1 00:00:04,003 --> 00:00:04,804 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME 2 00:00:04,871 --> 00:00:09,242 TO THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 3 00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:16,015 THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. 4 00:00:16,082 --> 00:00:17,650 THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND 5 00:00:17,717 --> 00:00:31,064 SECURITY. 6 00:00:31,131 --> 00:00:34,167 THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT 7 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:40,240 FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. 8 00:00:40,306 --> 00:00:50,683 [APPLAUSE] 9 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:51,818 THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT 10 00:00:51,885 --> 00:00:54,654 FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND 11 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:56,055 COUNTER TERRORISM. 12 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:59,559 [APPLAUSE] 13 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:05,732 DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. 14 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:06,199 [APPLAUSE] 15 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:07,767 THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF 16 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:13,239 TRANSPORTATION. 17 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:16,676 [APPLAUSE] 18 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,945 PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF 19 00:01:19,012 --> 00:01:20,280 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 20 00:01:20,346 --> 00:01:21,948 [APPLAUSE] 21 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:26,486 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS 22 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:27,420 OF STAFF. 23 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:30,690 [APPLAUSE] 24 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:34,027 THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE OFFICE 25 00:01:34,093 --> 00:01:35,228 OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY 26 00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:40,300 AFFAIRS. 27 00:01:40,366 --> 00:01:40,767 [APPLAUSE] 28 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:41,568 THE DEPUTY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 29 00:01:41,634 --> 00:01:48,508 OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES. 30 00:01:48,575 --> 00:03:36,282 [APPLAUSE] 31 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:38,518 THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 32 00:03:38,585 --> 00:03:42,288 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 33 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:42,889 ADMINISTRATION. 34 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:59,672 [APPLAUSE] 35 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,475 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 36 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:04,978 I THINK I CAN DO BETTER THAN 37 00:04:05,044 --> 00:04:08,247 THAT. 38 00:04:08,314 --> 00:04:09,549 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 39 00:04:09,616 --> 00:04:11,050 IT'S AN HONORED TO BE HERE WITH 40 00:04:11,117 --> 00:04:15,722 SO MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. 41 00:04:15,788 --> 00:04:20,960 HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 42 00:04:21,027 --> 00:04:21,394 WELCOME. 43 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:24,197 NASA SPACE GOES THROUGH THIS 44 00:04:24,263 --> 00:04:24,631 PLACE. 45 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:26,099 THIS FACILITY THAT YOU'RE HERE 46 00:04:26,165 --> 00:04:29,936 RIGHT NOW, THIS WAS FULL OF 47 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,704 HARDWARE TO COMPLETE THE 48 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:33,606 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 49 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:35,208 IT'S HARD TO THINK THAT ALL THAT 50 00:04:35,274 --> 00:04:36,976 HARDWARE THAT WAS HERE IS IN 51 00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:37,777 ORBIT TODAY. 52 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:39,479 AND TODAY WE GET TO TALK ABOUT 53 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:41,214 THE NEXT STEPS AND THIS JOURNEY 54 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:50,056 OF EXPLORATION THAT WE'RE ON. 55 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:52,825 VICE PRESIDENT PENCE HAS VISITED 56 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:54,661 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER A COUPLE OF 57 00:04:54,727 --> 00:04:56,262 TIMES TO SEE LAUNCHES, AND CAME 58 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:58,398 LAST YEAR TO UNDERSTAND THAT 59 00:04:58,464 --> 00:05:01,000 TRANSFORMATION THAT WE MADE AT 60 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:02,502 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BEFORE 61 00:05:02,568 --> 00:05:04,270 HE BEGAN TO CHAIR THE SPACE 62 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:05,004 COUNCIL. 63 00:05:05,071 --> 00:05:07,440 WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A VICE 64 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:09,242 PRESIDENT WHO LOVES AMERICA'S 65 00:05:09,308 --> 00:05:11,244 SPACE PROGRAM AS MUCH AS VICE 66 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:12,211 PRESIDENT PENCE DOES. 67 00:05:12,278 --> 00:05:15,381 HE INTRODUCED OUR ASTRONAUTS TO 68 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:17,750 THE WORLD TO HOUSTON. 69 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:23,089 HE LAUNCHED THE HARDWARE AT M 70 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:27,193 MARSHALL SPACECRAFT CENTER. 71 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:28,961 THE VICE PRESIDENT IS ONE OF THE 72 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:32,865 BIGGEST ADVOCATES FOR MANY 73 00:05:32,932 --> 00:05:34,500 BENEFITS THAT THIS BRINGS TO OUR 74 00:05:34,567 --> 00:05:36,869 NATION'S ECONOMY AND SECURITY. 75 00:05:36,936 --> 00:05:38,271 THE BRIDGE BUILT ACROSS THIS 76 00:05:38,337 --> 00:05:42,341 WORLD AND THE INSPIRATION THAT 77 00:05:42,408 --> 00:05:46,813 PROVIDES THE NEXT GENERATION OF 78 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:47,413 EXPLORERS. 79 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,782 HIS PASSION FOR SPACE HAS 80 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:54,954 PREPARED HIM WELL FOR THE MANY 81 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:57,390 HATS THAT HE WEARS. 82 00:05:57,457 --> 00:06:02,061 WELCOME WITH ME THE CHAIR THE 83 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:04,797 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL VICE 84 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:05,665 PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE. 85 00:06:05,732 --> 00:06:16,609 [MUSIC] 86 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:29,288 [APPLAUSE] 87 00:06:29,355 --> 00:06:33,092 >> NASA ADMINISTRATOR LIGHTFOOT, 88 00:06:33,159 --> 00:06:35,561 THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND 89 00:06:35,628 --> 00:06:36,129 INTRODUCTION. 90 00:06:36,195 --> 00:06:38,231 LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF 91 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:41,367 APPLAUSE FOR DOING AN 92 00:06:41,434 --> 00:06:43,569 OUTSTANDING JOB. 93 00:06:43,636 --> 00:06:44,003 [APPLAUSE] 94 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,138 THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE. 95 00:06:45,204 --> 00:06:47,940 MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, MEMBERS 96 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:49,842 OF CONGRESS, HONORED GUESTS AND 97 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:50,643 GATHERED HEROES. 98 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:53,479 IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK AT 99 00:06:53,546 --> 00:06:55,448 AMERICA'S SPACE COAST. 100 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:57,950 AT THIS HISTORIC PLACE WHERE THE 101 00:06:58,017 --> 00:07:00,853 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE JOHN F 102 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,855 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 103 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:04,023 THE PRIDE OF THE NATION. 104 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:06,425 [APPLAUSE] 105 00:07:06,492 --> 00:07:08,561 IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME YOU ALL 106 00:07:08,628 --> 00:07:10,563 HERE TODAY TO THE SECOND MEETING 107 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:15,134 OF THE NEWLY RECONSTITUTED 108 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:16,202 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 109 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:17,804 BEFORE I GET STARTED, STANDING 110 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:21,174 HERE IN FLORIDA, ALLOW ME TO 111 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,509 TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS WHAT IS 112 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:23,575 ON THE HEARTS OF EVERY AMERICAN: 113 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:24,576 : 114 00:07:28,915 --> 00:07:30,516 THE TERRIBLE ATTACK THAT TOOK 115 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:32,585 PLACE HERE LAST WEEK. 116 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:34,654 WE MOURN WITH THOSE WHO MOURN, 117 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,291 AND WE GRIEVE WITH THOSE WHO 118 00:07:38,357 --> 00:07:38,658 GRIEVE. 119 00:07:38,724 --> 00:07:41,427 LET ME ASSURE ALL FLORIDIANS, 120 00:07:41,494 --> 00:07:43,062 ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTED BY 121 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:45,898 THIS TERRIBLE ATTACK, THAT AS 122 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:47,433 PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID OUR ENTIRE 123 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:51,537 NATION WITH ONE HEAVY HEART, IS 124 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:52,839 PRAYING FOR YOU ALL. 125 00:07:52,905 --> 00:07:54,607 AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, NO CHILD, 126 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:57,143 NO TEACHER SHOULD EVER BE IN 127 00:07:57,210 --> 00:07:58,978 DANGER IN AN AMERICAN SCHOOL. 128 00:07:59,045 --> 00:08:06,152 EARLIER THIS WEEK PRESIDENT 129 00:08:06,219 --> 00:08:08,688 TRUMP DIRECTED THE ATTORNEY 130 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:13,326 GENERAL TO EXPEDITE THE BUMP 131 00:08:13,392 --> 00:08:13,659 STOCKS. 132 00:08:13,726 --> 00:08:15,094 WE JOINED THE PRESIDENT FOR A 133 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:16,596 LISTENING SESSION, AND WE'LL 134 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:18,097 GATHER TOGETHER WITH STUDENTS, 135 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:22,401 PARENTS AND TEACHERS FROM 136 00:08:22,468 --> 00:08:25,037 PARKLAND, FLORIDA, AND WITH 137 00:08:25,104 --> 00:08:26,172 COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN 138 00:08:26,239 --> 00:08:31,911 AFFECTED IN THE PAST LIKE 139 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:33,679 COLUMBINE AND SANDY HOOK. 140 00:08:33,746 --> 00:08:34,480 PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MAKE THE 141 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:39,151 SAFETY OF OUR NATION'S SCHOOLS 142 00:08:39,218 --> 00:08:40,887 AND STUDENTS OUR TOP PRIORITY. 143 00:08:40,953 --> 00:08:47,393 [APPLAUSE] 144 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:50,696 THIS PRESIDENT AND OUR ENTIRE 145 00:08:50,763 --> 00:08:51,831 ADMINISTRATION WILL FOCUS ON 146 00:08:51,898 --> 00:08:53,666 RENEWED ENERGY ON MAKING OUR 147 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:56,002 SCHOOLS SAFE, AND GIVING A FRESH 148 00:08:56,068 --> 00:08:57,803 LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 149 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:01,173 FAMILIES THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO 150 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,508 DEAL WITH DANGEROUS MENTAL 151 00:09:02,575 --> 00:09:02,942 ILLNESS. 152 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:04,477 AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE'LL 153 00:09:04,543 --> 00:09:08,214 CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR GOD'S GRACE 154 00:09:08,281 --> 00:09:10,950 AND COMFORT FOR THE DIFFICULT 155 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:12,385 DAYS THAT LIE AHEAD. 156 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:14,687 LET'S PRAY FOR GOD'S WISDOM, FOR 157 00:09:14,754 --> 00:09:17,023 ALL OF US IN POSITIONS 6 158 00:09:17,089 --> 00:09:18,958 AUTHORITY, THAT WE MIGHT FIND A 159 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:20,660 WAY TO COME TOGETHER AS A NATION 160 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:23,462 TO CONFRONT AND END THIS EVIL OF 161 00:09:23,529 --> 00:09:25,031 OUR TIME ONCE AND FOR ALL. 162 00:09:25,097 --> 00:09:28,534 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 163 00:09:28,601 --> 00:09:31,137 ONCE AGAIN, IT IS MY GREAT HONOR 164 00:09:31,203 --> 00:09:32,772 TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE 165 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:34,373 SECOND MEETING OF THE NATIONAL 166 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,042 SPACE COUNCIL. 167 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:37,610 I BRING GREETINGS, FIRST AND 168 00:09:37,677 --> 00:09:39,211 FOREMOST, FROM A PASSIONATE 169 00:09:39,278 --> 00:09:41,180 CHAMPION OF AMERICA'S SPACE 170 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:43,482 COAST AND AMERICA'S SPACE 171 00:09:43,549 --> 00:09:44,951 PROGRAM, A VISIONARY, WHO I CAN 172 00:09:45,017 --> 00:09:47,019 ASSURE YOU IS COMMITTED TO 173 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:48,988 AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE 174 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:50,623 BOUNDLESS EXPANSE OF SPACE. 175 00:09:50,690 --> 00:09:51,824 I BRING GREETINGS FROM THE 176 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:52,892 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 177 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:55,227 STATES OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT 178 00:09:55,294 --> 00:09:59,365 DONALD TRUMP. 179 00:09:59,432 --> 00:09:59,832 [APPLAUSE] 180 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:03,002 JUST OVER A YEAR AGO PRESIDENT 181 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:06,539 TRUMP DECLARED THAT OUR NATION 182 00:10:06,605 --> 00:10:08,207 STANDS--IN HIS WORDS--AT THE 183 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:12,278 BIRTH OF A NEW MILLENNIUM, READY 184 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:16,449 TO UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF 185 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:17,817 SPACE. 186 00:10:17,883 --> 00:10:18,684 UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AMERICA 187 00:10:18,751 --> 00:10:24,924 IS LEADING IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN. 188 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:25,391 [APPLAUSE] 189 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:26,592 IT'S REALITY REMARKABLE TO THINK 190 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:28,027 OF ALL WE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER 191 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:29,595 IN THE LAST 13 MONTHS. 192 00:10:29,662 --> 00:10:31,430 WE RELAUNCHED THIS NATIONAL 193 00:10:31,497 --> 00:10:33,366 SPACE COUNCIL, AN ORGANIZATION 194 00:10:33,432 --> 00:10:35,401 OF VITAL IMPORTANCE IN AMERICA'S 195 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,737 FUTURE IN SPACE THAT LAY DORMANT 196 00:10:37,803 --> 00:10:39,171 FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. 197 00:10:39,238 --> 00:10:41,407 WE ESTABLISHED A NEW NATIONAL 198 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:42,675 SECURITY STRATEGY THAT IS 199 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:43,976 SPURRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 200 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:45,044 SPACE TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY 201 00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:46,812 THAT WE NEED TO DEFEND OUR 202 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:47,780 NATIONAL SECURITY AND PROTECT 203 00:10:47,847 --> 00:10:48,748 OUR WAY OF LIFE. 204 00:10:48,814 --> 00:10:50,282 IN DECEMBER, PRESIDENT TRUMP 205 00:10:50,349 --> 00:10:53,019 SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SPACE 206 00:10:53,085 --> 00:10:54,186 POLICY DIRECTIVE ONE THAT MAKES 207 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:55,654 IT A NATIONAL POLICY OF THE 208 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:59,792 UNITED STATES TO RETURN TO THE 209 00:10:59,859 --> 00:11:01,360 MOON, AND PUT AMERICANS ON 210 00:11:01,427 --> 00:11:05,731 MARCHS, AND BRING RENEWED FOCUS 211 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:07,666 TO HUMAN EXPLORATION IN SPACE. 212 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:14,273 [APPLAUSE] 213 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:16,275 LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED 214 00:11:16,342 --> 00:11:18,077 A BUDGET TO EXTEND EXPLORATION 215 00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:19,979 OF THE OUTER REACHES OF OUR 216 00:11:20,046 --> 00:11:21,847 SOLAR SYSTEM AND REDIRECT 217 00:11:21,914 --> 00:11:23,082 SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL 218 00:11:23,149 --> 00:11:25,584 SPACE STATION BY 2025 AND 219 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:27,920 ENCOURAGED AMERICA'S PIONEERING 220 00:11:27,987 --> 00:11:28,788 SPACE COMPANIES IN THE PRIVATE 221 00:11:28,854 --> 00:11:30,289 SECTOR TO INCREASE THEIR 222 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:33,459 ACTIVITY IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT, 223 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:34,794 WHERE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE A 224 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:38,330 PARTNER AND A CUSTOMER, NOT A 225 00:11:38,397 --> 00:11:41,801 COMPETE ITTER. 