 HE HAS THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO LISTEN, WITHOUT THE DESIRE TO 928 00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:21,460 RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. 929 00:52:21,460 --> 00:52:23,700 SO HE IS TRULY UNDERSTANDING. 930 00:52:23,700 --> 00:52:27,410 IT IS THAT SKILL AND HIS ABILITY TO HUMBLY ASK DIFFICULT 931 00:52:27,410 --> 00:52:32,050 QUESTIONS THAT MAKE HIM UNIQUE AND PEOPLE WANT TO TALK TO HIM. 932 00:52:32,050 --> 00:52:34,880 HE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TOWARDS THE NATION'S SPACE 933 00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:37,960 PROGRAM AND WILL CONTINUE TO HELP SET THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE 934 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:40,570 TONE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM. 935 00:52:40,570 --> 00:52:45,210 IT IS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH HIM AND I'M BLESSED TO CALL HIM MY 936 00:52:45,210 --> 00:52:46,210 FRIEND. 937 00:52:46,210 --> 00:52:47,210 >> MR. 938 00:52:47,210 --> 00:52:51,390 JONES? 939 00:52:51,390 --> 00:52:56,580 [†APPLAUSE†] MR. 940 00:52:56,580 --> 00:52:59,820 JONES IS BEING HONORED FOR EXTRAORDINARY AND DISTINGUISHED 941 00:52:59,820 --> 00:53:03,151 LEADERSHIP SERVICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NASA'S HUMAN 942 00:53:03,151 --> 00:53:11,750 SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS. 943 00:53:11,750 --> 00:53:19,750 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 944 00:53:19,750 --> 00:53:21,930 RICHARD KEAGAN JR. 945 00:53:21,930 --> 00:53:25,430 >> HI, IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE, ACTUALLY A 946 00:53:25,430 --> 00:53:28,890 PLEASURE FOR ME TO HAVE NOMINATED RICK KEAGAN FOR THE 947 00:53:28,890 --> 00:53:31,980 NASA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD. 948 00:53:31,980 --> 00:53:34,941 HE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE ASSET TO THE AGENCY 949 00:53:34,941 --> 00:53:37,099 THROUGHOUT HIS INCREDIBLE CAREER. 950 00:53:37,099 --> 00:53:41,890 BUT MOST NOTABLY RECENTLY WHEN HE SERVED THE DUAL CAPACITY AS 951 00:53:41,890 --> 00:53:45,670 THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE ASSOCIATE 952 00:53:45,670 --> 00:53:48,100 ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE MISSION SUPPORT DIRECTORATE. 953 00:53:48,100 --> 00:53:51,760 BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE ALL MOST PROUD ABOUT, AND I THINK THAT 954 00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:55,880 RICK WILL PROBABLY CHERISH, I KNOW HE HAS LEFT HIS MARK ON HIS 955 00:53:55,880 --> 00:54:00,030 MENTORSHIP AND HIS LEADERSHIP WITH OUR THREE CAREERED 956 00:54:00,030 --> 00:54:01,760 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. 957 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:06,530 THOSE BEING FIRST, MLLP, AND SES†CDP. 958 00:54:06,530 --> 00:54:11,230 HE WAS ALSO A PRIME MOVER IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM 959 00:54:11,230 --> 00:54:12,740 CALLED LASER. 960 00:54:12,740 --> 00:54:19,970 RICK, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO HAVE NOMINATED FOUR THIS GREAT AWARD. 961 00:54:19,970 --> 00:54:20,970 >> MR. 962 00:54:20,970 --> 00:54:22,550 KEAGAN, WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, IS BEING HONORED 963 00:54:22,550 --> 00:54:26,100 FOR A CAREER OF OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, DISTINGUISHED 964 00:54:26,100 --> 00:54:29,030 SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE NATION'S SPACE 965 00:54:29,030 --> 00:54:39,570 PROGRAM AND NASA'S MISSION. 966 00:54:39,570 --> 00:54:41,000 OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. 967 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,810 WILLIAM COE. 968 00:54:42,810 --> 00:54:44,410 >> DR. 969 00:54:44,410 --> 00:54:46,831 WILLIAM COE IS DESERVING OF 9 NASA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE 970 00:54:46,831 --> 00:54:49,520 MEDAL DUE TO HIS LIFETIME OF WORK. 971 00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:52,730 NEARLY 40 YEARS WITH THE AGENCY, HE'S BEEN A LEAD IN THE 972 00:54:52,730 --> 00:54:56,390 COMPUTATIONAL AND ANALYTICAL WORK IN SOLID MECHANICS. 