1 00:00:00,999 --> 00:00:04,580 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S SPACE AWARDS 2 00:00:04,580 --> 00:00:08,090 GALA, PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO SCREENS FOR A 3 00:00:08,090 --> 00:00:09,610 SPECIAL OPENING PRESENTATION. 4 00:00:09,610 --> 00:00:26,180 >> THERE IS A LIGHT THAT SHINES INSIDE US ALL. 5 00:00:26,180 --> 00:00:35,790 >> IT DWELLS AT THE VERY CORE OF OUR BEING. 6 00:00:35,790 --> 00:00:38,180 A CURIOSITY. 7 00:00:38,180 --> 00:00:42,640 A YEARNING. 8 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:47,100 A NEED. 9 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:56,719 >> WHAT ENCOURAGEMENT AND CARE, A SPARK BECOMES A GLOW. 10 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:00,129 WHICH FUELS OUR PASSION. 11 00:01:00,129 --> 00:01:07,409 AND GUIDES US ALONG THE UNCHARTED PATH. 12 00:01:07,409 --> 00:01:14,170 OPPORTUNITY AND DEDICATION KINDLE THE FLAME. 13 00:01:14,170 --> 00:01:25,040 AND THE ENERGY PROPELS US, UNKNOWING AND UNAFRAID, INTO THE 14 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,970 BOUNDLESS UNCOVERED. 15 00:01:26,970 --> 00:01:33,430 THIS CRAVING, THIS UNEXPLAINED DESIRE SHAPES OUR JOURNEY AND 16 00:01:33,430 --> 00:01:38,430 IMBUES OUR LIVES WITH SUBSTANCE. 17 00:01:38,430 --> 00:01:41,070 WE SEEK OUT AND SEARCH THE UNFAMILIAR. 18 00:01:41,070 --> 00:01:46,240 WE FIND, THEN WE UNCOVER. 19 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,000 FOR SOMEWHERE, SOMETHING INCREDIBLE IS WAITING TO BE 20 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 KNOWN. 21 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,020 ∂∂ >> FOR CENTURY, WE HAVE LIFTED 22 00:01:54,020 --> 00:02:00,799 OUR GAZE TO THE NIGHTTIME SKY. 23 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:06,290 AND WE KNOW THAT LOST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN IMMENSITY AND ETERNITY 24 00:02:06,290 --> 00:02:08,239 IS OUR TINY PLANETARY HOME. 25 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:13,709 WE ARE DRAWN BY A LONGING WE BARELY CAN ARTICULATE TO 26 00:02:13,709 --> 00:02:19,319 UNDISCOVERED LANDS AND OTHER WORLDLY PLACES, MADE FROM 27 00:02:19,319 --> 00:02:21,500 STARDUST AND GAS. 28 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:22,959 AND ICE. 29 00:02:22,959 --> 00:02:27,849 WE DIP INTO THE FUTURE AN SEE THE HEAVENS FILLED WITH COMMERCE 30 00:02:27,849 --> 00:02:33,790 AND ARGOSIES OF MAGIC SALE SAILS. 31 00:02:33,790 --> 00:02:38,810 THE YOU'VE CALLS TO US, IMMENSE AND SILENT, SURROUNDED BY AN 32 00:02:38,810 --> 00:02:44,069 ENDLESS COLISEUM OF STARS, FAR AWAY WORLDS BEGGING. 33 00:02:44,069 --> 00:02:49,269 THERE IS A TINGLING IN THE SPINE, A SENSATION, AS IF A 34 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:52,390 DISTANT MEMORY FROM FALLING FROM A HEIGHT, FOR WE KNOW YOU'RE 35 00:02:52,390 --> 00:02:55,800 APPROACHING THE GREATEST OF MYSTERIES. 36 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:15,470 WE WILL SLATE THIS THURSDAY FOR KNOWING AND DISCOVERY, FOR THIS 37 00:03:15,470 --> 00:04:50,020 OUR DESTINY IS THE VERY ARE SOUL OF THE EXPLORER. 38 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:51,020 ∂∂ ∂∂ 39 00:04:51,020 --> 00:04:52,020 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 40 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:55,500 WELCOME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RNASA FOUNDATION, MR. 41 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:57,690 RODOLFO GONZALEZ. 42 00:04:57,690 --> 00:05:00,070 >> THANK YOU. 43 00:05:00,070 --> 00:05:06,010 GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 44 00:05:06,010 --> 00:05:11,960 WHAT A WONDERFUL SOUND BITE. 45 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,850 ON BEHALF OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, THE SPACE CENTER 46 00:05:14,850 --> 00:05:17,340 ROTARY CLUB AND THE ROTARY NATIONAL AWARD FOR SPICE 47 00:05:17,340 --> 00:05:20,880 ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR 48 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,919 30th RNASA SPACE AWARDS GALA. 49 00:05:23,919 --> 00:05:27,840 THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DR. 50 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:29,000 CHART ELACHI, MR. 51 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,360 BILL NYE AND ALL THE 2016 STELLARS. 52 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,449 THE RNASA FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPACE FROM 53 00:05:37,449 --> 00:05:41,880 ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND ACROSS ALL SECTORS AND WE ARE 54 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,310 HONORED TO HAVE SO MANY VISITORS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 55 00:05:45,310 --> 00:05:50,039 NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE AND RECEIVE THE 56 00:05:50,039 --> 00:05:54,560 CLEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL ARM JUNIOR ROTC COLOR GUARD, 57 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,470 FOLLOWED BY REAGAN JOHNSON, WHO WILL PERFORM OUR NATIONAL 58 00:05:58,470 --> 00:06:11,300 ANTHEM. 59 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:53,550 ∂ OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE 60 00:06:53,550 --> 00:07:10,040 DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ∂ ∂ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT 61 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:20,050 THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ∂ ∂ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT 62 00:07:20,050 --> 00:07:22,210 STARS, THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ∂ 63 00:07:22,210 --> 00:07:29,440 ∂ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ∂ 64 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:35,820 ∂ AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ∂ 65 00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:51,449 ∂ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ∂ 66 00:07:51,449 --> 00:07:57,639 ∂ 0, SAY, DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER ARE YET WAVE 67 00:07:57,639 --> 00:08:17,980 O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ∂ 68 00:08:17,980 --> 00:08:50,350 [ APPLAUSE ] >> WOW, WHAT AN INSPIRATIONAL 69 00:08:50,350 --> 00:08:52,420 RENDITION OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM A CAPELLA. 70 00:08:52,420 --> 00:08:58,860 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE WE HAVE 71 00:08:58,860 --> 00:09:00,150 IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. 72 00:09:00,150 --> 00:09:03,170 STARTING WITH THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY WINNERS. 73 00:09:03,170 --> 00:09:06,430 YOU'LL FIND A LIST IN YOUR PROGRAM ON PAGE 17. 74 00:09:06,430 --> 00:09:09,550 SO, COULD I HAVE THE HOUSE LIGHTS, PLEASE? 75 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:12,950 AS I CALL OUT THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY WINNERS, I 76 00:09:12,950 --> 00:09:16,860 ASK THAT THEY PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING WHILE WE'RE 77 00:09:16,860 --> 00:09:17,870 ACKNOWLEDGING THEM. 78 00:09:17,870 --> 00:09:21,930 PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME LAST YEAR'S WINNER FROM 2015, COLONEL 79 00:09:21,930 --> 00:09:24,950 ROBERT CABANA. 80 00:09:24,950 --> 00:09:29,519 FROM 2014, GENERAL CHARLES BOLDEN. 81 00:09:29,519 --> 00:09:37,620 2012, CAPTAIN MICHAEL COATS. 2010 BILL GERSTENMAIER. 82 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:40,600 2009 DR. 83 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:46,170 MICHAEL GRIFFIN. 2006, COLONEL EILEEN COLLINS. 84 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:48,710 2005, DR. 85 00:09:48,710 --> 00:09:53,790 GLYNN LUNNEY. 2001, MR. 86 00:09:53,790 --> 00:09:56,330 TOMMY HOLLOWAY. 87 00:09:56,330 --> 00:10:04,860 AND FROM 1993, LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS STAFFORD. 88 00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:10,490 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. 89 00:10:10,490 --> 00:10:11,660 YOU CAN REMAIN STANDING ACTUALLY 90 00:10:11,660 --> 00:10:14,779 BECAUSE I WILL NOW LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TALL BOARD OF 91 00:10:14,779 --> 00:10:18,920 ADVISORIES. 92 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:25,580 THEY VOTE ON THE NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY WINNER. 93 00:10:25,580 --> 00:10:28,440 YOU MIGHT NOTICE THEM WEARING A RED RIBBON. 94 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,180 PREVIOUS NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY WINNERS JOIN THIS ILLUSTRIOUS 95 00:10:31,180 --> 00:10:32,800 GROUP OF PEOPLE. 96 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,750 WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM ALL WITH US HERE TONIGHT. 97 00:10:35,750 --> 00:10:39,730 SO WOULD ALL THE ADVISORY MEMBERS PLEASE STAND AND BE 98 00:10:39,730 --> 00:10:46,779 RECOGNIZED. 99 00:10:46,779 --> 00:10:55,430 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. 100 00:10:55,430 --> 00:10:58,000 AT THE CONCLUSION OF TONIGHT'S PROGRAM, WE WILL ASK ALL THESE 101 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,500 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ADVISORIES TO PLEASE JOIN US ON STAGE FOR A 102 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:02,980 SPECIAL GROUP PHOTOGRAPH. 103 00:11:02,980 --> 00:11:08,320 I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELL REPRESENTING THE TEXAS DISTRICT, 104 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,160 U.S. CONGRESSMAN DONALD, WHO IS 105 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,660 COMING. 106 00:11:15,660 --> 00:11:24,140 HOLDING THE FIRST GALA IN 1987 -- I'M SORRY, 1985, HOLDING 107 00:11:24,140 --> 00:11:25,750 THE FIRST GALA 1987. 108 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:28,840 THIS YEAR MARKING OUR 30th ANNUAL EVENT WITH THE 109 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,000 GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS, THIS EVENT CONTINUES 110 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,010 TO BE COORDINATED BY ROTARY. 111 00:11:34,010 --> 00:11:36,360 TONIGHT WE ARE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY THE SPACE CENTER 112 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:37,850 ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT, MR. 113 00:11:37,850 --> 00:11:39,720 JOHN BRANCH. 114 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:46,649 [ APPLAUSE ] >> SINCE YEARLY WE WOULD LIKE 115 00:11:46,649 --> 00:11:50,029 EVERYONE HERE TO FEEL LIKE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, THE 116 00:11:50,029 --> 00:11:51,930 FOUNDATION WELCOMES YOU ALL. 117 00:11:51,930 --> 00:11:55,500 WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. 118 00:11:55,500 --> 00:12:00,930 AND NOW REVEREND WILLIAM KING THE THIRD, PASTOR OF THE GREATER 119 00:12:00,930 --> 00:12:15,329 NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WILL GIVE US THE 120 00:12:15,329 --> 00:12:20,889 INVOCATION. 121 00:12:20,889 --> 00:12:29,320 >> WILL YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME TONIGHT IN A MOMENT OF 122 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:30,320 PRAYER. 123 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:36,380 GRACIOUS GOD OUR FATHER, WE COME WITH THANKSGIVING IN OUR HEARTS. 124 00:12:36,380 --> 00:12:41,620 APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GRAND GREAT AND GLORIOUS PRESENCE. 125 00:12:41,620 --> 00:12:45,110 WE LIVE, MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. 126 00:12:45,110 --> 00:12:50,899 THANK YOU FOR ROTARY NASA, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE AWARD 127 00:12:50,899 --> 00:12:53,519 RECIPIENTS AND HONOREES. 128 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:57,900 GRANT YOUR BLESSINGS NOW UPON THE FOOD FOR THE NOURISHMENT OF 129 00:12:57,900 --> 00:12:59,339 OUR BODIES. 130 00:12:59,339 --> 00:13:02,269 WE MIGHT HAVE THE STRENGTH AND ENERGY TO FULFILL THE DIVINE 131 00:13:02,269 --> 00:13:05,930 PURPOSE FOR WHICH YOU'VE PLACED AND POSITIONED OUR LIVES TO 132 00:13:05,930 --> 00:13:11,170 IMPACT THIS GREAT NATION AND WORLD MAY BE OCCUPIED. 133 00:13:11,170 --> 00:13:15,170 BLESS THIS PROGRAM TONIGHT, BLESS EACH TABLE WITH FELLOWSHIP 134 00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:21,269 AND FRIENDSHIP, JOY AND JUBILEE FOR THE AWARD RECIPIENT, CHARLES 135 00:13:21,269 --> 00:13:22,269 ELACHI. 136 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:27,079 WE THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE, SACRIFICE AND STEADFASTNESS IN 137 00:13:27,079 --> 00:13:28,079 THE LIFE. 138 00:13:28,079 --> 00:13:32,040 GRANT YOUR BLESSINGS UPON ALL THE LABORERS, THE LORD, EACH 139 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,240 PERSON IN THIS PLACE AND SHOW THE ACTUAL BLESSING UPON OUR 140 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,170 SPOUSES AND OUR LOVELY CHILDREN. 141 00:13:38,170 --> 00:13:41,540 KEEP US TOGETHER, IN THE HARMONY OF FAITH AND FOCUS. 142 00:13:41,540 --> 00:13:51,180 IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 143 00:13:51,180 --> 00:13:53,240 >> I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT'S PROGRAM. 144 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,610 I'M HONORED TO HONOR DOCTOR LISTENING TO P.J. 145 00:13:56,610 --> 00:14:03,040 O'ROURKE AND ALL THE PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE. 146 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,899 WELCOMING BACK MILES O'BRIEN AS OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES HERE 147 00:14:07,899 --> 00:14:10,740 FOR THIS SPECIAL 30th EVENT. 148 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:14,740 ADDED NOTE, TONIGHT'S EVENT WILL BE RECORDED LIVE AND WILL BE 149 00:14:14,740 --> 00:14:17,610 BROADCAST NATIONALLY ON NASA TV NEXT WEEK. 150 00:14:17,610 --> 00:14:19,380 THE PROGRAM WILL AIR ON TUESDAY, 151 00:14:19,380 --> 00:14:20,490 MAY 3rd. 152 00:14:20,490 --> 00:14:22,540 AND WEDNESDAY MAY 4th. 153 00:14:22,540 --> 00:14:26,790 AND WILL BE SHOWN TWICE DAILY AT NOON, AT 7:00 AND 7:00 P.M. 154 00:14:26,790 --> 00:14:27,790 CENTRAL. 155 00:14:27,790 --> 00:14:30,199 SO BE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CO-WORKERS AND DON'T 156 00:14:30,199 --> 00:14:32,220 FORGET TO SET YOUR DVRs. 157 00:14:32,220 --> 00:14:38,769 RNASA FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE, RECOGNIZE, HONOR AND 158 00:14:38,769 --> 00:14:42,030 CELEBRATE U.S. SPACE ACHIEVEMENT. 159 00:14:42,030 --> 00:14:46,030 THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION TRULY APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE 160 00:14:46,030 --> 00:14:48,610 THE WORK OF THIS AUDIENCE TONIGHT. 161 00:14:48,610 --> 00:14:51,889 SO LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH MY SINCEREST WISH TO PLEASE ENJOY 162 00:14:51,889 --> 00:14:54,940 YOUR EVENING, YOUR MEAL AND YOUR COMPANY. 163 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:59,109 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 164 00:14:59,109 --> 00:15:03,079 [ APPLAUSE ] ∂∂ 165 00:15:03,079 --> 00:15:13,459 >> FOR CENTURY, WE HAVE LOOKED TO THE HEAVENS AND WONDERED WHAT 166 00:15:13,459 --> 00:15:18,660 IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO LIVE AMONG THE STARS. 167 00:15:18,660 --> 00:15:23,350 IN THE SPRING OF 1961, YURI GAGARIN AND ALAN SHEPARD BECAME 168 00:15:23,350 --> 00:15:27,500 THE FIRST HUMANS TO ESCAPE THE PULL OF EARTH'S GRAVITY AND LOOK 169 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:30,980 DOWN UPON OUR PLANET FROM SPACE. 170 00:15:30,980 --> 00:15:35,519 NEARLY 40 YEARS LATER, ON NOVEMBER 2nd, 2000, THREE MEN 171 00:15:35,519 --> 00:15:38,970 ABOARD A RUSSIAN SOYUZ SPACECRAFT DOCKED WITH A SMALL 172 00:15:38,970 --> 00:15:42,600 ORBITING COMPLEX 220 MILES ABOVE EARTH. 173 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,209 A SHORT TIME LATER THEY OPENED THE HATCH OF THE SERVICE MODULE 174 00:15:47,209 --> 00:15:50,800 AND FLOATED INSIDE, MARK THE BEGINNING OF A PERMANENT HUMAN 175 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,850 PRESENCE IN SPACE. 176 00:15:52,850 --> 00:15:57,949 IN NOVEMBER, 2015, NASA AND ITS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 177 00:15:57,949 --> 00:16:02,250 CELEBRATED 15 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS OCCUPANCY OF THE 178 00:16:02,250 --> 00:16:04,060 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 179 00:16:04,060 --> 00:16:08,910 ISS IS NOW THE CENTERPIECE OF SPACE RESEARCH AND A HUB OF 180 00:16:08,910 --> 00:16:12,839 VIBRANT ACTIVITY AS THE PEOPLE OF EARTH PREPARE TO VENTURE 181 00:16:12,839 --> 00:16:20,940 FURTHER INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM THAN EVER BEFORE. 182 00:16:20,940 --> 00:16:22,720 ∂∂ AS THE ONLY NATIONAL LABORATORY 183 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:27,470 FOR MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE, THE ISS HAS BEEN PROVEN 184 00:16:27,470 --> 00:16:30,829 AS THE ESSENTIAL HUB FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINE RESEARCH AND 185 00:16:30,829 --> 00:16:31,829 PHYSICS. 186 00:16:31,829 --> 00:16:35,720 CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND ALL OF THEIR ENCOMPASSED SUBDIVISION. 187 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:40,389 TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS OF LONG DURATION 188 00:16:40,389 --> 00:16:44,149 SPACE FLIGHT ON THE HUMAN BODY, ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY AND 189 00:16:44,149 --> 00:16:48,040 COSMONAUT MIKHAIL KORNIENKO SPENT A CONTINUOUS YEAR ABOARD 190 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,010 THE STATION. 191 00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:53,170 THE ISS IS ALSO THE PERFECT SETTING FOR EXOMEDICINE, 192 00:16:53,170 --> 00:16:57,610 STUDYING FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND THE 193 00:16:57,610 --> 00:16:58,990 PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY HAS 194 00:16:58,990 --> 00:17:02,380 TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS POTENTIAL TO EXPLORE NEW AND 195 00:17:02,380 --> 00:17:06,010 POTENTIALLY GAME CHANGING ADVANCES IN FORM COLLING. 196 00:17:06,010 --> 00:17:07,240 PHARMACOLOGY. 197 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:12,110 SOYUZ ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, SEVERAL UNCREWED AGENCY AND 198 00:17:12,110 --> 00:17:16,160 COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS DELIVERED AND RETURNED CARGO, SUPPLIES AND 199 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,390 EXPERIMENTS TO THE STATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 200 00:17:19,390 --> 00:17:26,370 THE JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED 201 00:17:26,370 --> 00:17:32,169 FOUR TONS OF CARGO TO THE ISS WITH THE H 2 TRANSFER VEHICLE. 202 00:17:32,169 --> 00:17:35,700 THE NEWLY MERGED ORBITAL ATK SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE 203 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:40,299 ENHANCED CARGO RESUPPLY SPACECRAFT TO THE ISS, SETTING 204 00:17:40,299 --> 00:17:43,400 THE RECORD AS THE HEAVIEST PAYLOAD EVER CARRIED BY AN 205 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,570 TALLAHASSEE FIVE. 206 00:17:45,570 --> 00:17:47,740 ATLAS 5. 207 00:17:47,740 --> 00:17:53,620 TWO SCHEDULED RESUPPLY MISSIONS TO THE ISS IN 2015 WITH THE LOSS 208 00:17:53,620 --> 00:17:56,850 OF A FALCON NINE LAUNCH VEHICLE IN JUNE. 209 00:17:56,850 --> 00:17:59,600 THE FALCON NINE LAUNCHED FIVE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE 210 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,030 YEAR AND INCLUDED A SUCCESSFUL FIRST STAGE LANDING AT CAPE 211 00:18:03,030 --> 00:18:04,650 CANAVERAL IN DECEMBER. 212 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:08,450 AS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF SPACE FLIGHT, A 213 00:18:08,450 --> 00:18:11,150 ROCKET STAGE THAT PUSHED A PAYLOAD TO ORBIT RETURNED TO 214 00:18:11,150 --> 00:18:14,710 EARTH AND LANDED UPRIGHT. 215 00:18:14,710 --> 00:18:17,840 SpaceX ALSO CONDUCTED A SUCCESSFUL PAD ABOARD TEST OF 216 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,270 THE DRAGON CREW CAPSULE, A SYSTEM THAT WOULD PULL 217 00:18:21,270 --> 00:18:24,370 ASTRONAUTS AWAY FROM FUTURE LAUNCH SITES SHOULD AN EMERGENCY 218 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:25,370 ARISE. 219 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:30,770 BIG LOW AEROSPACE COMPLETED INFLATABLE ISS MODULE. 