226 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:44,036 --COMPETITOR. 227 00:11:44,103 --> 00:11:44,703 [APPLAUSE] 228 00:11:44,770 --> 00:11:48,474 AND JUST LAST NIGHT IT WAS MY 229 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:50,509 GREAT PRIVILEGE TO ANNOUNCE WE 230 00:11:50,576 --> 00:11:52,478 SELECTED OUR NOMINEES USER 231 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:53,446 ADVISORY GROUP. 232 00:11:53,512 --> 00:11:54,847 IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF 233 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:55,915 AMERICANS THAT IS BRINGING 234 00:11:55,981 --> 00:11:58,084 TOGETHER SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST 235 00:11:58,150 --> 00:11:59,085 MINDS IN THIS COUNTRY, TO 236 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:01,887 ACCELERATE INNOVATION ACROSS OUR 237 00:12:01,954 --> 00:12:02,721 SPACE ENTERPRISE. 238 00:12:02,788 --> 00:12:04,323 ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUALS NOMINATED 239 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:07,993 FOR THE USERS ADVISORY GROUP ARE 240 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:08,861 PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELD. 241 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,896 THEY'RE EXPLORERS, THEY'RE 242 00:12:10,963 --> 00:12:11,397 BUILDERS. 243 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:13,732 SOME HAVE BUILT ROCKETS, SOME 244 00:12:13,799 --> 00:12:16,368 HAVE BUILT BUSINESSES. 245 00:12:16,435 --> 00:12:18,737 SOME HAVE BUILT A CRITICAL ROLE 246 00:12:18,804 --> 00:12:19,939 IN THE SPACE FUTURE. 247 00:12:20,005 --> 00:12:22,274 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE AMONG 248 00:12:22,341 --> 00:12:26,479 THE 29 NOMINEES OF OUR USER 249 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:28,180 ADVISORY GROUP TO PLEASE STAND 250 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:30,816 AND THANKING AND CONGRATULATING 251 00:12:30,883 --> 00:12:33,752 THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THIS USER 252 00:12:33,819 --> 00:12:34,820 ADVISORY GROUP FOR STEPPING UP 253 00:12:34,887 --> 00:12:36,789 TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY AT THERE 254 00:12:36,856 --> 00:12:38,457 VITAL MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF OUR 255 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:39,191 SPACE PROGRAM. 256 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:46,198 [APPLAUSE] 257 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:49,101 WE ARE AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID A 258 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:50,669 NATION OF PIONEERS, AND I CAN 259 00:12:50,736 --> 00:12:53,772 ASSURE YOU THAT HE BELIEVES THAT 260 00:12:53,839 --> 00:13:00,813 OUR PAST TRIUMPHS DRONE WARD AND 261 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,516 UPWARD AND PROCLAIM OUR DESTINY 262 00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:05,918 AS THE VANGUARD OF OUR NATION'S 263 00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:08,621 GREATEST VENTURE IN OUTER SPACE. 264 00:13:08,687 --> 00:13:10,589 WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO PLAYS A 265 00:13:10,656 --> 00:13:13,259 VITAL ROLE IN THE LIVES OF OUR 266 00:13:13,325 --> 00:13:14,493 PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH. 267 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:18,197 IT ACCELERATES SCIENTIFIC 268 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:20,132 DISCOVERY, FUELS OUR BUSINESSES, 269 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:22,334 SERVES AS THE EYES AND EARS OF 270 00:13:22,401 --> 00:13:24,970 AMERICA'S WAR FIGHTERS AND QUITE 271 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:26,038 LITTERY, CREATES THE JOBS OF THE 272 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:26,472 FUTURE. 273 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:28,340 IT ISN'T JUST HERE ON AMERICA'S 274 00:13:28,407 --> 00:13:29,575 SPACE COAST WHERE YOU SEE THE 275 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:32,745 IMPORTANCE OF OUR NATION'S SPACE 276 00:13:32,811 --> 00:13:33,312 ENTERPRISE. 277 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:36,148 YOU SEE IT IN ALABAMA, 278 00:13:36,215 --> 00:13:37,616 MISSISSIPPI, CALIFORNIA AND 279 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:41,220 WASHINGTON STATE, AND STATE 280 00:13:41,287 --> 00:13:43,222 WHERE HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN 281 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:46,792 WHO GET UP TO ADVANCE THE 282 00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:48,761 WORLD'S ROCKETS AND SPACESHIPS. 283 00:13:48,827 --> 00:13:50,062 THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES ACROSS 284 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:51,764 THE COUNTRY TODAY ARE WORKING ON 285 00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:53,332 AMERICA'S DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION 286 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:54,166 SYSTEMS ALONE. 287 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:56,168 AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FURTHER 288 00:13:56,235 --> 00:13:58,470 INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, NEW 289 00:13:58,537 --> 00:14:00,005 BUSINESSES AND ENTIRE 290 00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:03,876 ENTERPRISES WILL BE BUILT TO 291 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:05,177 SEIZE THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES 292 00:14:05,244 --> 00:14:07,813 BEFORE US, AND THERE WILL BE NO 293 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,649 LIMIT TO JOBS AND PROSPERITY 294 00:14:10,716 --> 00:14:11,784 CREATED ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. 295 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:14,019 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAVEL 296 00:14:14,086 --> 00:14:15,354 ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO MEET THE 297 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:19,625 MEN AND WOMEN WHO FORGE 298 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:29,268 AMERICA'S PLACE IN SPACE. 299 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:32,137 AT CALIFORNIA'S MOJAVE SPACE 300 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:34,840 PORT, I CLIMBED UPON A SPACESHIP 301 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:36,475 THAT WILL CARRY THE FIRST SPACE 302 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:37,977 TOURISTS TO THE EDGE OF THE 303 00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:41,847 EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE TO PEER INTO 304 00:14:41,914 --> 00:14:43,349 THE COSMIC HEAVENS, AND I WALKED 305 00:14:43,415 --> 00:14:45,584 ON THE VESSEL THAT WILL SOAR 306 00:14:45,651 --> 00:14:46,585 THROUGH THE SKIES. 307 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:50,756 I SAW WITH MY OWN EYES THE 308 00:14:50,823 --> 00:14:58,397 INNOVATIONS BORNE WHEN 309 00:14:58,464 --> 00:14:59,265 ENTREPRENEURERS GAZE TO THE NEW 310 00:14:59,331 --> 00:15:01,867 FRONTIER, AND IT'S INSPIRING. 311 00:15:01,934 --> 00:15:02,735 NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION 312 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:04,570 SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT AMERICA'S 313 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:07,373 MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AS THEY 314 00:15:07,439 --> 00:15:08,907 DEFEND OUR FREEDOM AROUND THE 315 00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:09,341 WORLD. 316 00:15:09,408 --> 00:15:15,447 AND THE RED STONE ARSONEL, TO 317 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:18,183 MEET THREATS THAT ARE POSED BY 318 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:19,718 AGGRESSIVE PURSUIT OF 319 00:15:19,785 --> 00:15:21,086 ANTI-SATELLITE CAPABILITIES, 320 00:15:21,153 --> 00:15:23,522 AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS 321 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:25,124 DOMINANT IN THE HEAVENS AS WE 322 00:15:25,190 --> 00:15:26,792 ARE ON THE EARTH. 323 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:29,595 AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN 324 00:15:29,662 --> 00:15:31,764 HOUSTON, I MET WITH THE NEWEST 325 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:33,365 CLASS OF ASTRONAUTS, INSPIRING 326 00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:34,066 AMERICANS ALL. 327 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:36,068 I SAW THEIR COURAGE, THE 328 00:15:36,135 --> 00:15:37,636 PIONEERING SPIRIT THAT IS ALWAYS 329 00:15:37,703 --> 00:15:40,072 DEFINED THIS COUNTRY AND 330 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:41,573 CONTINUES TO SPUR OUR PEOPLE TO 331 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,575 BREAK BARRIERS AND CARRY OUR 332 00:15:43,642 --> 00:15:45,377 NATION TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS. 333 00:15:45,444 --> 00:15:47,112 THIS WEEK I RETURNED TO 334 00:15:47,179 --> 00:15:48,547 AMERICA'S SPACE COAST TO TOUR 335 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:50,215 THE FACILITIES OF THIS LAUNCHING 336 00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:55,521 SPAS FOR OUR NATIONAL HEROES AND 337 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:59,391 THIS PERMANENT ASSEMBLY OF 338 00:15:59,458 --> 00:15:59,858 SPACE. 339 00:15:59,925 --> 00:16:00,492 PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVES 340 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:02,394 AMERICA'S PROSPERITY, SECURITY 341 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:05,698 AND EVEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY 342 00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:06,465 DEPEND UPON AMERICAN LEADERSHIP 343 00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:06,932 IN SPACE. 344 00:16:06,999 --> 00:16:09,335 AND OVER THE PAST YEAR THE WORLD 345 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:14,840 HAS SEEN A VITAL ROLE THAT 346 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:16,308 PRIVATE ENTERPRISE PLAYS IN 347 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:17,242 OUTER SPACE. 348 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:20,012 WE'VE SEEN THE INCREASING NUMBER 349 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:21,580 OF BUSINESS SENDING EXPERIMENTS 350 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:22,548 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 351 00:16:22,614 --> 00:16:23,082 STATION. 352 00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:28,053 WE'VE WITNESSED THE RECONNECTION 353 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,356 OF ISOLATED COMMUNITIES IN THE 354 00:16:30,422 --> 00:16:32,591 WAKE OF NATURAL di SASSFERS. 355 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:34,893 AND WEEKS AGO THE WORLD WATCHED 356 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,464 IN WONDER AS THE FALCON BLASTED 357 00:16:38,530 --> 00:16:40,666 OFF AND THEN SENT TWO OF ITS 358 00:16:40,733 --> 00:16:42,034 BOOSTERS SAILING BACK TO EARTH 359 00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:44,770 WHERE THEY LANDED SIDE BY SIDE 360 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:46,004 INTACT LESS THAN A MILE FROM 361 00:16:46,071 --> 00:16:48,974 WHERE THEY LIFTED OFF. 362 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:51,877 VERY IMPRESSIVE, INDEED. 363 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:53,445 THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR-- 364 00:16:53,512 --> 00:17:01,153 [APPLAUSE] 365 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:03,322 THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR. 366 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:05,391 WHILE THE GOVERNMENT CAN BLAZE 367 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:07,993 NEW TRAILS INTO EXPLORING THE 368 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:10,262 OUTER EXPANSE OF SPACE, LIKE ALL 369 00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:12,231 FRONTIERS ULTIMATELY, IT WILL BE 370 00:17:12,297 --> 00:17:13,832 SETTLED BY THE DREAMS 6 OUR 371 00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:16,969 PEOPLE, THE BRILLIANCE OF OUR 372 00:17:17,035 --> 00:17:18,337 INNOVATORS, AND THE DARING OF 373 00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:19,738 OUR EXPLORERS TOGETHER. 374 00:17:19,805 --> 00:17:22,541 THIS TRUTH ECHOS THROUGH THE 375 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:24,176 HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY SPACE 376 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:24,710 CENTER. 377 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:26,378 NAMED FOR THE PRESIDENT WHO 378 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:30,282 CHANNELED THE PEOPLE'S ENERGIES 379 00:17:30,349 --> 00:17:33,085 AND SKILLS TO BECOME THE WORLD'S 380 00:17:33,152 --> 00:17:34,586 LEADING SPACE INNOVATIONS. 381 00:17:34,653 --> 00:17:38,490 IT WAS HERE IN 1961 THAT ALAN 382 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:42,461 SHEPHERD CRAWLED INTO FREEDOM 7, 383 00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:44,763 AN 82-FOOT ROCKET AND VENTURED 384 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:45,431 IN THE VOID. 385 00:17:45,497 --> 00:17:47,332 AND THE CREW OF APOLLO 11 386 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:49,034 CARRIED THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF 387 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:50,803 PEOPLE TO THE MOON, AND CLAIMED 388 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:52,404 OUR PLACE AS THE UNDISPUTED 389 00:17:52,471 --> 00:17:54,440 LEADER OF THE EXPLORATION OF 390 00:17:54,506 --> 00:17:54,973 SPACE. 391 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,277 AND IT'S HERE TODAY IN THE 392 00:17:58,343 --> 00:18:00,946 21ST CENTURY THAT THE MODERN 393 00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:02,514 MARVELS THAT LAUNCH FROM THIS 394 00:18:02,581 --> 00:18:05,050 GROUND THAT THE PRIVATE SECTORS 395 00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:06,752 AND PUBLIC SECTORS ARE ACHIEVING 396 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:08,754 MORE TOGETHER THAN WE EVER HAVE 397 00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:09,188 APART. 398 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:11,824 MORE THAN 20 ROCKETS THAT WERE 399 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:12,658 DESIGNED, BUILT AND SENT INTO 400 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:14,593 SPACE BY AMERICA'S PIONEERING 401 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:15,394 SPACE COMPANIES HAVE LAUNCHED 402 00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:16,662 FROM THE SPACE COAST. 403 00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:20,232 WITH NAMES LIKE FALCON, DELTA, 404 00:18:20,299 --> 00:18:23,635 ATLAS, AND MINITAUR. 405 00:18:23,702 --> 00:18:26,205 AND AS THESE FEATS ATTEST, MUCH 406 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:28,006 MORE THAN A BRIDGE TO SPACE, 407 00:18:28,073 --> 00:18:29,641 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS THE 408 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:31,543 BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE. 409 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:38,817 [APPLAUSE] 410 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:40,252 TODAY, AS WE SPEAK, AMERICAN 411 00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:41,920 BUSINESSES ARE DEVELOPING NEW 412 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:44,122 ROCKETS AND I SAW A FEW LAST 413 00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:44,656 NIGHT. 414 00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:45,891 SPACESHIPS, SATELLITES THAT ARE 415 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,159 TAKING US FURTHER INTO SPACE 416 00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:48,460 THAN EVER BEFORE. 417 00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:50,062 AND RENEWING OUR CONFIDENCE THAT 418 00:18:50,128 --> 00:18:55,567 WE CAN AND WILL ACHIEVE THE 419 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:57,703 IMPOSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. 420 00:18:57,769 --> 00:19:00,439 NOT LONG AGO NO ONE WOULD HAVE 421 00:19:00,506 --> 00:19:07,546 DREAMT OF LANDING ON AN ASTEROID 422 00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:10,115 TO MINE IT'S MINERALS, BUT TODAY 423 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:11,717 THESE ARE ALL EMERGING 424 00:19:11,783 --> 00:19:12,551 BUSINESSES. 425 00:19:12,618 --> 00:19:14,620 AND LIKE THE RAILROADS THAT 426 00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:16,755 OPENED UP THE AMERICAN WEST TO 427 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:19,324 EXPLORERS AND ENTREPRENEURERS, 428 00:19:19,391 --> 00:19:20,926 THESE TECHNOLOGIES WILL EXTEND 429 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,895 THE RANGE OF AMERICAN ACTIONS 430 00:19:22,961 --> 00:19:26,765 AND VALUES INTO NEW WORLDS AND 431 00:19:26,832 --> 00:19:31,503 USHER IN A NEW ERA OF JOB 432 00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:32,204 CREATION INTO SPACE. 433 00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:34,840 WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY HAS LEAPED 434 00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:36,708 TO THE FUTURE, OUR GOVERNMENT 435 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:38,310 AGENCIES TOO OFTEN HAS REMAINED 436 00:19:38,377 --> 00:19:48,387 STUCK IN THE PAST. 437 00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:50,389 WE'LL UNLOCK UNTOLD NEW 438 00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:52,524 OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SPACE 439 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:52,958 INDUSTRY. 