973 00:54:56,390 --> 00:55:00,750 THE SUCCESSES OF HIS WORK LED TO NASA'S SUCCESS IN SPACE SHUTTLE 974 00:55:00,750 --> 00:55:04,920 FLIGHT, SPACE FLIGHT, ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT. 975 00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:07,790 HIS WORK HAS BEEN GREATLY INFLUENTIAL IN THE AUTOMOTIVE 976 00:55:07,790 --> 00:55:10,440 AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS AS WELL FOR THE COUNTRY. 977 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:11,440 DR. 978 00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:13,630 WILLIAM COE IS VERY DESERVING OF THE NATIONAL 979 00:55:13,630 --> 00:55:16,040 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. 980 00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:17,780 >> DR. 981 00:55:17,780 --> 00:55:22,060 COE, IS BEING HONORED FOR A DIVERSE AND SUSTAINED 982 00:55:22,060 --> 00:55:25,180 DISTINGUISHED ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AS A SENIOR 983 00:55:25,180 --> 00:55:34,690 STRUCTURAL MECHANICS RESEARCHER. 984 00:55:34,690 --> 00:55:37,440 OUR NEXT HONOREE IS AMANDA MISCAKAVICH. 985 00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:43,550 >> I BELIEVE AMANDA IS GETTING THE MEDAL BECAUSE LSP IS SEEN AS 986 00:55:43,550 --> 00:55:46,580 THE LEADER IN LAUNCH SERVICES. 987 00:55:46,580 --> 00:55:51,480 LSP IS NOW RECOGNIZED IN COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SERVICES FOR 988 00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:56,060 THE AGENCY, NOT ONLY DOES EVERY SCIENCE AND ROBOTIC MISSION 989 00:55:56,060 --> 00:55:59,550 BENEFIT FROM THE EXPERTISE IN LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM, BUT OUR 990 00:55:59,550 --> 00:56:03,240 COMMERCIAL CREW, COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY TO THE STATION BENEFIT 991 00:56:03,240 --> 00:56:07,130 SINCE WE'RE FLYING SIMILAR COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VEHICLES. 992 00:56:07,130 --> 00:56:10,550 WE ALSO PROVIDE ADVISORY SERVICES TO EFT-1. 993 00:56:10,550 --> 00:56:16,349 THAT'S A BIG SWATH ACROSS THE AGENCY, AND IT'S REALLY THROUGH 994 00:56:16,349 --> 00:56:20,510 HER LEADERSHIP THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS GROWN AND SHE'S DEVELOPED 995 00:56:20,510 --> 00:56:27,910 THESE EXCELLENT PARTNERSHIPS. 996 00:56:27,910 --> 00:56:31,510 >> MS. 997 00:56:31,510 --> 00:56:35,110 MISKAVICH? 998 00:56:35,110 --> 00:56:40,290 [†APPLAUSE†] AMANDA IS BEING HONORED FOR 999 00:56:40,290 --> 00:56:44,089 DISTINGUISHED AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE IN ESTABLISHING THE 1000 00:56:44,089 --> 00:56:47,620 LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM AS THE LEADER IN COMMERCIAL LAUNCH 1001 00:56:47,620 --> 00:56:57,210 SERVICES FOR THE AGENCY. 1002 00:56:57,210 --> 00:57:06,240 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 1003 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:07,410 SAMUEL PLANICA. 1004 00:57:07,410 --> 00:57:13,520 >> SAM STARTED OVER 36 YEARS AGO AS A CO-OP PROGRAM. 1005 00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:18,970 THERE'S NOT A MISSION THAT HAS COME THROUGH GODDARD THAT SAM 1006 00:57:18,970 --> 00:57:23,000 HASN'T HAD SOME POSITIVE IMPACT ON, EITHER THROUGH LEADING THEM 1007 00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,770 OR PARTICIPATING IN THEM OR THROUGH REVIEW CAPACITY. 1008 00:57:25,770 --> 00:57:28,940 ONCE THE SATELLITES ARE IN ORBIT, IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG 1009 00:57:28,940 --> 00:57:32,150 WITH THEM, HE'S ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WE CALL TO TRY TO FIX 1010 00:57:32,150 --> 00:57:33,150 THEM. 1011 00:57:33,150 --> 00:57:35,380 OVER THE YEARS SINCE SAM HAS BEEN HERE, THERE HAVE PROBABLY 1012 00:57:35,380 --> 00:57:39,100 BEEN 30, 40, 50 MORE ENGINEERS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OUR 1013 00:57:39,100 --> 00:57:40,570 GROUP. 