220 00:18:30,770 --> 00:18:35,020 BIGELOW ACTIVE MODULE THAT LAUNCHED THIS APRIL AT A DRAGON 221 00:18:35,020 --> 00:18:39,020 CAPSULE AND WILL BE INFLATED BY THE END OF MAY. 222 00:18:39,020 --> 00:18:42,440 THIS LAUNCH WAS ALSO NOTABLE AS THE FIRST EVER VERTICAL LANDING 223 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:47,390 OF THE SpaceX FALCON 9 AT SEA ON THE DRONE SHIP, OF COURSE I 224 00:18:47,390 --> 00:18:48,820 STILL LOVE YOU. 225 00:18:48,820 --> 00:18:54,160 ASSEMBLING A BOEING 100 STARLINER CONTINUES AT THE 226 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,850 FORMER ORBITER PROCESSING FACILITY 3 AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 227 00:18:57,850 --> 00:18:59,650 CENTER. 228 00:18:59,650 --> 00:19:02,990 THE ASTRONAUTS THAT WILL CREW BOTH THE DRAGON AND STARLINER 229 00:19:02,990 --> 00:19:06,060 CAPSULES WERE SELECTED BY NASA. 230 00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:10,450 ROBERT BEHNKEN, ERIC BOE, SUNITA WILLIAMS AND DOUGLAS HURLEY WILL 231 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:13,750 BE THE FIRST TO CONDUCT TEST FLIGHTS OF THE COMMERCIAL 232 00:19:13,750 --> 00:19:18,390 VEHICLES. 233 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:22,360 >> OUR NEIGHBOR MARS WAS THE PLANETARY CENTER OF ATTENTION AS 234 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:26,110 NEW EXPERIMENTS AND IMAGES ENCHANTED THE WORLD. 235 00:19:26,110 --> 00:19:29,900 THE EVER POPULAR CURIOSITY ROVER CELEBRATED THREE YEARS OF 236 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:33,120 NONSTOP EXPLORATION, PHOTOGRAPHY 237 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:37,190 AND EXPERIMENTATION, BOASTING AN ASTONISHING TEN KILOMETERS OF 238 00:19:37,190 --> 00:19:39,360 MARTIAN COVERAGE. 239 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:43,860 THE TEN-YEAR-OLD ORBITER CONFIRMED THE EVIDENCE OF LIQUID 240 00:19:43,860 --> 00:19:45,720 WATER ON THE RED PLANET. 241 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,030 A DISCOVERY CRUCIAL TO POTENTIAL HUMAN EXPLORATION. 242 00:19:50,030 --> 00:19:53,740 THE NEW HORIZONS PROBE FLEW WITHIN 8000 MILES OF THE SURFACE 243 00:19:53,740 --> 00:19:56,820 OF PLUTO AND CAPTURED THE CLOSEST EVER IMAGERY AND 244 00:19:56,820 --> 00:20:01,350 ANALYSIS OF THE DWARF PLANET AND ITS MOON. 245 00:20:01,350 --> 00:20:04,580 NEW HORIZONS WILL CONTINUE THE JOURNEY INTO DEEP SPACE AND 246 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:06,429 TARGET A NEW DESTINATION. 247 00:20:06,429 --> 00:20:09,049 THE KUIPER BELT. 248 00:20:09,049 --> 00:20:12,220 AT THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, MESSENGER PROBE 249 00:20:12,220 --> 00:20:16,539 CONCLUDED ITS FOUR YEAR STUDY OF MERCURY BY MAKING ONE LAST 250 00:20:16,539 --> 00:20:21,150 COURSE CORRECTION AND PLUMMETING INTO THE PLANET'S SURFACE. 251 00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:24,190 MESSENGER FLEW BY EARTH ONCE, 252 00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:28,309 AND MERCURY THREE TIMES, SENDING A TREASURE TROPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHS 253 00:20:28,309 --> 00:20:32,440 AND DATA ABOUT THE PLANT'S GEOLOGY. 254 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,480 THE ORION PROGRAM CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEXT 255 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,710 GENERATION HUMAN SPACECRAFT, CONDUCTING ACOUSTIC, DROP AND 256 00:20:39,710 --> 00:20:44,510 PRESSURE TESTS, AS WELL AS ERGONOMIC TESTING. 257 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:47,710 THE NEXT ORION CREW MODULE PRESSURE VESSEL WAS COMPLETED 258 00:20:47,710 --> 00:20:51,250 AND DELIVERED TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FEBRUARY OF THIS 259 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,700 YEAR. 260 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:55,520 TECHNICIANS IN THE NEIL ARMSTRONG OPERATIONS AND CHECK 261 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:00,220 OUT BUILDING WILL CONTINUE THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CREW MODULE. 262 00:21:00,220 --> 00:21:03,760 THE CAPSULE ALSO COMPLETED A CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW AND IS 263 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:08,250 SCHEDULED TO MAKE AN UNCREWED TEST FLIGHT AROUND THE MOON IN 264 00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:09,760 2018. 265 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,950 THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, NASA'S 266 00:21:11,950 --> 00:21:15,670 NEW HEAVY LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE ALSO COMPLETED A CRITICAL DESIGN 267 00:21:15,670 --> 00:21:19,679 REVIEW OF ONE OF ITS THREE MAIN CONFIGURATIONS. 268 00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:22,820 WITH ALL OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT NOW IN 269 00:21:22,820 --> 00:21:26,450 PRODUCTION, THE SLS HAS A FLIGHT READINESS DATE SCHEDULED FOR 270 00:21:26,450 --> 00:21:34,010 2018. 271 00:21:34,010 --> 00:21:37,500 >> BLUE ORIGIN CONTINUES TO MAKE HISTORY WITH ITS SUBORBITAL 272 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:39,100 SPACECRAFT NEW SHEPARD. 273 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:43,070 IN JANUARY, NEW SHEPARD SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED, REACHED 274 00:21:43,070 --> 00:21:46,760 SUBORBITAL SPACE AND THEN LANDED UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 275 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,960 THIS HISTORIC FEAT WAS COMPLETED USING THE SAME ENGINE AND 276 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,470 VEHICLE FOR ALL THREE FLIGHTS. 277 00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:56,070 DRAMATICALLY ILLUSTRATING BLUE ORIGIN'S ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE 278 00:21:56,070 --> 00:21:59,840 AND OPERATE REUSABLE SPACECRAFT. 279 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,679 THE SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION WAS AWARDED A COMMERCIAL CARGO 280 00:22:03,679 --> 00:22:05,370 RESUPPLY CONTRACT FOR THE 281 00:22:05,370 --> 00:22:09,400 COMPANY'S REUSABLE SPACE PLANE, DREAM CHASER. 282 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:14,470 DREAM CHASER IS CAPABLE OF LOW G REENTRY AND RUNWAY LANDINGS, 283 00:22:14,470 --> 00:22:17,150 CRITICAL FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF SENSITIVE PAYLOADS AND 284 00:22:17,150 --> 00:22:22,580 SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS AND IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CARGO. 285 00:22:22,580 --> 00:22:27,490 >>> TONIGHT, AS ROBOTIC EXPLORERS ROAM THE SURFACE OF A 286 00:22:27,490 --> 00:22:31,350 NEIGHBORS PLANET, AND PROBE THE OUTER REACHES OF OUR SOLAR 287 00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:35,799 SYSTEM, AND HUMAN EXPLORERS CONDUCT RESEARCH AND SCIENCE, 288 00:22:35,799 --> 00:22:40,570 JUST 300 MILES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF OUR PLANET, WE PAUSE TO 289 00:22:40,570 --> 00:22:44,580 RECOGNIZE AND HONOR A VISIONARY LEADER FOR HIS COURAGE AND 290 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:49,150 COMMITMENT TO REACHING OUR GOALS IN SPACE. 291 00:22:49,150 --> 00:22:52,520 AND WE CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE 292 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,280 DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO DARE TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF SPACE 293 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,960 EXPLORATION, WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS 294 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,830 HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW, TURNING 295 00:23:02,830 --> 00:23:06,470 OUR DREAMS TO DESTINY. 296 00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:10,290 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR MASTER OF 297 00:23:10,290 --> 00:23:12,090 CEREMONIES, MR. 298 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:15,909 MILES O'BRIEN. 299 00:23:15,909 --> 00:23:25,520 [ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO, HOUSTON. 300 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:26,760 GREAT TO SEE YOU. 301 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,010 GREAT TO BE BACK. 302 00:23:28,010 --> 00:23:31,900 AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M A GUY WHO COULD REALLY USE A HAND. 303 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:34,070 SO, ONE MORE TIME. 304 00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:36,549 I REALLY, REALLY NEED A HAND. 305 00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:40,080 [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY HUMOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN 306 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:41,080 DISARMING. 307 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,300 MIGHT AS WELL PUT TO IT TO USE. 308 00:23:44,300 --> 00:23:45,330 I READ ALL THIS STUFF SINGLE-HANDEDLY. 309 00:23:45,330 --> 00:23:50,000 RODOLFO, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. 310 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,390 JUST LIKE SPACE, LOW BIDDER. 311 00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:55,360 [ LAUGHTER ] >> TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO HONOR 312 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,420 A GREAT MAN OF SPACE EXPLORATION, A MAN WHO GREW UP 313 00:23:58,420 --> 00:24:01,620 IN LEBANON, LEARNING ABOUT AMERICA THROUGH LANDS OF 314 00:24:01,620 --> 00:24:03,159 HOLLYWOOD -- LENS OF HOLLYWOOD. 315 00:24:03,159 --> 00:24:06,800 HE WENT TO CALTECH IN L.A. BECAUSE IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY 316 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:11,120 THE HOME OF FINE MEN. 317 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:13,920 THE TRUTH IS HE WAS A LITTLE STAR STRUCK. 318 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,450 BUT HE ENDED UP BECOMING ACQUAINTED WITH SOME MORE 319 00:24:16,450 --> 00:24:18,779 IMPORTANT STARS, SHALL WE SAY. 320 00:24:18,779 --> 00:24:22,929 AND HE RUNS A CERTAIN FFRDC THAT I LIKE TO CALL DISNEYLAND FOR IN 321 00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:25,260 OTHER WORDS. 322 00:24:25,260 --> 00:24:28,250 WE ARE HONOR TO BE HERE TO HONOR CHARLES ELACHI. 323 00:24:28,250 --> 00:24:31,770 GIVE HIM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 324 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:35,490 [ APPLAUSE ] >> I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO READ 325 00:24:35,490 --> 00:24:38,950 HIS SPEECH BECAUSE HE'S LOST HIS VOICE. 326 00:24:38,950 --> 00:24:43,440 30 YEARS, THINK ABOUT THAT, 30 327 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,760 YEARS, IT'S A LONG TIME, WHO WOULD'VE THUNK WE WOULD'VE COME 328 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,790 THIS FAR FROM THAT FIRST SESSION IN THE WAFFLE HOUSE IN CLEAR 329 00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:51,950 LAKE. 330 00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:57,409 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THREE DECADES, 15,768,000 331 00:24:57,409 --> 00:25:02,710 MINUTES -- YOU ENGINEERS KNEW THAT 210 DOG YEARS OR BETTER 332 00:25:02,710 --> 00:25:05,870 YET, THREE SUCCESSFUL MOON RACES. 333 00:25:05,870 --> 00:25:09,900 IN 1987, LET'S GO BACK, TURN THE WAY BACK MACHINE. 334 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:11,919 THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED. 335 00:25:11,919 --> 00:25:14,890 PRESIDENT REAGAN WENT TO BERLIN AND TOLD GORBACHEV TO TEAR DOWN 336 00:25:14,890 --> 00:25:15,890 THIS WALL. 337 00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:21,909 AN 18-YEAR-OLD WEST GERMAN LANDED A CESSNA 172 IN RED 338 00:25:21,909 --> 00:25:23,240 SQUARE. 339 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,590 AND THERE WAS AN 1 MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL BY THE NAME OF 340 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:27,650 JESSICA McCLURE -- REMEMBER HER? 341 00:25:27,650 --> 00:25:30,400 SHE FELL DOWN A WELL IN MIDLAND, 342 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:36,520 TEXAS, AND IT GAVE A FLEDGLING 24/7 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, I WON'T 343 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,440 MENTION THEIR NAME, BUT THEIR INITIALS ARE CNN, IT GAVE THEM 344 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:45,330 THE BRILLIANT IDEA THAT LIVE CONTINUOUS, INCESSANT COVERAGE 345 00:25:45,330 --> 00:25:49,550 OF BREAKING NEWS, IT'S HARD TO DO QUOTES WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE 346 00:25:49,550 --> 00:25:51,500 ONE -- BROOKING NEWS. 347 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:52,970 [ LAUGHTER ] >> TO THE EXCLUSION OF 348 00:25:52,970 --> 00:25:56,900 EVERYTHING ELSE, WAS A RATINGS BONANZA. 349 00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:59,950 SO I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH OF A STRETCH TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 350 00:25:59,950 --> 00:26:05,170 JESSICA McCLURE TO BLAME FOR DONALD TRUMP. 351 00:26:05,170 --> 00:26:09,100 [ LAUGHTER ] >> PURE CONTINUUM THERE. 352 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:13,809 NOW, AS RODOLFO SAID, GOAL HERE IS TO PUT THIS SHOW ON TO NASA 353 00:26:13,809 --> 00:26:17,100 TELEVISION AND THE MORE I TREAD INTO WATERS LIKE THAT, THE MORE 354 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:20,860 LIKELY THEY'LL BE SHIFTING FROM ME AT THE PODIUM TO REPLAYS OF 355 00:26:20,860 --> 00:26:25,110 THE MISSION HIGHLIGHT RAIL OF SDS 125. 356 00:26:25,110 --> 00:26:29,860 SO, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY A THING ABOUT MY CONCLUSION THAT 357 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:32,370 THIS YEAR'S SLATE OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OFFERS 358 00:26:32,370 --> 00:26:38,840 SLAM DUNK SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF ALIEN LIFE. 359 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,590 AND I WILL NOT MENTION MY SUGGESTION THAT WE SHOULD BE 360 00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:44,980 POINTING THOSE STEADY TELESCOPES, RADIO TELESCOPES AT 361 00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:47,870 THE CONVENTION INNINGS CLEVELAND AND PHILADELPHIA THIS SUMMER TO 362 00:26:47,870 --> 00:26:50,840 SEE IF WE CAN FINALLY MAKE CONTACT. 363 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,640 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M PRETTY SURE THERE IS A 364 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:58,870 GOLDEN COMB-OVER POM DOOR THAT MIGHT HAVE A SEPARATE STRAIN OF 365 00:26:58,870 --> 00:27:00,809 LIFE INSIDE IT. 366 00:27:00,809 --> 00:27:01,809 MAYBE. 367 00:27:01,809 --> 00:27:05,850 YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHY IS HE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT ALIENS? 368 00:27:05,850 --> 00:27:09,360 MAYBE HE IS ONE. 369 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,039 JUST THINK ABOUT IT, RIGHT? 370 00:27:12,039 --> 00:27:13,190 AND THEN THERE'S TED CRUZ. 371 00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:16,210 TED CRUZ, GOSH, GUYS, HE'S THE HOMETOWN GUY. 372 00:27:16,210 --> 00:27:18,380 NO, YOU TEXANS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SO FRIENDLY. 373 00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:22,220 YOU ALWAYS TELL ME HOW FRIENDLY YOU ARE. 374 00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:24,500 HOW DID YOU END UP WITH SENATOR GRUMPY PANTS? 375 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:27,929 HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 376 00:27:27,929 --> 00:27:30,190 OH, EXCUSE ME. 377 00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:32,420 PRODUCER IN MY EAR. 378 00:27:32,420 --> 00:27:36,510 THEY JUST CUED UP THE APOLLO 11 HIGHLIGHT REEL ON NASA TV. 379 00:27:36,510 --> 00:27:40,350 SORRY, RODOLFO, AS I SAID, LOW BIDDER. 380 00:27:40,350 --> 00:27:42,270 WHAT CAN I DO? 381 00:27:42,270 --> 00:27:44,309 IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD TIME TO INTRODUCE OUR KEYNOTER AND GET 382 00:27:44,309 --> 00:27:48,770 ME OUT OF THIS HE'S MUCH MORE ADEPT AT THE PROFESSIONAL ART OF 383 00:27:48,770 --> 00:27:51,559 SKEWERING POLITICAL FIGURES. 384 00:27:51,559 --> 00:27:54,950 AMONG HIS BOOK, PARLIAMENT OF WHO ARES. 385 00:27:54,950 --> 00:27:58,760 CAN STAY WITH YOUR SON HERE? 386 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:06,350 PARLIAMENT OF HORRORS AMONG HIS QUOTABLE QUOTES, GIVING MONEY 387 00:28:06,350 --> 00:28:09,190 AND POWER TO GOVERNMENT IS LIKE GIVING WHISKEY AND CAR KEYS TO 388 00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:12,100 TEENAGE BOYS. 389 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,820 OUR KEYNOTER IS A SATIRIST, JOURNALIST AND WE PRESUME AT 390 00:28:14,820 --> 00:28:17,200 LEAST TONIGHT A LOVER OF SPACE. 391 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,159 PLEASE WELCOME P.J. 392 00:28:21,159 --> 00:28:24,509 O'ROURKE. 393 00:28:24,509 --> 00:28:33,330 [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, I AM TRULY HONORED TO 394 00:28:33,330 --> 00:28:35,370 BE HERE TONIGHT. 395 00:28:35,370 --> 00:28:37,370 BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU INVITED ME. 396 00:28:37,370 --> 00:28:38,809 I LOVE SPACE. 397 00:28:38,809 --> 00:28:41,490 I REALLY DO LOVE SPACE BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 398 00:28:41,490 --> 00:28:42,490 SCIENCE. 399 00:28:42,490 --> 00:28:43,520 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ROCKETS. 400 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,590 YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE SAY IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, THEY'RE 401 00:28:47,590 --> 00:28:48,740 TALKING ABOUT ME. 402 00:28:48,740 --> 00:28:51,690 ACTUALLY AS A KID, I WANTED TO 403 00:28:51,690 --> 00:28:53,260 BE AN ASTROPHYSICIST. 404 00:28:53,260 --> 00:28:57,180 I WANTED TO BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 405 00:28:57,180 --> 00:29:01,240 THEN I FOUND OUT SCIENCE INVOLVES MATH. 406 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,570 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH A WHOLE MESS OF NINES ARE. 407 00:29:05,570 --> 00:29:09,080 SO I BECAME AN ENGLISH MAJOR, OR AS NEW THE WORLD OF SCIENCE CALL 408 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,229 IT, STUPID. 409 00:29:11,229 --> 00:29:13,460 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO MY 410 00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:16,140 CAREER IN JOURNALISM. 411 00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:19,130 NOW, I'M STUPID ABOUT SCIENCE. 412 00:29:19,130 --> 00:29:23,649 FRANKLY, I'M TOO STUPID TO BE SPEAKING HERE. 413 00:29:23,649 --> 00:29:28,399 BUT FAIRNESS TO MYSELF, I'M NOT JUST STUPID. 414 00:29:28,399 --> 00:29:31,690 I AM A STUDENT OF STUPIDITY. 415 00:29:31,690 --> 00:29:34,749 I AM A POLITICAL REPORTER. 416 00:29:34,749 --> 00:29:39,390 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY, RULED 417 00:29:39,390 --> 00:29:45,440 BY THE PEOPLE. 50% OF PEOPLE ARE BELOW AVERAGE 418 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,020 IN INTELLIGENCE. 419 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:52,419 EVEN I KNOW ENOUGH MATH TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 420 00:29:52,419 --> 00:29:56,080 PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL 421 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,080 ELECTION. 422 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,270 BUT I'LL GET BACK TO THAT. 423 00:29:59,270 --> 00:30:02,500 SEE, THAT 50% FIGURE ALSO EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT 424 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:04,130 POLITICS IN GENERAL. 425 00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:09,520 AND YOU, THE LEADERS OF AMERICAN SPACE EXPLORATION, YOU ARE AT 426 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,039 THE MERCY OF POLITICS. 427 00:30:12,039 --> 00:30:15,960 YOU ARE ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY POLITICIZED 428 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,529 ENDEAVORS IN AMERICA, NOT COUNTING WHAT'S UP WITH DONALD 429 00:30:19,529 --> 00:30:22,289 TRUMP'S HAIR. 430 00:30:22,289 --> 00:30:26,330 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR SPACE EXPLORATION BEING SO 431 00:30:26,330 --> 00:30:27,330 POLITICIZED. 432 00:30:27,330 --> 00:30:30,010 THERE ARE DEFENSE CONSIDERATIONS, OF COURSE. 433 00:30:30,010 --> 00:30:33,640 I MEAN IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE INTELLIGENCE GATHERED BY SPY 434 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,190 SATELLITES, WE WOULDN'T KNOW 435 00:30:35,190 --> 00:30:40,059 EXACTLY WHERE TO GO POUND SAND IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 436 00:30:40,059 --> 00:30:43,429 THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS OF NATIONAL PRESTIGE. 