440 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,459 IN THE PAST WHEN A SATELLITE RAN 441 00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:56,328 OUT OF FUEL, IT HAD TO BE 442 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:59,331 REPLACED, AN EXPENSIVE AND 443 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:00,799 TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS, LIKE 444 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:02,334 BUYING A NEW CAR EVERY TIME IT 445 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:05,470 RAN OUT OF GAS. 446 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:07,072 NOW WE HAVE WITHIN OUR REACH TO 447 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:09,074 GET AROUND THIS PROBLEM. 448 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:12,578 AMERICAN BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO 449 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:15,681 LAUNCH SATELLITE-SERVICING 450 00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:20,018 MISSIONS ARE OFTEN STIFLED BY 451 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:22,654 CONVOLUTED MAZE OF OUTDATED 452 00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:23,121 PROCESSES. 453 00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:29,728 TODAY'S REGIME ARE PLAGUED BY 454 00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:38,270 BURDENS, TOO, SO IF A COMPANY 455 00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:39,438 RECEIVES ITS LICENSE TO LAUNCH A 456 00:20:39,504 --> 00:20:40,906 ROCKET FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE 457 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:42,040 CENTER BUT THEN WANTS TO MOVE 458 00:20:42,107 --> 00:20:46,511 THEIR MISSION TO CALIFORNIA OR A 459 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,747 FEW FILES AWAY FROM 460 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:50,515 CAPE CANAVERAL, THE COMPANY MUST 461 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:51,450 COMPLETE THE PROCESS ALL OVER 462 00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:52,751 AGAIN FROM START TO FINISH. 463 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:55,220 THE GOVERNMENT HAS FIGURED OUT 464 00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:57,956 HOW TO HONOR DRIVER'S LICENSE 465 00:20:58,023 --> 00:20:58,490 ACROSS STATE LINES. 466 00:20:58,557 --> 00:21:00,459 THERE IS NO REASON WE CAN'T DO 467 00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:05,564 THE SAME FOR ROCKETS. 468 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:09,968 [APPLAUSE] 469 00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:11,570 MORE TO THE POINT THERE IS NO 470 00:21:11,637 --> 00:21:13,005 REASON OUR OWN FEDERAL 471 00:21:13,071 --> 00:21:14,272 GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAND IN THE 472 00:21:14,339 --> 00:21:18,844 WAY OF TRAIL-BLAZING COMPANIES 473 00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:21,913 THAT ARE FORGING AND REFORGING 474 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:22,280 SPACE. 475 00:21:22,347 --> 00:21:23,782 THERE WILL BE NEW POLICY 476 00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:24,950 RECOMMENDATIONS TO BREAK DOWN 477 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,785 THESE BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES. 478 00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:28,954 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL 479 00:21:29,021 --> 00:21:30,389 TRANSFORM THE LICENSING REGIMES 480 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:33,191 THAT OVERSEE, LAUNCH, AND 481 00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:34,626 RE-ENTRY SPACE OPERATIONS, 482 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,194 THEY'LL EMPOWER AMERICAN 483 00:21:36,261 --> 00:21:37,663 BUSINESSES TO CREATE JOBS OF THE 484 00:21:37,729 --> 00:21:38,930 FUTURE, ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENT 485 00:21:38,997 --> 00:21:41,333 TO OUR SHORES, A AND UNLOCK NEW 486 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,434 OPPORTUNITIES, AND NEW 487 00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:44,102 TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW SOURCES OF 488 00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:45,170 AMERICAN PROSPERITY. 489 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:48,740 WITH THESE REFORMS, AMERICAN 490 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:51,443 PRIVATE ENTERPRISE WILL USHER IN 491 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:55,881 A NEW ERA OF LEADERSHIP THAT 492 00:21:55,947 --> 00:21:58,283 REKINDLE OUR BELIEF THAT AMERICA 493 00:21:58,350 --> 00:21:59,851 CAN AND WILL ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING 494 00:21:59,918 --> 00:22:01,153 WE PUT OUR MINDS TO. 495 00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:02,154 AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID, 496 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:04,356 QUOTE, IT IS AMERICA'S DESTINY 497 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:08,660 TO BE THE LEADER AMONGST NATIONS 498 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:11,029 IN OUR VENTURE INTO THE GREAT 499 00:22:11,096 --> 00:22:11,563 UNKNOWN. 500 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:16,201 WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THAT NEXT 501 00:22:16,268 --> 00:22:18,970 CHAPTER, AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND 502 00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:21,873 AMERICAN INGENUITY AS OUR 503 00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:22,307 PARTNER. 504 00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:24,609 THIS I KNOW WE'LL DO BECAUSE 505 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:26,111 IT'S WHAT AMERICA HAS ALWAYS 506 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:26,478 DONE. 507 00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:28,447 LESS THAN 35 YEARS AFTER LEWIS 508 00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:30,215 AND CLARK RETURNED FROM THEIR 509 00:22:30,282 --> 00:22:32,184 EXPEDITION FROM THE WILDERNESS, 510 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:34,519 NEARLY HALF OF OUR NATION'S NEW 511 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:36,988 POPULATION HAD ALREADY MOVED 512 00:22:37,055 --> 00:22:37,589 WEST. 513 00:22:37,656 --> 00:22:39,758 THERE ARE PIONEERS AND SETTLERS, 514 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:41,626 TRADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS, AND 515 00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:44,362 THEY WERE, ABOVE ALL, AMERICANS. 516 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:46,765 FELLOW TRAVELERS ON OUR NATION'S 517 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:50,402 NEVER ENDING JOURNEY TO EXPLORE 518 00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:52,804 FAR OFF PLACES AND EXPAND OUR 519 00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:54,372 HORIZONS OF OUR INFLUENCE. 520 00:22:54,439 --> 00:23:00,812 NO SOONER WE TAMED THE WILD WEST 521 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:09,821 WE LOOKED AT THE SKIES ABOVE. 522 00:23:09,888 --> 00:23:11,389 JUST 66 YEARS LATER WE WON THE 523 00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:12,624 RACE TO THE MOON. 524 00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:16,528 LIKE MANY OF YOU, SOME OF THE 525 00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:19,231 MOST PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF OUR 526 00:23:19,297 --> 00:23:20,799 YOUTH WERE AROUND THE PLAQUE AND 527 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:22,834 WHITE TELEVISION WATCHING OUR 528 00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:25,670 HEROES HURDLING TO THE HEAVENS 529 00:23:25,737 --> 00:23:30,542 AND MAKING HISTORY, LIKE ALDRON 530 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:32,544 WHO GATHERS WITH US TODAY, THE 531 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:33,845 SECOND MAN ON THE MOON. 532 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:39,084 [APPLAUSE] 533 00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,019 TODAY, RISING GENERATION IS 534 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:42,587 FILLED WITH THE SAME WONDER AND 535 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:44,756 PRIDE EVERY TIME THEY SEE THE 536 00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:47,225 NEW TRIUMPHS AND. 537 00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:52,164 ADVENTURES IN AMERICA IN SPACE. 538 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:55,634 NOW IN EVERY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 539 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,135 FAR AWAY GALAXY INSPIRES US TO 540 00:23:57,202 --> 00:23:59,137 DREAM BIG DREAMS. 541 00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:01,273 EVERY GALACTIC DISCOVERY THAT 542 00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:04,242 HELPS US TO UNLOCK A MYSTERY 543 00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:07,045 HERE ON EARTH STRETCHES OUR 544 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:13,652 MINDS TO THE UNLIMITS, AND IN 545 00:24:13,718 --> 00:24:15,253 AMERICA, THE SKY IS NOT THE 546 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:15,620 LIMIT. 547 00:24:15,687 --> 00:24:17,823 TODAY WE STAND AT THE DAWN OF 548 00:24:17,889 --> 00:24:19,491 THE NEW ERA OF AMERICAN 549 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:21,693 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE, AND WE DO 550 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,962 WELL TO REMEMBER THE WORDS 551 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:28,466 SPOKEN BY THE LATE GENE SERNAN, 552 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:30,769 THE LAST MAN WHO WALK ON THE 553 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:31,102 MOON. 554 00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:32,804 HE SAID, I QUOTE, AMERICA'S 555 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:35,173 CHALLENGE OF TODAY HAS FORGED 556 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,375 MAN'S DESTINY OF TOMORROW. 557 00:24:37,442 --> 00:24:39,911 THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS WERE THE 558 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:41,446 FIRST TO TELL THEIR CHILDREN AND 559 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:44,049 GRANDCHILDREN THAT THEY WENT TO 560 00:24:44,115 --> 00:24:46,551 THE HEAVENS AND STOOD ON ANOTHER 561 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:46,952 PLACE. 562 00:24:47,018 --> 00:24:50,255 IT'S OUR DUTY TO INSURE THAT BY 563 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:52,257 OUR WORK THAT THEY WILL NOT BE 564 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:55,694 THE LAST AMERICANS TO SET FOOT 565 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:01,366 IN THE GREAT UNKNOWN. 566 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:03,134 AS WE BEGIN OUR WORK TODAY, WE 567 00:25:03,201 --> 00:25:04,970 BEGIN WITH CONFIDENCE, AND I 568 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,771 BELIEVE WITH GO WITH FAITH. 569 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:08,807 YOU KNOW, TODAY OUR NATION AWOKE 570 00:25:08,874 --> 00:25:10,742 TO THE SAD NEWS OF THE PASSING 571 00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:12,711 OF ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICANS 572 00:25:12,777 --> 00:25:16,281 OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE 573 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:19,851 REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM. 574 00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:22,387 HIS MINISTRY AND HIS MATCHLESS 575 00:25:22,454 --> 00:25:24,256 VOICE INSPIRED OUR NATION. 576 00:25:24,322 --> 00:25:27,192 BILLY GRAHAM EVER REMINDED US TO 577 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:30,028 LOOK TO THE ANCIENT TRUTHS OF 578 00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:32,797 GOD'S WORD. 579 00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:34,833 ASKING WITH THE PSALMIST, WHEN I 580 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:37,068 LOOK AT YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK 581 00:25:37,135 --> 00:25:39,404 OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND 582 00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:40,939 THE STARS, WHEN IS MAN THAT YOU 583 00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:44,976 ARE MINDFUL OF HIM? 584 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:49,381 AND SO AS WE REMEMBER REVEREND 585 00:25:49,447 --> 00:25:50,849 GRAHAM THIS MORNING, AND KEEP 586 00:25:50,916 --> 00:25:53,251 HIS FAMILY IN OUR HEARTS, WE 587 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:55,520 CONTINUE THIS RENEWED WORK, A 588 00:25:55,587 --> 00:25:57,622 RENEWED COMMITMENT TO AMERICA'S 589 00:25:57,689 --> 00:25:59,891 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE WITH 590 00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:02,127 CONFIDENCE AND WITH A FAITH THAT 591 00:26:02,193 --> 00:26:05,397 IS EVER CARRIED THE AMERICAN 592 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:07,699 PEOPLE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN. 593 00:26:07,766 --> 00:26:10,936 AND WE GO FORWARD WITH THE 594 00:26:11,002 --> 00:26:11,970 COURAGE TO DREAM BIGGER, 595 00:26:12,037 --> 00:26:14,105 DETERMINED TO WORK HARDER, AND 596 00:26:14,172 --> 00:26:16,308 LET'S CARRY THAT SAME CONFIDENCE 597 00:26:16,374 --> 00:26:18,476 OF TRAIL BLAZERS WHO CAME BEFORE 598 00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:22,414 US TODAY, AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, 599 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,082 WITH THE GOOD WORK OF THIS 600 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:25,750 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, WITH ALL 601 00:26:25,817 --> 00:26:27,752 WHO WORK AND LABOR HERE AT 602 00:26:27,819 --> 00:26:29,454 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, AND 603 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:30,855 THROUGHOUT OUR SPACE PROGRAM, 604 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:34,392 WITH THE STRONG LEADERSHIP OF 605 00:26:34,459 --> 00:26:35,927 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THE 606 00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:37,128 SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 607 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:40,532 AND WITH GOD'S HELP, I KNOW 608 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:42,667 AMERICA WILL ONCE AGAIN ASTONISH 609 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:45,603 THE WORLD WITH THE HEIGHTS WE 610 00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:48,740 REACH AND THE WONDERS WE 611 00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:49,240 ACHIEVE. 612 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:50,308 SO THANK YOU. 613 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:51,643 GOD BLESS YOU. 614 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:53,411 GOD BLESS THIS GREAT WORK. 615 00:26:53,478 --> 00:26:57,615 AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES 616 00:26:57,682 --> 00:26:58,616 OF AMERICA. 617 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:11,596 [APPLAUSE] 618 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:05,917 >> WELL GOOD MORNING, AND THANK 619 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:06,785 YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR THE 620 00:28:06,851 --> 00:28:08,086 SECOND MEETING OF THE NATIONAL 621 00:28:08,153 --> 00:28:08,853 SPACE COUNCIL. 622 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,355 I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE 623 00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:12,390 HERE, THE MEMBERS OF THE USER 624 00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:13,491 ADVISORY GROUP AND THOSE WHO 625 00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:14,893 HAVE TAKEN TIME TO JOIN US IN 626 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:16,461 PERSON, AND ONLINE. 627 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,496 WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 628 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:19,697 TODAY WE HAVE TWO PANEL 629 00:28:19,764 --> 00:28:20,865 DISCUSSIONS ON THE CHALLENGES 630 00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:22,400 AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING OUR 631 00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:24,436 NATIONAL SECURITY, AND 632 00:28:24,502 --> 00:28:25,737 COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES THAT 633 00:28:25,804 --> 00:28:28,173 I JUST SPOKE ABOUT IN MY OPENING 634 00:28:28,239 --> 00:28:28,606 REMARKS. 635 00:28:28,673 --> 00:28:30,809 WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY AN 636 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:32,911 OUTSTANDING LINEUP OF EXPERT 637 00:28:32,977 --> 00:28:34,446 WITNESSES WHO WILL SHARE THEIR 638 00:28:34,512 --> 00:28:36,815 INSIGHTS AND EXPERTISE WITH THE 639 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:39,250 COUNCIL IN THE MOMENTS AHEAD. 640 00:28:39,317 --> 00:28:40,852 BUT FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO 641 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,420 ASK SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS 642 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:43,588 TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE 643 00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:45,156 PROGRESS WE MADE SINCE THE FIRST 644 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,991 MEETING TO IMPLEMENT PRESIDENT 645 00:28:47,058 --> 00:28:47,959 TRUMP'S VISION FOR AMERICAN 646 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:49,461 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. 