1014 00:57:40,570 --> 00:57:43,210 THROUGH HIS POSITIVE EXAMPLE TO OTHER EMPLOYEES AND HIS 1015 00:57:43,210 --> 00:57:47,160 MENTORSHIP, SAM HAS REALLY IMPROVED THE BRANCH JUST THROUGH 1016 00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:50,210 HIS VERY PRESENCE. 1017 00:57:50,210 --> 00:57:51,210 >> MR. 1018 00:57:51,210 --> 00:57:53,290 PLACANIKA? 1019 00:57:53,290 --> 00:58:03,070 [†APPLAUSE†] SAM IS BEING HONORED FOR A LONG 1020 00:58:03,070 --> 00:58:07,270 AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER ENABLING NASA MISSIONS AS AN ATTITUDE 1021 00:58:07,270 --> 00:58:17,400 CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYST, LEAD ENGINEER, AND SATELLITE DOCTOR. 1022 00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:25,480 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. 1023 00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:26,660 ELIZABETH ROBINSON. 1024 00:58:26,660 --> 00:58:31,930 >> HI, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TODAY TO NOMINATE DR. 1025 00:58:31,930 --> 00:58:34,230 BETH ROBINSON FOR THE NASA DISTINGUISHED 1026 00:58:34,230 --> 00:58:35,230 SERVICE MEDAL. 1027 00:58:35,230 --> 00:58:38,060 AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH BETH DURING HER 1028 00:58:38,060 --> 00:58:41,440 ENTIRE TENURE HERE AS THE NASA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 1029 00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:43,970 SHE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING US THROUGH A DIFFICULT 1030 00:58:43,970 --> 00:58:49,660 TIME, A PERIOD OF SEQUESTRATION AND A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 1031 00:58:49,660 --> 00:58:52,880 BUT MOST NOTABLY I CREDIT HER WITH BEING THE CHIEF PERSON 1032 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,430 RESPONSIBLE FOR NASA GETTING A CLEAN AUDIT FOR THE FIRST TIME 1033 00:58:56,430 --> 00:58:59,849 SINCE 2002, WHEN WE GOT IT IN 2010. 1034 00:58:59,849 --> 00:59:03,760 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WHEN WE GOT THE GOLD STANDARD, AN 1035 00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:06,920 UNQUALIFIED AUDIT IN 2011. 1036 00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:09,349 BETH THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO YOU. 1037 00:59:09,349 --> 00:59:10,440 THIS IS HIGHLY DESERVED. 1038 00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:14,440 IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO NOMINATE YOU FOR THIS AWARD. 1039 00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:15,480 >> DR. 1040 00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:18,650 ROBINSON, WHO WOULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, IS BEING 1041 00:59:18,650 --> 00:59:22,650 HONORED FOR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS, DISTINGUISHED 1042 00:59:22,650 --> 00:59:25,400 SERVICE AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORT OF THE 1043 00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:31,089 NATION'S SPACE AGENCY AND NASA'S MISSION. 1044 00:59:31,089 --> 00:59:36,150 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. 1045 00:59:36,150 --> 00:59:38,370 KEVIN SHEPHERD. 1046 00:59:38,370 --> 00:59:42,980 >> KEVIN IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN AIRCRAFT 1047 00:59:42,980 --> 00:59:48,359 SYSTEMS AND HE'S HIGHLY DESERVING OF THE NASA 1048 00:59:48,359 --> 00:59:50,950 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. 1049 00:59:50,950 --> 00:59:59,960 HIS LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1050 00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:03,560 THE PAST 35 YEARS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR 1051 01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:04,560 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. 1052 01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:08,490 THE IMPACT OF HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE 1053 01:00:08,490 --> 01:00:11,609 EXEMPLIFIED BY HIS ENDURING MEMBERSHIP ON THE AGENCY 1054 01:00:11,609 --> 01:00:16,200 COMMITTEE FOR AIRCRAFT ACOUSTICS. 1055 01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:19,099 >> DR. 1056 01:00:19,099 --> 01:00:21,990 SHEPHERD? 