437 00:30:43,429 --> 00:30:48,270 I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER ON OCTOBER 4th, 1957, HOW 438 00:30:48,270 --> 00:30:52,669 HUMILIATED, SHOCKED AND EMBARRASSED EVERYONE IN AMERICA, 439 00:30:52,669 --> 00:30:56,480 ESPECIALLY THE BOYS IN MY FIFTH GRADE CLASS, WERE WHEN RUSSIA 440 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,460 LAUNCHED SPUTNIK. 441 00:30:58,460 --> 00:31:03,830 AND FURTHER HUMILIATION WAS TO COME WHEN YURI GREGARIAN BECAME 442 00:31:03,830 --> 00:31:05,669 THE FIRST MAN IN SPACE. 443 00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:10,330 WE DIDN'T REALIZE PEOPLE BACK THEN WOULD DO ANYTHING, EVEN BE 444 00:31:10,330 --> 00:31:14,059 LAUNCHED INTO SPACE TO GET OUT OF RUSSIA. 445 00:31:14,059 --> 00:31:17,679 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU KNOW THE REAL REASON FOR 446 00:31:17,679 --> 00:31:22,740 SPACE BEING SO POLITICAL, IT'S MUCH MORE SIMPLE. 447 00:31:22,740 --> 00:31:24,120 IT'S MONEY. 448 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:28,570 SPACE EXPLORATION IS EXPENSIVE AND UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, THE 449 00:31:28,570 --> 00:31:32,470 ONLY PEOPLE WILLING TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY WERE 450 00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:33,470 GOVERNMENTS. 451 00:31:33,470 --> 00:31:38,399 NOW, AT THE MOMENT, IT STILL COSTS APPROXIMATELY $10,000 A 452 00:31:38,399 --> 00:31:41,120 POUND TO SEND A PAYLOAD INTO ORBIT. 453 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:46,450 NOW, $10,000 A POUND, BY MY CALCULATION, THAT MEANS FOR 454 00:31:46,450 --> 00:31:50,769 PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, ONLY THING WORTH SHIP IN A LAUNCH VEHICLE 455 00:31:50,769 --> 00:31:52,710 IS ILLEGAL DRUGS. 456 00:31:52,710 --> 00:31:59,909 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOW, MAYBE, NOW MAYBE WE'RE 457 00:31:59,909 --> 00:32:03,890 ENTERING AN ERA WHERE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND ILLEGAL DRUGS 458 00:32:03,890 --> 00:32:08,260 WILL BE DRIVING, THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SPACE EXPLORATION. 459 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:09,260 MAYBE. 460 00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:12,250 SpaceX FALCON HEAVY, CLAIMS MIGHT GET THE COST OF SENDING 461 00:32:12,250 --> 00:32:14,750 SOMETHING INTO ORBIT DOWN TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A POUND. 462 00:32:14,750 --> 00:32:18,990 I FIGURED IT OUT, A THOUSAND DOLLARS A POUND IS ABOUT WHAT IT 463 00:32:18,990 --> 00:32:21,630 WILL COST TO SEND MY KIDS TO COLLEGE. 464 00:32:21,630 --> 00:32:25,940 [ LAUGHTER ] >> VIRGIN GALACTIC IS PROMISING 465 00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:29,019 SPACE TOURISM, WHICH I THINK IS A WONDERFUL THING BECAUSE I HAVE 466 00:32:29,019 --> 00:32:33,710 A WHOLE LIST OF PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO BLAST INTO SPACE. 467 00:32:33,710 --> 00:32:35,940 BUT AS I MENTIONED, I WILL GET BACK TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS 468 00:32:35,940 --> 00:32:37,860 ELECTION IN A MOMENT. 469 00:32:37,860 --> 00:32:41,670 ANYWAY, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, GOVERNMENTS ARE STILL 470 00:32:41,670 --> 00:32:45,010 GOING TO BE PAYING FOR MOST OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 471 00:32:45,010 --> 00:32:49,620 AND YOU SEE THIS PUTS ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU INVOLVED IN 472 00:32:49,620 --> 00:32:54,710 AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM, IT PUTS NEW THE POSITION OF BEING 473 00:32:54,710 --> 00:32:56,049 WASHINGTON LOBBYISTS. 474 00:32:56,049 --> 00:32:59,940 NOW, I'M SORRY, THAT CAME OUT SOUNDING LIKE AN INSULT. 475 00:32:59,940 --> 00:33:02,880 AND I DIDN'T MEAN IT AS AN INSULT. 476 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,490 EVEN MEAN IT AS KIND OF A 477 00:33:04,490 --> 00:33:05,490 COMPLIMENT. 478 00:33:05,490 --> 00:33:09,269 WHEN I FIRST WENT TO WASHINGTON AS A POLITICAL REPORTER, I HAD 479 00:33:09,269 --> 00:33:13,070 THE USUAL POLITICAL REPORTER'S PREJUDICE AGAINST LOBBYING. 480 00:33:13,070 --> 00:33:16,899 I THOUGHT LOBBYISTS WERE THESE SMART OPERATORS WHO USED THEIR 481 00:33:16,899 --> 00:33:20,400 SMARTS TO TWIST GOVERNMENT POLICY AND GET SPECIAL TREATMENT 482 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,740 FOR THEIR BUSINESS CLIENTS. 483 00:33:22,740 --> 00:33:24,990 THEN ONE NIGHT I WAS HAVING A DRINK WITH A CONGRESSIONAL 484 00:33:24,990 --> 00:33:29,970 STAFFER, A FRIEND OF MINE, AND I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT SMART 485 00:33:29,970 --> 00:33:32,600 OPERATORS ARES LOBBYISTS ARE. 486 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:37,270 MY CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER FRIEND SAID, LOBBYING ISN'T ABOUT BEING 487 00:33:37,270 --> 00:33:38,610 SMART. 488 00:33:38,610 --> 00:33:40,470 LOBBYING IS ABOUT BEING STUPID. 489 00:33:40,470 --> 00:33:43,590 I SAID WELL, LOBBYISTS AREN'T STUPID. 490 00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:46,539 AND HE SAID NO, OF COURSE NOT. 491 00:33:46,539 --> 00:33:48,060 CONGRESSMEN ARE STUPID. 492 00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:50,570 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOT ALL OF THEM. 493 00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:54,759 I THINK WE GOT ONE HERE -- NOT HIM. 494 00:33:54,759 --> 00:34:00,030 [ LAUGHTER ] >> OTHER CONGRESSMEN. 495 00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:01,460 AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 496 00:34:01,460 --> 00:34:04,440 MY STAFFER FRIENDS SAID LOOK, TAKE A CONGRESSMAN FROM OREGON 497 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,710 WHERE THERE'S BIG TIMBER INDUSTRY. 498 00:34:06,710 --> 00:34:10,079 HE IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF INTRODUCING A BILL REQUIRING ALL 499 00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:12,899 MOTOR VEHICLES TO BURN WOOD INSTEAD OF GASOLINE. 500 00:34:12,899 --> 00:34:16,260 NOW HE GETS TOGETHER WITH A CONGRESSMAN FROM MAINE AND YOU 501 00:34:16,260 --> 00:34:19,270 HAVE A BILL REQUIRING ALL MOTOR VEHICLES TO BURN WOOD AND 502 00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:20,770 POTATOES. 503 00:34:20,770 --> 00:34:24,040 THEN THE TWO OF THEM JOIN WITH CONGRESSMAN FROM CALIFORNIA AND 504 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,899 PRETTY SOON YOU'VE GOT A LAW THAT YOUR CAR HAS TO BE FUELED 505 00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:32,260 BY WOOD, POTATOES AND STAR POWER OF CATE BLANCHETT. 506 00:34:32,260 --> 00:34:33,440 MY STAFFER FRIEND SAID IF IT 507 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:37,340 WEREN'T FOR LOBBYISTS, LAWS LIKE THAT WOULD GET PASSED WITHOUT 508 00:34:37,340 --> 00:34:42,210 ANYBODY EVER HEARING A SINGLE OBJECTION FROM CARMAKERS, FROM 509 00:34:42,210 --> 00:34:46,149 FUEL REFINERS OR FROM CATE BLANCHETT'S AGENT. 510 00:34:46,149 --> 00:34:49,700 NOW MY STAFFER FRIEND DID NOT MEAN THAT CONGRESSMAN ARE STUPID 511 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:52,010 IN A LOW IQ SENSE. 512 00:34:52,010 --> 00:34:53,849 ALTHOUGH THAT HAPPENS. 513 00:34:53,849 --> 00:34:59,470 BUT HE MEANT THAT CONGRESS HAS A LOT MORE POWER TO ACT THAN IT 514 00:34:59,470 --> 00:35:02,850 HAS INTELLIGENT INFORMATION TO ACT UPON. 515 00:35:02,850 --> 00:35:07,470 AND THIS IS WHY BUSINESS PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOU PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN 516 00:35:07,470 --> 00:35:11,920 THIS SPACE EXPLORATION BUSINESS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE POLITICIANS THE 517 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,349 BUSINESS BY LOBBYING THEM. 518 00:35:14,349 --> 00:35:18,270 BUT AS SPACE LOBBYISTS, YOU'RE IN A TOUGH POSITION. 519 00:35:18,270 --> 00:35:21,890 MINE WHAT WOULD THE DEFICIT AND THE NATIONAL DEBT, CONGRESSMAN 520 00:35:21,890 --> 00:35:25,411 ARE LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR BUDGET CUTS, EVERYWHERE THAT IS 521 00:35:25,411 --> 00:35:28,450 EXCEPT IN THEIR OWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. 522 00:35:28,450 --> 00:35:32,220 WHICH IS WHY I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE LAUNCH PADS IN ALL 435 523 00:35:32,220 --> 00:35:34,050 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. 524 00:35:34,050 --> 00:35:37,349 CONGRESS WOULD REALLY BE A LOT MORE SUPPORTIVE OF NASA. 525 00:35:37,349 --> 00:35:40,060 ANYWAY, YOU'RE IN A TOUGH POSITION. 526 00:35:40,060 --> 00:35:41,540 IT'S TOUGH BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 527 00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:45,130 I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, I'M A BUDGET HAWK. 528 00:35:45,130 --> 00:35:47,430 I WANT TO CUT ALL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. 529 00:35:47,430 --> 00:35:51,440 I WANT TO MEANS TEST THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 530 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,109 I WANT TO SAY YOU IN THE CADILLAC ESCALADE, GO BUY YOUR 531 00:35:55,109 --> 00:35:57,430 OWN I-45. 532 00:35:57,430 --> 00:36:01,750 BUT I STILL SUPPORT ARE FUNDING FOR NASA. 533 00:36:01,750 --> 00:36:05,390 I SUPPORT INCREASED FUNDING FOR NASA. 534 00:36:05,390 --> 00:36:06,390 WHY? 535 00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:09,230 WELL, FOR -- WHERE'S THE DOWNSIDE? 536 00:36:09,230 --> 00:36:13,930 FOR ONE THING, NASA'S BUDGET, $19 BILLION. 537 00:36:13,930 --> 00:36:15,150 A LOT OF GOVERNMENT. 538 00:36:15,150 --> 00:36:17,280 WHERE ELSE, IF IT WEREN'T FOR GOVERNMENT, COULD GUILT AN 539 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,310 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THE WORDS JUST $19 BILLION? 540 00:36:21,310 --> 00:36:27,260 LOOK, $19 BILLION IS ONLY, IT'S ONLY ABOUT $60 A PERSON, PER 541 00:36:27,260 --> 00:36:28,520 PERSON IN AMERICA. 542 00:36:31,830 --> 00:36:29,520 $60. 543 00:36:31,830 --> 00:36:33,750 LET ALONE GO SEE THE RINGS OF SATURN. 544 00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:37,940 ANOTHER THING, SPACE EXPLORATION IS ONE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT 545 00:36:37,940 --> 00:36:39,260 ISN'T SCREWED UP. 546 00:36:39,260 --> 00:36:43,020 I MEAN COMPARED ARE TORE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. 547 00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:46,960 WHAT IF THEY DESERVE TO BE LEFT BEHIND? 548 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,300 WHAT IF THEY DESERVE A SMACK ON 549 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:50,890 THE BEHIND? 550 00:36:50,890 --> 00:36:54,160 NATIONWIDE TESTING PROGRAM TO TEST WHETHER KIDS ARE WHAT? 551 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:55,160 DUMB? 552 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,160 YOU'VE GOT KIDS. 553 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:57,920 KIDS ARE DUMB. 554 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,619 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON 555 00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:06,090 TO SUPPORT SPACE EXPLORATION IS THAT IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN PURE 556 00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:07,530 KNOWLEDGE. 557 00:37:07,530 --> 00:37:10,930 WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT KNOWLEDGE WILL BE. 558 00:37:10,930 --> 00:37:15,750 WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT KNOWLEDGE WILL BE OF USE. 559 00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:20,520 IT IS A SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT BUT WHEN MANKIND HAS INVESTED IN 560 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:25,410 PURE KNOWLEDGE, THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SPECTACULAR. 561 00:37:25,410 --> 00:37:27,089 LIKE ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S DAD. 562 00:37:27,089 --> 00:37:31,730 HE HIRED ARISTOTLE AS AXE YEAR'S THE GREAT'S TUTOR. 563 00:37:31,730 --> 00:37:34,800 AND THE KID WENT ON TO CONGER THE WORLD. 564 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,369 OR ALBERT EINSTEIN. 565 00:37:36,369 --> 00:37:40,820 EINSTEIN, HE'S FORMULATING THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY AND HE'S 566 00:37:40,820 --> 00:37:44,480 GOT NO CLUE WHAT ANYBODY IS GOING TO GET OUT OF THE TIME AND 567 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,900 EVIDENT THAT HE WAS INVESTING IN PURE KNOWLEDGE. 568 00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:49,870 BUT WE WERE PRETTY GLAD TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE WHEN WE NEEDED TO 569 00:37:49,870 --> 00:37:53,890 PUT AND END THE WORLD WAR II WITH THE ATOMIC BOMB. 570 00:37:53,890 --> 00:37:58,330 OR MARK ZUCKERBERG'S SENDING HIM TO HARVARD. 571 00:37:58,330 --> 00:38:01,080 LITTLE DID ANYONE KNOW THAT IT WOULD RESULT IN MY DAUGHTER'S 572 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,440 STUPID FACEBOOK PAGE. 573 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,150 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOT EVERY INVESTMENT IN PURE 574 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:07,869 KNOWLEDGE WORKS OUT. 575 00:38:07,869 --> 00:38:13,390 AND THERE'S ONE MORE REASON THAT I SUPPORT SPENDING MONEY, AND 576 00:38:13,390 --> 00:38:15,990 LOTS OF IT, ON SPACE EXPLORATION. 577 00:38:15,990 --> 00:38:19,800 BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO COOL. 578 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,400 IT'S JUST SO DAMN COOL. 579 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,270 I MEAN, I WILL NEVER FORGET IT, 580 00:38:24,270 --> 00:38:28,330 JULY 20th, 1969, A MAN ON THE MOON. 581 00:38:28,330 --> 00:38:29,330 SO COOL. 582 00:38:29,330 --> 00:38:33,310 AND MIND YOU, THIS IS IN THE 1960s. 583 00:38:33,310 --> 00:38:37,119 COUPLE OF BONG HITS AND I WAS ON THE MOON EVERY WEEKEND. 584 00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:39,840 BUT IT WAS STILL JUST SO COOL. 585 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:44,420 AND YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T DO ALL THAT 586 00:38:44,420 --> 00:38:45,859 MANY COOL THINGS. 587 00:38:45,859 --> 00:38:49,630 I MEAN, IF THE GOVERNMENT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, IT WOULD BE 588 00:38:49,630 --> 00:38:51,329 EATING LUNCH ALONE. 589 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:56,680 IN THE CAFETERIA, AT THE IRS TABLE. 590 00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,380 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO, ALL OF YOU HAVE TO THINK 591 00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:01,970 LIKE WASHINGTON LOBBYISTS. 592 00:39:01,970 --> 00:39:04,530 YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE WASHINGTON LOBBYISTS AND YOU 593 00:39:04,530 --> 00:39:08,369 HAVE TO THINK LIKE SOME KIND OF INTELLECTUAL INVESTMENT BANKERS. 594 00:39:08,369 --> 00:39:10,500 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF THE MIND. 595 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:13,150 PLUS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 596 00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:14,210 POLITICS. 597 00:39:14,210 --> 00:39:18,700 WHICH BRINGS ME AS THREATENED TO THIS YEAR'S POLITICAL ELECTION. 598 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:22,050 WHICH CERTAINLY SEEMS TO COME FROM OUTER SPACE. 599 00:39:22,050 --> 00:39:28,270 BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE 2016 600 00:39:28,270 --> 00:39:32,320 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ABOUT SPACE POLICY HAS BEEN SPACE 601 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,810 BETWEEN THEIR EARS. 602 00:39:34,810 --> 00:39:35,830 NOTHING. 603 00:39:35,830 --> 00:39:38,940 FIRST THING I WANT TO NOTE IS THAT NONE OF THE 2016 604 00:39:38,940 --> 00:39:41,859 CANDIDATES, THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, NONE OF THE 2016 605 00:39:41,859 --> 00:39:45,640 CANDIDATES, AND THERE WERE ABOUT 40 OF THEM, NOT ONE OF THEM 606 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,109 REACHED OUT TO NASA ADMINISTRATOR CHARLIE BOLDEN. 607 00:39:49,109 --> 00:39:53,930 NOW, GENERAL, I HOPE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT BUT I THINK HE'S 608 00:39:53,930 --> 00:39:56,260 SHAKING HIS HEAD. 609 00:39:56,260 --> 00:40:03,960 AFRAID I'M NOT WRONG ABOUT IT. 610 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,920 THANKS TO THE BILL NYE, I CONSULTED OUR FRIENDS AT THE 611 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,950 PLANETARY SOCIETY ABOUT SPACE POLICY, CAMPAIGN PLATFORM PLANKS 612 00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:16,280 THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING CAREFUL CARE, CAREFUL WATCH ON THIS. 613 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,840 BERNIE SANDERS IS A LITTLE EVASIVE ABOUT HIS PREVIOUS VOTES 614 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:24,000 TO CUT NASA BUDGET. 615 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,359 SANDERS HAS SAID AND I QUOTE, SOMETIMES AND FRANKLY I DON'T 616 00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:30,619 REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE VOTES, ONE IS PUT IN THE POSITION OF HAVING 617 00:40:30,619 --> 00:40:33,460 TO MAKE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER TO VOTE TO 618 00:40:33,460 --> 00:40:37,010 PROVIDE FOOD FOR HUNGRY KIDS OR OTHER PROGRAMS. 619 00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:42,700 BERNIE, NASA'S BUDGET IS LESS THAN ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF 620 00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:44,850 THE FEDERAL BUDGET. 621 00:40:44,850 --> 00:40:46,270 ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT. 622 00:40:46,270 --> 00:40:51,530 NOW, HUNGRY KIDS NEED ABOUT 1800 CALORIES ARE A DAY. 623 00:40:51,530 --> 00:40:56,830 ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT IS NINE CALORIES. 624 00:40:56,830 --> 00:41:00,280 THAT'S FOUR PIECES OF ASPARAGUS. 625 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:01,330 AND KIDS DON'T EVEN LIKE 626 00:41:01,330 --> 00:41:04,670 ASPARAGUS. 627 00:41:04,670 --> 00:41:09,180 TED CRUZ, YOU KNOW, HE TALKS PRETTY GOOD GAME, AS WELL HE 628 00:41:09,180 --> 00:41:11,510 SHOULD, SINCE HE CHAIRS THE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE 629 00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:14,290 SCIENCE AND COMPETITIVENESS. 630 00:41:14,290 --> 00:41:18,460 BUT CRUZ HAS CALLED FOR NASA TO DEEMPHASIZE ITS FOCUS ON EARTH 631 00:41:18,460 --> 00:41:21,869 SCIENCE BECAUSE ACCORDING TO CRUZ, AND AGAIN I QUOTE, EARTH 632 00:41:21,869 --> 00:41:25,550 SIGNS IS NOT WHAT INSPIRES LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS ACROSS THE 633 00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:26,550 COUNTRY. 634 00:41:26,550 --> 00:41:30,720 AS THE PLANETARY SOCIETY NOTES ABOUT CRUZ IN HIS TENURE AS 635 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:34,770 CHAIR, HE HAS YET TO PASS A NASA AUTHORIZATION BILL. 636 00:41:34,770 --> 00:41:38,950 NOW, DONALD TRUMP SAYS WELL, HE SAYS THE SORT OF THINGS YOU 637 00:41:38,950 --> 00:41:41,150 WOULD EXPECT DONALD TRUMP TO SAY. 638 00:41:41,150 --> 00:41:43,270 NOW, HERE'S DONALD TRUMP. 639 00:41:43,270 --> 00:41:45,530 IN THE OLD DAYS, NASA WAS GREAT. 640 00:41:45,530 --> 00:41:47,960 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS, YOU UNDERSTAND, WE 641 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,420 HAVE TO FIX OUR POTHOLES. 642 00:41:50,420 --> 00:41:54,250 WITH HIS HAIR STUFFED IN THEM WOULD BE MY GUESS. 643 00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:57,970 HILLARY CLINTON, WELL, WITH HILLARY CLINTON, SPACE IS, WELL, 644 00:41:57,970 --> 00:42:02,730 WITH HILLARY CLINTON, EVERYTHING IS PERSONAL. 645 00:42:02,730 --> 00:42:05,579 HERE IS HILLARY CLINTON ON THE SUBJECT OF SPACE IN THE 646 00:42:05,579 --> 00:42:07,089 WASHINGTON POST. 647 00:42:07,089 --> 00:42:10,300 SHE SAID AND I QUOTE, WELL WE DECIDED UNDER PRESIDENT 648 00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:12,840 KENNEDY'S LEADERSHIP THAT OUR NATION WAS GOING TO GO TO THE 649 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,980 MOON AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN ASTRONAUT PROGRAM. 650 00:42:14,980 --> 00:42:21,140 WHEN I WAS 13 HE WROTE TO NASA TO WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO BE AN 651 00:42:21,140 --> 00:42:22,140 ASTRONAUT. 652 00:42:22,140 --> 00:42:24,390 OF COURSE THERE WEREN'T ANY WOMEN ASTRONAUTS AND NASA WROTE 653 00:42:24,390 --> 00:42:27,160 BACK AND SAID THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY WOMEN ASTRONAUTS AND I WAS 654 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,270 CREST FALLEN. 