647 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:53,598 I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH OUR 648 00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:54,899 NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, 649 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:58,570 GENERAL, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU 650 00:28:58,636 --> 00:29:01,606 FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THE 651 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:02,740 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY IN YOUR 652 00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:04,275 EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THE 653 00:29:04,342 --> 00:29:05,343 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 654 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:07,712 I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK THE 655 00:29:07,779 --> 00:29:09,547 GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY 656 00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:10,882 COUNCIL FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY 657 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:12,817 WORK ON THE SPACE STRATEGIC 658 00:29:12,884 --> 00:29:13,251 FRAMEWORK. 659 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:16,254 COULD YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL AN 660 00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:18,056 OVERVIEW OF THAT WORK? 661 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:20,191 >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE 662 00:29:20,258 --> 00:29:21,426 PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU FOR THE 663 00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:23,595 OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE 664 00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:24,996 ON THE IMPORTANT PROGRESS WE'VE 665 00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:26,364 MADE IN DEVELOPING THE NEW 666 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:27,999 STRATEGY FOR SPACE, AND I WANT 667 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:31,703 TO THANK FIRST OF ALL FELLOW 668 00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:32,504 COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR 669 00:29:32,570 --> 00:29:34,806 TREMENDOUS COLLABORATION AND 670 00:29:34,873 --> 00:29:36,174 TEAM WORK. 671 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,409 AS YOU KNOW, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, 672 00:29:38,476 --> 00:29:41,312 AT THE LAST SPACE MEETING LAST 673 00:29:41,379 --> 00:29:42,514 OCTOBER, YOU APPROVED THE 674 00:29:42,580 --> 00:29:43,948 FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW STRATEGY. 675 00:29:44,015 --> 00:29:45,984 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR 676 00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:47,852 THE AUDIENCE TO BRIEFLY 677 00:29:47,919 --> 00:29:49,020 SUMMARIZE THAT FRAMEWORK, AND 678 00:29:49,087 --> 00:29:50,288 WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THAT 679 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:51,389 FRAMEWORK SINCE THEN. 680 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:54,526 AS A REMINDER, THE FRAMEWORK 681 00:29:54,592 --> 00:29:56,928 CONTAINED THREE KEY ELEMENTS. 682 00:29:56,995 --> 00:30:00,698 FIRST, IT DEFINED OUR VITAL 683 00:30:00,765 --> 00:30:03,868 INTERESTS IN SPACE, TO INSURE 684 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:08,439 UNFETTERED ACCESS AND FREEDOM TO 685 00:30:08,506 --> 00:30:09,440 OPERATE IN THE SPACE DOMAIN, TO 686 00:30:09,507 --> 00:30:12,677 ADVANCE THE SECURITY, ECONOMIC 687 00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:15,079 PROSPERITY, AND SCIENTIFIC 688 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:16,514 KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATION. 689 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:19,651 SECOND, IT SAID THAT THE DESIRED 690 00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:22,921 END STATE FOR THE STRATEGY, TO 691 00:30:22,987 --> 00:30:27,559 INSURE U.S. LEADERSHIP 692 00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:30,161 PREEMINENCE, AND FREEDOM OF 693 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:34,866 ACTION IN SPACE IN TIME TO COME. 694 00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:37,035 AND PURSUIT OF OUR VITAL 695 00:30:37,101 --> 00:30:41,239 INTERESTS, FIRST, TO STRENGTHEN 696 00:30:41,306 --> 00:30:43,541 THE SAFETY, STABILITY OF SPACE 697 00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:44,108 ACTIVITIES. 698 00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:47,312 SECOND, TO DETER AND WHEN 699 00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:51,416 NECESSARY DEFEAT ADVERSARY SPACE 700 00:30:51,482 --> 00:30:52,951 AND COUNTER SPACE THREATS THAT 701 00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:55,386 ARE HOSTILE TO THE NATIONAL 702 00:30:55,453 --> 00:30:56,421 INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES 703 00:30:56,487 --> 00:30:58,256 AND OUR ALLIES. 704 00:30:58,323 --> 00:31:01,426 THIRD, TO PARTNER WITH THE U.S. 705 00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:03,728 COMMERCIAL SECTOR TO INSURE THE 706 00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:06,231 AMERICAN COMPANIES REMAIN THE 707 00:31:06,297 --> 00:31:07,498 LEADING PROVIDERS OF TRADITIONAL 708 00:31:07,565 --> 00:31:11,002 AND INNOVATIVE SPACE TECHNOLOGY, 709 00:31:11,069 --> 00:31:12,904 GOODS, AND SERVICES ON THE 710 00:31:12,971 --> 00:31:14,305 INTERNATIONAL SPACE MARKETS. 711 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:18,209 AND FOURTH, TO MAINTAIN AND 712 00:31:18,276 --> 00:31:20,912 EXTEND U.S. HUMAN PRESENCE AND 713 00:31:20,979 --> 00:31:23,781 ROBOTIC EXPLORATIONS BEYOND 714 00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:27,785 EARTH TO TRANSFORM KNOWLEDGE OF 715 00:31:27,852 --> 00:31:31,089 OURSELVES, THE PLANET, OUR SOLAR 716 00:31:31,155 --> 00:31:32,757 SYSTEM, AND THE UNIVERSE. 717 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:34,726 SO SINCE OCTOBER, AT YOUR 718 00:31:34,792 --> 00:31:35,760 DIRECTION, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, 719 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:38,663 WE DEVELOPED THE LINES OF EFFORT 720 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:40,632 AND IDENTIFIED THE SPECIFIC 721 00:31:40,698 --> 00:31:43,468 ASSOCIATED TASKS TO MEET THE 722 00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:47,038 STRATEGIC ADVECTIVES AND ACHIEVE 723 00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:52,043 OUR DESIRED STATE. 724 00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:53,678 AND THE FOUR LINES OF EFFORTS 725 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:55,647 ARE, FIRST, MISSION ASSURANCE. 726 00:31:55,713 --> 00:31:57,982 WE'LL ACCELERATE THE 727 00:31:58,049 --> 00:31:59,684 TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SPACE 728 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,119 ARCHITECTURE BY DELIBERATELY 729 00:32:01,185 --> 00:32:03,988 MOVING SYSTEMS FROM SCIENCE AND 730 00:32:04,055 --> 00:32:05,523 TECHNOLOGY PHASE TO RESEARCH AND 731 00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:07,091 DEVELOPMENT PHASE TO ACTUAL 732 00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:09,160 FIELDING OF CAPABILITIES. 733 00:32:09,227 --> 00:32:10,895 AS A RESULT OUR SPACE SYSTEMS 734 00:32:10,962 --> 00:32:14,766 WILL BE MORE RESILIENT, MORE 735 00:32:14,832 --> 00:32:18,970 DEFENDABLE, MORE EASILY 736 00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:20,038 RECONSTITUTED AND BETTER SERVICE 737 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:22,006 TO ORBIT. 738 00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:25,310 AND OUR SECOND EFFORT IS ON 739 00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:27,779 DETERRENCE AND WAR FIGHTING. 740 00:32:27,845 --> 00:32:30,315 THE SPACE DOMAIN IS INCREASINGLY 741 00:32:30,381 --> 00:32:30,782 CONTESTED. 742 00:32:30,848 --> 00:32:33,051 SPACE HAS NOW JOINED LAND, SEA 743 00:32:33,117 --> 00:32:36,087 AND AIR AS A WAR-FIGHTING 744 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:37,522 DOMAIN. 745 00:32:37,588 --> 00:32:38,690 WHILE WE PREFER THE CONFLICT NOT 746 00:32:38,756 --> 00:32:40,124 EXTEND TO SPACE, THE UNITED 747 00:32:40,191 --> 00:32:42,527 STATES WILL BE PREPARED IF IT 748 00:32:42,593 --> 00:32:42,960 DOES. 749 00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:45,229 OUR THIRD LINE OF EFFORT IS ON 750 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:46,230 ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT. 751 00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:48,599 WE WILL PURSUE AND IMPROVE 752 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:50,902 FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES, 753 00:32:50,968 --> 00:32:53,504 STRUCTURES, AND PROCESSES TO 754 00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:56,441 ENABLE MORE EFFECTIVE SPACE 755 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:57,008 OPERATIONS. 756 00:32:57,075 --> 00:32:59,410 AND THE FINAL LINE OF EFFORT 757 00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:01,179 FOCUSES ON CONDUCIVE 758 00:33:01,245 --> 00:33:02,447 ENVIRONMENTS BOTH AT HOME AND 759 00:33:02,513 --> 00:33:02,947 ABROAD. 760 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:06,184 AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR OPENING 761 00:33:06,250 --> 00:33:07,318 REMARKS, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WE 762 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:10,722 HAVE WORK TO DO, STREAMLINING 763 00:33:10,788 --> 00:33:12,523 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, BETTER 764 00:33:12,590 --> 00:33:15,893 USE AND SUPPORT SPACE INDUSTRY. 765 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,729 INTERNATIONALLY THIS INCLUDED 766 00:33:17,795 --> 00:33:20,998 BILATERAL AND MULTI LATERAL 767 00:33:21,065 --> 00:33:23,634 ENGAGEMENTS, PROMOTE BURDEN 768 00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:24,669 SHARING AND FOSTER COOPERATION 769 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:27,705 AGAINST THREATENING ADVERSARY OF 770 00:33:27,772 --> 00:33:29,474 SPACE ACTIONS. 771 00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:30,675 MR. VICE PRESIDENT, LIKE OUR 772 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:32,143 AUDIENCE TODAY, AND LIKE THE 773 00:33:32,210 --> 00:33:34,479 PANELS THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE 774 00:33:34,545 --> 00:33:37,348 TODAY, THESE EFFORTS CUT ACROSS 775 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:40,852 NATIONAL SECURITY, COMMERCIAL, 776 00:33:40,918 --> 00:33:42,587 AND CIVIL SPACEK MATERIALS, AND 777 00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:52,764 THE STRATEGY WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT OURSELS 778 00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:55,066 BUT PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS WILL 779 00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:56,701 BENEFIT THE POTENTIALS THAT 780 00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:58,136 SPACE OFFERS. 781 00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:00,538 I'LL NOTE THAT IT WILL INCREASES 782 00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:03,408 THE FUNDING FOR DOD SPACE 783 00:34:03,474 --> 00:34:06,677 PROGRAMS BY OVER $1 BILLION IN 784 00:34:06,744 --> 00:34:08,780 FISCAL YEAR 2019 ALONE. 785 00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:10,481 AND BY $8 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 786 00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:12,116 FIVE YEARS. 787 00:34:12,183 --> 00:34:14,485 NASA'S BUDGET FOR 2019 IS BEING 788 00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:17,221 INCREASED BY $300 MILLION WHILE 789 00:34:17,288 --> 00:34:19,624 ALSO BEING RESTRUCTURED TO FOCUS 790 00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:21,359 MORE ON EXPLORATION. 791 00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:24,429 WITH YOUR ENDORSEMENT, MR. VICE 792 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:25,963 PRESIDENT, AND THE PRESIDENT'S 793 00:34:26,030 --> 00:34:27,365 APPROVAL, WE'RE PREPARED TO 794 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:29,067 BEGIN IMPLEMENTS THIS NATIONAL 795 00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:31,903 STRATEGY FOR SPACE AND 796 00:34:31,969 --> 00:34:35,740 PERIODICALLY ASSESS PROGRESS AND 797 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:37,508 RECOMMEND TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL 798 00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:38,876 AND THE PRESIDENT. 799 00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:41,012 THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. 800 00:34:41,078 --> 00:34:41,913 >> THANK YOU, GENERAL, AND THANK 801 00:34:41,979 --> 00:34:44,081 YOU FOR THE GREAT COLLABORATION 802 00:34:44,148 --> 00:34:45,483 BETWEEN THE NATIONAL SPACE 803 00:34:45,550 --> 00:34:46,651 COUNCIL AND THE NATIONAL 804 00:34:46,717 --> 00:34:48,019 SECURITY COUNCIL. 805 00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:51,088 IT'S BEEN SEAMLESS, AND WE 806 00:34:51,155 --> 00:34:54,959 APPRECIATE YOUR UPDATE FOR THIS 807 00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:55,426 MEETING. 808 00:34:55,493 --> 00:35:00,665 THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF 809 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:02,200 NASA, ROBERT LIGHTFOOT, HAS BEEN 810 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:04,535 BUSY IMPLEMENTING THE SPACE 811 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:07,505 POLICY DIRECTIVE, AND ALSO ALSO 812 00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:09,774 THAT DIRECTION FROM THE 813 00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:11,042 PRESIDENT GUIDED THE DEVELOPMENT 814 00:35:11,108 --> 00:35:13,978 OF THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET 815 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:14,479 SUBMISSION. 816 00:35:14,545 --> 00:35:16,681 PERHAPS YOU CAN GIVE US A BRIEF 817 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:17,782 OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET 818 00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:18,549 PRESENTATION AND THE 819 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:20,585 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECTOR. 820 00:35:20,651 --> 00:35:23,521 >> WILL DO, THANK YOU, MR. VICE 821 00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:23,955 PRESIDENT. 822 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:24,789 AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, 823 00:35:24,856 --> 00:35:25,923 ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WORKED WITH 824 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:27,325 US ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS 825 00:35:27,391 --> 00:35:30,428 ANSWER AND ACTION TO THE SPACE 826 00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:31,395 POLICY DIRECTIVE ONE. 827 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:33,397 WHAT WE DID IN DEVELOPMENT IN 828 00:35:33,464 --> 00:35:35,199 THIS INITIATIVE, WE CAME UP WITH 829 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:37,235 THE EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN. 830 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:39,403 THIS EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN IS A 831 00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:41,072 NATIONAL AND AGENCY EFFORT 832 00:35:41,138 --> 00:35:44,242 FOCUSED ON THREE CORE DOMAINS. 833 00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:47,545 LOWER ORBIT, LUNAR ORBIT AND THE 834 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:49,413 SURFACE OF THE MOON, AND MARS 835 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,616 AND OTHER DEEP-SPACE OBJECTIVES. 836 00:35:51,682 --> 00:35:53,084 THE GOALS OF THIS CAMPAIGN ARE 837 00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:55,186 TO TRANSITION THE U.S. HUMAN 838 00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:59,490 SPACE FLIGHT INTO LOWER ORBIT TO 839 00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:02,593 COMMERCIAL EXPLORATION FOR AN 840 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:05,296 EMERGING SERVICE MARKET. 841 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,298 EXPLORE U.S. FLIGHT OPERATIONS 842 00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:08,132 TO THE LUNAR FACILITY. 843 00:36:08,199 --> 00:36:10,935 AND ROBOTIC EXPLORATION OF THE 844 00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:12,203 MOON, BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND HUMAN 845 00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:15,773 AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 846 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,441 IN PREPARATION FOR TAKING HUMANS 847 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:17,875 TO MARS. 848 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:19,777 THE OBJECTIVES, FIRST OF ALL, 849 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:22,179 WE'LL START WITH LOWER ORBIT. 850 00:36:22,246 --> 00:36:25,216 WE WANT TO END DIRECT SUPPORT 851 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:29,153 WHILE STIMULATING COMMERCIAL 852 00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:33,958 INDUSTRY TO DEVELOP NASA'S 853 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:36,761 PRIVATE SECTOR MEETING 854 00:36:36,827 --> 00:36:37,828 SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 855 00:36:37,895 --> 00:36:40,998 WE'LL EXPLORE THE BREADTH AND 856 00:36:41,065 --> 00:36:43,367 DEPTH OF LOWER ORBIT ACTIVITIES, 857 00:36:43,434 --> 00:36:45,736 AND SPECIFICALLY WE'LL OFFER 858 00:36:45,803 --> 00:36:48,506 PARTNERSHIPS TO NEW NATIONS 859 00:36:48,573 --> 00:36:50,741 BASED ON INPUTS FROM OUR CURRENT 860 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:55,713 ISS AND COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDERS 861 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:57,815 TO SHAPE THE PLAN, AS WE'VE BEEN 862 00:36:57,882 --> 00:36:58,649 ASKED TO DO. 863 00:36:58,716 --> 00:37:04,155 WE'LL HELP TO DEVELOP NEW 864 00:37:04,221 --> 00:37:08,059 PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO 865 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:09,860 BEAR IN LOWER ORBIT. 