1 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:32,389 [Music] 2 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:34,310 there lies the port 3 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:36,800 the vessel puffs her sail 4 00:00:48,470 --> 00:00:46,069 come my friends it is not too late to 5 00:00:51,110 --> 00:00:48,480 seek a newer world 6 00:00:55,189 --> 00:00:51,120 push off and sitting well in order smite 7 00:00:59,750 --> 00:00:56,709 i'm very proud to be part of the 8 00:01:02,069 --> 00:00:59,760 beginnings of america's space program 9 00:01:04,149 --> 00:01:02,079 and needless to say i'm excited to be 10 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:04,159 back and i'm honored i'm privileged but 11 00:01:07,670 --> 00:01:05,680 more than that 12 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:07,680 the opportunity 13 00:01:11,190 --> 00:01:09,680 that this gives to take us in some new 14 00:01:13,109 --> 00:01:11,200 directions 15 00:01:15,190 --> 00:01:13,119 we know the what's 16 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:15,200 of aging 17 00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:17,520 but i want to try to contribute more to 18 00:01:23,510 --> 00:01:19,840 learning about the whys 19 00:01:28,630 --> 00:01:26,390 i am a part of all that i have met 20 00:01:31,510 --> 00:01:28,640 yet all experience is an arch where 21 00:01:34,870 --> 00:01:31,520 through gleams that untraveled world 22 00:01:35,860 --> 00:01:34,880 whose margin fades forever and forever 23 00:01:38,870 --> 00:01:35,870 when i move 24 00:01:41,350 --> 00:01:38,880 [Music] 25 00:01:44,469 --> 00:01:41,360 i think it comes down to america's 26 00:01:47,109 --> 00:01:44,479 sense of curiosity 27 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:47,119 a willingness to go out on discovery 28 00:01:52,069 --> 00:01:50,320 a willingness to to look at the unknown 29 00:01:54,630 --> 00:01:52,079 we have been a curious 30 00:01:55,910 --> 00:01:54,640 but questing people throughout all of 31 00:01:57,429 --> 00:01:55,920 our history 32 00:02:00,389 --> 00:01:57,439 and out of that came 33 00:02:02,709 --> 00:02:00,399 this surge that we know as our our great 34 00:02:04,870 --> 00:02:02,719 uh economy that we have today here and 35 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:04,880 our standard of living it uh exceeds 36 00:02:09,910 --> 00:02:07,920 anything uh known around the world it's 37 00:02:12,229 --> 00:02:09,920 that kind of research and that kind of 38 00:02:14,390 --> 00:02:12,239 of interest in research and this 39 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:14,400 kind of quest for the future that i 40 00:02:18,710 --> 00:02:15,520 think is 41 00:02:20,229 --> 00:02:18,720 is the job that nasa does best their job 42 00:02:23,670 --> 00:02:20,239 is to push back 43 00:02:25,830 --> 00:02:23,680 the frontiers of the unknown and let us 44 00:02:27,110 --> 00:02:25,840 know in our own time these things that 45 00:02:32,949 --> 00:02:27,120 can benefit 46 00:02:38,949 --> 00:02:36,550 old age hath yet his honor and his toil 47 00:02:41,910 --> 00:02:38,959 and something near the end some work of 48 00:02:46,220 --> 00:02:41,920 noble note may yet be done 49 00:02:50,309 --> 00:02:46,230 not unbecoming men that strove with gods 50 00:02:52,070 --> 00:02:50,319 [Music] 51 00:02:55,110 --> 00:02:52,080 and the success of america's space 52 00:02:56,550 --> 00:02:55,120 program has opened up not only the skies 53 00:02:57,910 --> 00:02:56,560 but it's brought our country in the 54 00:03:01,750 --> 00:02:57,920 world 55 00:03:03,589 --> 00:03:01,760 immeasurable scientific benefits 56 00:03:05,670 --> 00:03:03,599 we've gone in that short period of time 57 00:03:07,589 --> 00:03:05,680 in those few decades from what we call 58 00:03:09,110 --> 00:03:07,599 the capsule back in those days with one 59 00:03:10,869 --> 00:03:09,120 person in it 60 00:03:12,710 --> 00:03:10,879 up to where we'll now put up in just a 61 00:03:15,110 --> 00:03:12,720 few months the first part of the 62 00:03:16,390 --> 00:03:15,120 international space station 63 00:03:19,270 --> 00:03:16,400 and we've gone from the depths of the 64 00:03:21,110 --> 00:03:19,280 cold war to where our former adversaries 65 00:03:24,650 --> 00:03:21,120 are now going to be cooperating with us