655 00:42:30,270 --> 00:42:32,770 AS FOR JOHN KASICH, PLANETARY 656 00:42:32,770 --> 00:42:35,591 SOCIETY SAYS WE COULD FIND NO STATEMENTS REGARDING GNATS BY 657 00:42:35,591 --> 00:42:38,760 JOHN KASICH NASA BY JOHN KASICH. 658 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,200 WHO ARE THESE JACK LEGS? 659 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,370 THESE HIGH BINDERS? 660 00:42:42,370 --> 00:42:49,480 THESE WIRE PULLERS, SWELLHEADS, FOURFLUSHERS AND ANIMATED 661 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:53,350 SPITTOONS OFFERING THEMSELVES AS WORTHY OF AMERICA'S HIGHEST 662 00:42:53,350 --> 00:42:55,269 OFFICE? 663 00:42:55,269 --> 00:43:02,960 [ APPLAUSE ] >> CRUZ, KASICH, CLINTON, 664 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:06,630 SANDERS AND TRUMP, THAT'S NOT A LIST OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. 665 00:43:06,630 --> 00:43:09,740 THAT'S THE WORST LAW FIRM IN THE WORLD. 666 00:43:09,740 --> 00:43:11,950 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT IS A LAW FIRM THAT 667 00:43:11,950 --> 00:43:15,200 COULDN'T GET CAITLYN JENNER OFF ON A CHARGE OF BRUCE JENNER 668 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:19,470 IDENTITY THEFT. 669 00:43:19,470 --> 00:43:23,619 WHEN ALL THIS START IT, IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE, WELL, THE TWO 670 00:43:23,619 --> 00:43:25,829 CANDIDATES WERE FOR SURE WERE GOING TO BE HILLARY AND JEB. 671 00:43:25,829 --> 00:43:29,430 AND YOU KNOW, THE ELECTORATE WOULD GO INTO THE VOTING BOOTH, 672 00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:32,740 SEE THE NAMES BUSH AND CLINTON AND THINK TO THEMSELVES, GOSH, 673 00:43:32,740 --> 00:43:34,540 I'M GETTING FORGETFUL. 674 00:43:34,540 --> 00:43:36,800 DID I THIS. 675 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:41,020 AND THEY'D LEAVE WITHOUT MARK THE BALLOT AND VOTER TURN OUT 676 00:43:41,020 --> 00:43:44,010 WOULD BE SIX PERCENT. 677 00:43:44,010 --> 00:43:46,250 SHUTTLE FROM THE OLD AGE HOME WOULD BRING A FEW SENILE 678 00:43:46,250 --> 00:43:48,570 REPUBLICANS TO THE POLL ALSO. 679 00:43:48,570 --> 00:43:50,990 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE BUS WILL COLLECT SOME DERELICTS 680 00:43:50,990 --> 00:43:54,230 FROM SKID ROW AND WE WOULD HAVE THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE 681 00:43:54,230 --> 00:43:57,270 UNITED STATES ELECTED BY FRANCHISE LIMITED TO SUFFERERS 682 00:43:57,270 --> 00:44:01,190 OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DRUNKEN BUMS. 683 00:44:01,190 --> 00:44:02,550 WHAT HAPPENED WITH JEB BUSH? 684 00:44:02,550 --> 00:44:04,450 JEB, HE HAD IT ALL. 685 00:44:04,450 --> 00:44:07,890 HE'S YOUNG, FOR A REPUBLICAN. 686 00:44:07,890 --> 00:44:10,480 [ LAUGHTER ] >> PHI BETA KAPPA, SUCCESSFUL 687 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:11,480 BUSINESSMAN. 688 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:15,640 FORMER GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, WITH BALLOTING, CORRUPTION ARE VITAL 689 00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:17,230 TO THE GOP. 690 00:44:17,230 --> 00:44:22,450 PLUS, HE WAS ROLLING LIKE A DIRTY DOG IN CAMPAIGN 691 00:44:22,450 --> 00:44:23,450 CONTRIBUTIONS. 692 00:44:23,450 --> 00:44:25,250 AND THEN JUST ALL WENT WRONG. 693 00:44:25,250 --> 00:44:29,370 AND HILLARY, HILLARY COMES UP AGAINST BERNIE SANDERS, THE 694 00:44:29,370 --> 00:44:33,370 SCREWY KABLUEY COMMANDER OF THE VERMONT CONGRESS. 695 00:44:33,370 --> 00:44:40,200 BERNIE SAYS HE WANTS TO MAKE AMERICA MORE LIKE EUROPE. 696 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:41,200 GREAT IDEA. 697 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:44,740 BECAUSE EUROPE HAS HAD A SWELL TRACK RECORD. 698 00:44:44,740 --> 00:44:46,240 LIKE A HUNDRED YEARS NOW. 699 00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:51,430 I MEAN, EVER SINCE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND'S CAR GOT A FLAT IN 700 00:44:51,430 --> 00:44:54,130 SARAJEVO, 1914. 701 00:44:54,130 --> 00:44:56,329 MAKE AMERICA MORE LIKE EUROPE. 702 00:44:56,329 --> 00:45:00,190 WHERE DO YOU EVEN GO TO GET ALL THE NAZIS AND COMMIES AND 703 00:45:00,190 --> 00:45:01,720 90 MILLION DEAD PEOPLE THAT IT 704 00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:06,410 WOULD TAKE TO MAKE AMERICA MORE LIKE EUROPE? 705 00:45:06,410 --> 00:45:10,670 MEANWHILE, HILLARY CARRIES MORE BAGGAGE THAN THE BOEING SHE USED 706 00:45:10,670 --> 00:45:15,329 AS SECRETARY OF STATE VISITING EVERY COUNTRY THAT LATER BLEW UP 707 00:45:15,329 --> 00:45:18,760 IN HER FACE AND HER QUEST TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF THE U.S. 708 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:23,180 SECRETARY OF STATE, WHICH IS TO ACCUMULATE FREQUENT FLIER MILES. 709 00:45:23,180 --> 00:45:25,710 ON THE UPSIDE, HILLARY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. 710 00:45:25,710 --> 00:45:29,420 SHE KNOWS WHERE THE EXTRA TOILET PAPER IS STORED AND WHERE THE 711 00:45:29,420 --> 00:45:32,740 SPARE KEY TO THE NEW MISSILE LAUNCH BRIEFCASE IS HIDDEN. 712 00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:37,750 IT'S ON THE TRUMAN BALCONY, SECOND PILLAR FROM THE LEFT. 713 00:45:37,750 --> 00:45:41,619 TED CRUZ, TED CRUZ A CULTURAL CONSERVATIVE. 714 00:45:41,619 --> 00:45:44,410 TED IS STILL FIGHTING THE CULTURAL WARS. 715 00:45:44,410 --> 00:45:47,570 HE'S UP ON THE FRONT LINE BRAVELY FIRING AWAY WITHOUT 716 00:45:47,570 --> 00:45:49,640 NOTICING THAT THE OTHER SIDE HAS 717 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:53,380 GONE HOME TO CELEBRATE VICTORY, WITH LEGALIZED MARIJUANA, 718 00:45:53,380 --> 00:45:56,010 SAME-SEX WEDDING RECEPTIONS, YOU KNOW? 719 00:45:56,010 --> 00:45:58,190 TED, KNOCK IT OFF. 720 00:45:58,190 --> 00:46:01,470 ALSO TED, STOP BEING ANTIABORTION RANTS. 721 00:46:01,470 --> 00:46:04,590 I HAVE TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS. 722 00:46:04,590 --> 00:46:08,140 IF ABORTION LAWS NEED ANY TWEAKING, IT'S THIS. 723 00:46:08,140 --> 00:46:12,460 THE WOMAN GETS TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE BABY AND I GET TO 724 00:46:12,460 --> 00:46:16,270 DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE BOYFRIEND. 725 00:46:16,270 --> 00:46:20,390 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THEN THERE'S KASICH. 726 00:46:20,390 --> 00:46:22,730 KASICH, CONSERVATIVE GUY. 727 00:46:22,730 --> 00:46:24,240 VERY POPULAR IN OHIO. 728 00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:34,550 A STATE AS PURPLE AS. 729 00:46:34,550 --> 00:46:38,180 WHICH LEAVES DONALD TRUMP. 730 00:46:38,180 --> 00:46:40,400 AND I SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. 731 00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:42,010 AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I SUPPORT ARE DONALD TRUMP. 732 00:46:42,010 --> 00:46:44,829 I SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THE GREAT POLITICAL 733 00:46:44,829 --> 00:46:45,880 SATIRIST H.L. 734 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,960 MENCKEN SAID. 735 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,900 DEMOCRACY IS THE THEORY THAT THE COMMON PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY 736 00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:55,250 WANT AND DESERVE TO GET IT GOOD AND HARD. 737 00:46:55,250 --> 00:46:58,359 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I MEAN, TRUMP'S CHIEF 738 00:46:58,359 --> 00:47:02,030 DOMESTIC POLICY GOAL WILL BE TO BE ON TV. 739 00:47:02,030 --> 00:47:05,410 AND AS PRESIDENT, HE'LL GET TO BE ON TV TALL TIME. 740 00:47:05,410 --> 00:47:06,410 24/7. 741 00:47:06,410 --> 00:47:07,410 MIGHT NOT BE A BAD THING. 742 00:47:07,410 --> 00:47:09,750 JUST SPRAYING HIS HAIR DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS, GOING TO KEEP 743 00:47:09,750 --> 00:47:13,560 HIM TOO BUSY TO PUSH ANY OTHER BIRD BRAIN SCHEMES HE MIGHT HAVE 744 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:14,560 UP HIS SLEEVE. 745 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,470 THEN IMAGINE TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY. 746 00:47:17,470 --> 00:47:21,360 HERE'S A GUY, HE'S UNDER THE ILLUSION, HE'S TEN TIMES RICHER 747 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:22,849 THAN HE ACTUALLY IS. 748 00:47:22,849 --> 00:47:27,410 HE BELIEVES PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS BORN TO THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND 749 00:47:27,410 --> 00:47:31,290 HE THINKS CHILDHOOD VACCINATION CAUSED THE MOVIE "RAINMAN." 750 00:47:31,290 --> 00:47:37,240 RUSSIA, CHINA, IRAN, ISIS, THE TALIBAN AND HAMAS ARE GOING TO 751 00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:39,140 BE PARALYZED WITH FEAR. 752 00:47:39,140 --> 00:47:42,730 WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS LUNATIC IS GOING TO DO? 753 00:47:42,730 --> 00:47:46,020 WHAT HE'LL DO IS BUILD HUNDREDS OF TRUMP CASINOS, TRUMP HOTELS 754 00:47:46,020 --> 00:47:51,670 AND TRUMP RESORTS IN MOSCOW, BEIJING, TEHRAN AND GAZA STRIP 755 00:47:51,670 --> 00:47:54,849 AND THEN THEY'LL ALL GO BANKRUPT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY 756 00:47:54,849 --> 00:47:57,720 TRUMP TAJ MAHAL, TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL AND TRUMP ENTERTAINMENT 757 00:47:57,720 --> 00:47:59,430 RESORTS DID. 758 00:47:59,430 --> 00:48:02,059 TRUMP WILL LEAVE RUSSIA TRYING TO PALM OFF EASTERN UKRAINE ON 759 00:48:02,059 --> 00:48:05,500 ANGRY BOND HOLDERS AND CHINA AUCTIONING DISTRESSED PROPERTY 760 00:48:05,500 --> 00:48:06,920 IN THE SPRATLY ISLANDS. 761 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,690 HELL, THIS MAY WORK. 762 00:48:09,690 --> 00:48:11,770 NO, IT WON'T. 763 00:48:11,770 --> 00:48:14,559 THIS ELECTION, IT STINKS. 764 00:48:14,559 --> 00:48:16,280 IT STINKS AND I AM FULL OF 765 00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:17,599 RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION. 766 00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:22,690 I'M A POLITICAL HUMORIST AND I CAN'T BE FUNNY THAN THIS 767 00:48:22,690 --> 00:48:23,760 ELECTION. 768 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:27,130 THIS ELECTION IS FULLY SELF-SAT TIER RISING. 769 00:48:27,130 --> 00:48:31,090 I AM A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR AND CAN'T GET A WORD IN EDGE WISE 770 00:48:31,090 --> 00:48:35,309 WITH TRUMP AROUND. 771 00:48:35,309 --> 00:48:41,329 I AM UNEMPLOYED. 772 00:48:41,329 --> 00:48:51,799 THANK YOU. 773 00:48:51,799 --> 00:48:59,130 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PJ. 774 00:48:59,130 --> 00:49:02,359 SO WORD ASSOCIATION TIME EVENT WHEN I SAY SPACE COMMUNITY 775 00:49:02,359 --> 00:49:04,790 INDICATOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 776 00:49:04,790 --> 00:49:05,910 LITTLE GADGET, RIGHT? 777 00:49:05,910 --> 00:49:12,480 LITTLE GADGET IN STAR TREK. 778 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:13,880 YOU GUYS. 779 00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:17,470 WELL, WE'LL SAVE THE SPACE COMMUNICATOR GADGET FOR THE 780 00:49:17,470 --> 00:49:22,109 23rd CENTURY FOR WE EARTH BOUND MORT ALWAYS OF THE 21st 781 00:49:22,109 --> 00:49:26,200 CENTURY, SPACE COMMUNICATOR IS NOT A GADGET, BUT A VERY ELITE 782 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:27,359 CLUB. 783 00:49:27,359 --> 00:49:28,790 I HAPPEN TO BE A MEMBER. 784 00:49:28,790 --> 00:49:32,910 AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UP UNTIL TONIGHT, IT HAS ONLY BEEN 785 00:49:32,910 --> 00:49:36,200 BE STEROID UPON NINE RECIPIENTS. 786 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,059 LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT. 787 00:49:38,059 --> 00:49:41,990 THERE WILL BE 30 SPACE TROPHY AWARD WINNERS BY THE END OF THIS 788 00:49:41,990 --> 00:49:42,990 EVENING. 789 00:49:42,990 --> 00:49:47,941 AND ONLY TEN SPACE COMMUNICATORS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NASA, WITH 790 00:49:47,941 --> 00:49:52,800 ALL DUE RESPECT, CHARLES, I THINK I OUT DID YOU. 791 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:57,910 THE TENTH MEMBER OF OUR CLUB OF SPACE COMMUNICATORS IS A PRETTY 792 00:49:57,910 --> 00:49:59,660 SPECIAL GUY. 793 00:49:59,660 --> 00:50:02,450 HIS NAME RHYMES WITH GUY. 794 00:50:02,450 --> 00:50:05,500 AND YOU KNOW THAT STORY, RIGHT? 795 00:50:05,500 --> 00:50:09,170 TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HIM, WE TURN TO MY FELLOW COMMUNICATOR, 796 00:50:09,170 --> 00:50:11,349 NUMBER FOUR FOR THOSE OF YOU KEEPING SCORE AT HOME. 797 00:50:11,349 --> 00:50:13,670 THE MAN WHO THROWS THE BEST PARTY ARES IN THE SPACE 798 00:50:13,670 --> 00:50:40,819 BUSINESS, PLEASE WELCOME SPACE COMMUNICATOR ELLIOT PULHAM. 799 00:50:40,819 --> 00:50:41,819 >> THANK YOU, MILES. 800 00:50:41,819 --> 00:50:44,391 THANK YOU PJ, I REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU AND 801 00:50:44,391 --> 00:50:45,391 YOUR COMMENTS. 802 00:50:45,391 --> 00:50:49,770 HOW ABOUT ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR P.J. 803 00:50:49,770 --> 00:50:51,440 O'ROURKE. 804 00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,300 [ APPLAUSE ] >> IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK IN 805 00:50:54,300 --> 00:50:55,520 HOUSTON FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT. 806 00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,900 IT'S ONE OF THOSE EVENTS I TRY VERY HARD NOT TO MISS EVERY 807 00:50:58,900 --> 00:50:59,900 YEAR. 808 00:50:59,900 --> 00:51:02,550 IT'S A GREAT HOMECOMING, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FRIENDS AND 809 00:51:02,550 --> 00:51:05,450 AS USUALLY, RODOLFO AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE A SPECTACULAR 810 00:51:05,450 --> 00:51:06,450 JOB. 811 00:51:06,450 --> 00:51:10,880 HOW ABOUT A HAND FOR OUR NASA. 812 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:16,700 [ APPLAUSE ] >> I AM VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE 813 00:51:16,700 --> 00:51:19,200 ABLE TO INTRODUCE THIS YEAR'S AWARD WINNER. 814 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:23,780 THIS AWARD IS OBVIOUSLY VERY SPECIAL TO ME AND MILES AND 815 00:51:23,780 --> 00:51:27,640 THOSE WHO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO CARRY IT. 816 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:32,020 BILL NYE IS SOME KIND OF SPECIAL SPACE COMMUNICATOR. 817 00:51:32,020 --> 00:51:34,800 AND SOME KIND OF SPECIAL SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR. 818 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:38,000 AND HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. 819 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:41,830 I WON'T SAY BILL THAT YOU'RE YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. 820 00:51:41,830 --> 00:51:45,650 MAINLY BECAUSE I'D HAVE TO GIVE AWAY MY OWN AGE, WHICH WE DON'T 821 00:51:45,650 --> 00:51:48,069 WANT TO DO. 822 00:51:48,069 --> 00:51:50,560 BUT BILL AND I HAVE SOME INTERESTING CONNECTIONS THAT GO 823 00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:55,180 ALL THE WAY BACK TO SEATTLE IN THE 80s. 824 00:51:55,180 --> 00:51:58,599 WHEN WE BOTH WORKED FOR THIS LITTLE AEROSPACE COMPANY UP 825 00:51:58,599 --> 00:52:01,570 THERE THAT USED TO BUILD AIRPLANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT 826 00:52:01,570 --> 00:52:03,780 THINK STILL DO THAT. 827 00:52:03,780 --> 00:52:05,480 AND I WAS WORKING IN THE SPACE 828 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,079 PART OF THE BUSINESS. 829 00:52:07,079 --> 00:52:13,470 AND ON OUR TELEVISION SETS, ON THE WEEKENDS, WE USED TO GET A 830 00:52:13,470 --> 00:52:16,590 PROGRAM CALLED ALMOST LIVE. 831 00:52:16,590 --> 00:52:21,780 AND ALMOST LIVE WAS A SEATTLE VERSION OF "SATURDAY NIGHT 832 00:52:21,780 --> 00:52:25,750 LIVE," EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO BE LIVE. 833 00:52:25,750 --> 00:52:31,770 AND SO IT WAS SKETCH COMEDY AND ENSEMBLE CAST AND AT THE TIME, I 834 00:52:31,770 --> 00:52:34,660 DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD'VE PLEA INDICTED THAT THE MEMBER OF THAT 835 00:52:34,660 --> 00:52:38,089 CAST THAT WOULD GO ON TO THE GREATEST CAREER AND HAVE THE 836 00:52:38,089 --> 00:52:40,990 MOST IMPACT ON OUR LIVES WOULD BE A YOUNG MAN AT THAT TIME 837 00:52:40,990 --> 00:52:44,150 NAMED BILL NYE. 838 00:52:44,150 --> 00:52:50,310 BILL PARLAYED HIS THESPIAN EXPERIENCE AND HIS GREAT ABILITY 839 00:52:50,310 --> 00:52:54,609 TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH A CAMERA INTO SOMETHING THAT WE ALL KNOW 840 00:52:54,609 --> 00:52:59,790 IS NOT JUST A PROGRAM, NOT JUST A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 841 00:52:59,790 --> 00:53:04,210 IT IS A BRAND AND A FORCE THAT EVEN THOUGH NO LONGER IN 842 00:53:04,210 --> 00:53:07,460 PRODUCTION, CONTINUES TO HAVE HUGE IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD. 843 00:53:07,460 --> 00:53:10,380 AND THAT OF COURSE WAS THE CREATION OF BILL NYE "THE 844 00:53:10,380 --> 00:53:12,710 SCIENCE GUY." 845 00:53:12,710 --> 00:53:15,980 MORE PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY LEARNED SCIENCE FROM BILL NYE 846 00:53:15,980 --> 00:53:20,540 THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON THE PLANET, BECAUSE OF THAT PROGRAM. 847 00:53:20,540 --> 00:53:21,950 BILL DID NOT STOP THERE. 848 00:53:21,950 --> 00:53:25,920 I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH BILL IN A NUMBER OF FUN 849 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:26,920 INSTANCES. 850 00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:29,780 I REMEMBER SITTING AT THE EXPLORER'S CLUB WITH NEIL TYSON 851 00:53:29,780 --> 00:53:32,310 SITTING AROUND A MICROPHONE AND WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 852 00:53:32,310 --> 00:53:36,370 RECORDING OF SPACE TALK THAT WAS REALLY MORE OF A FREE FORM 853 00:53:36,370 --> 00:53:44,930 RIPRAP ON SPACE CULTURE AND TO HAVE HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS WIT 854 00:53:44,930 --> 00:53:49,060 IS QUITE A RARE COMBINATION. 855 00:53:49,060 --> 00:53:53,460 BILL HAS KEPT CURRENT WITH HIS OUTREACH AND HIS MASTERY OF THE 856 00:53:53,460 --> 00:53:54,460 MEDIA. 857 00:53:54,460 --> 00:53:56,950 THERE'S, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT YOU DON'T 858 00:53:56,950 --> 00:53:59,420 SEE BILL DOING SOMETHING OR OTHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 859 00:53:59,420 --> 00:54:02,800 THIS MORNING IT WAS SOME KIND OF DANCE THING YOU WERE DOING. 860 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,880 INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY OR SOMETHING. 861 00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:09,240 AND WHO NIGH THAT OLD WHITE GUYS HAD THAT KIND OF MOVES. 862 00:54:09,240 --> 00:54:12,780 BUT BILL, FANTASTIC. 863 00:54:12,780 --> 00:54:17,270 BILL HAS ALSO REALLY COME INTO HIS OWN IN A WAY I THINK NONE OF 864 00:54:17,270 --> 00:54:21,400 US EXPECTED AS THE CEO OF THE PLANETARY SOCIETY. 865 00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:24,960 THE PLANETARY SOCIETY IS A TREMENDOUS ORGANIZATION AND WE 866 00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:27,860 FEEL LIKE IT'S A GREAT COMPLEMENTARY ORGANIZATION TO 867 00:54:27,860 --> 00:54:30,530 WHAT WE DO AT THE SPACE FOUNDATION AND WE'RE DELIGHTED 868 00:54:30,530 --> 00:54:32,559 TO WORK WITH THEM FROM TIME TO TIME. 869 00:54:32,559 --> 00:54:36,480 ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS TOGETHER. 870 00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:40,390 THE PLANETARY SOCIETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE AS AN ASSET, BUT WHAT 871 00:54:40,390 --> 00:54:43,470 BILL HAS DONE WITH IT BY BRINGING BILL NYE BRAND TO IT IS 872 00:54:43,470 --> 00:54:46,290 NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. 873 00:54:46,290 --> 00:54:50,030 HE HAS TAKEN THE ORGANIZATION TO NEW HEIGHTS. 874 00:54:50,030 --> 00:54:54,109 HE HAS BECOME JUST ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED SPOKESPERSONS AS 875 00:54:54,109 --> 00:54:57,099 WELL AS THE MOST SOUGHT OUT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR BUSINESS FOR 876 00:54:57,099 --> 00:54:59,900 SELFIES AS YOU NOTED DURING THE DINNER TONIGHT. 877 00:54:59,900 --> 00:55:03,859 HE WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET A BITE IN EDGE WISE. 878 00:55:03,859 --> 00:55:08,581 BUT A FANTASTIC ADVOCATES FOR SPACE AND SCIENCE. 879 00:55:08,581 --> 00:55:11,780 A FANTASTIC DEFENDER OF SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND 880 00:55:11,780 --> 00:55:13,890 SCIENTIFIC METHOD. 881 00:55:13,890 --> 00:55:15,610 SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN A FACT AND AN 882 00:55:15,610 --> 00:55:16,960 OPINION. 883 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:19,119 AND SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO GO OUT AND TALK TO ANYBODY 884 00:55:19,119 --> 00:55:22,880 WHO NEEDS TALKING TO HAVE THEIR ATTITUDE ADJUSTED. 