1057 01:00:21,990 --> 01:00:27,780 [†APPLAUSE†] DR. 1058 01:00:27,780 --> 01:00:30,510 SHEPHERD IS BEING HONORED FOR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE IN 1059 01:00:30,510 --> 01:00:41,520 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE AGENCY'S ACOUSTIC PROGRAMS. 1060 01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:50,080 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 1061 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:52,819 SCOTT WILSON. 1062 01:00:52,819 --> 01:00:55,890 >> SCOTT WILSON HAD A REALLY UNIQUE ROLE IN THE EXPLORATION 1063 01:00:55,890 --> 01:00:57,360 TEST FLIGHT ONE MISSION. 1064 01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:02,190 HE WORKED FOR USGO PROGRAM AND THE ORION PROGRAM AND WAS 1065 01:01:02,190 --> 01:01:05,620 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURING OF THE 1066 01:01:05,620 --> 01:01:09,290 SPACECRAFT WHICH WENT ACROSS MULTIPLE CENTERS. 1067 01:01:09,290 --> 01:01:13,650 HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICING AND ULTIMATE RECOVERY 1068 01:01:13,650 --> 01:01:14,869 OF THE SPACECRAFT. 1069 01:01:14,869 --> 01:01:18,670 WITH ANY FLIGHT TEST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 1070 01:01:18,670 --> 01:01:19,670 CHALLENGES. 1071 01:01:19,670 --> 01:01:22,240 SCOTT REALLY KEPT HIS TEAM FOCUSED. 1072 01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:25,910 I THINK THE LAUNCH IN DECEMBER WHICH REENERGIZED OUR AGENCY AND 1073 01:01:25,910 --> 01:01:29,890 THE NATION, HIS LEADERSHIP WAS DIRECTLY A BIG CONTRIBUTION TO 1074 01:01:29,890 --> 01:01:30,890 THAT. 1075 01:01:30,890 --> 01:01:32,980 SO, IT IS WITH A LOT OF PRIDE THAT WE JOINED WITH THE ORION 1076 01:01:32,980 --> 01:01:42,170 PROGRAM TEAM TO GIVE HIM THIS AWARD. 1077 01:01:42,170 --> 01:01:44,350 WE WANT TO THANK SCOTT FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES. 1078 01:01:44,350 --> 01:01:48,619 HE COULDN'T DESERVE THIS MORE. 1079 01:01:48,619 --> 01:01:51,849 >> MR. 1080 01:01:51,849 --> 01:01:55,070 WILSON? 1081 01:01:55,070 --> 01:01:58,530 [†APPLAUSE†] MR. 1082 01:01:58,530 --> 01:02:01,520 WILSON IS BEING HONORED FOR CONTINUED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE 1083 01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:04,130 OVER SEVERAL YEARS PROVIDING OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION 1084 01:02:04,130 --> 01:02:07,650 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE EXPLORATION 1085 01:02:07,650 --> 01:02:15,630 FLIGHT TEST ONE LAUNCH. 1086 01:02:15,630 --> 01:02:23,840 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. 1087 01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:25,780 WILLIAM WINFREY. 1088 01:02:25,780 --> 01:02:27,320 >> DR. 1089 01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:30,580 WINFREY IS DESERVING BECAUSE HE'S EXTREMELY TALENTED, 1090 01:02:30,580 --> 01:02:34,920 HE'S DEDICATED, AND HE'S SHOWN LEADERSHIP IN THE AREA OF 1091 01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:38,950 NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TO ENSURE INTEGRITY OF AIRCRAFT AND 1092 01:02:38,950 --> 01:02:39,950 SPACECRAFT. 1093 01:02:39,950 --> 01:02:42,820 HE DEMONSTRATED THIS SEVERAL TIMES DURING HIS CAREER. 1094 01:02:42,820 --> 01:02:46,380 WHEN THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CRASH DUE TO TAIL ASSEMBLY FAIL AREAS 1095 01:02:46,380 --> 01:02:49,530 OVER LONG BEACH YEARS AGO, HE LED A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS TO 1096 01:02:49,530 --> 01:02:52,859 DETERMINE IT WASN'T THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES THAT CAUSED 1097 01:02:52,859 --> 01:02:56,240 THAT PROBLEM, WHEN THE "COLUMBIA" ACCIDENT 1098 01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:59,920 INVESTIGATION BOARD SOLICITED SCIENTISTS, BILL WAS SOLICITED 1099 01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:04,130 AND DEDICATED SIX MONTHS OF 60 TO 70-HOUR WEEKS DEPLOYED FROM 1100 01:03:04,130 --> 01:03:09,080 HIS FAMILY TO KENNEDY TO HELP CONFIRM ROOT CAUSES OF WHAT 1101 01:03:09,080 --> 01:03:16,630 CAUSED THE LEADING EDGE DISTINCT GRAGS AND TO INSPECT FOAM AND TO 1102 01:03:16,630 --> 01:03:21,119 PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE SHUTTLE LEADING EDGE. 1103 01:03:21,119 --> 01:03:24,020 BILL'S ALSO BEEN A BRANCH LEAD TO LEAD SCIENTISTS AND DEVELOP 1104 01:03:24,020 --> 01:03:26,260 NEW PEOPLE TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. 