866 00:37:09,927 --> 00:37:11,796 TO THE MOON, THE LONG-TERM 867 00:37:11,862 --> 00:37:13,764 PRESENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE 868 00:37:13,831 --> 00:37:15,933 MOON AND ON THE MOON, BOTH 869 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:20,304 SCIENTIFICALLY AND IN A PRIVATE 870 00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:20,838 PERSPECTIVE. 871 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:23,808 THE FIRST FLIGHT IN 2020 TO THE 872 00:37:23,874 --> 00:37:25,509 MOON AND THE CREW FLIGHT IN 873 00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:25,943 2023. 874 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:28,512 WE INTEND TO ESTABLISH A NEW 875 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:29,981 LUNAR ORBITING PLATFORM FOR 876 00:37:30,047 --> 00:37:32,250 CREWS TO VISIT FROM EARTH TO 877 00:37:32,316 --> 00:37:35,119 TRANSIT TO AND FROM FROM THE 878 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:36,454 LUNAR SURFACE AND ULTIMATELY 879 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,289 RETURN TO MARS. 880 00:37:38,356 --> 00:37:40,625 WE'LL DEVELOP THE LUNAR ORBITING 881 00:37:40,691 --> 00:37:43,461 GATEWAY THAT AT A MINIMUM BEGINS 882 00:37:43,527 --> 00:37:45,162 TO PUT THE HABITAT THAT WE'RE 883 00:37:45,229 --> 00:37:47,264 GOING TO NEED TO STAY WHEN WE GO 884 00:37:47,331 --> 00:37:47,698 THERE. 885 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:51,602 AT THE SURFACE WE'LL ORCHESTRATE 886 00:37:51,669 --> 00:37:55,473 A LUNAR ROBOTICS CAMPAIGN FOR 887 00:37:55,539 --> 00:37:56,607 GROWING A COMMERCIAL BASE OF 888 00:37:56,674 --> 00:37:57,975 PARTNERSHIPS AND ACTIVITY TO 889 00:37:58,042 --> 00:37:59,677 SUPPORT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND 890 00:37:59,744 --> 00:38:04,048 EXPLORATION OBJECTIVES AND 891 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:06,484 INCLUDE PRESENTATION WHERE 892 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:10,688 APPROPRIATE. 893 00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:12,790 WE'LL DEVELOP A MID TO 894 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:14,425 LARGE-SCALE LANDER IN THE 895 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:14,892 FUTURE. 896 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,861 THIS INITIATIVE WILL FOCUS ON 897 00:38:16,927 --> 00:38:19,296 ENABLING AGAIN COMMERCIAL AND 898 00:38:19,363 --> 00:38:20,865 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND 899 00:38:20,931 --> 00:38:22,433 WE'LL SUPPORT EARLY SCIENCE AND 900 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,402 TECHNOLOGY THAT INCLUDES CUBE 901 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:27,271 SETS LUNAR CUBE SETS, LUNAR 902 00:38:27,338 --> 00:38:28,606 INSTITUTE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. 903 00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:30,841 THIS WILL FURTHER ENABLE THE 904 00:38:30,908 --> 00:38:32,376 COMMERCIAL MARKET, AND DEFINE 905 00:38:32,443 --> 00:38:35,346 THE LONG-TERM HUMAN EXPLORATION 906 00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:37,715 IN ADVANCEMENT OF THE LUNAR 907 00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:38,616 SURFACE. 908 00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:39,517 FOR MARS AND OTHER DEEP-SPACE 909 00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:41,018 OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT 910 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:43,087 TO MAINTAIN AND GROW THE U.S. 911 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:44,221 LEADERSHIP AT MARS. 912 00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:46,924 WE HAVE A ROVER GO IN 2020. 913 00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:50,194 THE FIRST STEP TO DEMONSTRATE 914 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:51,429 SAMPLE RETURN AND STRATEGY AND 915 00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:53,264 WILL TAKE AN EXPERIMENT TO TELL 916 00:38:53,330 --> 00:38:55,700 US IF WE'LL PRODUCE OXYGEN FROM 917 00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:57,234 THE ATMOSPHERE AND MARS. 918 00:38:57,301 --> 00:38:58,869 AN EXCITING MISSION FOR US THEN. 919 00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:00,838 WE'LL USE THIS MISSION AS A 920 00:39:00,905 --> 00:39:05,376 BUILDING BLOCK FOR SUBSEQUENT 921 00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:06,944 ROBOTIC MISSIONS FOR THE FUTURE 922 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:09,647 RETURN TO THE LUNAR GATEWAY THAT 923 00:39:09,714 --> 00:39:12,083 WE'RE BUILDING, BROADENING THE 924 00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:13,417 EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE AS WE 925 00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:14,618 MOVE FORWARD. 926 00:39:14,685 --> 00:39:17,221 WE'LL PRIVATIZE THESE 927 00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:18,155 INVESTMENTS TO GUIDE US AND 928 00:39:18,222 --> 00:39:19,924 REALLY ALIGN TOWARDS 929 00:39:19,990 --> 00:39:20,991 EXPLORATION, A TREMENDOUS FOCUS 930 00:39:21,058 --> 00:39:22,426 FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 931 00:39:22,493 --> 00:39:24,495 SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NUANCE AND 932 00:39:24,562 --> 00:39:25,730 THE RESPONSE. 933 00:39:25,796 --> 00:39:28,099 AND I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND, 934 00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:30,034 MR. PRESIDENT, IS THAT THIS NASA 935 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:32,603 TEAM, YOUR INDUSTRY TEAM AND OUR 936 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:34,405 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ARE 937 00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:36,474 READY, AND READY TO GET STARTED. 938 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:37,808 THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT IN THE 939 00:39:37,875 --> 00:39:38,309 BUDGET. 940 00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:39,744 WE DID SEE THE INCREASE, AND 941 00:39:39,810 --> 00:39:41,278 WE'RE READY TO DO THIS. 942 00:39:41,345 --> 00:39:41,879 THANK YOU. 943 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:42,947 >> THANK YOU, ROBERT. 944 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:43,481 WELL DONE. 945 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:46,784 [APPLAUSE] 946 00:39:46,851 --> 00:39:48,619 WE WANT TO THANK THE NATIONAL 947 00:39:48,686 --> 00:39:50,821 SECURITY COUNCIL AND NASA FOR 948 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:52,389 DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB 949 00:39:52,456 --> 00:39:54,325 RESPONDING TO THE 45-DAY 950 00:39:54,391 --> 00:39:55,292 REPORTING PERIOD. 951 00:39:55,359 --> 00:39:57,194 NOT A LOT HAPPENS IN THE FEDERAL 952 00:39:57,261 --> 00:39:59,497 GOVERNMENT IN 45 DAYS. 953 00:39:59,563 --> 00:40:02,733 BUT YOU ALL DID OUTSTANDING WORK 954 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,735 REFLECTING THE PRESIDENT'S 955 00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:06,537 URGENCY ON THIS EFFORT. 956 00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:09,540 TWO OTHERS THAT HAVE DONE 957 00:40:09,607 --> 00:40:11,776 EXCELLENT WORK ARE THE COMMERCE 958 00:40:11,842 --> 00:40:14,645 AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 959 00:40:14,712 --> 00:40:17,314 THE TRANSPORTATION IS 960 00:40:17,381 --> 00:40:20,217 REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY 961 00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:21,452 ROSEN, AND SECRETARY ROSS IS 962 00:40:21,519 --> 00:40:22,953 WITH US FROM THE COMMERCE 963 00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:23,487 DEPARTMENT. 964 00:40:23,554 --> 00:40:24,989 JEFF, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A 965 00:40:25,055 --> 00:40:26,657 QUICK UPDATE, I KNOW THE 966 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:29,093 SECRETARY COULD NOT BE WITH US 967 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:30,694 TODAY, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A 968 00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:33,264 QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE 969 00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:34,231 RECOMMENDS CHANGES THAT 970 00:40:34,298 --> 00:40:36,467 TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN WORKING 971 00:40:36,534 --> 00:40:39,003 THROUGH, PARTICULARLY WITH 972 00:40:39,069 --> 00:40:40,738 REGARD TO COMMERCE AND WITH 973 00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:42,506 REGARD TO SPACE EXPLORATION. 974 00:40:42,573 --> 00:40:43,941 >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. VICE 975 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:44,341 PRESIDENT. 976 00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:46,110 I'M SO PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH 977 00:40:46,177 --> 00:40:47,545 THIS SPACE COUNCIL AND ALL OF US 978 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:49,046 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 979 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:51,015 TRANSPORTATION, VERY MUCH 980 00:40:51,081 --> 00:40:52,183 APPRECIATE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL 981 00:40:52,249 --> 00:40:53,717 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 982 00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:55,352 THE SECRETARY WAS UNABLE TO MAKE 983 00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:57,288 IT TODAY, BUT SHE ASKED THAT I 984 00:40:57,354 --> 00:40:58,689 MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT THE 985 00:40:58,756 --> 00:41:00,424 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS 986 00:41:00,491 --> 00:41:02,092 STRONGLY COMMITTED TO REGULATORY 987 00:41:02,159 --> 00:41:04,962 STREAMLINING AND MODERNIZING OUR 988 00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:06,797 SPACE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. 989 00:41:06,864 --> 00:41:08,566 AS WAS MENTIONED AT THE PREVIOUS 990 00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:09,967 MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, YOU 991 00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:13,237 ASKED US, ALONG WITH O & B AND 992 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:14,839 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO 993 00:41:14,905 --> 00:41:18,509 PREPARE A NEW 45-DAY PLAN TO 994 00:41:18,576 --> 00:41:21,212 OVERHAUL AND STREAMLINE OUR 995 00:41:21,278 --> 00:41:23,347 SOMEWHAT RUSTY SPACE LICENSING 996 00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:23,814 FRAMEWORK. 997 00:41:23,881 --> 00:41:25,282 WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO DO THAT, 998 00:41:25,349 --> 00:41:29,486 AND WE'VE COME UP WITH 999 00:41:29,553 --> 00:41:32,356 STRUCTURAL AND MEANINGFUL 1000 00:41:32,423 --> 00:41:34,325 CHANGES, AND WE HOPE THAT IT 1001 00:41:34,391 --> 00:41:35,192 MEETS WITH YOUR APPROVAL. 1002 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:36,360 THERE ARE FIVE MAIN ELEMENTS 1003 00:41:36,427 --> 00:41:38,596 THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON BRIEFLY 1004 00:41:38,662 --> 00:41:39,029 TODAY. 1005 00:41:39,096 --> 00:41:41,599 THE FIRST IS WE WANT TO 1006 00:41:41,665 --> 00:41:43,133 IMPLEMENT ACCELERATED RULE 1007 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:43,934 MAKING PLANS. 1008 00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:46,570 MEANING WE SHORTEN THE TIMELINES 1009 00:41:46,637 --> 00:41:48,439 THAT THE FAA AND THE DEPARTMENT 1010 00:41:48,505 --> 00:41:51,342 ARE WORKING ON TO MEET THE 1011 00:41:51,408 --> 00:41:52,576 AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE THAT YOU AND 1012 00:41:52,643 --> 00:41:55,379 THE COUNCIL HAVE SET OUT. 1013 00:41:55,446 --> 00:42:00,584 SECOND, WE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME 1014 00:42:00,651 --> 00:42:02,019 IMMEDIATE INTERIM RELIEF SUCH AS 1015 00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:06,357 THE EXPANDED USE OF WAIVERS AND 1016 00:42:06,423 --> 00:42:07,558 PROGRAMS WHERE APPROPRIATE SO WE 1017 00:42:07,625 --> 00:42:09,593 CAN RIGHT AWAY BEGIN FACILE 1018 00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:11,161 EATING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE 1019 00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:11,629 COUNCIL. 1020 00:42:11,695 --> 00:42:13,130 THE THIRD PIECE OF THE PLAN IS 1021 00:42:13,197 --> 00:42:16,000 TO FOCUS FAA RESOURCES SO WE 1022 00:42:16,066 --> 00:42:18,435 STRENGTHEN THE PORTION OF THE 1023 00:42:18,502 --> 00:42:20,271 FAA THAT MOST DIRECTLY DEALS 1024 00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:21,805 WITH LICENSING, AND THE 1025 00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:25,009 REGULATORY APPROVALS SO THAT WE 1026 00:42:25,075 --> 00:42:25,743 CAN ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT 1027 00:42:25,809 --> 00:42:28,012 HAVE BEEN SET OUT. 1028 00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:31,882 A FOURTH ITEM IS TO ESTABLISH A 1029 00:42:31,949 --> 00:42:32,616 JOINT TASK FORCE. 1030 00:42:32,683 --> 00:42:35,019 THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS 20 1031 00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:36,353 FACILITATE BETTER COORDINATION 1032 00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:39,089 WITHIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SO 1033 00:42:39,156 --> 00:42:41,425 THAT PEOPLE THAT NEED REGULATORY 1034 00:42:41,492 --> 00:42:43,661 APPROVALS DON'T FACE CONFUSING 1035 00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:45,496 SITUATIONS AS TO WHO IS DOING 1036 00:42:45,562 --> 00:42:47,331 WHAT, AND HOW TO GET THE 1037 00:42:47,398 --> 00:42:49,066 APPROVALS THAT THEY NEED. 1038 00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:50,601 THE FIFTH PIECE AND PERHAPS THE 1039 00:42:50,668 --> 00:42:52,670 MOST IMPORTANT IS THE NEW 1040 00:42:52,736 --> 00:42:53,637 LICENSING FRAMEWORK AS WAS SET 1041 00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:55,205 OUT IN RECOMMENDATION ONE FOR 1042 00:42:55,272 --> 00:42:57,875 TODAY'S MEETING, OUR ULTIMATE 1043 00:42:57,942 --> 00:43:01,378 AIM IS THE 51ST CENTURY FILE AND 1044 00:43:01,445 --> 00:43:03,914 FLY KIND OF LICENSING FRAMEWORK. 1045 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:06,317 AND THE PLAN INCLUDES SPECIFIC 1046 00:43:06,383 --> 00:43:08,585 NEW REGULATORY DEADLINES AND 1047 00:43:08,652 --> 00:43:09,920 APPROACHES IN THE AIM OF GETTING 1048 00:43:09,987 --> 00:43:13,357 THIS TO A FILE AND FLY TYPE OF 1049 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:14,825 REGULATORY APPROACH AS QUICKLY 1050 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:15,960 AS POSSIBLE. 1051 00:43:16,026 --> 00:43:17,394 SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1052 00:43:17,461 --> 00:43:18,896 IMPLEMENTING THIS CHANGED 1053 00:43:18,963 --> 00:43:20,597 APPROACH, AND DELIVERING ON A 1054 00:43:20,664 --> 00:43:24,435 NEW RESPONSIVE, EASILY TO 1055 00:43:24,501 --> 00:43:25,569 NAVIGATE AND SENSIBLE COMMERCIAL 1056 00:43:25,636 --> 00:43:28,572 BASE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND WE 1057 00:43:28,639 --> 00:43:37,915 WEMUCH LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THIS 1058 00:43:37,982 --> 00:43:38,349 HAPPEN. 1059 00:43:38,415 --> 00:43:42,252 THANK YOU. 1060 00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:43,520 [APPLAUSE] 1061 00:43:43,587 --> 00:43:45,122 >> THANK YOU, JEFFREY. 1062 00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:47,725 AND WITH THAT LET ME RECOGNIZE 1063 00:43:47,791 --> 00:43:50,794 THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, WHO I 1064 00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:53,330 KNOW HAS BEEN WORKING VERY 1065 00:43:53,397 --> 00:43:55,432 CLOSELY WITH THE SECRETARY TO 1066 00:43:55,499 --> 00:43:57,735 ACHIEVE EXACTLY THE 1067 00:43:57,801 --> 00:43:59,536 STREAMLINING, THE OBJECTIVES 1068 00:43:59,603 --> 00:44:00,637 THAT WE DISCUSSED. 1069 00:44:00,704 --> 00:44:01,238 THANK YOU. 1070 00:44:01,305 --> 00:44:03,540 >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE 1071 00:44:03,607 --> 00:44:04,008 PRESIDENT. 1072 00:44:04,074 --> 00:44:05,209 MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF 1073 00:44:05,275 --> 00:44:09,646 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, 1074 00:44:09,713 --> 00:44:10,581 ADVISORY GROUPS, AND 1075 00:44:10,647 --> 00:44:12,883 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, RECENTLY 1076 00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:21,425 HERE AT CAPE CANAVERAL, THE 1077 00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:25,662 SPACEX LAUNCHED, AND THEY 1078 00:44:25,729 --> 00:44:27,231 SCHEDULED THE LAND BACK HERE. 1079 00:44:27,297 --> 00:44:28,799 THIS IS THEIR SECOND USE. 1080 00:44:28,866 --> 00:44:30,768 YOU SAW ONE OF THEM AS YOU CAME 1081 00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:31,135 IN. 1082 00:44:31,201 --> 00:44:35,272 IT WILL BE READY FOR ITS THIRD 1083 00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:39,209 LAUNCH, IN AMAZING TECHNOLOGICAL 1084 00:44:39,276 --> 00:44:39,910 AND COMMERCIAL FEAT. 1085 00:44:39,977 --> 00:44:42,946 THANKS TO IMPRESSIVE EVENTS SUCH 1086 00:44:43,013 --> 00:44:44,348 AS THIS, THE UNITED STATES IS 1087 00:44:44,415 --> 00:44:48,018 THE LEADER IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN. 1088 00:44:48,085 --> 00:44:50,988 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN SPACE IS 1089 00:44:51,055 --> 00:44:53,357 A BRIGHT RED ROOSTER GOING 1090 00:44:53,424 --> 00:44:56,460 THOUSANDS OF MILES PER HOUR, THE 1091 00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:58,262 FASTEST CAR IN HISTORY. 1092 00:44:58,328 --> 00:45:02,299 WE HAD BETTER KEEP UP WITH IT. 1093 00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:06,070 SPACE IS ALREADY A $330 BILLION 1094 00:45:06,136 --> 00:45:10,140 INDUSTRY SUPPORTING 211,000 1095 00:45:10,207 --> 00:45:11,308 AMERICAN JOBS. 1096 00:45:11,375 --> 00:45:16,146 BUT OUR SHARE OF THE 1,700 NEW 1097 00:45:16,213 --> 00:45:19,249 COMPANIES CREATED WORLDWIDE LAST 1098 00:45:19,316 --> 00:45:23,187 YEAR WAS ONLY 45%, FAR LOWER 1099 00:45:23,253 --> 00:45:26,290 THAN OUR SHARE OF LAUNCHES. 