885 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:24,580 HE'S A TREMENDOUS HERO FOR US. 886 00:55:24,580 --> 00:55:28,420 AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT HE'S BEEN FRONT AND CENTER ON THE 887 00:55:28,420 --> 00:55:29,420 CAMERA. 888 00:55:29,420 --> 00:55:52,960 AND SO, IF WE COULD, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE SHORT VIDEO WE HAVE 889 00:55:52,960 --> 00:56:32,880 ABOUT BILL. 890 00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:33,880 ∂∂ ∂∂ 891 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,140 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING YOUR 2016 892 00:56:36,140 --> 00:57:02,130 SPACE COMMUNICATOR, BILL NYE. 893 00:57:02,130 --> 00:57:11,680 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU ALL. 894 00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:12,770 THANK YOU, ELLIOT. 895 00:57:12,770 --> 00:57:13,859 MY GOODNESS. 896 00:57:13,859 --> 00:57:15,660 I'M JUST SOME GUY. 897 00:57:15,660 --> 00:57:17,020 THANK YOU. 898 00:57:17,020 --> 00:57:21,350 JUST TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD, THAT'S ALL, PEOPLE. 899 00:57:21,350 --> 00:57:25,350 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO FOR SOME REASON ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE 900 00:57:25,350 --> 00:57:27,900 PLANETARY SOCIETY, TAKES ALL 901 00:57:27,900 --> 00:57:32,760 KINDS TO MAKE A WORLD, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK US OUT. 902 00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:34,650 AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWARD. 903 00:57:34,650 --> 00:57:35,710 THIS IS FANTASTIC. 904 00:57:35,710 --> 00:57:40,680 I -- IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW THE STORY, I'M A MECHANICAL 905 00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:43,890 ENGINEER, I MEAN I'M HUMAN. 906 00:57:43,890 --> 00:57:46,619 [ LAUGHTER ] >> MECHANICAL ENGINEER. 907 00:57:46,619 --> 00:57:49,420 I GOT IT NOW WHERE I HAVE THE SLACK THAT IS REACH THE FLOOR. 908 00:57:49,420 --> 00:57:53,710 BUT THERE WAS A LONG TIME WHERE THEY DIDN'T. 909 00:57:53,710 --> 00:57:58,549 SO I COMPLETED MY REQUIREMENTS, AS YOU MAY KNOW, I WENT TO 910 00:57:58,549 --> 00:57:59,549 CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 911 00:57:59,549 --> 00:58:06,630 AND THAT WAS THE RESULT OF SOME REMARKABLE CLERICAL ERROR IN THE 912 00:58:06,630 --> 00:58:08,900 ADMISSIONS OFFICE. 913 00:58:08,900 --> 00:58:13,540 BUT I FINISHED, SO I TOOK ONE CLASS FROM CARL SAGAN. 914 00:58:13,540 --> 00:58:16,859 AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE AMOUNT OF CARL SAGAN SPOKE ELOQUENTLY 915 00:58:16,859 --> 00:58:19,670 ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL BEING VERY 916 00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:24,980 MUCH LIKE OUR PREDECESSORS, OUR ANCESTORS WHO SAILED ON THE 917 00:58:24,980 --> 00:58:27,200 OCEAN, TRACKLESS OCEAN. 918 00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:30,430 FOUND THEIR WAY AROUND THEIR ENTIRE WORLD, JUST AS WE ARE 919 00:58:30,430 --> 00:58:33,060 JUST DIPPING OUR TOE IN THE COSMIC OCEAN. 920 00:58:33,060 --> 00:58:38,230 AND SO, HE STARTED THE PLANETARY SOCIETY IN 1980. 921 00:58:38,230 --> 00:58:44,040 I GOT, I SEE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, I GOT A LETTER IN THE 922 00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:46,349 MAIL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE. 923 00:58:46,349 --> 00:58:51,640 IT WAS -- CAN YOU STORE INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY 924 00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:55,210 ON THESE SHEETS, THEY WERE MADE FROM WOOD FIBERS. 925 00:58:55,210 --> 00:58:59,589 WAS A LONG TIME AGO. 926 00:58:59,589 --> 00:59:01,109 I'VE BEEN A MEMBER EVER SINCE. 927 00:59:01,109 --> 00:59:06,760 THEN I GOT ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NOW I'M CEO OF THE 928 00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:07,760 PLANETARY SOCIETY. 929 00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:11,299 AND WAY LIKE TO SAY WE DO IS ADVANCE SPACE SCIENCE AND 930 00:59:11,299 --> 00:59:12,670 EXPLORATION. 931 00:59:12,670 --> 00:59:17,240 WE WANT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD TO KNOW THE COSMOS AND OUR PLACE 932 00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:19,690 WITHIN IT. 933 00:59:19,690 --> 00:59:23,690 EVERYONE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY SPACE EXPLORATION. 934 00:59:23,690 --> 00:59:27,290 FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY HERE IS WEARING CLOTHES THAT WERE 935 00:59:27,290 --> 00:59:29,970 PROBABLY MANUFACTURED ELSEWHERE. 936 00:59:29,970 --> 00:59:33,819 AND IT IS ONLY THROUGH OUR ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THE SEAS 937 00:59:33,819 --> 00:59:37,650 BETWEEN CONTINENT THAT IS WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE. 938 00:59:37,650 --> 00:59:41,221 BUT IT IS NOW TO THE POINT WHERE IF THE WEATHER REPORT ARE IS OFF 939 00:59:41,221 --> 00:59:43,780 20 MINUTES, EVERYBODY STARTS COMPLAINING. 940 00:59:43,780 --> 00:59:46,970 AND MOST OF US CANNOT DETERMINE WHICH SIDE OF THE STREET WE'RE 941 00:59:46,970 --> 00:59:51,329 ON WITHOUT LOOKING AT OUR PHONES TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE ARE. 942 00:59:51,329 --> 00:59:54,579 THAT IS ALL THE RESULT OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 943 00:59:54,579 --> 00:59:58,180 BUT IN THE BIGGER PICTURE, WE ARE LIVING AT AN EXTRAORDINARY 944 01:00:02,059 --> 00:59:59,180 TIME. 945 01:00:02,059 --> 01:00:07,030 IT IS VERY REASONABLE THAT IN THE COMING YEARS, SOMEONE WILL 946 01:00:07,030 --> 01:00:12,720 GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO SOMETHING ON MARS OR EUROPA, THE MOON OF 947 01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:15,660 JUPITER WITH TWICE AS MUCH SEAWATER AS THE EARTH. 948 01:00:15,660 --> 01:00:18,319 TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOMETHING ALIVE THERE. 949 01:00:18,319 --> 01:00:23,162 NOW I GOT A MESSAGE TODAY FROM A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD. 950 01:00:23,162 --> 01:00:25,339 I GUESS I CAN SAY HIS NAME, SCOTT HUBBARD, WHO WAS ONE TIME 951 01:00:25,339 --> 01:00:27,980 CONSIDERED THE MARS CZAR. 952 01:00:27,980 --> 01:00:32,020 AND HE REPORTED THAT IT IS BASED ON CAMERA OBSERVATION FROM THE 953 01:00:32,020 --> 01:00:37,950 MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER, THAT THERE IS A RECURRING SLOPE 954 01:00:37,950 --> 01:00:43,640 LINEA, AN RSL, A RIVULET, A LITTLE FLOW OF WATER ON MARS. 955 01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:47,380 THAT IS WITHIN REACH OF THE CURIOSITY ROVER. 956 01:00:47,380 --> 01:00:51,160 THE CURIOSITY ROVER IS PART OF THE ROVER PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES 957 01:00:51,160 --> 01:00:53,390 SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY. 958 01:00:53,390 --> 01:00:56,220 SO ALL IN THAT PROGRAM, CHARLES, YOU CAN CORRECT ME, BUT IT'S 959 01:00:56,220 --> 01:00:59,410 RIGHT AROUND TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS. 960 01:00:59,410 --> 01:01:00,940 THREE ROVERS ON MARS. 961 01:01:00,940 --> 01:01:04,390 AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN LOCKED. 962 01:01:04,390 --> 01:01:07,880 ANYBODY COULD JUST WALK UP TO THESE THINGS. 963 01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:11,240 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW 964 01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:12,240 WHAT THEY DO. 965 01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:21,130 SO EVERYBODY, THE LASER INDUCED BREAK DOWN SPECTROMETER, WHICH 966 01:01:21,130 --> 01:01:26,440 IS, WILL ZAP THE WATER IF WE CAN GET CLOSE ENOUGH, AND DETERMINE 967 01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:28,730 WHETHER OR NOT THESE THINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE WATER REALLY ARE 968 01:01:28,730 --> 01:01:31,329 AND DETERMINE THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. 969 01:01:31,329 --> 01:01:36,059 EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE ON EARTH THAT WE FIND WATER, EVERYWHERE 970 01:01:36,059 --> 01:01:39,490 ON EARTH, WE FIND SOMETHING ALIVE. 971 01:01:39,490 --> 01:01:41,569 AND IT IS MY CLAIM THAT IF WE 972 01:01:41,569 --> 01:01:45,760 WERE TO FIND EVIDENCE OF LIFE, OR STRANGER STILL, SOMETHING 973 01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:50,350 STILL ALIVE ON MARS, IT WOULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF HUMAN 974 01:01:50,350 --> 01:01:51,490 HISTORY. 975 01:01:51,490 --> 01:01:54,320 IT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US FEELS ABOUT WHAT 976 01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:58,710 IT MEANS TO BE A LIVING THING IN THE UNIVERSE, IN THE COSMOS. 977 01:01:58,710 --> 01:02:02,440 I'M NOT SAYING EVERYTHING WOULD CHANGE, LIKE WE WOULDN'T START 978 01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:06,119 LIKE DRIVING ON THE LEFT IN TEXAS. 979 01:02:06,119 --> 01:02:09,040 BUT IT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY EVERYBODY FEELS ABOUT BEING 980 01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:11,109 ALIVE HERE IN THE YOU'VE. 981 01:02:11,109 --> 01:02:12,109 UNANIMOUS. 982 01:02:12,109 --> 01:02:14,830 THIS WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARY. 983 01:02:14,830 --> 01:02:19,720 PJ, THANKS TO THE TIP OF THE HATS TO THE PLANETARY SOCIETY. 984 01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:23,339 LIKE TO SAY WE DO THREE THINGS, WE EDUCATE. 985 01:02:23,339 --> 01:02:24,450 WE CREATE. 986 01:02:24,450 --> 01:02:26,390 WE HAD OUR OWN SPACECRAFT. 987 01:02:26,390 --> 01:02:27,900 WE FLEW A SOLAR SAIL LAST 988 01:02:27,900 --> 01:02:31,619 SUMMER, 39 YEARS AFTER CARL SAYING BEGAN WAS TALKING ABOUT 989 01:02:31,619 --> 01:02:34,510 IN IT CLASS, AT CORNELL. 990 01:02:34,510 --> 01:02:35,510 VERY PROUD OF THAT. 991 01:02:35,510 --> 01:02:37,800 AND THIRD THING WE DO IS ADVOCATE. 992 01:02:37,800 --> 01:02:42,569 WE GO ESPECIALLY TO THE U.S., IN A LIMITED EXTENT WE GO TO 993 01:02:42,569 --> 01:02:44,190 INFLUENCE PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 994 01:02:44,190 --> 01:02:48,000 BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S. THE BUDGET FOR PLANETARY 995 01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:51,690 SCIENCE, EVERYBODY, IS ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 996 01:02:51,690 --> 01:02:54,750 THAT'S A CUP OF COFFEE PER TAXPAYER. 997 01:02:54,750 --> 01:02:55,750 IT'S NOTHING. 998 01:02:55,750 --> 01:02:58,330 AND THIS IS WHERE WE MAKE THESE EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY THAT I 999 01:02:58,330 --> 01:03:01,610 CLAIM COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY. 1000 01:03:01,610 --> 01:03:07,470 ALONG THIS LINE, THIS CURIOSITY ROVER MAY GET REALLY CLOSE TO 1001 01:03:07,470 --> 01:03:08,880 FINDING EVIDENCE OF LIFE. 1002 01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:11,430 THE 020 ROVER WILL GET CLOSER. 1003 01:03:11,430 --> 01:03:14,150 IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S A MISSION GOING AROUND JUPITER 1004 01:03:14,150 --> 01:03:15,890 THIS SUMMER, JUNO. 1005 01:03:15,890 --> 01:03:21,319 DON'T WANT TO SHOCK YOU, BUT JUNO IS NOT AN ACRONYM. 1006 01:03:21,319 --> 01:03:24,869 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S NAMED AFTER THIS GUY'S 1007 01:03:24,869 --> 01:03:26,390 WIFE. 1008 01:03:26,390 --> 01:03:29,430 ANCIENT GUY. 1009 01:03:29,430 --> 01:03:30,950 JUPITER. 1010 01:03:30,950 --> 01:03:34,609 WE ARE NOW WORKING HARD, WE PROPOSE THAT YOU COULD HAVE, WE 1011 01:03:34,609 --> 01:03:40,630 COULD HAVE HUMANS IN ORBIT AROUND MARS IN 2033. 1012 01:03:40,630 --> 01:03:43,160 WITHOUT INCREASING THE NASA BUDGET. 1013 01:03:43,160 --> 01:03:45,520 IF YOU JUST DECIDED TO DO IT. 1014 01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:49,790 AND SO WE DO THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE, OUR CITIZENS WANT THIS. 1015 01:03:49,790 --> 01:03:51,890 WE HAVE 46,000 MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD. 1016 01:03:51,890 --> 01:03:55,920 WE'RE GROWING BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN SPACE. 1017 01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:59,539 EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW THESE ANSWERS TO THE TWO DEEP, DEEP 1018 01:03:59,539 --> 01:04:01,309 QUESTIONS. 1019 01:04:01,309 --> 01:04:03,859 WHERE DID WE ALL COME FROM? 1020 01:04:03,859 --> 01:04:06,660 AND ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE? 1021 01:04:06,660 --> 01:04:09,740 AND IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, WE HAVE TO EXPLORE 1022 01:04:09,740 --> 01:04:10,790 SPACE. 1023 01:04:10,790 --> 01:04:18,380 AND WHEN WE SEND MISSIONS TO MERCURY, AND MARS, AND JUPITER, 1024 01:04:18,380 --> 01:04:22,670 AND PLUTO, PEOPLE SAY QUITE OFTEN WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING 1025 01:04:22,670 --> 01:04:23,750 TO FIND THERE? 1026 01:04:23,750 --> 01:04:26,920 WHY ARE YOU SENDING THOSE MISSIONS? 1027 01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:29,400 THE ANSWER IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 1028 01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:33,599 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING. 1029 01:04:33,599 --> 01:04:37,430 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND SO, THE OTHER JUST 1030 01:04:37,430 --> 01:04:41,410 REMARKABLE THING ABOUT SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT IS, WE ARE LIVING 1031 01:04:41,410 --> 01:04:44,950 AT THIS TIME WHERE MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN 1032 01:04:44,950 --> 01:04:46,359 SPACE. 1033 01:04:46,359 --> 01:04:51,609 MORE AND MORE COMPANIES, PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE SERVING TO LOWER 1034 01:04:51,609 --> 01:04:53,340 THE COST OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 1035 01:04:53,340 --> 01:04:55,849 SO THAT MORE AND MORE OF US CAN PARTICIPATE. 1036 01:04:55,849 --> 01:04:59,440 MY GOODNESS, SpaceX CLAIMS YOU'RE GOING TO LAND A 1037 01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:02,960 SPACECRAFT ON MARS IN 2018, RIGHT ON. 1038 01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:04,599 WAY TO GO. 1039 01:05:04,599 --> 01:05:08,630 BLUE ORIGIN KEEPING A LOW PROFILE BUT THAT VIDEO LOOKS 1040 01:05:08,630 --> 01:05:13,099 LIKE A GCI, COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGING. 1041 01:05:13,099 --> 01:05:15,520 AND SIERRA, NEVADA, IT JUST LOOKS COOL. 1042 01:05:15,520 --> 01:05:18,140 C'MON, IT JUST LOOKS COOL. 1043 01:05:18,140 --> 01:05:22,540 SO THIS EXTRAORDINARY TIME WHERE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SICK 1044 01:05:22,540 --> 01:05:24,289 TORRES IS WORKING TOGETHER PRIVATE SECTORS WORKING TOGETHER 1045 01:05:24,289 --> 01:05:25,799 TO ADVANCE SPACE EXPLORATION. 1046 01:05:25,799 --> 01:05:31,210 WILL ENRICH THE LIVES ON EVERYONE ON EARTH. 1047 01:05:31,210 --> 01:05:33,069 IT IS WITH YOUR SUPPORT HERE AT 1048 01:05:33,069 --> 01:05:38,789 OUR NASA THAT RNASA, I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD. 1049 01:05:38,789 --> 01:05:42,650 I HOPE IN COMING YEARS AND DECADES WE WILL MAKE THESE 1050 01:05:42,650 --> 01:05:48,790 EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY, EVEN ON MARS OR EUROPA, TWICE AS MONTH 1051 01:05:48,790 --> 01:05:50,510 SEAWATER AS THE TERRITORY. 1052 01:05:50,510 --> 01:05:57,569 ARE THERE EUROPEAN FISH PEOPLE SWIMMING AROUND? 1053 01:05:57,569 --> 01:06:01,640 AND THERE'S THESE FISSURES, THESE CRACKS IN THE ICE ON THE 1054 01:06:01,640 --> 01:06:09,210 SURFACE OF EUROPA. 1055 01:06:09,210 --> 01:06:11,619 ARE THERE LIVING THINGS UNDER THE ICE AND DO THEY ONCE IN A 1056 01:06:11,619 --> 01:06:15,980 WHILE GET SHOT OUT THROUGH THESE GUISERS? 1057 01:06:15,980 --> 01:06:19,690 DO THEY HAVE THESE GRIM JOKES ON EUROPA? 1058 01:06:19,690 --> 01:06:22,410 I SURE HOPE I DON'T GET NEAR ONE OF THOSE FISSURES. 1059 01:06:22,410 --> 01:06:27,880 WOULDN'T IT BE AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO DISCOVER SOMETHING OR 1060 01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:30,090 EVIDENCE OF SOMETHING ALIVE THERE? 1061 01:06:30,090 --> 01:06:32,140 WE'RE LIVING AT PERHAPS THE MOST 1062 01:06:32,140 --> 01:06:35,770 EXCITING NAME HUMAN HISTORY, WITH THE ADVANCE OF TECHNOLOGY 1063 01:06:35,770 --> 01:06:40,530 AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE NATURE OF OUR WORLD COMPARED TO OTHER 1064 01:06:40,530 --> 01:06:41,530 WORLDS. 1065 01:06:41,530 --> 01:06:44,569 IT WAS CARL SAGAN WHO USED THE EXPRESSION COMPARATIVE 1066 01:06:44,569 --> 01:06:46,130 CLIMATOLOGY. 1067 01:06:46,130 --> 01:06:50,160 WHEN YOU LOOK AT VENOUS, IT REFLECTS HALF SUNLIGHT INTO 1068 01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:53,869 SPACE, YET IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY HOT BECAUSE OF THE GREEN HOUSE 1069 01:06:53,869 --> 01:06:55,109 EFFECT. 1070 01:06:55,109 --> 01:06:58,800 YOU LOOK AT MARS, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH APPARENTLY TO HAVE ENOUGH 1071 01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:02,060 OF A MAGNETIC FIELD TO RETAIN AN ATMOSPHERE. 1072 01:07:02,060 --> 01:07:05,109 NOW WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID WITH A COMPASS AND SOMEBODY SAID THE 1073 01:07:05,109 --> 01:07:08,610 REASON THIS COMPASS POINTS NORTH IS THE SAME REASON YOU CAN 1074 01:07:08,610 --> 01:07:12,210 BREATHE, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. 1075 01:07:12,210 --> 01:07:15,710 AND THOSE DISCOVERIES WERE MADE JUST BY ADVANCING SPACE SCIENCE 1076 01:07:15,710 --> 01:07:17,400 AND EXPLORATION. 1077 01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:21,240 SO THANK YOU RNASA, WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN, DARE I SAY IT, 1078 01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:23,329 CHANGE THE WORLD. 1079 01:07:23,329 --> 01:07:25,920 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1080 01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:36,859 [ APPLAUSE ] >> CHECK US OUT AT 1081 01:07:36,859 --> 01:07:39,039 PLANETARY.ORG. 1082 01:07:39,039 --> 01:07:44,920 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THERE'S A LOT OF GRAVITY UP 1083 01:07:44,920 --> 01:07:48,210 HERE. 1084 01:07:48,210 --> 01:07:51,300 GOOD LUCK WITH THE TSA ON THAT. 1085 01:07:51,300 --> 01:07:56,950 SO, AS A FORMER ANCHORMAN, I AM COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE ACCEPTING 1086 01:07:56,950 --> 01:07:59,860 A LOT OF CREDIT AND COMPLIMENTS FOR THINGS I HAD NOTHING TO DO 1087 01:07:59,860 --> 01:08:01,390 WITH. 1088 01:08:01,390 --> 01:08:03,309 A LOT OF ASTRONAUTS CAN RELATE TO THIS, I THINK. 1089 01:08:03,309 --> 01:08:04,750 DON'T YOU THINK? 1090 01:08:04,750 --> 01:08:08,200 YOU ARE MY FRIENDS, I LOVE YOU. 1091 01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:09,339 DON'T WORRY. 1092 01:08:09,339 --> 01:08:11,280 BUT WE HAVE THIS THING. 1093 01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:15,040 THE TRUTH IS, WE ARE NOTHING WITHOUT OUR RESPECTIVE TEAMS AND 1094 01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:18,969 IT'S NICE EVERY NOW AND THEN TO ACTUALLY SHARE SOME OF THE 1095 01:08:18,969 --> 01:08:20,790 CREDIT WITH THEM. 1096 01:08:20,790 --> 01:08:22,750 THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN THE LIMELIGHT. 1097 01:08:22,750 --> 01:08:26,140 SO LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN GET BACK TO BEING OUR 1098 01:08:26,140 --> 01:08:28,609 NARCISSISTIC SELVES LATER. 1099 01:08:28,609 --> 01:08:31,719 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STELLAR AWARDS, OF COURSE. 1100 01:08:31,719 --> 01:08:35,830 THIS YEAR THERE WERE 104 INDIVIDUALS AND 34 TEAMS. 1101 01:08:35,830 --> 01:08:39,699 A TOTAL OF 138 NOMINATIONS FROM 16 DIFFERENT STATES. 1102 01:08:39,699 --> 01:08:42,989 THE DISTRICT AND 25 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS 1103 01:08:42,989 --> 01:08:45,799 INDUSTRY, NASA AND DOD. 1104 01:08:45,799 --> 01:08:48,920 WE WANT TO THANK OUR STELLAR RANKING TEAM. 1105 01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:49,980 THEY HAD A HARD JOB. 1106 01:08:49,980 --> 01:08:50,980 DR. 1107 01:08:50,980 --> 01:08:52,920 GLYNN LUNNEY, ARNIE ALDRIDGE, COLONEL EILEEN 1108 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:55,449 COLLINS, CAPTAIN MICHAEL COATS, GIVE THEM A QUICK ROUND OF 1109 01:08:55,449 --> 01:09:00,560 APPLAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF 1110 01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:01,560 WORK. 1111 01:09:01,560 --> 01:09:03,009 [ APPLAUSE ] THEY HAD TO RANK THE CANDIDATES 1112 01:09:03,009 --> 01:09:05,659 AND WHILE ONLY A FEW CAN BE WINNERS, THEY'RE ALL OUTSTANDING 1113 01:09:05,659 --> 01:09:07,390 IN THEIR WORK. 1114 01:09:07,390 --> 01:09:10,589 IF YOU SEE THEM WITH THE RIBBON, BLUE RIBBON, I BELIEVE, PLEASE 1115 01:09:10,589 --> 01:09:11,589 RECOGNIZE THEM. 1116 01:09:11,589 --> 01:09:12,620 GIVE THEM A BIG HUG. 1117 01:09:12,620 --> 01:09:13,940 GIVE THEM A WET KILLS. 