1105 01:03:26,260 --> 01:03:29,510 HE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON TO WORK WITH WITH IT'S A PLEASURE TO 1106 01:03:29,510 --> 01:03:33,450 RECOGNIZE HIM. 1107 01:03:33,450 --> 01:03:36,910 >> DR. 1108 01:03:36,910 --> 01:03:40,369 WINFREY? 1109 01:03:40,369 --> 01:03:43,839 >> DR. 1110 01:03:43,839 --> 01:03:46,760 WINFREY IS BEING HONORED FOR CAREER SPANNING STRUCTURAL 1111 01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:51,030 INTEGRITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO NASA AND OTHER FEDERAL AND INDUSTRY 1112 01:03:51,030 --> 01:03:59,740 SPACE LAUNCH AND AVIATION SYSTEMS. 1113 01:03:59,740 --> 01:04:08,920 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR FINAL HONOREE IS DR. 1114 01:04:08,920 --> 01:04:11,270 LAWRENCE YOUNG. 1115 01:04:11,270 --> 01:04:14,050 >> LARRY YOUNG IS A PHYSICIST AND TECHNOLOGIST WHO HAS WORKED 1116 01:04:14,050 --> 01:04:16,860 AT JPL FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. 1117 01:04:16,860 --> 01:04:20,000 HE'S MOST WELL KNOWN FOR PIONEERING A NEW TYPE OF GPS 1118 01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:23,829 FLIGHT RECEIVER THAT PRODUCED MEASUREMENTS MUCH MORE ACCURATE 1119 01:04:23,829 --> 01:04:26,980 THAN ANYTHING ANYONE HAD ENVISIONED OR BEEN ABLE TO DO 1120 01:04:26,980 --> 01:04:27,980 BEFORE. 1121 01:04:27,980 --> 01:04:31,880 THESE ARE GPS RECEIVERS THAT WE PUT ON BOARD SATELLITES. 1122 01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:35,650 FROM SPACE THESE SATELLITES CAN MEASURE CHANGE IN THE OCEAN 1123 01:04:35,650 --> 01:04:36,760 HEIGHT. 1124 01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:40,099 AS THE OCEAN WARMS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, THE OCEAN HEIGHT 1125 01:04:40,099 --> 01:04:43,520 RISES, AND WE CAN DEPICT THIS WITH HIGH ACCURACY NOW, LESS 1126 01:04:43,520 --> 01:04:47,430 THAN A CENTIMETER ERROR IN THE HEIGHT DETERMINATION. 1127 01:04:47,430 --> 01:04:49,720 THESE ARE AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASUREMENTS THAT NASA 1128 01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:52,780 HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIETY AND TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 1129 01:04:52,780 --> 01:04:54,910 OVER THE PAST DECADE. 1130 01:04:54,910 --> 01:04:55,970 >> DR. 1131 01:04:55,970 --> 01:04:59,150 YOUNG, WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, IS BEING HONORED 1132 01:04:59,150 --> 01:05:03,420 FOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PARADIGM CHANGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW 1133 01:05:03,420 --> 01:05:07,859 GPS TECHNOLOGIES WITH TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACTS ON NASA 1134 01:05:07,859 --> 01:05:13,500 LED ADVANCEMENTS IN EARTH SCIENCE. 1135 01:05:13,500 --> 01:05:18,620 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR SECOND AND FINAL 1136 01:05:18,620 --> 01:05:21,900 PRESENTATION IS THE DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE 1137 01:05:21,900 --> 01:05:23,119 MEDAL. 1138 01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:26,250 THIS IS NASA'S HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION THAT IS AWARDED TO 1139 01:05:26,250 --> 01:05:30,420 ANY NONGOVERNMENT INDIVIDUAL OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A 1140 01:05:30,420 --> 01:05:33,980 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE SERVICE WAS 1141 01:05:33,980 --> 01:05:34,980 PERFORMED. 1142 01:05:34,980 --> 01:05:38,170 WHOSE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, ABILITY OR VISION HAS PERSONALLY 1143 01:05:38,170 --> 01:05:41,369 CONTRIBUTED TO NASA'S ADVANCEMENT OF UNITED STATES 1144 01:05:41,369 --> 01:05:42,810 INTERESTS. 