1100 00:45:26,356 --> 00:45:29,827 PRIVATE COMPANIES FUNDED 1101 00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:32,529 $3.9 BILLION OF OUR SPACE EFFORT 1102 00:45:32,596 --> 00:45:36,066 LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE COMPETING 1103 00:45:36,133 --> 00:45:37,534 AGAINST 70 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, 1104 00:45:37,601 --> 00:45:39,470 SO THEY NEED ALL THE SUPPORT WE 1105 00:45:39,536 --> 00:45:42,673 CAN GIVE THEM. 1106 00:45:42,739 --> 00:45:45,576 COUNTRIES NEW TO SPACE HAVE AN 1107 00:45:45,642 --> 00:45:48,112 INHERENT ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF 1108 00:45:48,178 --> 00:45:49,379 THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT 1109 00:45:49,446 --> 00:45:51,815 BECAUSE THEY CARRY NO BAGGAGE 1110 00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:56,687 FROM THE EARLIER, SIMPLER DAYS 1111 00:45:56,753 --> 00:45:57,588 IN SPACE. 1112 00:45:57,654 --> 00:46:01,058 IN CONTRAST MUCH OF OUR REMOTE 1113 00:46:01,125 --> 00:46:08,699 SENSING REGULATORY REGIME IS 5 25 1114 00:46:08,765 --> 00:46:09,900 YEARS AGO. 1115 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:12,236 AND IT BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE 1116 00:46:12,302 --> 00:46:13,103 TO SPACE TODAY. 1117 00:46:13,170 --> 00:46:15,205 NOW THE RATE OF INNOVATION IS 1118 00:46:15,272 --> 00:46:17,608 EXTRAORDINARY, SO WE NEED AN 1119 00:46:17,674 --> 00:46:21,111 ADAPTIVE AND RELATIVELY 1120 00:46:21,178 --> 00:46:24,381 PERMISSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEM. 1121 00:46:24,448 --> 00:46:27,351 NOOA, FAA AND FCC AND OTHER 1122 00:46:27,417 --> 00:46:29,219 AGENCIES EACH HAVE A ROLE, AND 1123 00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:32,322 THEY ALL HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO 1124 00:46:32,389 --> 00:46:37,027 DOD, THE IOC, AND STATE AS WELL. 1125 00:46:37,094 --> 00:46:40,998 THAT COMPLEXITY INHERENTLY 1126 00:46:41,064 --> 00:46:42,466 CAUSES DELAY. 1127 00:46:42,533 --> 00:46:44,468 SINCE THE FIRST MEETING IN 1128 00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:46,069 OCTOBER, COMMERCE'S REVIEW OF 1129 00:46:46,136 --> 00:46:48,939 THE OUTDATED REGULATORY 1130 00:46:49,006 --> 00:46:52,409 FRAMEWORK AND DISCUSSIONS WITHIN 1131 00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:55,012 AN AMBITIOUS BUT FRUSTRATED 1132 00:46:55,078 --> 00:46:56,580 SPACE INDUSTRY MADE IT CLEAR 1133 00:46:56,647 --> 00:47:01,585 THAT THE RATE OF REGULATORY 1134 00:47:01,652 --> 00:47:03,520 CHANGE MUST MATCH THE RATE OF 1135 00:47:03,587 --> 00:47:04,488 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. 1136 00:47:04,555 --> 00:47:09,326 THAT IS HOW WE WILL INSURE THAT 1137 00:47:09,393 --> 00:47:10,661 BUSINESSES CHOOSE THE UNITED 1138 00:47:10,727 --> 00:47:14,731 STATES AS THEIR FLAG OF CHOICE 1139 00:47:14,798 --> 00:47:17,568 FOR SPACE. 1140 00:47:17,634 --> 00:47:19,136 SO AT THE DEPARTMENT WE'RE 1141 00:47:19,203 --> 00:47:21,972 WORKING TO CREATE A NEW ONE-STOP 1142 00:47:22,039 --> 00:47:24,675 SHOP FOR SPACE COMMERCE. 1143 00:47:24,741 --> 00:47:25,876 MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WITH THE 1144 00:47:25,943 --> 00:47:27,244 COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, I WILL MOVE 1145 00:47:27,311 --> 00:47:32,049 THE OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE AND 1146 00:47:32,115 --> 00:47:35,852 THE COMMERCIAL REMOTE REGULATORY 1147 00:47:35,919 --> 00:47:43,594 AFFAIRS OFFICE FROM NOAA TO MY 1148 00:47:43,660 --> 00:47:44,695 DIRECT OVER SIGHT OF THE OFFICE 1149 00:47:44,761 --> 00:47:48,765 OF THE SECRETARY. 1150 00:47:48,832 --> 00:47:50,467 [APPLAUSE] 1151 00:47:50,534 --> 00:47:54,204 THIS ELEVATED AND AMPLIFIED 1152 00:47:54,271 --> 00:47:55,505 SPACE COMMERCE WILL COORDINATE 1153 00:47:55,572 --> 00:47:59,109 ALL SPACE-RELATED FUNCTIONS OF 1154 00:47:59,176 --> 00:48:00,444 THE DEPUTY. 1155 00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:05,048 REMOTE SENSING, SPECTRUM POLICY, 1156 00:48:05,115 --> 00:48:06,883 EXPORT CONTROLS, BUSINESS AND 1157 00:48:06,950 --> 00:48:08,852 TRADE PROMOTION TO NAME A FEW. 1158 00:48:08,919 --> 00:48:11,688 IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED 1159 00:48:11,755 --> 00:48:13,957 RELOCATION OF THE OFFICE OF 1160 00:48:14,024 --> 00:48:15,926 SPACE COMMERCIAL WE WILL ALSO 1161 00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:19,630 SOON NAME A DIRECTOR OF THAT 1162 00:48:19,696 --> 00:48:20,130 OFFICE. 1163 00:48:20,197 --> 00:48:21,932 ALSO, WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE 1164 00:48:21,999 --> 00:48:24,701 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 1165 00:48:24,768 --> 00:48:28,538 AND THE NTIA ADDITIONAL FUNDING 1166 00:48:28,605 --> 00:48:31,275 FOR THEIR SPACE FOCUS 1167 00:48:31,341 --> 00:48:32,142 ACTIVITIES. 1168 00:48:32,209 --> 00:48:33,944 AND OUR FOREIGN COMMERCIAL 1169 00:48:34,011 --> 00:48:37,381 SERVICE TEAMS LOCATED IN 105 1170 00:48:37,447 --> 00:48:40,384 CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, WE'LL 1171 00:48:40,450 --> 00:48:42,786 RECRUIT FOREIGN SPACE BUSINESSES 1172 00:48:42,853 --> 00:48:44,187 TO OUR COUNTRY. 1173 00:48:44,254 --> 00:48:48,225 SPACE WILL BE FEATURED DURING 1174 00:48:48,292 --> 00:48:49,293 OUR SELECT USA CONFERENCE IN 1175 00:48:49,359 --> 00:48:53,730 JUNE, WHICH LAST YEAR ATTRACTED 1176 00:48:53,797 --> 00:48:55,866 3,000 FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS. 1177 00:48:55,932 --> 00:48:58,902 THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE 1178 00:48:58,969 --> 00:49:00,671 PROPOSALS TO THE SPACE COUNCIL 1179 00:49:00,737 --> 00:49:05,008 THAT ALL SPACE COMMERCE 1180 00:49:05,075 --> 00:49:07,110 RESPONSIBILITIES OTHER THAN 1181 00:49:07,177 --> 00:49:08,879 LAUNCH AND RE-ENTRY LICENSING, 1182 00:49:08,945 --> 00:49:12,349 BE CONSOLIDATED TO THE 1183 00:49:12,416 --> 00:49:15,252 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 1184 00:49:15,319 --> 00:49:21,325 WE FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT 1185 00:49:21,391 --> 00:49:25,295 PRESIDENT DIRECT REGULATIONS AND 1186 00:49:25,362 --> 00:49:27,931 LEGISLATION FOR AN EFFECTIVE 1187 00:49:27,998 --> 00:49:29,299 MISSION AUTHORIZATION FRAMEWORK 1188 00:49:29,366 --> 00:49:34,104 FOR ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN 1189 00:49:34,171 --> 00:49:34,538 SPACE. 1190 00:49:34,604 --> 00:49:42,979 WE PLEDGE TO MAKE PROPOSALS NO 1191 00:49:43,046 --> 00:49:46,483 LATER THAN JULY 1ST. 1192 00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:48,518 THE SPACE HABITATION ARE QUICKLY 1193 00:49:48,585 --> 00:49:50,220 BECOMING MORE THAN SCIENCE 1194 00:49:50,287 --> 00:49:56,760 FICTION, AND WE NEED A 1195 00:49:56,827 --> 00:49:58,895 FUTURE-ORIENTED SPACE AGENDA AND 1196 00:49:58,962 --> 00:49:59,363 REGIME. 1197 00:49:59,429 --> 00:50:01,832 WITH INPUT AND GUIDANCE FROM THE 1198 00:50:01,898 --> 00:50:03,533 SPACE COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF 1199 00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,803 COMMERCE WITH BE THE ONE-STOP 1200 00:50:06,870 --> 00:50:09,840 SHOP THAT THE INDUSTRY SO SORELY 1201 00:50:09,906 --> 00:50:10,273 NEEDS. 1202 00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:12,075 IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT 1203 00:50:12,142 --> 00:50:14,111 RECOMMENDS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS 1204 00:50:14,177 --> 00:50:16,780 OF COMMERCE, STATE, AND DEFENSE 1205 00:50:16,847 --> 00:50:19,916 CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO 1206 00:50:19,983 --> 00:50:22,386 SIMPLIFY EXISTING COMMERCIAL 1207 00:50:22,452 --> 00:50:24,221 REMOTE SENSING, LICENSING 1208 00:50:24,287 --> 00:50:25,122 REGIMES. 1209 00:50:25,188 --> 00:50:28,091 THAT PROCESS MUST BE MADE MORE 1210 00:50:28,158 --> 00:50:30,627 EFFICIENT AND PREDICTABLE. 1211 00:50:30,694 --> 00:50:33,630 SATELLITE COMPANIES NOW FACE A 1212 00:50:33,697 --> 00:50:36,233 TIMELINE THAT CAN TAKE FIVE 1213 00:50:36,299 --> 00:50:43,740 YEARS, UNDEFINED, INDEFINITE, 1214 00:50:43,807 --> 00:50:45,575 AND PROVIDES NO CERTAINTY OR 1215 00:50:45,642 --> 00:50:46,743 PREDICTABILITY TO INDUSTRY. 1216 00:50:46,810 --> 00:50:50,113 THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND MUST 1217 00:50:50,180 --> 00:50:52,015 CHANGE. 1218 00:50:52,082 --> 00:50:53,150 OTHERWISE, COMPANIES AND 1219 00:50:53,216 --> 00:50:55,452 CUSTOMERS WILL GO OVERSEAS. 1220 00:50:55,519 --> 00:50:57,821 THERE ARE TWO OTHER AREAS WHERE 1221 00:50:57,888 --> 00:50:59,823 COMMERCE CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT 1222 00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:02,058 ROLE FOR AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN 1223 00:51:02,125 --> 00:51:02,826 SPACE. 1224 00:51:02,893 --> 00:51:06,196 THESE ARE INSPECTOR POLICIES AND 1225 00:51:06,263 --> 00:51:07,964 EXPORT LICENSING. 1226 00:51:08,031 --> 00:51:10,867 SPECTRUM IS A SCARCE RESOURCE 1227 00:51:10,934 --> 00:51:14,504 THAT FACILITATES COMMUNICATIONS, 1228 00:51:14,571 --> 00:51:17,040 CONTROL, AND TRANSMISSION OF 1229 00:51:17,107 --> 00:51:19,810 VALUABLE DATA BACK TO EARTH. 1230 00:51:19,876 --> 00:51:21,378 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 1231 00:51:21,445 --> 00:51:22,312 SHOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE 1232 00:51:22,379 --> 00:51:24,781 DEPARTMENT BE DIRECTED TO 1233 00:51:24,848 --> 00:51:27,651 DEVELOP AND ADVOCATE FOR 1234 00:51:27,717 --> 00:51:29,586 SPECTRUM POLICIES TO SUPPORT 1235 00:51:29,653 --> 00:51:31,521 COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES 1236 00:51:31,588 --> 00:51:33,557 WHILE RESPECTING THE NEEDS OF 1237 00:51:33,623 --> 00:51:36,726 DOD AND OTHERS. 1238 00:51:36,793 --> 00:51:38,028 FINALLY, COMMERCE RECOMMENDS 1239 00:51:38,094 --> 00:51:41,565 THAT THE SPACE COUNCIL AND THE 1240 00:51:41,631 --> 00:51:44,167 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY REVIEW 1241 00:51:44,234 --> 00:51:47,804 EXPORT LICENSING REGULATIONS 1242 00:51:47,871 --> 00:51:49,973 AFFECTING COMMERCIAL SPACE 1243 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:51,374 ACTIVITY. 1244 00:51:51,441 --> 00:51:53,310 TODAY A SPACE VEHICLE THAT 1245 00:51:53,376 --> 00:51:56,947 RETURNS TO EARTH IN 1246 00:51:57,013 --> 00:51:58,315 INTERNATIONAL WATERS OR NON-U.S. 1247 00:51:58,381 --> 00:52:01,251 TERRITORY IS TREATED AS AN 1248 00:52:01,318 --> 00:52:03,720 EXPORT OF SENSITIVE AND 1249 00:52:03,787 --> 00:52:04,721 DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY. 1250 00:52:04,788 --> 00:52:10,560 THIS APPROACH IS A PRIMARY 1251 00:52:10,627 --> 00:52:11,294 COMPLAINT OF SPACE COMPANIES. 1252 00:52:11,361 --> 00:52:13,864 IF THE PRESIDENT APPROVES OUR 1253 00:52:13,930 --> 00:52:14,931 RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WILL 1254 00:52:14,998 --> 00:52:16,399 CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR 1255 00:52:16,466 --> 00:52:19,069 COLLEAGUES AT STATE AND DOD TO 1256 00:52:19,135 --> 00:52:21,671 ENABLE MORE COMMERCIAL 1257 00:52:21,738 --> 00:52:23,707 ACTIVITIES WHILE PROTECTING 1258 00:52:23,773 --> 00:52:26,142 NATIONAL SECURITY. 1259 00:52:26,209 --> 00:52:29,012 THAT LITTLE RED TESSLA IN OUTER 1260 00:52:29,079 --> 00:52:30,881 SPACE DOES NEED RULES OF THE 1261 00:52:30,947 --> 00:52:32,582 ROAD, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE TOO 1262 00:52:32,649 --> 00:52:38,121 MANY ONE-WAY STREETS, DEAD-ENDS, 1263 00:52:38,188 --> 00:52:39,322 OR U TURNS. 1264 00:52:39,389 --> 00:52:42,926 I PROMISE YOU THAT COMMERCE WILL 1265 00:52:42,993 --> 00:52:43,693 BE A GOOD STORY. 1266 00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:44,294 THANK YOU. 1267 00:52:44,361 --> 00:52:51,601 [APPLAUSE] 1268 00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:54,137 >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1269 00:52:54,204 --> 00:52:55,839 GREAT WORK, AND THE DEPARTMENT'S 1270 00:52:55,906 --> 00:52:57,340 GREAT WORK IN THIS AREA, AND 1271 00:52:57,407 --> 00:52:59,576 WE'LL SPEAK TO YOUR 1272 00:52:59,643 --> 00:53:01,545 RECOMMENDATIONS MOMENTARILY. 1273 00:53:01,611 --> 00:53:04,180 BUT I THINK EVERYONE LOOKING ON 1274 00:53:04,247 --> 00:53:06,383 CAN TELL THE GREAT COLLABORATION 1275 00:53:06,449 --> 00:53:07,751 BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF 1276 00:53:07,817 --> 00:53:10,053 COMMERCE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 1277 00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:11,121 TRANSPORTATION, AND APPRECIATE 1278 00:53:11,187 --> 00:53:12,923 VERY MUCH THE WORK DONE. 1279 00:53:12,989 --> 00:53:17,494 WE'LL TURN OUR ATTENTION NOW TO 1280 00:53:17,561 --> 00:53:20,196 ADMINISTRATOR THANK YOU FOR 1281 00:53:20,263 --> 00:53:21,398 BEING HERE TODAY. 1282 00:53:21,464 --> 00:53:25,135 MOST PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF 1283 00:53:25,201 --> 00:53:27,537 HOW IMPORTANT YOUR JOB IS AT THE 1284 00:53:27,604 --> 00:53:29,639 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 1285 00:53:29,706 --> 00:53:31,741 YOU LEAD THE REGULATORY AFFAIRS, 1286 00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:33,443 AND IT'S CRITICAL TO THE WORK OF 1287 00:53:33,510 --> 00:53:35,178 THIS COUNCIL. 1288 00:53:35,245 --> 00:53:37,881 I WANT TO THANK THE DIRECTOR WHO 1289 00:53:37,948 --> 00:53:40,784 HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO 1290 00:53:40,850 --> 00:53:42,919 MOVE THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. 1291 00:53:42,986 --> 00:53:44,621 CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW 1292 00:53:44,688 --> 00:53:46,990 OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING 1293 00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:48,558 TOWARDS IN THE OFFICE TO SUPPORT 1294 00:53:48,625 --> 00:53:49,426 THIS EFFORT. 1295 00:53:49,492 --> 00:53:51,494 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. VICE 1296 00:53:51,561 --> 00:53:51,928 PRESIDENT. 1297 00:53:51,995 --> 00:53:54,531 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH 1298 00:53:54,598 --> 00:53:55,865 MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, THE 1299 00:53:55,932 --> 00:53:57,200 SPACE COUNCIL AND OTHER 1300 00:53:57,267 --> 00:53:58,401 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FOR THIS 1301 00:53:58,468 --> 00:53:59,936 EXCITING AND AMBITIOUS EVENT. 1302 00:54:00,003 --> 00:54:04,774 AS YOU MENTIONED, I'M THED A VIN 1303 00:54:04,841 --> 00:54:05,609 TRAITOR OF THE OFFICE THAT 1304 00:54:05,675 --> 00:54:06,476 REVIEWS ALL SIGNIFICANT 1305 00:54:06,543 --> 00:54:07,877 REGULATORY ACTIONS ACROSS THE 1306 00:54:07,944 --> 00:54:08,445 GOVERNMENT. 1307 00:54:08,511 --> 00:54:10,447 AND IN A NUTSHELL WHAT WE DO IS 1308 00:54:10,513 --> 00:54:13,016 WE TRY TO INSURE THAT 1309 00:54:13,083 --> 00:54:14,985 REGULATIONS SERVE THE AMERICAN 1310 00:54:15,051 --> 00:54:17,153 PEOPLE. 1311 00:54:17,220 --> 00:54:21,257 SINCE THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, 1312 00:54:21,324 --> 00:54:25,662 WE HELP THE PRESIDENT MEET 1313 00:54:25,729 --> 00:54:26,663 PRIORITIES, LIKE WE'RE TALKING 1314 00:54:26,730 --> 00:54:28,198 ABOUT TODAY, THE COMMITMENT TO 1315 00:54:28,264 --> 00:54:29,566 BE THE FRONT OF SPACE. 1316 00:54:29,633 --> 00:54:30,667 THERE ARE TREMENDOUS 1317 00:54:30,734 --> 00:54:32,135 OPPORTUNITIES TO USE SPACE FOR 1318 00:54:32,202 --> 00:54:33,970 SECURITY AND COMMERCIAL 1319 00:54:34,037 --> 00:54:34,471 PURPOSES. 1320 00:54:34,537 --> 00:54:36,006 BUT THE SUCCESS OF THESE 1321 00:54:36,072 --> 00:54:40,844 AMBITIOUS VENTURES WILL FEND IN 1322 00:54:40,910 --> 00:54:41,845 PART A REGULATORY SYSTEM THAT 1323 00:54:41,911 --> 00:54:44,981 DOES NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF 1324 00:54:45,048 --> 00:54:46,316 PROGRESS, PROVIDES INNOVATION, 1325 00:54:46,383 --> 00:54:49,219 CLARITY OF SAFETY. 1326 00:54:49,285 --> 00:54:50,387 AND THESE GOALS WITH RESPECT TO 1327 00:54:50,453 --> 00:54:51,421 SPACE DEVELOPMENT ARE CONSISTENT 1328 00:54:51,488 --> 00:54:52,889 WITH PRESIDENT'S OVER ALL 1329 00:54:52,956 --> 00:54:56,059 DIRECTION TO REDUCE REGULATORY 1330 00:54:56,126 --> 00:54:57,193 BURDENS ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT. 1331 00:54:57,260 --> 00:54:58,762 AS AN ADMINISTRATION WE WANT TO 1332 00:54:58,828 --> 00:55:03,700 ADVANCE THE REGULATORY POLICY 1333 00:55:03,767 --> 00:55:05,435 THAT FIRST LEAVES INDIVIDUALS 1334 00:55:05,502 --> 00:55:06,636 AND BUSINESSES AS FREE AS 1335 00:55:06,703 --> 00:55:09,439 POSSIBLE TO INNOVATE AND CREATE 1336 00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:13,810 THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE. 1337 00:55:13,877 --> 00:55:15,145 THESE GENERAL PRINCIPLES APPLIED 1338 00:55:15,211 --> 00:55:16,880 ACROSS THE BOARD HAVE PARTICULAR 1339 00:55:16,946 --> 00:55:20,250 IMPORTANCE IN THE AREA OF 1340 00:55:20,316 --> 00:55:22,285 EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS 1341 00:55:22,352 --> 00:55:23,953 SPACE EXPLORATION. 1342 00:55:24,020 --> 00:55:25,755 WE DISCOVER THE IDEA THAT THE 1343 00:55:25,822 --> 00:55:27,424 GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE PICKING 1344 00:55:27,490 --> 00:55:29,559 WINNERS AND LOSERS THROUGH 1345 00:55:29,626 --> 00:55:30,160 REGULATION. 1346 00:55:30,226 --> 00:55:33,363 WE DON'T WANT TO FREEZE 1347 00:55:33,430 --> 00:55:35,331 DEVELOPMENT OR STIFLE INNOVATION 1348 00:55:35,398 --> 00:55:37,167 THROUGH GOVERNMENT PRESCRIPTION. 1349 00:55:37,233 --> 00:55:38,234 AS THE SECRETARIES HAVE 1350 00:55:38,301 --> 00:55:39,803 MENTIONED, IMPORTANT REFORM 1351 00:55:39,869 --> 00:55:41,271 BEGINS FIRST BY IDENTIFYING SOME 1352 00:55:41,337 --> 00:55:43,640 OF THE PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING 1353 00:55:43,707 --> 00:55:45,475 REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS. 1354 00:55:45,542 --> 00:55:47,010 WE NEED TO FIND THOSE 1355 00:55:47,077 --> 00:55:53,850 REGULATIONS THAT ARE 1356 00:55:53,917 --> 00:55:56,152 DUPLICATIVE, AND WORK HARD TO 1357 00:55:56,219 --> 00:55:56,986 STREAMLINE THOSE BURDENS. 1358 00:55:57,053 --> 00:56:01,257 IN AREAS WHERE MULTIPLE AGENCIES 1359 00:56:01,324 --> 00:56:02,659 POSE OVERLAPPING BURDENS SUCH AS 1360 00:56:02,726 --> 00:56:03,727 LICENSING OR PAPERWORK 1361 00:56:03,793 --> 00:56:06,896 REPORTING, WE'RE RECONSIDERING 1362 00:56:06,963 --> 00:56:08,098 HOW THOSE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE 1363 00:56:08,164 --> 00:56:09,232 COMBINED OR REPLACED. 