1118 01:09:13,940 --> 01:09:17,130 TELL THEM WE LOVE THE FACT YOU'RE DOING THE SPACE THING. 1119 01:09:17,130 --> 01:09:19,120 SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S BRING UP A COUPLE OF THOSE 1120 01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:21,860 NARCISSISTIC BLUE SCYTHE SUITERS. 1121 01:09:21,860 --> 01:09:24,310 I PROMISE THEY WON'T TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES. 1122 01:09:24,310 --> 01:09:28,490 THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL RECIPIENTS. 1123 01:09:28,490 --> 01:09:31,190 ONE OF THEM IS AN AIR FORCE OFFICER, A MISSION SPECIALIST, A 1124 01:09:31,190 --> 01:09:37,540 SPACEWALKER AND A VETERAN OF SDS 110, 122, 135, COLONEL REX 1125 01:09:37,540 --> 01:09:44,440 WALHEIM AND A VETERAN OF SDS 121, 120, 131, STEPHANIE WILSON. 1126 01:09:44,440 --> 01:09:54,760 GIVE THEM BOTH A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 1127 01:09:54,760 --> 01:10:20,820 [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND 1128 01:10:20,820 --> 01:10:21,820 GENTLEMEN. 1129 01:10:21,820 --> 01:10:24,219 IT IS INDEED AN HONOR FOR BOTH OF US TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO HELP 1130 01:10:24,219 --> 01:10:25,719 PRESENT THE STELLAR AWARDS. 1131 01:10:25,719 --> 01:10:27,830 >> STEPHANIE, IT IS A SPECIAL HONOR TO SHARE WITH THIS YOU, 1132 01:10:27,830 --> 01:10:33,170 ONE OF MY CLASSMATES OF 1996, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE 1133 01:10:33,170 --> 01:10:35,190 SARDINES. 1134 01:10:35,190 --> 01:10:41,050 >> AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 1135 01:10:41,050 --> 01:10:44,640 SELECTION PROCESS FOR A NEW GLASS OF ASTRONAUTS, GROUP 22. 1136 01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:48,590 WE RECEIVED OVER 1000 APPLICATIONS FOR THIS NEW CLASS. 1137 01:10:48,590 --> 01:10:51,560 >> YES, 18,000 APPLICATIONS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 1138 01:10:51,560 --> 01:10:55,450 BUT BACK TO OUR CLASS TWO DECADES AGO, WE HAD 19 1139 01:10:55,450 --> 01:10:56,450 APPLICANTS. 1140 01:10:56,450 --> 01:10:59,200 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NO, I THOUGHT WE HAD MORE 1141 01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:00,200 THAN THAT. 1142 01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:02,010 AT LEAST TWO OR 3000. 1143 01:11:02,010 --> 01:11:04,510 >> THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE. 1144 01:11:04,510 --> 01:11:07,699 >> WE HAD 35 NASA SLOTS IN OUR CLASS, SO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT 1145 01:11:07,699 --> 01:11:11,090 DWAYNE ROSS, THE ASTRONAUT SELECTION OFFICE HAD TO GO OUT 1146 01:11:11,090 --> 01:11:14,409 AND TWIST SOME ARMS TO GATHER PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR CLASS? 1147 01:11:14,409 --> 01:11:15,600 >> YEP, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 1148 01:11:15,600 --> 01:11:19,039 REMEMBER THAT RECRUITING TRIP HE TOOK TO THE MALL? 1149 01:11:19,039 --> 01:11:20,670 [ LAUGHTER ] >> REMEMBER THAT ONE GUY WHO 1150 01:11:20,670 --> 01:11:23,480 TOLD TWAIN, STOP BUGGING ME, I DON'T WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT. 1151 01:11:23,480 --> 01:11:27,610 >> WELL, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE CAME TO BE ASTRONAUTS, WHICH IS 1152 01:11:27,610 --> 01:11:30,980 MYSTERY TO ALL OF US, I THINK OUR CLASS IS PRETTY SPECIAL AS 1153 01:11:30,980 --> 01:11:32,301 ARE ALL OF THE CLASSES AND I 1154 01:11:32,301 --> 01:11:33,989 KNOW THE NEW CLASS WILL BE AS WELL. 1155 01:11:33,989 --> 01:11:36,520 THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE SPECIAL HERE TONIGHT WHO HAVE 1156 01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:38,820 ACCOMPLISHED GREAT THINGS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. 1157 01:11:38,820 --> 01:11:42,250 I THINK IT IS TIME WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THEM, OUR STELLAR 1158 01:11:42,250 --> 01:11:43,250 AWARD WINNERS. 1159 01:11:43,250 --> 01:11:46,330 >> I AGREE, AS ASTRONAUTS WE KNOW FIRSTHAND THE SAFETY AND 1160 01:11:46,330 --> 01:11:49,110 SUCCESS OF OUR MISSION ARE DUE TO EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE WHO GO 1161 01:11:49,110 --> 01:11:52,260 ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE THEM THAT WAY. 1162 01:11:52,260 --> 01:11:55,180 STELLAR NOMINEES TRULY REPRESENT THE BEST IN OUR NATION'S SPACE 1163 01:11:55,180 --> 01:11:56,249 PROGRAM. 1164 01:11:56,249 --> 01:11:58,949 >> STELLAR AWARDS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HONOR THOSE WHO 1165 01:11:58,949 --> 01:12:01,250 OFTEN WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND WHOSE CAREERS AND 1166 01:12:01,250 --> 01:12:04,020 ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAY NOT BE AS VISIBLE AS OTHERS. 1167 01:12:04,020 --> 01:12:05,590 A PANEL OF EXPERTS REVIEW THE 1168 01:12:05,590 --> 01:12:08,270 NOMINEES' BACKGROUNDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DETERMINE THE 1169 01:12:08,270 --> 01:12:10,480 SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SPACE 1170 01:12:10,480 --> 01:12:11,530 PROGRAM. 1171 01:12:11,530 --> 01:12:14,640 THE BREAD AND SCOPE OF THE NOMINEE'S WORK IS TRULY AMAZING 1172 01:12:14,640 --> 01:12:18,159 AND PROOF POSITIVE WE HAVE A WEALTH OF UNUSUALLY BRIGHT AND 1173 01:12:18,159 --> 01:12:21,730 TALENTED PEOPLE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE SPACE PROGRAM 1174 01:12:21,730 --> 01:12:25,070 HAS A VERY PROMISING FUTURE. 1175 01:12:25,070 --> 01:12:28,080 >> TAKES DEDICATION EFFORT OF THOUSANDS TO GET US INTO SPACE. 1176 01:12:28,080 --> 01:12:30,520 THESE NOMINEES PRESENT THE BEST OF OUR BEST. 1177 01:12:30,520 --> 01:12:32,940 WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL THESE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE 1178 01:12:32,940 --> 01:12:36,710 SPACE PROGRAM AND PARTICULARLY THE STELLAR NOMINEES, WE HONOR 1179 01:12:36,710 --> 01:12:38,710 TONIGHT, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ENSURE A STRONG SPACE 1180 01:12:38,710 --> 01:12:39,739 PROGRAM. 1181 01:12:39,739 --> 01:12:42,411 >> AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE STELLAR AWARD 1182 01:12:42,411 --> 01:12:45,540 NOMINEES BY ASKING ALL OF THEM TO STAND. 1183 01:12:45,540 --> 01:12:47,830 PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATIONS ALL THE NOMINEES 1184 01:12:47,830 --> 01:13:10,370 WOULD A HARDY ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 1185 01:13:10,370 --> 01:13:14,280 >> ALL THE NOMINEES ARE WEARING BLUE RIBBONS THIS EVENING. 1186 01:13:14,280 --> 01:13:17,790 >> WE WILL PRESENT THE AWARDS IN FOUR CATEGORIES. 1187 01:13:17,790 --> 01:13:20,670 WE WILL ASK ALL THE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY TO COME TO THE 1188 01:13:20,670 --> 01:13:23,150 STAGE TOGETHER TO RECEIVE THEIR AWARDS. 1189 01:13:23,150 --> 01:13:26,159 NAMES WILL BE CALLED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. 1190 01:13:26,159 --> 01:13:29,219 >> WE ARE PRESENTING AWARDS IN THE EARLY CAREER, MID CAREER AND 1191 01:13:29,219 --> 01:13:31,330 LATE CAREER AND TEAM CATEGORIES. 1192 01:13:31,330 --> 01:13:33,690 WITHIN EACH OF THESE GROUPS NOMINATIONS WERE SOLICITED FROM 1193 01:13:33,690 --> 01:13:36,920 ACROSS THE SPACE INDUSTRY FOR NOMINEES INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT 1194 01:13:36,920 --> 01:13:39,570 AND CORPORATE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THOSE INVOLVED IN HUMAN AND 1195 01:13:39,570 --> 01:13:40,699 UNMANNED SPACE FLIGHT 1196 01:13:40,699 --> 01:13:41,820 ACTIVITIES. 1197 01:13:41,820 --> 01:13:44,630 >> AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE, WE ARE SORRY TO SAY WE WILL NOT 1198 01:13:44,630 --> 01:13:46,840 HAVE TIME FOR EACH WINNER TO MAKE REMARKS. 1199 01:13:46,840 --> 01:13:49,360 SHALL WE GET STARTED? 1200 01:13:49,360 --> 01:13:51,250 >> YES, WE SHOULD. 1201 01:13:51,250 --> 01:13:54,300 >> OUR FIRST STELLAR AWARD WILL GO TO THOSE IN THE EARLY STAGES 1202 01:13:54,300 --> 01:13:55,780 OF THEIR CAREERS. 1203 01:13:55,780 --> 01:13:56,949 SIX WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY. 1204 01:13:56,949 --> 01:13:59,590 SELECTED FROM A FIELD OF 28 CANDIDATES. 1205 01:13:59,590 --> 01:14:01,300 AS I CALL THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS IN EARLY CAREER 1206 01:14:01,300 --> 01:14:03,960 CATEGORY, I'D LIKE THEM TO JOIN US AT THE FOOT OF THE STAGE. 1207 01:14:03,960 --> 01:14:09,630 PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. 1208 01:14:09,630 --> 01:14:13,780 SARAH BALDWIN OF AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, ALAN KIM OF THE 1209 01:14:13,780 --> 01:14:15,080 BOEING COMPANY, DR. 1210 01:14:15,080 --> 01:14:17,321 BRIEN FLEWELLING OF THE US AIR FORCE 1211 01:14:17,321 --> 01:14:22,719 RESEARCH LABORATORY, CORA TREACY OF UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS, KIRIL 1212 01:14:22,719 --> 01:14:25,720 DONTCHEV OF SpaceX, AND ANTHONY COOK OF THE BOEING 1213 01:14:25,720 --> 01:14:43,099 COMPANY. 1214 01:14:43,099 --> 01:15:02,010 [ APPLAUSE ] >> FIRST AWARD GOES TO SARAH 1215 01:15:02,010 --> 01:15:07,940 BALDWIN OF AEROJET ROCKETDYNE. 1216 01:15:07,940 --> 01:15:22,739 [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALAN KIM OF THE BOEING 1217 01:15:22,739 --> 01:15:25,460 COMPANY IS RECOGNIZED FOR DEMONSTRATING ENGINEERING 1218 01:15:25,460 --> 01:15:29,480 EXCELLENCE SOLVING DIFFICULT CHALLENGES FOR THE SPACE LAUNCH 1219 01:15:29,480 --> 01:15:33,860 SYSTEM. 1220 01:15:33,860 --> 01:15:42,620 [ APPLAUSE ] >> DR. 1221 01:15:42,620 --> 01:15:44,880 BRIAN FLEWELLING OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESEARCH 1222 01:15:44,880 --> 01:15:48,120 LABORATORY RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1223 01:15:48,120 --> 01:15:51,580 LARGE IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION APPLIED TO SPACE 1224 01:15:51,580 --> 01:15:57,370 OBJECTS DETECTION, TRACKING, IDENTIFICATION AND 1225 01:15:57,370 --> 01:16:00,830 CHARACTERIZATION. 1226 01:16:00,830 --> 01:16:06,110 [ APPLAUSE ] >> CORA TREACY OF UTC AEROSPACE 1227 01:16:06,110 --> 01:16:09,659 SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS AND SUPPORT OF THE 1228 01:16:09,659 --> 01:16:13,320 EATCS, ECLSS AND REGENERATIVE ECLSS ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 1229 01:16:13,320 --> 01:16:14,360 SPACE STATION. 1230 01:16:14,360 --> 01:16:16,300 UNFORTUNATELY, CORA CAN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT. 1231 01:16:16,300 --> 01:16:22,150 WE'LL MAKE SURE SHE RECEIVES HER AWARD. 1232 01:16:22,150 --> 01:16:27,890 [ APPLAUSE ] >> TEACO DONTCHEV OF SpaceX 1233 01:16:27,890 --> 01:16:31,170 FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP OVERSEEING THE PAD ABORT TEST OF 1234 01:16:31,170 --> 01:16:38,280 THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT'S INTEGRATED LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM. 1235 01:16:38,280 --> 01:16:44,230 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE FINAL EARLY CAREER AWARD 1236 01:16:44,230 --> 01:16:47,070 GOES TO ANTHONY COOK OF THE BOEING COMPANY, OUTSTANDING 1237 01:16:47,070 --> 01:16:49,770 LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT, 1238 01:16:49,770 --> 01:16:53,140 IMPLEMENTATION AND DELIVERY OF NEW ISS NITROGEN OXYGEN RESUPPLY 1239 01:16:53,140 --> 01:17:00,230 SYSTEM COMPATIBLE WITH MULTIPLE LAUNCH SYSTEMS. 1240 01:17:00,230 --> 01:17:06,101 [ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 1241 01:17:06,101 --> 01:17:08,470 JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING ALL OF THE STELLAR WINNERS IN THE EARLY 1242 01:17:08,470 --> 01:17:33,480 CAREER CATEGORY. 1243 01:17:33,480 --> 01:17:59,570 [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE HAVE EIGHT WINNERS IN THE 1244 01:17:59,570 --> 01:18:03,239 MID CAREER CATEGORY SELECTED FROM A FIELD OF 45 CANDIDATES. 1245 01:18:03,239 --> 01:18:05,960 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE FOOT OF THE STAGE LESLIE 1246 01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:08,190 ROBERTSON OF THE BOEING COMPANY. 1247 01:18:08,190 --> 01:18:10,460 BRUCE SOMMER OF LOCKHEED MARTIN. 1248 01:18:10,460 --> 01:18:13,960 JUDITH BLACKWELL THOMPSON OF THE NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 1249 01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:16,120 ANTHONY DICELLO OF THE BOEING COMPANY. 1250 01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:19,750 LORRAINE PROKOP OF THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 1251 01:18:19,750 --> 01:18:21,830 PAUL CONNOLLY OF PRATT AND WHITNEY. 1252 01:18:21,830 --> 01:18:25,850 LIEUTENANT COLONEL ELENBAUM OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. 1253 01:18:25,850 --> 01:18:37,500 AND SHEILA SHARP OF THE BOEING COMPANY. 1254 01:18:37,500 --> 01:18:58,810 [ APPLAUSE ] >> LESLIE ROBERTSON OF THE 1255 01:18:58,810 --> 01:19:03,270 BOEING COMPANY IS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL EMERGENCY 1256 01:19:03,270 --> 01:19:06,060 AND INGENUITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF COMPILER, 1257 01:19:06,060 --> 01:19:09,480 PATCH AND REVIEW TOOLS FOR THE ISS PROGRAM, INCLUDING TRAINING 1258 01:19:09,480 --> 01:19:16,510 AND SUPPORT ACROSS ISS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS. 1259 01:19:16,510 --> 01:19:21,940 [ APPLAUSE ] >> BRUCE SOMMER OF LOCKHEED 1260 01:19:21,940 --> 01:19:24,780 MARTIN IS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 1261 01:19:24,780 --> 01:19:30,010 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IMPROVING ISS AND ORION CREW SAFETY AND 1262 01:19:30,010 --> 01:19:36,810 ENSURING MISSION SUCCESS. 1263 01:19:36,810 --> 01:19:45,679 [ APPLAUSE ] >> JUDITH BLACKWELL THOMPSON IS 1264 01:19:45,679 --> 01:19:48,370 RECOGNIZED FOR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINED 1265 01:19:48,370 --> 01:19:51,670 CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANNED SPACE FLIGHT LAUNCH PLANNING AND 1266 01:19:51,670 --> 01:19:52,670 EXECUTION. 1267 01:19:52,670 --> 01:19:54,460 UNFORTUNATELY, JUDITH CANNOT BE 1268 01:19:54,460 --> 01:19:57,480 WITH US HERE TONIGHT BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE SHE RECEIVES HER 1269 01:19:57,480 --> 01:20:01,070 AWARD. 1270 01:20:01,070 --> 01:20:06,010 [ APPLAUSE ] >> ANTHONY DICELLO OF THE BOEING 1271 01:20:06,010 --> 01:20:08,719 COMPANY IS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP 1272 01:20:08,719 --> 01:20:12,260 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST TWO INTERNATIONAL 1273 01:20:12,260 --> 01:20:15,360 DOCKING ADAPTERS WHICH WILL ADAPT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 1274 01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:18,590 STATION FOR DOCKING BY THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMERCIAL CREW 1275 01:20:18,590 --> 01:20:22,300 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. 1276 01:20:22,300 --> 01:20:30,610 [ APPLAUSE ] >> LORRAINE PROKOP IS RECOGNIZED 1277 01:20:30,610 --> 01:20:34,840 FOR PIONEERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO AEROSPACE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, 1278 01:20:34,840 --> 01:20:38,150 INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES AND HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT SOFTWARE 1279 01:20:38,150 --> 01:20:41,989 AFFORDABILITY. 1280 01:20:41,989 --> 01:20:50,590 [ APPLAUSE ] >> PAUL CONNOLLY OF PRATT AND 1281 01:20:50,590 --> 01:20:54,290 WHITNEY IS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1282 01:20:54,290 --> 01:20:59,670 UNDERSTANDING THE ORSC CYCLE AND ITS OPERATION IN THE RD-180 1283 01:20:59,670 --> 01:21:04,780 ROCKET ENGINE. 1284 01:21:04,780 --> 01:21:11,580 [ APPLAUSE ] >> LIEUTENANT COLONEL ELENBAUM 1285 01:21:11,580 --> 01:21:15,060 OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCEPTIONAL 1286 01:21:15,060 --> 01:21:18,980 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEMS PROGRAM, 1287 01:21:18,980 --> 01:21:22,020 REDUCING SATELLITE PRODUCTION COSTS OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS. 1288 01:21:22,020 --> 01:21:29,239 THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL COULD NOT BE WITH US HERE TONIGHT. 1289 01:21:29,239 --> 01:21:32,760 [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND THE FINAL MID CAREER 1290 01:21:32,760 --> 01:21:35,940 AWARD GOES TO SHEILA SHARP OF THE BOEING COMPANY FOR 1291 01:21:35,940 --> 01:21:39,210 OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE LEADERSHIP MENTORSHIP AND 1292 01:21:39,210 --> 01:21:42,170 DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL TEAMS IN THE DEFINITION DESIGN AND 1293 01:21:42,170 --> 01:21:45,480 INTEGRATION OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND RESOLUTION 1294 01:21:45,480 --> 01:21:53,010 RESOLVING PROGRESS, COMPLIANCE AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE. 1295 01:21:53,010 --> 01:21:58,211 [ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 1296 01:21:58,211 --> 01:22:19,350 CONGRATULATE ALL THE WINNERS IN THE MID CAREER CATEGORY. 1297 01:22:19,350 --> 01:22:39,239 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE FINAL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS 1298 01:22:39,239 --> 01:22:42,780 THIS EVENING GO TO THOSE IN THE LATE CAREER CATEGORY. 1299 01:22:42,780 --> 01:22:44,060 NOW WAIT A MINUTE. 1300 01:22:44,060 --> 01:22:46,000 THE LATE CAREER CATEGORY? 1301 01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:47,360 WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO SAY THERE, STEPHANIE? 1302 01:22:47,360 --> 01:22:50,860 AS A MATTER OF FACT, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE OUR ASTRONAUT 1303 01:22:50,860 --> 01:22:53,489 CLASS HAS BEEN AT THE NASA THOMPSON SPACE CENTER? 1304 01:22:53,489 --> 01:22:54,489 >> COUPLE DECADES. 1305 01:22:54,489 --> 01:22:57,739 IN FACT, THIS YEAR IS OUR 20th ANNIVERSARY. 1306 01:22:57,739 --> 01:22:58,929 >> THAT'S A LONG TIME. 1307 01:22:58,929 --> 01:23:02,360 >> DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES US LATE CAREER ASTRONAUTS? 1308 01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:05,050 >> WELL, IT MIGHT. 1309 01:23:05,050 --> 01:23:06,260 BUT WE'RE STILL CONTRIBUTING. 1310 01:23:06,260 --> 01:23:08,179 TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FELLOW 1311 01:23:08,179 --> 01:23:11,300 SARDINE SCOTT KELLY. 1312 01:23:11,300 --> 01:23:12,860 >> WHAT ABOUT JEFF WILLIAMS? 1313 01:23:12,860 --> 01:23:14,960 >> HE'S ON THE SPACE STATION AS WE SPEAK. 1314 01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:18,860 >> STEPH, DID YOU NOTICE CHARLIE BOLDEN WAS LAUGHING WHEN WE SAID 1315 01:23:18,860 --> 01:23:21,389 WE ARE PART OF THE LATE CAREER ASTRONAUTS? 1316 01:23:21,389 --> 01:23:24,360 >> I MIGHT HAVE, YES. 1317 01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:26,510 >> I THINK WE'D BETTER NOT TELL HIM THE NAME OF THE CATEGORY 1318 01:23:26,510 --> 01:23:31,070 HE'S IN THOUGH. 1319 01:23:31,070 --> 01:23:36,110 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE FOLKS IN THIS LATE 1320 01:23:36,110 --> 01:23:38,900 CATEGORY ARE DEFINITELY STILL CONTRIBUTING. 1321 01:23:38,900 --> 01:23:42,130 AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY LAID THE 1322 01:23:42,130 --> 01:23:44,980 FOUNDATION UPON WHICH ALL THE BEST OF OUR SUCCESSES ARE BUILT. 1323 01:23:44,980 --> 01:23:48,900 FOR THAT REASON, TONIGHT I THINK WE SHOULD CALL THIS CATEGORY THE 1324 01:23:48,900 --> 01:23:51,300 PILLARS OF THE SPACE PROGRAM. 1325 01:23:51,300 --> 01:23:55,469 >> I AGREE. 1326 01:23:55,469 --> 01:23:59,650 [ APPLAUSE ] 1327 01:23:59,650 --> 01:24:02,460 >> OF THE 30 NOMINEES RECEIVED IN THIS CATEGORY, WE HAVE FIVE 1328 01:24:02,460 --> 01:24:03,460 WINNERS. 1329 01:24:03,460 --> 01:24:05,210 I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM ALL TO THE FOOT OF THE STAGE AS THEIR 1330 01:24:05,210 --> 01:24:08,370 NAMES ARE CALLED. 1331 01:24:08,370 --> 01:24:11,450 MARK CRAIG OF SAIC. 1332 01:24:11,450 --> 01:24:14,090 DR. 1333 01:24:14,090 --> 01:24:19,210 GEOFFREY LANDIS OF NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER. 1334 01:24:19,210 --> 01:24:22,370 LAWRENCE PRICE OF LOCKHEED MARTIN. 1335 01:24:22,370 --> 01:24:30,530 GEORGE DICKEY ARNDT OF JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 1336 01:24:30,530 --> 01:24:46,000 ROBERT BRAZIER OF AEROJET ROCKETDYNE. 1337 01:24:46,000 --> 01:25:01,880 [ APPLAUSE ] >> MARK CRAIG OF SAIC IS 1338 01:25:01,880 --> 01:25:04,550 RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING CAREER OF SERVICE TO NASA 1339 01:25:04,550 --> 01:25:07,550 DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE VALUE OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION 1340 01:25:07,550 --> 01:25:22,989 SPANNING APOLLO, SPACE SHUTTLE, SPACE STATION AND BEYOND. 