1145 01:05:42,810 --> 01:05:46,050 THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACHIEVEMENT OR CONTRIBUTION MUST DEMONSTRATE A 1146 01:05:46,050 --> 01:05:49,550 LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT HAS MADE A PROFOUND OR INDELIBLE 1147 01:05:49,550 --> 01:05:52,820 IMPACT TO NASA'S MISSION SUCCESS, THEREFORE THE 1148 01:05:52,820 --> 01:05:57,310 CONTRIBUTION IS SO EXTRAORDINARY THAT OTHER FORMS OF RECOGNITION 1149 01:05:57,310 --> 01:06:00,640 BY NASA WOULD BE INADEQUATE. 1150 01:06:00,640 --> 01:06:03,570 TODAY WE HAVE FOUR HONOREES IN THIS CATEGORY. 1151 01:06:03,570 --> 01:06:05,040 THE FIRST HONOREE IS DR. 1152 01:06:05,040 --> 01:06:07,269 PETER CAVANAUGH. 1153 01:06:07,269 --> 01:06:09,810 >> I THINK THE NUMBER ONE REASON THAT DR. 1154 01:06:09,810 --> 01:06:11,810 PETER CAVANAUGH IS DESERVING OF NASA'S 1155 01:06:11,810 --> 01:06:16,490 DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD IS HIS PERSISTENCE. 1156 01:06:16,490 --> 01:06:17,490 DR. 1157 01:06:17,490 --> 01:06:20,430 CAVANAUGH'S EXPERIMENT ON EXPEDITION 6 WAS AN EXPERIMENT 1158 01:06:20,430 --> 01:06:21,430 CALLED FOOT. 1159 01:06:21,430 --> 01:06:26,010 WE HAD TO WEAR THESE BLACK STRETCHY PANTS IN OR BIT FOR THE 1160 01:06:26,010 --> 01:06:27,010 WHOLE DAY. 1161 01:06:27,010 --> 01:06:30,040 THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT THEY WOULD SQUEEZE THE 1162 01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:33,240 FLUIDS IN YOUR LEG UP TO YOUR HEAD AND CREATE THIS STUFFY 1163 01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:34,240 FEELING. 1164 01:06:34,240 --> 01:06:35,240 IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE. 1165 01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:39,089 I HATED WEARING THOSE STRETCHY PANTS, STILL NO MATTER HOW MUCH 1166 01:06:39,089 --> 01:06:44,760 I DISLIKE DOING THE ACTUAL EXPERIMENT, I STILL WANTED TO DO 1167 01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:45,760 IT. 1168 01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:48,110 AND THAT'S BECAUSE PETER MADE ME UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE 1169 01:06:48,110 --> 01:06:51,370 DATA WE WERE COLLECTING WAS, AND WHAT AN IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON 1170 01:06:51,370 --> 01:06:52,990 FUTURE EXPLORATION. 1171 01:06:52,990 --> 01:06:55,560 EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRETTY GRUMPY ON THE DAYS WHEN I HAD TO WEAR 1172 01:06:55,560 --> 01:06:59,400 THE FOOT SUIT, I WAS HAPPY TO COLLECT THE DATA AND HAPPY TO 1173 01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:04,069 HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK WITH PETER AND HIS TEAM. 1174 01:07:04,069 --> 01:07:07,320 >> DR. 1175 01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:10,560 CAVANAUGH? 1176 01:07:10,560 --> 01:07:17,060 [†APPLAUSE†] DR. 1177 01:07:17,060 --> 01:07:20,570 CAVANAUGH IS BEING HONORED FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO NASA 1178 01:07:20,570 --> 01:07:24,570 IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF SPACE FLIGHT EXERCISE COUNTER 1179 01:07:24,570 --> 01:07:30,570 MEASURES. 1180 01:07:30,570 --> 01:07:42,589 [†APPLAUSE†] CONGRATULATIONS. 1181 01:07:42,589 --> 01:07:45,430 NEXT WE HONOR BRIAN DEPROFIO. 1182 01:07:45,430 --> 01:07:49,950 >> SO, IN 2011, THE CITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA GAVE ONE OF 1183 01:07:49,950 --> 01:07:54,030 ITS EMPLOYEES A REALLY DIFFICULT AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT. 1184 01:07:54,030 --> 01:07:57,110 THAT ASSIGNMENT WAS TO TURN AROUND THE VIRGINIA AIR AND 1185 01:07:57,110 --> 01:07:58,110 SPACE CENTER. 1186 01:07:58,110 --> 01:08:01,210 THE VIRGINIA AIR AND SPACE CENTER WAS IN PRETTY BAD 1187 01:08:01,210 --> 01:08:02,210 FINANCIAL SHAPE. 