1364 00:56:09,299 --> 00:56:12,702 IN PART OF OUR CENTRALIZED ROLE 1365 00:56:12,769 --> 00:56:14,204 WE CAN ADDRESS ISSUES THAT 1366 00:56:14,270 --> 00:56:16,973 EXPAND MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO 1367 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:18,675 ELIMINATE AND STREAMLINE 1368 00:56:18,742 --> 00:56:19,409 UNNECESSARY REQUIREMENTS. 1369 00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:23,813 THAT SIMPLY WILL ALLOW MORE 1370 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:25,915 RESOURCES GO TO RESEARCH AND 1371 00:56:25,982 --> 00:56:26,950 PRODUCTION RATHER THAN 1372 00:56:27,016 --> 00:56:28,051 REGULATORY RED TAPE. 1373 00:56:28,118 --> 00:56:29,419 WE'RE CONFIDENT WE CAN DO THIS 1374 00:56:29,486 --> 00:56:30,520 FOR SPACE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE 1375 00:56:30,587 --> 00:56:31,821 WE'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER 1376 00:56:31,888 --> 00:56:34,224 REGULATORY AREAS. 1377 00:56:34,290 --> 00:56:36,693 THE PRESIDENT HAS DEMONSTRATED 1378 00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:37,627 TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP IN THIS 1379 00:56:37,694 --> 00:56:40,530 AREA, AND DIRECTED SIGNIFICANT 1380 00:56:40,597 --> 00:56:42,298 AND MEANINGFUL REGULATORY REFORM 1381 00:56:42,365 --> 00:56:44,134 SINCE THE OUTSET OF THE 1382 00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:44,801 ADMINISTRATION. 1383 00:56:44,868 --> 00:56:46,636 HIS EARLIER EXECUTIVE ORDER 1384 00:56:46,703 --> 00:56:53,510 CALLED FOR ELIMINATING TWO 1385 00:56:53,576 --> 00:56:54,911 REGULATIONS FOR EACH NEW ONE. 1386 00:56:54,978 --> 00:56:58,548 AND IN THIS COMING YEAR AGENCIES 1387 00:56:58,615 --> 00:57:00,750 ARE PROPOSING MORE REGULATORY 1388 00:57:00,817 --> 00:57:03,553 ACTIONS AND COST SAVINGS OF OVER 1389 00:57:03,620 --> 00:57:03,987 $10 BILLION. 1390 00:57:04,053 --> 00:57:07,090 SO IN THE PAST REGULATORY 1391 00:57:07,157 --> 00:57:08,191 BURDENS HAVE STEADILY INCREASED 1392 00:57:08,258 --> 00:57:09,259 OVER TIME, BUT THIS 1393 00:57:09,325 --> 00:57:11,027 ADMINISTRATION HAS REALLY TURNED 1394 00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:12,929 THE TIDE WITH ITS REGULATORY 1395 00:57:12,996 --> 00:57:14,864 REFORM INITIATIVES. 1396 00:57:14,931 --> 00:57:19,169 AND SO IN AREAS OF BURGEONING 1397 00:57:19,235 --> 00:57:21,437 NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS SPACE 1398 00:57:21,504 --> 00:57:23,640 DEVELOPMENT, THIS MEANS THAT 1399 00:57:23,706 --> 00:57:24,774 COMPANIES CAN PROCEED WITH 1400 00:57:24,841 --> 00:57:26,376 CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING 1401 00:57:26,442 --> 00:57:27,644 TO SPRING NEW REGULATORY 1402 00:57:27,710 --> 00:57:29,512 REQUIREMENTS ON THEM THAT WILL 1403 00:57:29,579 --> 00:57:29,979 STIFLE GROWTH. 1404 00:57:30,046 --> 00:57:31,581 WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO A 1405 00:57:31,648 --> 00:57:32,415 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL 1406 00:57:32,482 --> 00:57:33,550 ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF 1407 00:57:33,616 --> 00:57:34,017 SPACE. 1408 00:57:34,083 --> 00:57:36,553 WITH THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK WE'RE 1409 00:57:36,619 --> 00:57:39,155 CONFIDENT THAT PRIVATE COMPANIES 1410 00:57:39,222 --> 00:57:42,058 CAN UNLEASH CREATIVITY AND 1411 00:57:42,125 --> 00:57:42,659 INGENUITY. 1412 00:57:42,725 --> 00:57:44,894 AND WE CAN ENHANCE. 1413 00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:47,230 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP BY ATTRACTING 1414 00:57:47,297 --> 00:57:50,066 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR 1415 00:57:50,133 --> 00:57:50,500 SPACE. 1416 00:57:50,567 --> 00:57:52,869 WE FACE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS LIKE 1417 00:57:52,936 --> 00:57:54,604 SECURITY, SAFETY, SOVEREIGNTY, 1418 00:57:54,671 --> 00:57:57,607 AND WITH THE WORK OF THE SPACE 1419 00:57:57,674 --> 00:57:59,709 COUNCIL, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO 1420 00:57:59,776 --> 00:58:01,144 WORKING ACROSS GOVERNMENT TO 1421 00:58:01,211 --> 00:58:02,679 DESIGN REGULATION THAT MEET 1422 00:58:02,745 --> 00:58:04,080 THESE NEEDS WHILE FURTHERING OUR 1423 00:58:04,147 --> 00:58:07,150 JOURNEY TO THE NEXT FRONTIERS OF 1424 00:58:07,217 --> 00:58:07,517 SPACE. 1425 00:58:07,584 --> 00:58:09,853 THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. 1426 00:58:09,919 --> 00:58:10,320 [APPLAUSE] 1427 00:58:10,386 --> 00:58:12,856 >> THANK YOU. 1428 00:58:12,922 --> 00:58:15,391 WELL DONE. 1429 00:58:15,458 --> 00:58:16,826 [APPLAUSE] 1430 00:58:16,893 --> 00:58:18,995 OKAY, THIS--WE'RE APPROACHING 1431 00:58:19,062 --> 00:58:20,797 THE END OF THE FIRST HALF OF OUR 1432 00:58:20,864 --> 00:58:21,264 PRESENTATION. 1433 00:58:21,331 --> 00:58:24,634 BEFORE WE MOVE TO PANELS, I 1434 00:58:24,701 --> 00:58:25,468 RECOMMEND MEMBERS TO YOUR 1435 00:58:25,535 --> 00:58:26,369 PACKETS TODAY. 1436 00:58:26,436 --> 00:58:28,404 YOU HAVE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS 1437 00:58:28,471 --> 00:58:36,246 TO THE PRESIDENT FOR APPROVAL 1438 00:58:36,312 --> 00:58:40,884 RECOMMENDATION ONE, TO REPLACE 1439 00:58:40,950 --> 00:58:43,586 LAUNCHING REGIMES WITH 1440 00:58:43,653 --> 00:58:45,788 STREAMLINED SYSTEMS BY 1441 00:58:45,855 --> 00:58:46,956 MARCH 1, 2019, AND TO COMPLETE 1442 00:58:47,023 --> 00:58:48,091 THAT ON OR BEFORE. 1443 00:58:48,157 --> 00:58:49,225 NUMBER TWO, DIRECT THE 1444 00:58:49,292 --> 00:58:51,995 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO 1445 00:58:52,061 --> 00:58:53,730 CONSOLIDATE ALL STATE COMMERCE 1446 00:58:53,796 --> 00:58:55,999 RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE OFFICE 1447 00:58:56,065 --> 00:58:59,903 OF THE SECRETARY AS DESCRIBED, 1448 00:58:59,969 --> 00:59:01,838 AND AS ALSO DEVELOP A SYSTEM 1449 00:59:01,905 --> 00:59:05,308 THAT FACILITATES AUTHORIZATION 1450 00:59:05,375 --> 00:59:06,743 FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES. 1451 00:59:06,809 --> 00:59:08,044 THERE ARE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS 1452 00:59:08,111 --> 00:59:10,680 RELATED TO THAT THAT THE 1453 00:59:10,747 --> 00:59:12,649 SECRETARY ENNUMERATED QUITE 1454 00:59:12,715 --> 00:59:13,349 WELL. 1455 00:59:13,416 --> 00:59:17,453 RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE 1456 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:18,221 DIRECTS THE NATIONAL 1457 00:59:18,288 --> 00:59:19,088 TELECOMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATION 1458 00:59:19,155 --> 00:59:21,190 AND COMMERCE TO WORK WITH THE 1459 00:59:21,257 --> 00:59:23,126 FCC TO DEVELOP PROTECTIONS FOR 1460 00:59:23,192 --> 00:59:25,929 THE RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM, 1461 00:59:25,995 --> 00:59:27,563 FACILITATING COMMERCIAL SPACE 1462 00:59:27,630 --> 00:59:30,199 ACTIVITIES, AND RECOMMENDATION 1463 00:59:30,266 --> 00:59:31,134 FOR DIRECTIVES FROM THE 1464 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,235 SECRETARY OF COUNCIL AND 1465 00:59:32,302 --> 00:59:33,369 COORDINATION WITH ALL THE 1466 00:59:33,436 --> 00:59:34,470 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO 1467 00:59:34,537 --> 00:59:36,940 DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO 1468 00:59:37,006 --> 00:59:40,710 STREAMLINE, EXPORT AND CONTROL 1469 00:59:40,777 --> 00:59:44,614 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS BY 1470 00:59:44,681 --> 00:59:45,581 JANUARY 1, 2019, AS THE 1471 00:59:45,648 --> 00:59:46,416 SECRETARY DESCRIBED. 1472 00:59:46,482 --> 00:59:50,520 IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, OR 1473 00:59:50,586 --> 00:59:52,155 QUESTIONS, SEEING NONE, I WOULD, 1474 00:59:52,221 --> 00:59:54,490 AS CHAIRMAN, DIRECT THE 1475 00:59:54,557 --> 00:59:55,625 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO INCLUDE 1476 00:59:55,692 --> 00:59:57,593 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN A 1477 00:59:57,660 --> 00:59:58,861 DECISION MEMORANDUM FOR THE 1478 00:59:58,928 --> 01:00:03,800 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1479 01:00:03,866 --> 01:00:04,767 SECRETARY ROSS AND DEPUTY 1480 01:00:04,834 --> 01:00:06,235 SECRETARY ROSEN, AT OUR MEETING 1481 01:00:06,302 --> 01:00:07,503 LATER THIS YEAR I WOULD LIKE YOU 1482 01:00:07,570 --> 01:00:08,805 TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL THE 1483 01:00:08,871 --> 01:00:13,076 DETAILS AND PROGRESS THAT WE ARE 1484 01:00:13,142 --> 01:00:16,980 MAKING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S 1485 01:00:17,046 --> 01:00:18,514 DECISION AND COMPLETION OF THE 1486 01:00:18,581 --> 01:00:18,982 DECISION. 1487 01:00:19,048 --> 01:00:19,549 THE MEMORANDUM. 1488 01:00:19,615 --> 01:00:21,751 WILL YOU JOIN US IN DIRECTING 1489 01:00:21,818 --> 01:00:24,520 THE TERRIFIC LEADERS FOR THE JOB 1490 01:00:24,587 --> 01:00:25,955 THEY'VE DONE IN THIS WORK. 1491 01:00:26,022 --> 01:00:29,225 [APPLAUSE] 1492 01:00:29,292 --> 01:00:30,994 WELL, BEFORE WE CALL OUR PANEL 1493 01:00:31,060 --> 01:00:35,198 UP, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST 1494 01:00:35,264 --> 01:00:37,567 ENTITLESSED "SECURING THE FIRST 1495 01:00:37,633 --> 01:00:41,004 FRONTIER" FOCUSING ON NATIONAL 1496 01:00:41,070 --> 01:00:41,704 SECURITY. 1497 01:00:41,771 --> 01:00:43,172 AND I'M PARTICULARLY 1498 01:00:43,239 --> 01:00:45,742 PLEASED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF 1499 01:00:45,808 --> 01:00:46,709 DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS WHO WILL 1500 01:00:46,776 --> 01:00:48,044 BE PRESENTING, AND I'LL 1501 01:00:48,111 --> 01:00:49,612 INTRODUCE THEM MOMENTARILY, BUT 1502 01:00:49,679 --> 01:00:51,147 THEY'RE INVITED TO TAKE THEIR 1503 01:00:51,214 --> 01:00:51,447 SEATS. 1504 01:00:51,514 --> 01:00:53,383 BEFORE WE HEAR FROM OUR 1505 01:00:53,449 --> 01:00:56,352 PANELISTS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK 1506 01:00:56,419 --> 01:01:00,423 SUSAN GORDON, WHO I HAVE--AND 1507 01:01:00,490 --> 01:01:02,592 THE PRESIDENT--HAVE COME TO KNOW 1508 01:01:02,658 --> 01:01:06,729 AND GREATLY RESPECT. 1509 01:01:06,796 --> 01:01:09,932 THE SUSAN, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US 1510 01:01:09,999 --> 01:01:12,568 A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SECURITY 1511 01:01:12,635 --> 01:01:13,770 CHALLENGES THAT THE UNITED 1512 01:01:13,836 --> 01:01:16,606 STATES FACES IN THE SPACE 1513 01:01:16,672 --> 01:01:18,274 ENVIRONMENT TODAY. 1514 01:01:18,341 --> 01:01:20,410 >> WELL, THANK YOU, MR. VICE 1515 01:01:20,476 --> 01:01:21,344 PRESIDENT, I'M DELIGHTED TO BE 1516 01:01:21,411 --> 01:01:22,678 HERE REPRESENTING THE WOMEN AND 1517 01:01:22,745 --> 01:01:24,113 MEN OF THE INTELLIGENCE 1518 01:01:24,180 --> 01:01:24,547 COMMUNITY. 1519 01:01:24,614 --> 01:01:27,850 YOU KNOW, WE ARE DRIVERS AND 1520 01:01:27,917 --> 01:01:30,920 PRACTITIONERS AND USERS OF THE 1521 01:01:30,987 --> 01:01:34,357 U.S. SPACE. 1522 01:01:34,424 --> 01:01:36,526 IN FACT, OUR HISTORY AND SPACE 1523 01:01:36,592 --> 01:01:38,594 HISTORY ARE INEXTRICABLY BOUND, 1524 01:01:38,661 --> 01:01:40,129 AND WE SEE THE SAME EXCITEMENT 1525 01:01:40,196 --> 01:01:42,698 THAT YOU ARTICULATED IN YOUR 1526 01:01:42,765 --> 01:01:47,437 REMARKS IN THIS MOMENT AS YOU 1527 01:01:47,503 --> 01:01:51,240 HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED, MR. VICE 1528 01:01:51,307 --> 01:01:53,176 PRESIDENT, I OFTEN BRING THE 1529 01:01:53,242 --> 01:01:54,644 SOBERING INFORMATION TO ANY 1530 01:01:54,710 --> 01:01:56,179 MEETING, AND SO TODAY WHAT I 1531 01:01:56,245 --> 01:01:58,614 THOUGHT I WOULD DO IS SPEND A 1532 01:01:58,681 --> 01:02:00,683 FEW MINUTES TO EXPLAIN THE PLANS 1533 01:02:00,750 --> 01:02:05,588 AND ACTIONS OF COMPETITORS WHO 1534 01:02:05,655 --> 01:02:07,123 WOULD IMPEDE OUR OPERATIONS OR 1535 01:02:07,190 --> 01:02:09,759 CHALLENGE OUR ADVANTAGE. 1536 01:02:09,826 --> 01:02:12,795 RUSSIA AND CHINA HAVE REACHED 1537 01:02:12,862 --> 01:02:14,464 COUNTER SPACE CAPABILITIES TO 1538 01:02:14,530 --> 01:02:18,334 BRING CONFLICT TO THE UNITED 1539 01:02:18,401 --> 01:02:21,437 STATES, TO ERODE OUR INFORMATION 1540 01:02:21,504 --> 01:02:21,871 ADVANTAGE. 1541 01:02:21,938 --> 01:02:23,906 BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE ROBUST 1542 01:02:23,973 --> 01:02:25,741 JAMMING CYBERATTACK CAPABILITIES 1543 01:02:25,808 --> 01:02:28,311 TODAY AND CAN THREATEN OUR 1544 01:02:28,377 --> 01:02:29,679 SATELLITE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. 1545 01:02:29,745 --> 01:02:32,782 RUSSIA AND CHINA'S DESTRUCT T.V. 1546 01:02:32,849 --> 01:02:35,852 SATELLITE WEAPONS INCLUDING 1547 01:02:35,918 --> 01:02:48,331 MISSILES, LASERS AND ORBITAL 1548 01:02:48,397 --> 01:02:51,167 MISSILES, RUSSIA'S ABILITY TO 1549 01:02:51,234 --> 01:02:51,968 STRIKE LOWER SATELLITES, AND 1550 01:02:52,034 --> 01:02:54,570 RUSSIA IS TESTING SUCH A WEAPON. 1551 01:02:54,637 --> 01:02:56,706 BOTH RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE 1552 01:02:56,772 --> 01:03:03,646 DEVELOPING WEAPONS TO DAMAGE 1553 01:03:03,713 --> 01:03:10,052 SPACE OPTICAL SENSORS, AND ARE 1554 01:03:10,119 --> 01:03:23,032 CREATING RENDEZVOUS ORBITAL 1555 01:03:23,099 --> 01:03:32,308 WEAPONS. 1556 01:03:32,375 --> 01:03:38,581 CHINA'S ARMY HAS PERFORMED 1557 01:03:38,648 --> 01:03:42,318 COUNTER SPACE UNIT INCLUDING 1558 01:03:42,385 --> 01:03:43,419 GROUND LAUNCH SATELLITE MISSILE 1559 01:03:43,486 --> 01:03:46,522 INITIALLY TESTED IN 2007. 1560 01:03:46,589 --> 01:03:48,357 NOW THE STATE THREATS INCLUDE 1561 01:03:48,424 --> 01:03:50,660 THE USE OF SPACE TO ENABLE AND 1562 01:03:50,726 --> 01:03:52,261 EMPOWER MILITARY OPERATIONS ON 1563 01:03:52,328 --> 01:03:55,097 THE EARTH'S SURFACE. 1564 01:03:55,164 --> 01:03:56,399 FOREIGN COUNTRIES WILL CONTINUE 1565 01:03:56,465 --> 01:03:58,034 TO IMPROVE THEIR MILITARY AND 1566 01:03:58,100 --> 01:04:01,971 THEIR USE OF RECONNAISSANCE, 1567 01:04:02,038 --> 01:04:03,806 NAVIGATION SYSTEMS IN TERMS OF 1568 01:04:03,873 --> 01:04:05,641 NUMBER OF SATELLITES, THE 1569 01:04:05,708 --> 01:04:07,510 BREADTH OF THEIR CAPABILITY AND 1570 01:04:07,577 --> 01:04:08,744 APPLICATION FOREVER USE. 1571 01:04:08,811 --> 01:04:09,879 OTHER NATION-STATE AND NON-STATE 1572 01:04:09,946 --> 01:04:12,982 ACTORS WILL GAIN ACCESS TO 1573 01:04:13,049 --> 01:04:14,417 ADVANCED SPACE AND ENABLED 1574 01:04:14,483 --> 01:04:16,819 TECHNOLOGY IN THE COMING YEARS 1575 01:04:16,886 --> 01:04:19,455 AS THE GLOBAL SPACE INDUSTRY 1576 01:04:19,522 --> 01:04:19,789 EXPANDS. 1577 01:04:19,855 --> 01:04:21,657 THEY'LL INCREASINGLY HAVE ACCESS 1578 01:04:21,724 --> 01:04:22,925 TO WEATHER, COMMUNICATION, 1579 01:04:22,992 --> 01:04:26,262 TIMING DATA FOR INTELLIGENCE AND 1580 01:04:26,329 --> 01:04:27,096 MILITARY PURPOSES. 1581 01:04:27,163 --> 01:04:28,864 THE PANEL WILL DO A GREAT JOB OF 1582 01:04:28,931 --> 01:04:31,167 MAKING MY NEXT POINT BUT I'LL 1583 01:04:31,234 --> 01:04:32,501 BRIEFLY STATE THAT I WOULD LIKE 1584 01:04:32,568 --> 01:04:35,271 TO CALL THE ATTENTION TO CHINA'S 1585 01:04:35,338 --> 01:04:36,138 IMPRESSIVE RISE. 1586 01:04:36,205 --> 01:04:38,975 IT IS IMPRESSIVE, AS A SPACE 1587 01:04:39,041 --> 01:04:39,408 POWER. 1588 01:04:39,475 --> 01:04:41,077 THEY'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF 1589 01:04:41,143 --> 01:04:42,979 ACTIVE SATELLITES BY AN ORDER OF 1590 01:04:43,045 --> 01:04:44,947 MAGNITUDE SINCE 2000, AND A 1591 01:04:45,014 --> 01:04:47,149 RESULT OF BEIJING'S STRONG 1592 01:04:47,216 --> 01:04:49,952 INVESTMENT IN ITS SATELLITE AND 1593 01:04:50,019 --> 01:04:52,722 ROCKET MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY. 1594 01:04:52,788 --> 01:04:54,357 CHINA'S SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY HAS 1595 01:04:54,423 --> 01:04:56,425 BECOME INCREASINGLY 1596 01:04:56,492 --> 01:04:57,026 SOPHISTICATED. 1597 01:04:57,093 --> 01:04:58,527 CASE IN POINT THE SUCCESS THAT 1598 01:04:58,594 --> 01:05:01,030 CHINA HAS HAD IN ACHIEVING 1599 01:05:01,097 --> 01:05:05,434 WORLD-LEADING GROUND-TO-SPACE 1600 01:05:05,501 --> 01:05:07,403 QUANTUM EXPERIMENTS. 1601 01:05:07,470 --> 01:05:08,537 IN SUM, CHINA HAS THE BEST 1602 01:05:08,604 --> 01:05:11,641 POLITICALLY SUPPORTED AND BEST 1603 01:05:11,707 --> 01:05:12,842 RESOURCE FOREIGN SPACE PROGRAM 1604 01:05:12,908 --> 01:05:15,211 THAT WE'VE SEEN IN MANY YEARS, 1605 01:05:15,278 --> 01:05:16,779 AND IT'S YEARS OF INTENSE 1606 01:05:16,846 --> 01:05:18,881 ACTIVITY ARE BEGINNING TO BEAR 1607 01:05:18,948 --> 01:05:19,215 FRUIT. 1608 01:05:19,282 --> 01:05:22,285 I THINK THE PANEL IS PERFECTLY 1609 01:05:22,351 --> 01:05:23,953 PLACED TO HELP US PUT ALL OF 1610 01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:25,187 THIS IN CONTEXT. 1611 01:05:25,254 --> 01:05:28,424 THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. 1612 01:05:28,491 --> 01:05:28,958 >> GREAT. 1613 01:05:29,025 --> 01:05:30,226 THANK YOU, SUSAN. 1614 01:05:30,293 --> 01:05:30,793 [APPLAUSE] 1615 01:05:30,860 --> 01:05:35,331 VERY INSIGHTFUL. 1616 01:05:35,398 --> 01:05:35,865 [APPLAUSE] 1617 01:05:35,931 --> 01:05:37,333 SUE IS A GREAT AMERICAN, AND 1618 01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:40,670 THANK YOU FOR THAT CANDID AND 1619 01:05:40,736 --> 01:05:41,337 BRACING OVERVIEW. 1620 01:05:41,404 --> 01:05:43,739 WITH THAT WE'LL TURN TO OUR 1621 01:05:43,806 --> 01:05:44,273 PANELISTS. 1622 01:05:44,340 --> 01:05:45,408 LET ME INTRODUCE ALL OF THEM, 1623 01:05:45,474 --> 01:05:48,844 AND THEN INVITE YOU TO WELCOME 1624 01:05:48,911 --> 01:05:50,012 THEM. 1625 01:05:50,079 --> 01:05:50,813 MR. DEAN CHANGE WITH THE 1626 01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:53,983 HERITAGE FOUNDATION. 1627 01:05:54,050 --> 01:05:56,485 THE PRESIDENT CEO OF THE NANEX 1628 01:05:56,552 --> 01:05:57,086 CORPORATION. 1629 01:05:57,153 --> 01:06:02,525 AND OUR THIRD PANEL IS FROM THE 1630 01:06:02,591 --> 01:06:03,726 INSTITUTE OF DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT 1631 01:06:03,793 --> 01:06:05,761 AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY INSTITUTE. 1632 01:06:05,828 --> 01:06:08,230 JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ALL OF OUR 1633 01:06:08,297 --> 01:06:08,664 PANELISTS. 