1341 01:25:22,989 --> 01:25:35,840 [ APPLAUSE ] >> DR. 1342 01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:36,860 GEOFFREY LANDIS OF NASA 1343 01:25:36,860 --> 01:25:39,190 GLENN RESEARCH CENTER IS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCEPTIONAL 1344 01:25:39,190 --> 01:25:41,440 TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING 1345 01:25:41,440 --> 01:25:44,690 PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS AND ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN SUPPORT OF 1346 01:25:44,690 --> 01:25:51,760 NASA MISSIONS. 1347 01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:59,210 [ APPLAUSE ] LAWRENCE PRICE OF LOCKHEED 1348 01:25:59,210 --> 01:26:01,460 MARTIN IS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, 1349 01:26:01,460 --> 01:26:04,150 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO TAKE THE ORION PROGRAM FROM 1350 01:26:04,150 --> 01:26:06,900 DEVELOPMENT TO SPACE FLIGHT VEHICLE FOR NASA'S HUMAN 1351 01:26:06,900 --> 01:26:11,260 EXPLORATION MISSION. 1352 01:26:11,260 --> 01:26:20,080 [ APPLAUSE ] >> GEORGE DICKEY ARNDT OF 1353 01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:23,760 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO 1354 01:26:23,760 --> 01:26:32,630 ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 1355 01:26:32,630 --> 01:26:41,840 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE FINAL PILLAR OF THE SPACE 1356 01:26:41,840 --> 01:26:43,639 PROGRAM AWARD GOES TO ROBERT 1357 01:26:43,639 --> 01:26:47,400 BRAZIER IN RECOGNITION OF INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND 1358 01:26:47,400 --> 01:26:50,320 LEADERSHIP IN THE PROTECTION -- PRODUCTION OF LIQUID ROCKET 1359 01:26:50,320 --> 01:26:53,420 PROPULSION IN SUPPORT OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMERICA'S SPACE 1360 01:26:53,420 --> 01:26:58,320 PROGRAM. 1361 01:26:58,320 --> 01:27:03,670 [ APPLAUSE ] >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN 1362 01:27:03,670 --> 01:27:06,810 CONGRATULATING ALL THE WINNERS AND I PRESENT TO YOU THE PILLARS 1363 01:27:06,810 --> 01:27:25,550 OF THE SPACE PROGRAM. 1364 01:27:25,550 --> 01:27:44,791 [ APPLAUSE ] >>> THE FINAL STELLAR AWARD 1365 01:27:44,791 --> 01:27:46,730 CATEGORY IS THE TEAM AWARDS. 1366 01:27:46,730 --> 01:27:49,790 THIS YEAR THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED 34 NOMINATIONS IN THIS 1367 01:27:49,790 --> 01:27:52,410 CATEGORY. 7 WINNERS WERE SELECTED FROM 1368 01:27:52,410 --> 01:27:54,489 THIS VERY HIGH QUALITY LIST. 1369 01:27:54,489 --> 01:27:56,810 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE TEAM REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 1370 01:27:56,810 --> 01:28:00,190 FOLLOWING TEAMS TO COME FORWARD TO BE RECOGNIZED. 1371 01:28:00,190 --> 01:28:02,200 EFT ONE ORION AEROJET ROCKETDYNE 1372 01:28:02,200 --> 01:28:04,290 PROPULSION TEAM. 1373 01:28:04,290 --> 01:28:08,710 PENDULUM TEAM OF NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 1374 01:28:08,710 --> 01:28:15,360 SAM HUNT RESOLUTION TEAM OF UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS. 1375 01:28:15,360 --> 01:28:18,310 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HARDWARE RECOVERY TEAM FOR 1376 01:28:18,310 --> 01:28:21,530 LAUNCH ON HTV5 OF THE BOEING COMPANY. 1377 01:28:21,530 --> 01:28:24,630 AUTOMATED NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE EXPERIMENT FOR LOCAL 1378 01:28:24,630 --> 01:28:29,131 SPACE, AKA ANGELS, PROGRAM TEAM OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1379 01:28:29,131 --> 01:28:30,909 RESEARCH LABORATORY. 1380 01:28:30,909 --> 01:28:36,610 OA4 RETURN TO FLIGHT TEAM OF ORBITAL ACK AND ORION EM-1 1381 01:28:36,610 --> 01:28:42,290 CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW TEAM OF LOCKHEED MARTIN. 1382 01:28:42,290 --> 01:29:00,600 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE EFT ONE ORION'S 1383 01:29:00,600 --> 01:29:05,969 PROPULSION TEAM OF AEROJET ROCKETDYNE RECOGNIZED FOR 1384 01:29:05,969 --> 01:29:09,260 DEDICATION AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL DURING DEVELOPMENT, 1385 01:29:09,260 --> 01:29:10,840 PRODUCTION, FLIGHT READINESS AND 1386 01:29:10,840 --> 01:29:15,469 FLIGHT RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT ON ORION EFT-1 AND 1387 01:29:15,469 --> 01:29:19,010 PAVING THE WAY FOR ADVANCED FUTURE SPACE ACTIVITIES, 1388 01:29:19,010 --> 01:29:24,650 ACCEPTING FOR THE TEAM IS JANIE CUEVA. 1389 01:29:24,650 --> 01:29:30,090 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE PENDULUM TEAM OF NASA 1390 01:29:30,090 --> 01:29:33,150 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING TEAM 1391 01:29:33,150 --> 01:29:37,280 EFFORT IN MITIGATING THE ORION PENDULUM MOTION ANOMALY. 1392 01:29:37,280 --> 01:29:44,139 ACCEPTING FOR THE TEAM IS YASMINE ALI. 1393 01:29:44,139 --> 01:29:50,760 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE FAN SEPARATOR BOEING 1394 01:29:50,760 --> 01:29:55,430 CORROSION ANOMALY RESOLUTION TEAM OF UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS IS 1395 01:29:55,430 --> 01:29:58,739 RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND PREPARATION FOR 1396 01:29:58,739 --> 01:30:03,260 AND EXECUTION OF A CONTINGENCY EVA TO ELIMINATE AN AMMONIA LEAK 1397 01:30:03,260 --> 01:30:06,030 THAT JEOPARDIZED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1398 01:30:06,030 --> 01:30:07,219 ACCEPTING FOR THE TEAM IS 1399 01:30:07,219 --> 01:30:12,289 CAROLYN JURNA. 1400 01:30:12,289 --> 01:30:17,739 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 1401 01:30:17,739 --> 01:30:21,790 STATION HARDWARE RECOVERY TEAM FOR LAUNCH ON HDV5 OF THE BOEING 1402 01:30:21,790 --> 01:30:25,690 COMPANY IS RECOGNIZED FOR QUICKLY ACCELERATING, 1403 01:30:25,690 --> 01:30:29,090 MANUFACTURE AND TEST OF HARDWARE AND REBUILDING SEVERAL CRITICAL 1404 01:30:29,090 --> 01:30:33,290 HARDWARE ITEMS FOR ON-TIME DELIVERY TO MEET THE HDV5 LAUNCH 1405 01:30:33,290 --> 01:30:36,990 SUPPORTED ON OVER OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT OF CREW HEALTH AND 1406 01:30:36,990 --> 01:30:37,990 SAFETY. 1407 01:30:37,990 --> 01:30:43,060 ACCEPTING FOR THE TEAM IS DEBBY SHARP. 1408 01:30:43,060 --> 01:30:48,210 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE AUTOMATED NAVIGATION AND 1409 01:30:48,210 --> 01:30:51,969 GUIDANCE EXPERIMENT FOR LOCAL SPACE PROGRAM TEAM OF THE AIR 1410 01:30:51,969 --> 01:30:55,659 FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY IS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING TEAM 1411 01:30:55,659 --> 01:30:59,219 ACHIEVEMENT AND EVOLVING THE AIR FORCE'S ABILITY TO RESPONSIBLY 1412 01:30:59,219 --> 01:31:01,050 PERFORM SPACE SITUATION 1413 01:31:01,050 --> 01:31:02,690 AWARENESS MISSIONS. 1414 01:31:02,690 --> 01:31:11,590 ACCEPTING FOR THE TEAM IS TORRY DUNKIN. 1415 01:31:11,590 --> 01:31:14,870 >> THE OA 4 RETURN TO FLIGHT TEAM OF ORBITAL ATK IS 1416 01:31:14,870 --> 01:31:17,179 RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT 1417 01:31:17,179 --> 01:31:21,830 EXCELLENCE AND PROVIDING TIMELY REINSTATEMENT OF CARGO RESUPPLY 1418 01:31:21,830 --> 01:31:24,010 SERVICES TO THE ISS. 1419 01:31:24,010 --> 01:31:34,120 ACCEPTING FOR THE TEAM IS ANDREW >> 1420 01:31:34,120 --> 01:31:37,469 THIS EVENING'S FINAL TEAM AWARD, RECOGNIZES THE ORION 1421 01:31:37,469 --> 01:31:41,080 EM-1, CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW TEAM OF LOCKHEED MARTIN FOR 1422 01:31:41,080 --> 01:31:45,030 EXCELLENCE IN PREPARATION, EXECUTION AND FOLLOW-THROUGH OF 1423 01:31:45,030 --> 01:31:48,300 THE ORION EXPLORATION MISSION CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW THAT 1424 01:31:48,300 --> 01:31:51,890 RESULTED IN NASA'S AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED TO SPACECRAFT 1425 01:31:51,890 --> 01:31:53,139 PRODUCTION. 1426 01:31:53,139 --> 01:31:58,710 ACCEPTING FOR THE TEAM IS BRIAN JONES. 1427 01:31:58,710 --> 01:32:02,640 [ APPLAUSE ] 1428 01:32:02,640 --> 01:32:05,219 >> PLEASE JOIN US AS WE CONGRATULATE ALL THE WINNERS IN 1429 01:32:05,219 --> 01:32:27,230 THE TEAM CATEGORY. 1430 01:32:27,230 --> 01:32:50,100 [ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK 1431 01:32:50,100 --> 01:32:52,560 YOU WILL ALL AGREE THAT TONIGHT'S STELLAR AWARD WINNERS 1432 01:32:52,560 --> 01:32:55,840 REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WORKING IN 1433 01:32:55,840 --> 01:32:56,840 OUR SPACE PROGRAM. 1434 01:32:56,840 --> 01:32:59,470 >> YES, STEPHANIE, WE CAN TRULY BE PROUD OF ALL THE STELLAR 1435 01:32:59,470 --> 01:33:03,449 AWARD WINNERS AND GIVE US HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 1436 01:33:03,449 --> 01:33:10,610 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1437 01:33:10,610 --> 01:33:18,280 [ APPLAUSE ] >>> THAT LATE CAREER THING, 1438 01:33:18,280 --> 01:33:19,400 ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THAT. 1439 01:33:19,400 --> 01:33:21,950 I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS LATE CAREER TILL THEY CALLED ME INTO THE 1440 01:33:21,950 --> 01:33:23,659 OFFICE AND DUMPED ME AT CNN. 1441 01:33:23,659 --> 01:33:29,050 IT'S ALWAYS LATER THAN YOU THINK, FLIGHT HERE'S TO KNOWING 1442 01:33:29,050 --> 01:33:32,090 IT'S LATE CAREER AND EMBRACING IT, RIGHT? 1443 01:33:32,090 --> 01:33:35,740 GO LATE CAREER GUYS, GO LATE CAREER GUYS. 1444 01:33:35,740 --> 01:33:38,550 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SPACE TROPHY NOW. 1445 01:33:38,550 --> 01:33:43,610 IT'S NO SPACE COMMUNICATOR AWARD BUT IT'S PRETTY GOOD. 1446 01:33:43,610 --> 01:33:47,489 THAT FIRST DINNER IN 1987 AT THE WAFFLE HOUSE, THE WINNER WAS ONE 1447 01:33:47,489 --> 01:33:49,699 OF THE GREAT GIANTS OF THIS BUSINESS, DR. 1448 01:33:49,699 --> 01:33:50,780 MAXINE FAJE. 1449 01:33:50,780 --> 01:33:53,760 HE'S SOMEWHERE IN THE ROOM HERE. 1450 01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:57,910 [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'VE SAID BEFORE, KIND OF 1451 01:33:57,910 --> 01:34:00,989 WENT DOWNHILL AFTER THAT BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR OTHER 1452 01:34:00,989 --> 01:34:01,989 AWARDEES. 1453 01:34:01,989 --> 01:34:04,850 BUT ILLUSTRIOUS LIST OF ENGINEERS, ASTRONAUTS, 1454 01:34:04,850 --> 01:34:07,970 POLITICIANS, ADMINISTRATORS AND FLIGHT DIRECTORS HAVE FOLD. 1455 01:34:07,970 --> 01:34:11,630 THE TROPHY PRESENTED EACH YEAR TO THE U.S. CITIZEN WHO HAS 1456 01:34:11,630 --> 01:34:15,190 JUDGE IT BY HIS OR HER PEERS, HAS MADE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 1457 01:34:15,190 --> 01:34:16,580 CONTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. SPACE 1458 01:34:16,580 --> 01:34:17,950 PROGRAM. 1459 01:34:17,950 --> 01:34:20,960 RECIPIENT IS SELECT IT BY A VOTE OF THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF 1460 01:34:20,960 --> 01:34:22,180 ADVISORIES. 1461 01:34:22,180 --> 01:34:25,560 THE VOTES ARE TAB LATED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. 1462 01:34:25,560 --> 01:34:29,230 SAME GUYS WHO WORK FOR GOLDMAN SUCCESS, SO PLEASE HANG ON TO 1463 01:34:29,230 --> 01:34:31,870 YOUR WALLETS. 1464 01:34:31,870 --> 01:34:35,190 I'M GETTING WORD FROM OUR PRODUCER. 1465 01:34:35,190 --> 01:34:37,520 I THINK WE HAVE A LIVE SIGNAL COMING IN. 1466 01:34:37,520 --> 01:34:39,790 IS THERE SOMETHING COMING IN? 1467 01:34:39,790 --> 01:34:42,480 LET'S GO TO SPACE, SHALL WE? 1468 01:34:42,480 --> 01:34:45,550 >> GREETINGS TO EVERYONE AT THE RNASA CELEBRATION. 1469 01:34:45,550 --> 01:34:46,860 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, DR. 1470 01:34:46,860 --> 01:34:49,270 ELACHI, FOR RECEIVING THE NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY FOR YOUR 1471 01:34:49,270 --> 01:34:53,010 MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPACE EXPLORATION. 1472 01:34:53,010 --> 01:34:55,250 I STILL REMEMBER WHEN MY ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE CLASS 1473 01:34:55,250 --> 01:34:56,900 VISITING JPL. 1474 01:34:56,900 --> 01:34:59,500 WE WERE SO IMPRESSED BY THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WERE GOING 1475 01:34:59,500 --> 01:35:00,630 ON THERE AT THE TIME. 1476 01:35:00,630 --> 01:35:04,350 AND WE KNOW THIS GREAT WORK IS STILL CONTINUING TODAY. 1477 01:35:04,350 --> 01:35:07,409 SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS FOR RECEIVING THIS VERY PRESTIGIOUS 1478 01:35:07,409 --> 01:35:10,780 AWARD AND VERY WELL DESERVED HONOR. 1479 01:35:10,780 --> 01:35:13,710 ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO BILL NYE, AND ALL THE STELLAR 1480 01:35:13,710 --> 01:35:14,710 NOMINEES. 1481 01:35:14,710 --> 01:35:18,369 I WON'T SAY WISH I WAS THERE BECAUSE I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO 1482 01:35:18,369 --> 01:35:22,860 BE RIGHT HERE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1483 01:35:22,860 --> 01:35:25,630 WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THERE THAT 1484 01:35:25,630 --> 01:35:27,739 MAKE OUR MISSION HERE POSSIBLE. 1485 01:35:27,739 --> 01:35:32,350 SO I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE FUN AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. 1486 01:35:32,350 --> 01:35:37,230 [ APPLAUSE ] >> TO BESTOW THE HONORS, IS MY 1487 01:35:37,230 --> 01:35:42,250 GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE 2014 SPACE TROPHY AWARDEE, HE'S 1488 01:35:42,250 --> 01:35:45,360 A DECORATED MARINE FIGHTER PILOT, SEASONED SPACE SHUTTLE 1489 01:35:45,360 --> 01:35:50,489 COMMANDER, A MARINE GENERAL, A NASA ADMINISTRATOR, AND LAST BUT 1490 01:35:50,489 --> 01:35:54,840 CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, A PROUD HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. 1491 01:35:54,840 --> 01:35:56,750 EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS HIM LOVES HIM. 1492 01:35:56,750 --> 01:36:00,460 HE'S KIND OF THE UNTED CRUZ. 1493 01:36:00,460 --> 01:36:03,330 [ LAUGHTER ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 1494 01:36:03,330 --> 01:36:09,100 WELCOME OUR FRIEND CHARLIE BOLDEN. 1495 01:36:09,100 --> 01:36:24,340 [ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, WELL, WELL, THANK YOU 1496 01:36:24,340 --> 01:36:26,070 VERY MUCH, MILES. 1497 01:36:26,070 --> 01:36:29,239 AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, THANKS FOR REMEMBERING MY GRANDCHILDREN, 1498 01:36:29,239 --> 01:36:32,030 BECAUSE THAT KEPT ME FROM HAVING TO TALK ABOUT THEM WHEN I CAME 1499 01:36:32,030 --> 01:36:33,030 UP HERE. 1500 01:36:33,030 --> 01:36:35,330 I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO WAS HERE AT THE FIRST ONE? 1501 01:36:35,330 --> 01:36:37,320 WAS IT TRIAL WAFFLE HOUSE? 1502 01:36:37,320 --> 01:36:40,940 RODOLFO, I KNOW YOU'RE TOO YOUNG 1503 01:36:40,940 --> 01:36:44,619 TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT 30 YET. 1504 01:36:44,619 --> 01:36:48,460 ANYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOW, WAS IT REALLY THE WAFFLE HOUSE? 1505 01:36:48,460 --> 01:36:51,400 I'M NOT HEARING -- I'M NOT GETTING ANY VIBES. 1506 01:36:51,400 --> 01:36:52,400 NO? 1507 01:36:52,400 --> 01:36:55,950 WAS IT THE OUTPOST? 1508 01:36:55,950 --> 01:36:59,360 [ LAUGHTER ] >> PROBABLY MORE LIKE IT. 1509 01:36:59,360 --> 01:37:03,260 ANYWAY, THAT IS NOT WHY I'M HERE. 1510 01:37:03,260 --> 01:37:06,130 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE AWARDEES SO FAR. 1511 01:37:06,130 --> 01:37:09,780 IT IS MY SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TONIGHT TO BE HERE WITH CHARLES 1512 01:37:09,780 --> 01:37:11,989 ELACHI AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE. 1513 01:37:11,989 --> 01:37:16,489 BUT TO CELEBRATE THIS AWARD GOING TO A GREAT INDIVIDUAL WHO 1514 01:37:16,489 --> 01:37:17,780 IS MOST DESERVING. 1515 01:37:17,780 --> 01:37:20,850 AND CHARLES, IT IS AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS TO 1516 01:37:20,850 --> 01:37:22,739 YOU TONIGHT. 1517 01:37:22,739 --> 01:37:27,090 WHEN WE LOOK BACK OVER THE BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SPACE OVER 1518 01:37:27,090 --> 01:37:31,100 THE PAST DECADES, PARTICULARLY DURING MY TIME AS THE NASA 1519 01:37:31,100 --> 01:37:35,010 ADMINISTRATOR, WE'LL SEE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH A HUGE NUMBER 1520 01:37:35,010 --> 01:37:36,310 OF THEM. 1521 01:37:36,310 --> 01:37:38,970 AT THE HELM OF THE JET PROPULSION LAB, YOU LED TEAMS 1522 01:37:38,970 --> 01:37:42,580 THAT INNOVATED, THAT CAME UP WITH AMAZING SOLUTIONS TO BIG 1523 01:37:42,580 --> 01:37:46,630 PROBLEMS, CAN YOU SAY SPACE CRANE, MIKE, MIKE, WHERE'S MIKE 1524 01:37:46,630 --> 01:37:47,760 GRIFFIN? 1525 01:37:47,760 --> 01:37:51,170 CAN YOU SAY SPACE CRANE? 1526 01:37:51,170 --> 01:37:52,300 THAT'S A PRIVATE JOKE. 1527 01:37:52,300 --> 01:37:53,630 THAT'S AN INSIDE JOKE. 1528 01:37:53,630 --> 01:37:58,980 OKAY, MIKE UNDERSTANDS THAT BUT CHARLES WITHSTOOD THE PRESSURE 1529 01:37:58,980 --> 01:38:02,159 AND EVERYTHING AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A THOUSAND PIECES ON THE 1530 01:38:02,159 --> 01:38:05,790 SURFACE OF MARS, WE HAD ONE 2000-POUND ROVER WHICH IS 1531 01:38:05,790 --> 01:38:09,560 CONTINUING TO OPERATE TODAY IN INCREDIBLE WAY THAT IS I DON'T 1532 01:38:09,560 --> 01:38:12,760 THINK ANY OF US EVER BELIEVED WE WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHING. 1533 01:38:12,760 --> 01:38:16,630 [ APPLAUSE ] >> YOU MADE US ALL PROUD. 1534 01:38:16,630 --> 01:38:24,380 46 YEARS. 46 YEARS. 1535 01:38:24,380 --> 01:38:27,139 THAT'S ALMOST AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN MARRIED. 1536 01:38:27,139 --> 01:38:30,679 BUT THAT IS HOW LONG -- THAT IS ALMOST AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN 1537 01:38:30,679 --> 01:38:31,929 MARRIED. 1538 01:38:31,929 --> 01:38:34,060 THAT'S HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN AT JPL. 1539 01:38:34,060 --> 01:38:37,170 YOU'VE BEEN DIRECTOR SINCE 2001. 1540 01:38:37,170 --> 01:38:40,199 DOZENS OF MISSIONS, INSTRUMENTS AND PROGRAMS. 1541 01:38:40,199 --> 01:38:43,210 IT'S HARD TO CHOOSE HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR CAREER BECAUSE THERE 1542 01:38:43,210 --> 01:38:45,429 REALLY ARE SO MANY. 1543 01:38:45,429 --> 01:38:51,030 EARTH, MARS, ASTEROIDS, JUPITER PLANETS AND OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS, 1544 01:38:51,030 --> 01:38:55,980 YOU NAME IT AND CHARLES HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR JPL TO STUDY IT. 1545 01:38:55,980 --> 01:38:59,460 LET'S NOT FORGET VOYAGER ONE AND TWO, WHICH HAVE BEEN TRAVELING 1546 01:38:59,460 --> 01:39:02,020 FOR THE BULK OF YOUR CAREER, CHARLES. 1547 01:39:02,020 --> 01:39:05,280 WE ALSO WISH YOU MANY EXCITING TRAVELS IN THE NEXT PHASE OF 1548 01:39:05,280 --> 01:39:09,990 YOUR LIFE AND VALERIE, I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT HE IS GOING TO 1549 01:39:09,990 --> 01:39:10,990 TRAVEL. 1550 01:39:10,990 --> 01:39:14,000 IN ADDITION TO A LITTLE WORK NOW AND THEN. 1551 01:39:14,000 --> 01:39:17,110 YOU'VE ADVANCED OUR JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY AND AS WE FOLLOW YOUR 1552 01:39:17,110 --> 01:39:20,869 BELOVED ROBOTS WITH HUMANS TO MARS, IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE 1553 01:39:20,869 --> 01:39:24,520 OF THE GOOD WORK YOU HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. 1554 01:39:24,520 --> 01:39:26,679 YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED AT NASA. 1555 01:39:26,679 --> 01:39:30,210 BUT TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE THE HUGE SWEEP OF YOUR CAREER IN A 1556 01:39:30,210 --> 01:39:33,270 TRULY UNPARALLELED BODY OF WORK. 1557 01:39:33,270 --> 01:39:36,630 I WANT TO THANK YOU FELLOW TRAVELER FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE 1558 01:39:36,630 --> 01:39:40,380 DONE TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF EXPLORATION AND TO BUILD A 1559 01:39:40,380 --> 01:39:43,790 FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY CAN ONLY GO 1560 01:39:43,790 --> 01:39:46,090 FARTHER AND REACH HIGHER. 1561 01:39:46,090 --> 01:39:49,750 AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY DEEPEST CONGRATULATIONS FOR THIS 1562 01:39:49,750 --> 01:39:50,930 HONOR. 1563 01:39:50,930 --> 01:39:54,340 IT'S WELL DESERVED AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE 1564 01:39:54,340 --> 01:39:57,360 CHAPTERS YET TO BE WRITTEN IN THE STORY OF DR. 1565 01:39:57,360 --> 01:39:58,680 CHARLES ELACHI. 1566 01:39:58,680 --> 01:41:12,829 SO, WE HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO, I THINK. 1567 01:41:12,829 --> 01:41:13,829 ∂∂ ∂∂ 1568 01:41:13,829 --> 01:41:16,920 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE HELP ME IN WELCOMING THE 2016 1569 01:41:16,920 --> 01:41:20,280 ROTARY NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY RECIPIENT, DR. 1570 01:41:20,280 --> 01:41:39,949 CHARLES ELACHI. 1571 01:41:39,949 --> 01:42:01,800 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1572 01:42:01,800 --> 01:42:06,369 WHEN I GIVE PUBLIC TALKS, I LIKE TO IMPERSONATE SOMEBODY FAMOUS. 