1188 01:08:02,210 --> 01:08:04,700 THEY WERE $3 MILLION IN THE RED. 1189 01:08:04,700 --> 01:08:08,090 THEY HAD DECLINING MEMBERSHIP AND VISITOR NUMBERS, AND THE 1190 01:08:08,090 --> 01:08:11,240 CITY REALLY WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS FORMER SELF. 1191 01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:15,270 SO, IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS, BRIAN DID JUST THAT. 1192 01:08:15,270 --> 01:08:19,119 WITHOUT ANY EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A NON-PROFIT, HE WAS 1193 01:08:19,119 --> 01:08:22,730 ABLE TO BRING THE VISITORS CENTER OUT OF THE RED, HE WAS 1194 01:08:22,730 --> 01:08:27,770 ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND VISITOR NUMBERS, 1195 01:08:27,770 --> 01:08:31,330 AND MADE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIR AND 1196 01:08:31,330 --> 01:08:35,080 SPACE CENTER, RETURNING IT BACK TO THE REGION'S PREMIER 1197 01:08:35,080 --> 01:08:38,250 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CENTER FOR AIR AND SPACE. 1198 01:08:38,250 --> 01:08:40,350 HE DID A GREAT JOB. 1199 01:08:40,350 --> 01:08:44,680 BECAUSE OF BRIAN'S DEDICATION AND HIS PASSION AND COMMITMENT 1200 01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:49,449 TO THIS PROJECT, HE IS WELL DESERVING OF THE AGENCY'S 1201 01:08:49,449 --> 01:08:54,620 HIGHEST PUBLIC RECOGNITION, AND THIS NASA DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC 1202 01:08:54,620 --> 01:09:01,650 SERVICE MEDAL IS SOMETHING THAT HE ABSOLUTELY EARNED. 1203 01:09:01,650 --> 01:09:02,650 >> MR. 1204 01:09:02,650 --> 01:09:12,400 DEPROFIO? 1205 01:09:12,400 --> 01:09:13,400 MR. 1206 01:09:13,400 --> 01:09:15,250 DEPROFIO IS BEING HONORED FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP OF 1207 01:09:15,250 --> 01:09:19,730 NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER'S OFFICIAL VISITOR CENTER, 1208 01:09:19,730 --> 01:09:23,200 IMPROVING AWARENESS OF NASA'S VALUE AND INSPIRING THOUSANDS OF 1209 01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:27,820 VISITORS AND CHILDREN. 1210 01:09:27,820 --> 01:09:34,770 [†APPLAUSE†] CONGRATULATIONS. 1211 01:09:34,770 --> 01:09:36,130 OUR NEXT HONOREE IS MR. 1212 01:09:36,130 --> 01:09:38,980 DAVEY HANES. 1213 01:09:38,980 --> 01:09:43,109 >> DAVY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL LAUNCH VEHICLE ENGINEER, AND HE BRINGS 1214 01:09:43,109 --> 01:09:45,730 A PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING HE DOES. 1215 01:09:45,730 --> 01:09:49,460 HE IS WILLING TO TAKE ON THE TOUGH TECHNICAL CHALLENGES THAT 1216 01:09:49,460 --> 01:09:51,960 STRETCH BOTH HIMSELF AND HIS TEAM. 1217 01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:56,010 HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS HAVE BEEN EXERCISED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS 1218 01:09:56,010 --> 01:09:59,360 DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORE STAGE OF THE SPACE LAUNCH 1219 01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:01,280 SYSTEMS VEHICLE. 1220 01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:07,440 DAVY HAS AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO SOLVE TOUGH, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, 1221 01:10:07,440 --> 01:10:09,960 DEAL WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, MULTIPLE 1222 01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:14,360 DISCIPLINES AND FIND WAYS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT ARE 1223 01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:17,070 INNOVATIVE AND ARE TIMELY. 1224 01:10:17,070 --> 01:10:20,460 BUT DAVY IS MUCH MORE THAN A TECHNICAL EXPERT. 1225 01:10:20,460 --> 01:10:25,239 HE BRINGS A PASSION TO HIS WORK, HE BRINGS AN ABILITY TO SOLVE 1226 01:10:25,239 --> 01:10:30,120 THE ISSUES, AND FOR THIS HE IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AND ADMIRED BY 1227 01:10:30,120 --> 01:10:31,139 HIS PEERS. 1228 01:10:31,139 --> 01:10:34,280 DAVY IS ALL OF THIS AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE WILL CERTIFY AND 1229 01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:38,770 FLY THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM VEHICLE. 1230 01:10:38,770 --> 01:10:39,770 >> MR. 1231 01:10:39,770 --> 01:10:43,750 HANES? 1232 01:10:43,750 --> 01:10:48,739 [†APPLAUSE†] MR. 1233 01:10:48,739 --> 01:10:52,580 HANES IS BEING HONORED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO NASA IN 1234 01:10:52,580 --> 01:10:55,650 THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT 1235 01:10:55,650 --> 01:11:04,960 OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAUNCH VEHICLES. 