1573 01:42:06,369 --> 01:42:10,880 SO TONIGHT I DECIDED TO IMPERSONATE MARLON BRANDO IN THE 1574 01:42:10,880 --> 01:42:11,880 GODFATHER. 1575 01:42:11,880 --> 01:42:14,960 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I LOST MY 1576 01:42:14,960 --> 01:42:18,060 VOICE AND WHILE I'M SLOWLY 1577 01:42:18,060 --> 01:42:22,659 GETTING IT BACK I APOLOGIZE. 1578 01:42:28,820 --> 01:42:24,210 MRS. 1579 01:42:28,820 --> 01:42:33,239 BOLDEN AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WANT 1580 01:42:33,239 --> 01:42:36,560 TO TELL YOU HOW HONORED I AM HERE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU 1581 01:42:36,560 --> 01:42:37,560 TONIGHT. 1582 01:42:37,560 --> 01:42:42,139 AND HOW I WANT TO THANK THE ROTARY NATIONAL AWARD FOR 1583 01:42:42,139 --> 01:42:46,239 ACHIEVEMENT FOR GIVING ME THIS GREAT HONOR AND FOR THE PEOPLE 1584 01:42:46,239 --> 01:42:49,829 WHO VOTED FOR ME AND THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR ME ALSO. 1585 01:42:49,829 --> 01:42:50,829 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO THANK YOU. 1586 01:42:50,829 --> 01:42:58,400 AS YOU HEARD MILES SAY, I WAS BORN IN LEBANON. 1587 01:42:58,400 --> 01:43:02,410 HE KNEW THAT BECAUSE HE SPENT A DAY AT OUR HOUSE A FEW YEARS AGO 1588 01:43:02,410 --> 01:43:12,680 AND MY WIFE AND I FIXED FOR HIM A LEBANESE BREAKFAST. 1589 01:43:12,680 --> 01:43:17,330 AND I CAME TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY AS A STUDENT AND I STARTED 1590 01:43:17,330 --> 01:43:20,630 WORKING AT JPL WHEN I WAS STILL A STUDENT BECAUSE I CAME TO 1591 01:43:20,630 --> 01:43:24,060 CALTECH AND JPL WAS JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. 1592 01:43:24,060 --> 01:43:29,770 AND I WAS SO ENTHRALLED BY THE SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION THAT 1593 01:43:29,770 --> 01:43:34,250 AMERICAN SPIRIT OF CAN DO, AMERICAN SPIRIT OF ANYTHING IS 1594 01:43:34,250 --> 01:43:35,250 POSSIBLE. 1595 01:43:35,250 --> 01:43:40,280 THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO BECOME A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY. 1596 01:43:40,280 --> 01:43:43,739 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHEN WE LANDED CURIOSITY, MANY OF YOU 1597 01:43:43,739 --> 01:43:48,090 PROBABLY SAW THAT LANDING THERE WAS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRIDE 1598 01:43:48,090 --> 01:43:49,530 IN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. 1599 01:43:49,530 --> 01:43:55,880 ALL THIS THING ACTUALLY LANDING IN ONE PIECE, LIKE CHARLIE SAID. 1600 01:43:55,880 --> 01:43:59,460 BUT MY BIGGEST PRIDE WAS NOT ONLY THE LANDING. 1601 01:43:59,460 --> 01:44:01,060 I MEAN THAT WAS A GREAT PRIDE. 1602 01:44:01,060 --> 01:44:06,880 BUT AFTER THE LANDING, I WENT TO THE RECEPTION HALL AND WE HAD AS 1603 01:44:06,880 --> 01:44:09,679 GUESTS THE HEAD OF THE FRENCH SPACE AGENCY. 1604 01:44:09,679 --> 01:44:13,210 AND THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY. 1605 01:44:13,210 --> 01:44:17,610 AND THEY CAME TO ME AND THEY SAID, ONLY THE UNITED STATES CAN 1606 01:44:17,610 --> 01:44:18,659 DO THIS. 1607 01:44:18,659 --> 01:44:22,150 THAT WAS THE GREATEST PRIDE I HAD THAT EVENING. 1608 01:44:22,150 --> 01:44:27,790 IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. 1609 01:44:27,790 --> 01:44:35,920 [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND WHERE ELSE IN THIS WORLD 1610 01:44:35,920 --> 01:44:40,219 CAN A YOUNG CLOUD WAS BORN IN LEBANON IN A SMALL VILLAIN WOULD 1611 01:44:40,219 --> 01:44:43,949 BE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY RECEIVING THIS HONOR? 1612 01:44:43,949 --> 01:44:47,070 IT'S ONLY IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY THAT THAT HAPPENS. 1613 01:44:47,070 --> 01:44:51,920 AND ALSO WHEN I LOOK PARTICULARLY PROUD AND HONORED 1614 01:44:51,920 --> 01:44:55,699 WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS 1615 01:44:55,699 --> 01:44:57,869 AWARD BEFORE ME. 1616 01:44:57,869 --> 01:45:02,460 AND MANY OF THEM HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE DIRECTLY OR 1617 01:45:02,460 --> 01:45:04,840 INDIRECTLY IN MY COURIER. 1618 01:45:04,840 --> 01:45:06,760 SO I'M GOING TO MENTION ONLY A FEW. 1619 01:45:06,760 --> 01:45:11,330 LET ME START BY TALL ASTRONAUTS 1620 01:45:11,330 --> 01:45:16,219 HERE AND THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT PILOTED THE SECOND SHUTTLE 1621 01:45:16,219 --> 01:45:17,219 FLIGHT. 1622 01:45:17,219 --> 01:45:23,290 ON THAT FLIGHT WAS A PAYLOAD CALLED SHUTTLE, I WAS FORTUNATE 1623 01:45:23,290 --> 01:45:26,650 TO BE THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THAT PAYLOAD. 1624 01:45:26,650 --> 01:45:32,330 HERE I WAS A KID 30 YEARS OLD AND NASA TRUSTED ME IN BEING THE 1625 01:45:32,330 --> 01:45:34,880 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON THAT PAYLOAD. 1626 01:45:34,880 --> 01:45:39,730 AND THAT'S THE PAYLOAD WHICH LED TO DISCOVERY OF CHANNELS IN 1627 01:45:39,730 --> 01:45:41,869 AFRICA, NORTHERN AFRICA. 1628 01:45:41,869 --> 01:45:43,909 AND THAT'S WHAT LAUNCHED ME ON MY CAREER. 1629 01:45:43,909 --> 01:45:48,219 AND THAT LED TO CERES AND NUMBER OF SHUTTLE FLIGHTS. 1630 01:45:48,219 --> 01:45:54,080 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE INVOLVED IN THOSE MISSIONS. 1631 01:45:54,080 --> 01:45:59,600 THE SECOND PERSON IS LOUELLEN, THE DIRECTOR OF JPL WHEN I WAS 1632 01:45:59,600 --> 01:46:03,661 PROMOTED TO BECOME MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND I WAS PUT 1633 01:46:03,661 --> 01:46:05,739 ON TRACK TO BECOME THE DIRECTOR 1634 01:46:05,739 --> 01:46:08,489 OF JPL. 1635 01:46:08,489 --> 01:46:09,750 AND THEN THERE WAS DAN GOLDEN. 1636 01:46:09,750 --> 01:46:13,550 IT WAS DURING HIS TENURE THAT I ACTUALLY I WAS APPOINTED TO 1637 01:46:13,550 --> 01:46:15,890 BECOME THE DIRECTOR OF JPL. 1638 01:46:15,890 --> 01:46:20,010 AND THE DIRECTOR OF JPL REQUIRES NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO CONCUR 1639 01:46:20,010 --> 01:46:21,480 WITH THAT DECISION. 1640 01:46:21,480 --> 01:46:25,630 SO I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE DAN GOLDEN CONCUR WITH MY 1641 01:46:25,630 --> 01:46:26,630 APPOINTMENT. 1642 01:46:26,630 --> 01:46:30,199 AND HE'S A PERSON WHO APPROVED HAVING SPIRIT AN OPPORTUNITY, 1643 01:46:30,199 --> 01:46:34,650 THOSE TWO BALLOONS WHICH WERE JUMPING THAT YOU SAW IN THE 1644 01:46:34,650 --> 01:46:35,650 VIDEO. 1645 01:46:35,650 --> 01:46:39,429 THEN THERE WAS MIKE GRIFFIN, WHO IS HERE. 1646 01:46:39,429 --> 01:46:44,510 WE THOUGHT MIKE GRIFFIN, DON WOULD NOT BE IN ORBIT. 1647 01:46:44,510 --> 01:46:49,570 MIKE YOU REMEMBER IT WAS CANCELLED AND THEN YOU REVIVED 1648 01:46:49,570 --> 01:46:50,570 IT. 1649 01:46:50,570 --> 01:46:54,260 AND THEN WITHOUT MIKE GRIFFIN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE CURIOSITY. 1650 01:46:54,260 --> 01:46:59,141 MIKE BEING THE ULTIMATE ENGINEER IMMEDIATELY GRASPED THE CONCEPT 1651 01:46:59,141 --> 01:47:00,989 OF THE SKY CRANE. 1652 01:47:00,989 --> 01:47:04,090 AND APPROVED IT, EVEN AT DISBELIEF OF MANY OTHER PEOPLE. 1653 01:47:04,090 --> 01:47:08,570 BUT HE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT 1654 01:47:08,570 --> 01:47:09,570 MISSION. 1655 01:47:09,570 --> 01:47:16,330 AND THEN THERE WAS BILL GERSTENMIRE ONE OF THE MOST 1656 01:47:16,330 --> 01:47:21,050 THOUGHTFUL LEADERS OF OUR AGE, AND HE'S THE PERSON WHO REALLY 1657 01:47:21,050 --> 01:47:24,420 SUPPORTS US FOR GOING DEEP SPACE NETWORK. 1658 01:47:24,420 --> 01:47:28,150 WITHOUT WHICH WE'D NEVER GET THOSE PICTURES DOWN HERE TO 1659 01:47:28,150 --> 01:47:29,150 EARTH. 1660 01:47:29,150 --> 01:47:31,940 THEN THERE WAS KEVIN SHELTON. 1661 01:47:31,940 --> 01:47:36,040 HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO FLEW ON CERES. 1662 01:47:36,040 --> 01:47:40,210 THEN MIKE COATS, WHO ALWAYS HERE. 1663 01:47:40,210 --> 01:47:45,400 MIKE AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO BRING JSC, THE HUMAN 1664 01:47:45,400 --> 01:47:48,570 CENTER AND JPL THE ROBOTIC 1665 01:47:48,570 --> 01:47:52,679 CENTER TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET US STARTING TOWARDS HAVING A 1666 01:47:52,679 --> 01:47:57,050 HUMAN GOING TO MARS IN THE NEXT FEW DECADES. 1667 01:47:57,050 --> 01:47:58,650 AND THEN THERE'S CHARLIE BOLDEN. 1668 01:47:58,650 --> 01:48:02,700 CHARLIE AND I WERE SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER WHEN CURIOSITY 1669 01:48:02,700 --> 01:48:03,700 LANDED. 1670 01:48:03,700 --> 01:48:06,550 WE ALMOST WAS HOLDING HANDS, ALL NERVOUS. 1671 01:48:06,550 --> 01:48:10,790 AND IN ADDITION TO THE EXCITE WILL CURIOSITY LANDING, CHARLIE 1672 01:48:10,790 --> 01:48:17,330 IS ONE OF THE GREATEST LEADER AND THE MOST GENTLE PERSON I'VE 1673 01:48:17,330 --> 01:48:21,610 EVER, I ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT I WORKED FOR YOU. 1674 01:48:21,610 --> 01:48:24,119 CHARLIE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. 1675 01:48:24,119 --> 01:48:26,320 AND FINALLY BOB CABANA. 1676 01:48:26,320 --> 01:48:30,980 WE THOUGHT BOB AND WE SAW CAPE KENNEDY OR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 1677 01:48:30,980 --> 01:48:32,710 WE WILL NEVER FLY. 1678 01:48:32,710 --> 01:48:34,690 WE'LL BE DOWN HERE ON EARTH. 1679 01:48:34,690 --> 01:48:42,980 SO BOB AND HIS TEAM, EXCITING EXPLORATION THAT WE DO. 1680 01:48:42,980 --> 01:48:49,760 OF COURSE KEY AWARD LIKE THIS, MANY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED ME AND 1681 01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:51,940 WORKED WITH ME AS A TEAM. 1682 01:48:51,940 --> 01:48:56,520 I GIVE CREDIT TO ALL THOSE BASE EXPLORERS AT JPL, AT NASA 1683 01:48:56,520 --> 01:49:00,990 HEADQUARTERS AND ACROSS ALL THE NASA CENTERS AND ALSO IN 1684 01:49:00,990 --> 01:49:01,990 INDUSTRY. 1685 01:49:01,990 --> 01:49:05,369 AND ACADEMIA, WHO WORKED WITH US. 1686 01:49:05,369 --> 01:49:11,620 ALSO IN CONGRESS, CHAIRMAN CULBERTSON HERE, HE IS THE BEST 1687 01:49:11,620 --> 01:49:14,760 FRIEND NASA HAS EVER HAD. 1688 01:49:14,760 --> 01:49:20,180 AND NOT ONLY A FRIEND IN WORDS ARE BUT HE WALKS THE TALK AND ON 1689 01:49:20,180 --> 01:49:24,790 HIS FIRST YEAR AS CHAIRMAN, NASA DID EXTREMELY WELL LAST YEAR 1690 01:49:24,790 --> 01:49:27,449 WITH THE BUDGET INCREASE. 1691 01:49:27,449 --> 01:49:36,280 AND CHAIRMAN CULBERTSON WE EXPECT THE SAME THIS YEAR ALSO. 1692 01:49:36,280 --> 01:49:40,429 [ LAUGHTER ] [ APPLAUSE ] 1693 01:49:40,429 --> 01:49:43,530 >> AND I'M SURE WE WILL GET THAT. 1694 01:49:43,530 --> 01:49:45,000 AND MOST IMPORTANT I WANT TO 1695 01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:50,060 THANK MY WIFE VALERIE, NOT ONLY SUPPORTED ME IN MY CAREER BUT 1696 01:49:50,060 --> 01:49:54,659 ALSO MANY OF YOU RECEIVED PROBABLY HOLIDAY CARDS THAT WE 1697 01:49:54,659 --> 01:49:55,800 SEND FROM JPL. 1698 01:49:55,800 --> 01:49:59,369 THEY WERE ALL DESIGNED BY MY WIFE. 1699 01:49:59,369 --> 01:50:04,889 MANY OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THOSE 12 POSTERS WHICH ARE CALLED EXO 1700 01:50:04,889 --> 01:50:06,429 PLANET TRAVEL BUREAU. 1701 01:50:06,429 --> 01:50:12,389 EVEN THEY WERE DESIGNED BY, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THE CALENDAR 1702 01:50:12,389 --> 01:50:14,710 CAME FROM MY WIFE VALERIE. 1703 01:50:14,710 --> 01:50:21,460 SO I CAN THANK YOU. 1704 01:50:21,460 --> 01:50:24,800 [ APPLAUSE ] >> SO I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A 1705 01:50:24,800 --> 01:50:27,280 QUOTE THAT GUIDED ME IN MY CAREER. 1706 01:50:27,280 --> 01:50:30,290 AND TRULY REFLECTS WHAT JPL IS ABOUT. 1707 01:50:30,290 --> 01:50:31,750 WHAT NASA IS ABOUT. 1708 01:50:31,750 --> 01:50:34,310 AND IT'S A QUOTE FROM TEDDY ROOSEVELT. 1709 01:50:34,310 --> 01:50:38,719 SO I'M GOING TO READ IT FOR YOU AND PARTICULARLY IT'S IMPORTANT 1710 01:50:38,719 --> 01:50:40,380 FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 1711 01:50:40,380 --> 01:50:41,820 WHO ARE HERE. 1712 01:50:41,820 --> 01:50:42,900 AND QUOTE. 1713 01:50:42,900 --> 01:50:48,469 IT IS FAR BETTER TO DARE MIGHTY THINGS TO END GLORIOUS TRIP, 1714 01:50:48,469 --> 01:50:53,340 EVEN THOUGH CHECKERED BY FAILURE THAN TO RANK WITH THOSE POOR 1715 01:50:53,340 --> 01:50:59,450 SPIRITS WHO NEITHER ENJOY NOR SUFFER MUCH BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN 1716 01:50:59,450 --> 01:51:04,540 A GREAT TWILIGHT THAT KNOWS NOT VICTORY NOR DEFEAT AND NO ONE AT 1717 01:51:04,540 --> 01:51:06,510 NASA LIVES IN THE TWILIGHT. 1718 01:51:06,510 --> 01:51:09,760 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1719 01:51:09,760 --> 01:51:18,450 [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT. 1720 01:51:18,450 --> 01:51:32,380 SO, YOU'VE RETIRED, SO YOU CAN RECEIVE GIFTS NOW, RIGHT? 1721 01:51:32,380 --> 01:51:33,380 OKAY. 1722 01:51:33,380 --> 01:51:34,380 GOOD. 1723 01:51:34,380 --> 01:51:37,389 GENERAL TOM STAFFORD IS GOING TO COME UP AND HE'S GOT SOME FINE 1724 01:51:37,389 --> 01:51:40,780 OMEGA HARDWARE, NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE SURPRISE. 1725 01:51:40,780 --> 01:51:42,690 BUT I THINK YOU MIGHT GIVE. 1726 01:51:42,690 --> 01:51:44,090 GIVE GENERAL STAFFORD A ROUND OF 1727 01:51:44,090 --> 01:51:45,090 APPLAUSE. 1728 01:51:45,090 --> 01:51:48,010 [ APPLAUSE ] >> DR. 1729 01:51:48,010 --> 01:51:55,290 ELACHI, CONGRATULATIONS. 1730 01:51:55,290 --> 01:52:13,050 YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION IN THE LEADERSHIP YOU'VE GIVEN, THE 1731 01:52:13,050 --> 01:52:17,590 SYSTEMS YOU HAVE PRODUCED, AS EVEN THOUGH I THINK YOU'RE 1732 01:52:17,590 --> 01:52:21,420 PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE THAT'S NOT BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN 1733 01:52:21,420 --> 01:52:26,119 SPACE FLIGHT, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BUT YET IT IS THE 1734 01:52:26,119 --> 01:52:33,330 ROBOTIC, ROBOTIC IDEAS THAT HAVE LED THE WAY, ALL THE WAY. 1735 01:52:33,330 --> 01:52:35,850 I CAN REMEMBER, SIR, WE STARTED OUT APOLLO. 1736 01:52:35,850 --> 01:52:39,420 AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE, ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT EVER FLOWN 1737 01:52:39,420 --> 01:52:44,300 TO THE MOON, WHO STARTED APOLLO, THE FAMOUS NOBODY EL WINNER SAID 1738 01:52:44,300 --> 01:52:48,520 IT WILL BE A DISASTER BECAUSE THE LUNAR DUST WILL BE EIGHT TO 1739 01:52:48,520 --> 01:52:49,630 TEN FEET DEEP. 1740 01:52:49,630 --> 01:52:53,440 HE COULD PROVE IT TO YOU. 1741 01:52:53,440 --> 01:52:56,340 WROTE PAPERS ON IT. 1742 01:52:56,340 --> 01:52:58,870 BUT, THE RANGER, THE LUNAR 1743 01:52:58,870 --> 01:53:01,949 SURVEYOR, ALL THAT PROVED THAT THE DUST WAS ABOUT THAT THICK. 1744 01:53:01,949 --> 01:53:08,639 SO, IT WAS THE SYSTEM, SIR, THAT BUILT AT JPL. 1745 01:53:08,639 --> 01:53:12,469 I REMEMBER WHEN THE CURIOSITY LAUNCHED, CHARLIE BOLDEN WAS 1746 01:53:12,469 --> 01:53:14,770 WITH ME HERE ON PAD 41. 1747 01:53:14,770 --> 01:53:15,920 SENATOR BILL NELSON. 1748 01:53:15,920 --> 01:53:18,190 WE WERE OUT THIS CHEERING FOR YOU. 1749 01:53:18,190 --> 01:53:19,850 IT DID THE JOB. 1750 01:53:19,850 --> 01:53:23,110 THAT ATLAS WAS THE PERFECT TRAJECTORY. 1751 01:53:23,110 --> 01:53:25,670 AND THEN FOR THAT NINE MONTHS EN ROUTE. 1752 01:53:25,670 --> 01:53:30,420 AND THEN THAT TOTAL SEQUENCE WAS FANTASTIC YOU DESIGNED. 1753 01:53:30,420 --> 01:53:31,719 UNBELIEVABLE. 1754 01:53:31,719 --> 01:53:36,910 AND SO, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT THERE FOR OUR PEOPLE, LIKE YOU 1755 01:53:36,910 --> 01:53:40,150 POINTED OUT, THAT GOES THERE. 1756 01:53:40,150 --> 01:53:44,260 AND TONIGHT, THE OMEGA WATCH HELPED SPONSOR THIS EVENT FOR 1757 01:53:44,260 --> 01:53:48,230 MANY YEARS, WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU PROFESSIONAL SPEED MASTER 1758 01:53:48,230 --> 01:53:53,180 WATCH, WAS THE SAME KIND WORN THE LAST TWO GEM MINIMUM ANY 1759 01:53:53,180 --> 01:53:58,570 MISSIONS, ALL THROUGH -- MERCURY MISSIONS THROUGH GEMINI, APOLLO, 1760 01:53:58,570 --> 01:54:03,560 SKYLAB, APOLLO SOYUZ, EVEN THE SOVIETS, NOW WE CALL THEM 1761 01:54:03,560 --> 01:54:04,560 RUSSIANS. 1762 01:54:04,560 --> 01:54:07,989 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WEAR IT AND FIRST SHUTTLE 1763 01:54:07,989 --> 01:54:12,949 LAUNCHES, NOW THEY WEAR AUTOMATIC TYPE OF ANALOG VISUAL 1764 01:54:12,949 --> 01:54:16,030 COMBINATION ON THE SPACE STATION. 1765 01:54:16,030 --> 01:54:19,370 AND SPEAKING OF MARS, WITH ALL THE GREAT DATA YOU BROUGHT BACK 1766 01:54:19,370 --> 01:54:25,460 WITH CURIOSITY, I'VE HEARD THAT, AT LEAST I READ IN THE FLORIDA 1767 01:54:25,460 --> 01:54:26,659 TODAY PAPER, MR. 1768 01:54:26,659 --> 01:54:29,460 MUSK IN 2020 WILL SEND HUMANS THERE. 1769 01:54:29,460 --> 01:54:32,790 SO CAN USE THAT DATA THAT YOU HAVE. 1770 01:54:32,790 --> 01:54:35,800 AND I HOPE HE'S WEARING OMEGA WATCH WHEN HE GOES. 1771 01:54:35,800 --> 01:54:40,430 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT AGAIN, SIR, HERE IS THE 1772 01:54:40,430 --> 01:54:43,840 OMEGA PROFESSIONAL SPEED MASTER. 1773 01:54:43,840 --> 01:54:47,820 I HAVE TO SAY THIS, MARKETING SALESPEOPLE HAVE MADE THE 1774 01:54:47,820 --> 01:54:51,140 PRESENT BOXES LOTS BIGGER. 1775 01:54:51,140 --> 01:54:55,170 BUT WHERE YOU USED TO, A LOT OF GREAT REVIVAL, AUTOMATIC 1776 01:54:55,170 --> 01:54:59,440 SYSTEMS, YOU DO HAVE TO WIND THIS ONE TODAY, SIR. 1777 01:54:59,440 --> 01:55:01,770 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT IT KEEPS GREAT TIME. 1778 01:55:01,770 --> 01:55:06,440 IT'S A TREMENDOUS HISTORIC TIMEPIECE. 1779 01:55:06,440 --> 01:55:12,360 SO, CONGRATULATIONS. 1780 01:55:12,360 --> 01:55:21,230 [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT. 1781 01:55:21,230 --> 01:55:26,380 WE'RE GETTING ENCLOSE HE'S TO COCKTAIL TIME. 1782 01:55:26,380 --> 01:55:30,810 I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TASK FOR SPONSORING THE PORTRAIT OF 1783 01:55:30,810 --> 01:55:31,810 DR. 1784 01:55:31,810 --> 01:55:34,599 ELACHI BY ARTIST PAT ROLLINGS. 1785 01:55:34,599 --> 01:55:37,850 IT WILL RESIDE WITH THE 6-FOOT TROPHY AT SPACE CENTER HOUSTON 1786 01:55:37,850 --> 01:55:38,850 FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 1787 01:55:38,850 --> 01:55:39,980 SO CHECK THAT OUT. 1788 01:55:39,980 --> 01:55:42,840 AND LET US ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE OTHER SPONSORS, WILL BE UP ON 1789 01:55:42,840 --> 01:55:47,360 THE SCREEN IN A MOMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR TONIGHT'S DINNER. 1790 01:55:47,360 --> 01:55:49,780 THESE ORGANIZATIONS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 1791 01:55:49,780 --> 01:55:51,719 SO GO OUT AND BUY SOMETHING FROM THEM. 1792 01:55:51,719 --> 01:55:52,960 A ROCKET OR SOMETHING. 1793 01:55:52,960 --> 01:55:53,960 BUY SOMETHING. 1794 01:55:53,960 --> 01:55:55,380 IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. 1795 01:55:55,380 --> 01:55:56,600 I MAY BE THE LOW BIDDER. 1796 01:55:56,600 --> 01:55:58,460 DO I FEEL THE LOVE IN HOUSTON. 1797 01:55:58,460 --> 01:56:01,239 THANK ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN 1798 01:56:01,239 --> 01:56:02,239 PARTICULAR. 1799 01:56:02,239 --> 01:56:05,219 GREAT TO BE PART OF THE SPACE FAMILY. 1800 01:56:05,219 --> 01:56:13,540 I LOVE YOU ALL. 1801 01:56:13,540 --> 01:56:19,770 GOOD NIGHT, HOUSTON. 1802 01:56:19,770 --> 01:56:21,850 RODOLFO? 1803 01:56:21,850 --> 01:56:25,679 [ APPLAUSE ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ON 1804 01:56:25,679 --> 01:56:27,849 BEHALF OF THE ROTARY NATIONAL AWARD FOR SPACE ACHIEVEMENT 1805 01:56:27,849 --> 01:56:31,530 FOUNDATION I EXTEND OUR SINCEREST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 1806 01:56:31,530 --> 01:56:33,219 OUR HONOR RE EVES. 1807 01:56:33,219 --> 01:56:36,400 ALL DESERVE OUR ADMISSION AND GRATITUDE. 1808 01:56:36,400 --> 01:56:39,540 LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MILES O'BRIEN FOR DOING 1809 01:56:39,540 --> 01:56:41,710 SUCH A GREAT JOB AS EMCEE. 1810 01:56:41,710 --> 01:56:48,060 LET'S HEAR IT FOR MILES. 1811 01:56:48,060 --> 01:56:51,510 [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY 1812 01:56:51,510 --> 01:56:56,489 THAT NASA TELEVISION WILL AIR THE PROGRAM AT NOON, 7:00, AT 1813 01:56:56,489 --> 01:57:00,850 NOON AND 7:00 CENTRAL NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd 1814 01:57:00,850 --> 01:57:01,850 AND 4th. 1815 01:57:01,850 --> 01:57:04,949 FINALLY THE FOUNDATION IS VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OUR SPONSORS WHO 1816 01:57:04,949 --> 01:57:07,790 SUPPORT AND ACHIEVEMENTS MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. 1817 01:57:07,790 --> 01:57:09,030 THANK YOU. 1818 01:57:09,030 --> 01:57:11,989 NOW IS THE TIME WHEN I ASK FOR THE BOARD OF ADVISORS TO PLEASE 1819 01:57:11,989 --> 01:57:15,320 GATHER ON THE STAGE FOR SPECIAL GROUP ANNIVERSARY PHOTO. 1820 01:57:15,320 --> 01:57:17,460 THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PROGRAM. 1821 01:57:17,460 --> 01:57:19,420 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 1822 01:57:19,420 --> 01:57:21,230 KEEP UP ALL THE GOOD WORK.