1236 01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:14,170 [†APPLAUSE†] OUR FINAL HONOREE IS MR. 1237 01:11:14,170 --> 01:11:17,060 ROGER McNAMARA. 1238 01:11:17,060 --> 01:11:24,710 >> ROGER WAS THE DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT TEST ONE. 1239 01:11:24,710 --> 01:11:28,130 ROGER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND 1240 01:11:28,130 --> 01:11:30,200 FLIGHT OF THIS NEW VEHICLE. 1241 01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:32,790 ROGER HAD TO MANAGE A SUPPLIER BASE OF HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT 1242 01:11:32,790 --> 01:11:37,700 COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO PROVIDED CRITICAL PARTS. 1243 01:11:37,700 --> 01:11:40,830 HE OVERSAW ASSEMBLY OF THE VEHICLE, THE BUILDING AT THE 1244 01:11:40,830 --> 01:11:44,270 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, AND HE WORKED TO INTEGRATE ORION WITH 1245 01:11:44,270 --> 01:11:48,390 THE DELTA FOUR LAUNCH VEHICLE. 1246 01:11:48,390 --> 01:11:51,980 THE FLIGHT ITSELF WAS INCREDIBLY SPECTACULAR. 1247 01:11:51,980 --> 01:11:54,820 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SPACECRAFT WAS SUPERB. 1248 01:11:54,820 --> 01:11:58,120 INFORMATION WE GLEANED FROM THE FLIGHT TEST IS BEING USED TO 1249 01:11:58,120 --> 01:12:00,699 HELP US DESIGN A BETTER SPACECRAFT FOR EXPLORATION 1250 01:12:00,699 --> 01:12:04,730 MISSION ONE WHICH WILL FLY BEYOND EARTH'S ORBIT IN 2018. 1251 01:12:04,730 --> 01:12:07,610 IN ADDITION TO THAT, MOST IMPORTANT, THE FLIGHT REALLY 1252 01:12:07,610 --> 01:12:11,190 REIGNITED THE PASSIONS THAT PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY 1253 01:12:11,190 --> 01:12:15,910 HAVE FOR HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION. 1254 01:12:15,910 --> 01:12:16,910 >> MR. 1255 01:12:16,910 --> 01:12:21,420 McNAMARA? 1256 01:12:21,420 --> 01:12:26,960 [†APPLAUSE†] MR. 1257 01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:30,050 McNAMARA IS BEING HONORED FOR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP OF 1258 01:12:30,050 --> 01:12:33,920 THE HISTORIC NASA ORION EXPLORATION TEST FLIGHT ONE, 1259 01:12:33,920 --> 01:12:43,130 SUCCESSFUL MISSION ENABLING HUMAN DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION. 1260 01:12:43,130 --> 01:12:51,130 [†APPLAUSE†] ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, 1261 01:12:51,130 --> 01:12:54,940 WE THANK EACH OF THE EXTRAORDINARY HONOREES FOR THEIR 1262 01:12:54,940 --> 01:12:59,110 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S EVENTS, 1263 01:12:59,110 --> 01:13:02,090 WE WISH YOU MUCH CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL OF YOUR FUTURE 1264 01:13:02,090 --> 01:13:03,090 ENDEAVORS. 1265 01:13:03,090 --> 01:13:06,170 WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO MR. 1266 01:13:06,170 --> 01:13:07,420 BOLDEN, MR. 1267 01:13:07,420 --> 01:13:08,420 LIGHTFOOT, MR. 1268 01:13:08,420 --> 01:13:12,730 CABANA, THE PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE HONOR GUARD, AMBER ALLEN, 1269 01:13:12,730 --> 01:13:16,460 DEANTAE COOPER AND CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, THE CEREMONY 1270 01:13:16,460 --> 01:13:19,710 VOLUNTEERS, AND OUR HOST, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR ALL OF 1271 01:13:19,710 --> 01:13:23,630 YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKING TODAY'S CEREMONY A SUCCESS. 1272 01:13:23,630 --> 01:13:26,420 BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, MAY I ASK THAT ALL OF THE HONOREES PLEASE 1273 01:13:26,420 --> 01:13:27,710 RETURN TO THE STAGE? 1274 01:13:27,710 --> 01:13:58,570 WE'LL GET A PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY TOGETHER. 1275 01:13:58,570 --> 01:14:28,960 [†APPLAUSE†] LET'S GIVE ALL OUR DISTINGUISHED 1276 01:14:28,960 --> 01:14:36,650 HONOREES ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING 1277 01:14:36,650 --> 01:14:51,650 AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NASA. 1278 01:14:51,650 --> 01:14:57,640 [†APPLAUSE†] [†APPLAUSE†]