1634 01:06:08,731 --> 01:06:13,035 THANK YOU ALL. 1635 01:06:13,102 --> 01:06:14,170 [APPLAUSE] 1636 01:06:14,236 --> 01:06:17,840 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO BRING 1637 01:06:17,907 --> 01:06:19,809 A FEW BRIEF REMARKS, BUT OF 1638 01:06:19,875 --> 01:06:22,411 COURSE ALL YOUR PREPARED REMARKS 1639 01:06:22,478 --> 01:06:23,679 WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR THE PUBLIC 1640 01:06:23,746 --> 01:06:25,147 RECORD, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD 1641 01:06:25,214 --> 01:06:28,117 TO BRIEFLY GIVING OUR COUNCIL 1642 01:06:28,184 --> 01:06:29,352 MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK 1643 01:06:29,418 --> 01:06:29,852 QUESTIONS. 1644 01:06:29,919 --> 01:06:34,223 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 1645 01:06:34,290 --> 01:06:36,959 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. VICE 1646 01:06:37,026 --> 01:06:40,296 PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE SPACE 1647 01:06:40,363 --> 01:06:41,864 COUNCIL, THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN 1648 01:06:41,931 --> 01:06:43,966 THIS TESTIMONY ARE MY OWN AS 1649 01:06:44,033 --> 01:06:45,935 SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS 1650 01:06:46,001 --> 01:06:47,436 REFLECTIVE OF THE HERITAGE 1651 01:06:47,503 --> 01:06:47,937 FOUNDATION. 1652 01:06:48,003 --> 01:06:49,472 DURING THE WORLD WAR THERE WERE 1653 01:06:49,538 --> 01:06:51,006 ONLY TWO MAJOR POWERS, THE 1654 01:06:51,073 --> 01:06:53,542 UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET 1655 01:06:53,609 --> 01:06:53,976 UNION. 1656 01:06:54,043 --> 01:06:55,578 LIKE SO MUCH OF INTERNATIONAL 1657 01:06:55,644 --> 01:06:58,814 SECURITY THE POST COLD WAR WORLD 1658 01:06:58,881 --> 01:07:00,416 IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX, THERE ARE 1659 01:07:00,483 --> 01:07:03,319 MORE SPACE PLAYERS AND INCLUDING 1660 01:07:03,386 --> 01:07:06,322 A GROWING NUMBER OF NON-STATE 1661 01:07:06,389 --> 01:07:08,524 AND COMMERCIAL ACTORS. 1662 01:07:08,591 --> 01:07:09,392 AMERICA'S DEPENDENCE ON SPACE 1663 01:07:09,458 --> 01:07:12,995 HAS BROADENED. 1664 01:07:13,062 --> 01:07:14,397 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FARMERS 1665 01:07:14,463 --> 01:07:19,168 AND AMAZON ALL INCREASINGLY 1666 01:07:19,235 --> 01:07:20,169 DEPEND ON SPACE SYSTEMS FOR 1667 01:07:20,236 --> 01:07:23,139 DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. 1668 01:07:23,205 --> 01:07:26,342 GIVEN THIS DEPENDENCE, SECURITY 1669 01:07:26,409 --> 01:07:27,109 POWERS AND COMPETITORS WILL 1670 01:07:27,176 --> 01:07:29,678 TARGET THE SPACE SYSTEMS AS A 1671 01:07:29,745 --> 01:07:32,915 MEANS TO COUNTER AMERICAN 1672 01:07:32,982 --> 01:07:34,984 ECONOMIC AND MILITARY 1673 01:07:35,050 --> 01:07:35,818 CAPABILITY. 1674 01:07:35,885 --> 01:07:37,887 IT IS REFLECTED IN THE GROWING 1675 01:07:37,953 --> 01:07:39,221 CHALLENGE POSSESSIONED BY OTHER 1676 01:07:39,288 --> 01:07:41,357 SPACE POWERS AND ESPECIALLY THE 1677 01:07:41,424 --> 01:07:43,993 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 1678 01:07:44,059 --> 01:07:46,228 THEY PURSUED A SET OF SPACE 1679 01:07:46,295 --> 01:07:48,397 POLICIES THAT DO NOT PARALLEL 1680 01:07:48,464 --> 01:07:49,999 AMERICAN OR SOVIET ONES AND IT 1681 01:07:50,065 --> 01:07:52,168 IS EXPLOITING NOT ONLY NEW 1682 01:07:52,234 --> 01:07:54,170 TECHNOLOGIES TO EXPAND ITS SPACE 1683 01:07:54,236 --> 01:07:57,039 CAPABILITIES, BUT ALSO 1684 01:07:57,106 --> 01:07:58,474 UNDERTAKING NEW ORGANIZATIONAL 1685 01:07:58,541 --> 01:08:00,443 APPROACHES AND INNOVATIONS. 1686 01:08:00,509 --> 01:08:02,278 SOME OF THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS 1687 01:08:02,344 --> 01:08:04,213 OF THE SPACE CHALLENGE INCLUDE 1688 01:08:04,280 --> 01:08:06,315 THAT CHINA IS FUNDAMENTALLY A 1689 01:08:06,382 --> 01:08:08,451 MAJOR SPACE POWER. 1690 01:08:08,517 --> 01:08:09,985 CHINA POSSESSES ALL OF THE KEY 1691 01:08:10,052 --> 01:08:12,188 ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR SUPPORTING 1692 01:08:12,254 --> 01:08:13,522 A MAJOR SPACE PRESENCE AND IT 1693 01:08:13,589 --> 01:08:16,959 HAS THE POLITICAL WILL TO 1694 01:08:17,026 --> 01:08:20,663 SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN NATIONAL 1695 01:08:20,729 --> 01:08:23,098 COMMITMENTS TO SPACE. 1696 01:08:23,165 --> 01:08:25,334 THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANSLATE THOSE 1697 01:08:25,401 --> 01:08:27,837 DESIRES IN TODAY'S ARRAY OF 1698 01:08:27,903 --> 01:08:28,737 SATELLITES, BOOSTERS AND LAUNCH 1699 01:08:28,804 --> 01:08:30,005 SITES AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO 1700 01:08:30,072 --> 01:08:31,774 NOTE THAT THOSE SYSTEMS ARE 1701 01:08:31,841 --> 01:08:34,109 LARGELY INDIGENOUSLY DESIGNED 1702 01:08:34,176 --> 01:08:35,377 AND CONSTRUCTED. 1703 01:08:35,444 --> 01:08:39,114 CHINA MAY ENGAGE IN ALL SORTS OF 1704 01:08:39,181 --> 01:08:41,150 INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE, BUT MUCH 1705 01:08:41,217 --> 01:08:43,886 OF ITS SPACE PROGRAM IS 1706 01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:45,187 INDIGENOUS AND HOMEGROWN. 1707 01:08:45,254 --> 01:08:46,622 CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM HAS A 1708 01:08:46,689 --> 01:08:47,790 HEAVY MILITARY COMPONENT. 1709 01:08:47,857 --> 01:08:49,325 THE REALITY IS WHEN WE INTERACT 1710 01:08:49,391 --> 01:08:51,694 WITH CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM WE'RE 1711 01:08:51,760 --> 01:08:53,095 INTERACTING WITH CHINA'S 1712 01:08:53,162 --> 01:08:53,629 MILITARY. 1713 01:08:53,696 --> 01:08:55,130 CHINA'S SPACE FACILITIES, 1714 01:08:55,197 --> 01:08:56,899 PERSONNEL AND PROGRAMS ARE 1715 01:08:56,966 --> 01:08:58,534 LARGELY DRAWN FROM THAT 1716 01:08:58,601 --> 01:08:59,034 MILITARY. 1717 01:08:59,101 --> 01:09:03,572 IT'S FACILITIES ARE P LA BASES. 1718 01:09:03,639 --> 01:09:06,141 IT'S STAFF ARE PLA PERSONNEL, 1719 01:09:06,208 --> 01:09:08,110 AND THEIR SPACE AND ENGINEERING 1720 01:09:08,177 --> 01:09:09,445 OFFICE ARE DRAWN FROM THE 1721 01:09:09,512 --> 01:09:09,979 MILITARY. 1722 01:09:10,045 --> 01:09:11,347 CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM, HOWEVER, 1723 01:09:11,413 --> 01:09:15,050 ALSO REFLECTS IT'S APPROACH OF 1724 01:09:15,117 --> 01:09:17,319 DUAL USE AS MILITARY 1725 01:09:17,386 --> 01:09:17,786 INTEGRATION. 1726 01:09:17,853 --> 01:09:19,655 IT'S SPACE AND INDUSTRIAL 1727 01:09:19,722 --> 01:09:23,392 COMPLEX IS NOT SO MUCH AN 1728 01:09:23,459 --> 01:09:26,395 REVOLVING DOOR BUT AN ATRIUM OF 1729 01:09:26,462 --> 01:09:28,831 THESE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES 1730 01:09:28,898 --> 01:09:33,335 AND IT'S RESULT IS FAR CLOSE FOR 1731 01:09:33,402 --> 01:09:34,470 SINGLE ENTERPRISE WITH 1732 01:09:34,537 --> 01:09:36,038 RELATIVELY FEW DEMARCATIONS 1733 01:09:36,105 --> 01:09:37,773 BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIANS. 1734 01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:41,911 THIS WILL LIKELY APPLY TO THE 1735 01:09:41,977 --> 01:09:44,613 EMERGING SET OF SPACE AGENCY AS 1736 01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:45,314 WELL. 1737 01:09:45,381 --> 01:09:46,849 THEY'RE DEVELOPING NEW 1738 01:09:46,916 --> 01:09:47,750 SEPARATION COMPANIES THAT RANGE 1739 01:09:47,816 --> 01:09:49,418 FROM THOSE SUPPORTED BY 1740 01:09:49,485 --> 01:09:52,087 STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TO THOSE 1741 01:09:52,154 --> 01:09:53,455 MORE INDEPENDENT PRIVATE FIRMS. 1742 01:09:53,522 --> 01:09:58,227 BUT THE INTEREST OF MELDING 1743 01:09:58,294 --> 01:09:59,662 CIVILIAN AND MILITARY CAPACITY, 1744 01:09:59,728 --> 01:10:03,699 IT IS VITAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT 1745 01:10:03,766 --> 01:10:04,733 THESE PRIVATE FIRMS AT THE END 1746 01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:17,880 OF THE DAY WILL RESPOND 1747 01:10:17,947 --> 01:10:18,480 ELACRITY. 1748 01:10:18,547 --> 01:10:20,649 WITH ITS SPACE AS A PRIORITY 1749 01:10:20,716 --> 01:10:21,617 DOMAIN, OTHER STATES WILL NOT 1750 01:10:21,684 --> 01:10:23,519 ONLY SEEK TO DO THE SAME FOR 1751 01:10:23,586 --> 01:10:24,920 THEMSELVES, BUT SOME ARE ALSO 1752 01:10:24,987 --> 01:10:28,157 VERY LIKELY TO STRIVE TO DENY 1753 01:10:28,223 --> 01:10:29,825 SPACE TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1754 01:10:29,892 --> 01:10:31,527 TIME OF CRISIS AND CERTAINLY IN 1755 01:10:31,594 --> 01:10:32,261 TIME OF WAR. 1756 01:10:32,328 --> 01:10:34,930 THESE EFFORTS WILL LIKELY 1757 01:10:34,997 --> 01:10:35,931 ENCOMPASS NOT ONLY DIRECT 1758 01:10:35,998 --> 01:10:37,333 MILITARY ACTION BUT EFFORTS AT 1759 01:10:37,399 --> 01:10:39,702 ESTABLISHING A HIGHLY 1760 01:10:39,768 --> 01:10:41,036 COMPETITIVE SPACE INDUSTRIAL 1761 01:10:41,103 --> 01:10:43,105 BASE SUPPORTING SPACE ORIENTED 1762 01:10:43,172 --> 01:10:47,543 TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCTION, AND 1763 01:10:47,610 --> 01:10:49,378 ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS TO ACCESS 1764 01:10:49,445 --> 01:10:51,113 AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES WHILE 1765 01:10:51,180 --> 01:10:52,281 DENYING THE UNITED STATES THE 1766 01:10:52,348 --> 01:10:52,815 SAME. 1767 01:10:52,881 --> 01:10:53,983 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1768 01:10:54,049 --> 01:10:55,851 TESTIFY BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING. 1769 01:10:55,918 --> 01:10:56,418 >> THANK YOU. 1770 01:10:56,485 --> 01:11:02,825 [APPLAUSE] 1771 01:11:02,891 --> 01:11:05,060 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 1772 01:11:05,127 --> 01:11:06,595 >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE 1773 01:11:06,662 --> 01:11:07,630 PRESIDENT. 1774 01:11:07,696 --> 01:11:11,967 FOR 30 YEARS--GOOD MORNING, 1775 01:11:12,034 --> 01:11:13,402 EVERYBODY--FOR 30 YEARS I'VE 1776 01:11:13,469 --> 01:11:14,703 WORKED TO MAKE SPACE ANOTHER 1777 01:11:14,770 --> 01:11:15,838 PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. 1778 01:11:15,904 --> 01:11:19,475 MY INSPIRATION IN LARGE PART 1779 01:11:19,541 --> 01:11:23,612 DERIVES HAVING WORKED UNDER 1780 01:11:23,679 --> 01:11:25,748 RONALD REAGAN'S ORGANIZATION 1781 01:11:25,814 --> 01:11:26,682 SPACE CON MEASURES. 1782 01:11:26,749 --> 01:11:27,349 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 1783 01:11:27,416 --> 01:11:29,151 I STARTED MY COMPANY EIGHT YEARS 1784 01:11:29,218 --> 01:11:29,518 AGO. 1785 01:11:29,585 --> 01:11:31,286 WE WERE THE FIRST COMPANY TO OWN 1786 01:11:31,353 --> 01:11:32,888 AND MARKET OUR OWN RESEARCH 1787 01:11:32,955 --> 01:11:34,857 SERVICES ON BOARD THE SPACE 1788 01:11:34,923 --> 01:11:35,257 STATION. 1789 01:11:35,324 --> 01:11:37,693 WE WERE THE FIRST TO 1790 01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:39,228 COMMERCIALLY DEPLOY SMALL 1791 01:11:39,294 --> 01:11:40,262 SATELLITES FROM THE SPACE 1792 01:11:40,329 --> 01:11:40,696 STATION. 1793 01:11:40,763 --> 01:11:43,866 AS OF TODAY WE HAVE LAUNCHED 1794 01:11:43,932 --> 01:11:45,901 OVER 600 PAYLOADS FROM CUSTOMERS 1795 01:11:45,968 --> 01:11:47,903 IN OVER 30 COUNTRIES. 1796 01:11:47,970 --> 01:11:49,271 OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS RANGE 1797 01:11:49,338 --> 01:11:52,207 FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO HIGH 1798 01:11:52,274 --> 01:11:55,377 SCHOOLS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS 1799 01:11:55,444 --> 01:11:57,046 A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER, SO, TOO, 1800 01:11:57,112 --> 01:12:03,152 THE HIGH SCHOOLS SOME OF WHOM DO 1801 01:12:03,218 --> 01:12:03,986 BAKE SALES TO SUPPORT THE 1802 01:12:04,053 --> 01:12:04,453 PAYLOADS. 1803 01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:09,091 WE'VE LAUNCHED FOUR HIGH SCHOOL 1804 01:12:09,158 --> 01:12:12,961 EXPERIMENTS FROM GROUND POINTE 1805 01:12:13,028 --> 01:12:13,829 IN INDIANA. 1806 01:12:13,896 --> 01:12:15,497 FIRST, KUDOS TO THE 1807 01:12:15,564 --> 01:12:16,932 ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL FOR 1808 01:12:16,999 --> 01:12:18,300 BEGINNING THE DEBATE TODAY ON 1809 01:12:18,367 --> 01:12:20,602 THE TRANSITION FROM THE ISS FROM 1810 01:12:20,669 --> 01:12:22,671 A GOVERNMENT-OWNED FACILITY, TO 1811 01:12:22,738 --> 01:12:25,074 AN ERA OF PRIVATE SPACE 1812 01:12:25,140 --> 01:12:25,641 STATIONS. 1813 01:12:25,708 --> 01:12:27,309 THE DEBATE MAY HAVE BEEN SKEWED 1814 01:12:27,376 --> 01:12:30,279 A BIT IN THE HEADLINES, BUT I 1815 01:12:30,345 --> 01:12:32,081 BELIEVE YOU'RE RAISING THE 1816 01:12:32,147 --> 01:12:33,215 DIRECT QUESTIONS. 1817 01:12:33,282 --> 01:12:41,090 HOW CAN NASA MOST EFFECTIVELY 1818 01:12:41,156 --> 01:12:42,558 LEVERAGE THE TAXPAYER INVESTMENT 1819 01:12:42,624 --> 01:12:44,993 IN ISS? 1820 01:12:45,060 --> 01:12:47,029 CAN COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY SAFELY 1821 01:12:47,096 --> 01:12:49,231 AND COST EFFECTIVELY OPERATE THE 1822 01:12:49,298 --> 01:12:52,668 ISS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL 1823 01:12:52,735 --> 01:12:53,168 PLATFORMS? 1824 01:12:53,235 --> 01:12:54,336 AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT 1825 01:12:54,403 --> 01:12:56,205 BLACK AND WHITE, BUT IT IS AN 1826 01:12:56,271 --> 01:12:58,440 END TO ACCEPTING THAT THE 1827 01:12:58,507 --> 01:13:00,843 GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OF ISS IS THE 1828 01:13:00,909 --> 01:13:02,511 ONLY PATHWAY AND HOW WILL THE 1829 01:13:02,578 --> 01:13:04,313 GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE BEHAVE 1830 01:13:04,379 --> 01:13:05,914 MORE AND MORE AS A TENANT JUST 1831 01:13:05,981 --> 01:13:08,217 THE WAY IT IS IN EVERY OTHER 1832 01:13:08,283 --> 01:13:08,884 MARKETPLACE. 1833 01:13:08,951 --> 01:13:10,886 WE'RE VERY EXCITED BY THIS. 1834 01:13:10,953 --> 01:13:14,490 FINALLY, AS I LOOK OVERSEAS, 1835 01:13:14,556 --> 01:13:15,891 IT'S MY OPINION AS A 1836 01:13:15,958 --> 01:13:17,459 BUSINESSMAN, AS A SPACE 1837 01:13:17,526 --> 01:13:18,894 BUSINESSMAN, THAT THE UNITED 1838 01:13:18,961 --> 01:13:21,597 STATES CANNOT SIMPLY IGNORE 1839 01:13:21,663 --> 01:13:24,633 CHINA'S COMMERCIAL SPACE 1840 01:13:26,435 --> 01:13:25,134 AMBITIONS. 1841 01:13:26,502 --> 01:13:29,605 CHINA IS QUIETLY DEVELOPING A 1842 01:13:29,671 --> 01:13:30,639 ROBUST COMMERCIAL SPACE 1843 01:13:30,706 --> 01:13:31,073 INDUSTRY. 1844 01:13:31,140 --> 01:13:34,143 I SAY QUIETLY BECAUSE AMERICANS 1845 01:13:34,209 --> 01:13:35,611 ARE BARRED BY OUR OWN 1846 01:13:35,677 --> 01:13:39,815 REGULATIONS AND OUR OWN MINDSETS 1847 01:13:39,882 --> 01:13:43,218 FROM PARTICIPATION IN THIS 1848 01:13:43,285 --> 01:13:44,052 MARKETPLACE. 1849 01:13:44,119 --> 01:13:50,292 AS WE JUST HEARD, LARGE CHINESE 1850 01:13:50,359 --> 01:13:52,661 COMPANIES ARE RAISING 1851 01:13:52,728 --> 01:13:53,929 ENTREPRENEUR EFFORTS. 1852 01:13:53,996 --> 01:13:55,731 WHILE ON THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL 1853 01:13:55,798 --> 01:13:58,901 OUR ALLIES HAVE NOTICED THE 1854 01:13:58,967 --> 01:14:03,572 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY HAS 1855 01:14:03,639 --> 01:14:13,582 ASTRONAUTS PLANNING TO VISIT THE 1856 01:14:13,649 --> 01:14:21,790 CHINESE SPACE. 1857 01:14:21,857 --> 01:14:23,692 IT'S NOT THE AMERICAN GLOBAL 1858 01:14:23,759 --> 01:14:25,928 LEADERSHIP THAT WE ALL STRIVE TO 1859 01:14:25,994 --> 01:14:26,428 ACHIEVE. 1860 01:14:26,495 --> 01:14:30,465 NOW, WHILE MY TIME TODAY IS 1861 01:14:30,532 --> 01:14:33,202 BRIEF, I URGE US TO NEGOTIATE A 1862 01:14:33,268 --> 01:14:34,269 STERN BUT FAIR AGREEMENT WITH 1863 01:14:34,336 --> 01:14:35,904 CHINA, AND ALLOW U.S. BUSINESSES 1864 01:14:35,971 --> 01:14:37,406 TO DO WHAT WE DO BUSINESS, AND 1865 01:14:37,472 --> 01:14:39,775 THAT IS TO INNOVATE AND COMPETE 1866 01:14:39,842 --> 01:14:41,977 BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. 1867 01:14:42,044 --> 01:14:43,278 MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS 1868 01:14:43,345 --> 01:14:45,747 OF THE COUNCIL, I'M THRILLED 1869 01:14:45,814 --> 01:14:47,182 THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS 1870 01:14:47,249 --> 01:14:49,151 FOCUSING ON COMMERCIAL SPACE AS 1871 01:14:49,218 --> 01:14:51,186 PART OF AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN 1872 01:14:51,253 --> 01:14:54,256 SPACE EXPLORATION. 1873 01:14:54,323 --> 01:14:56,525 THROUGH THE AMERICAN STYLE 1874 01:14:56,592 --> 01:14:58,393 COMMERCIAL PATHWAY I'M CERTAIN 1875 01:14:58,460 --> 01:14:59,862 WE CAN CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE 1876 01:14:59,928 --> 01:15:02,698 NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS, SO 1877 01:15:02,764 --> 01:15:06,969 THAT ONE DAY THOSE STUDENTS WILL 1878 01:15:07,035 --> 01:15:09,671 BE STANDING IN FRONT OF A FUTURE 1879 01:15:09,738 --> 01:15:14,977 SPACE COUNCIL DISCUSSING HOW THE 1880 01:15:15,043 --> 01:15:16,278 ANOTHER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. 1881 01:15:16,345 --> 01:15:26,121 SO THANK YOU. 1882 01:15:26,188 --> 01:15:27,823 >> THANK YOU. 1883 01:15:27,890 --> 01:15:32,594 WELL SAID. 1884 01:15:32,661 --> 01:15:33,896 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. VICE 1885 01:15:33,962 --> 01:15:35,197 PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE 1886 01:15:35,264 --> 01:15:36,932 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, A 1887 01:15:36,999 --> 01:15:38,734 DISCUSSION ON THE THREATS OF THE 1888 01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:40,903 U.S. COMPETITIVE IN SPACE NEEDS 1889 01:15:40,969 --> 01:15:42,204 TO START WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT 1890 01:15:42,271 --> 01:15:46,141 THAT WE'RE THE PREEMINENT SPACE 1891 01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:51,780 POWER IN THE WORLD TODAY. 1892 01:15:51,847 --> 01:15:53,548 WITH THE UNITED STATES HAS MORE 1893 01:15:53,615 --> 01:15:55,017 SATELLITES IN ORBIT THAN ANY 1894 01:15:55,083 --> 01:15:57,486 OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 1895 01:15:57,552 --> 01:16:00,055 THE WORLD COUNTRY MOST POWERFUL 1896 01:16:00,122 --> 01:16:01,857 LAUNCHES TWO WEEKS AGO IS A 1897 01:16:01,924 --> 01:16:03,625 PRODUCT OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY. 1898 01:16:03,692 --> 01:16:06,328 A RECENT STUDY IN GLOBAL 1899 01:16:06,395 --> 01:16:10,999 SATELLITE BY MY ORGANIZATION, 1900 01:16:11,066 --> 01:16:13,635 THE POLICY INSTITUTE, FOUND 1901 01:16:13,702 --> 01:16:19,241 TWO-THIRDS OF THE ARE U.S. 1902 01:16:19,308 --> 01:16:19,608 BASED. 1903 01:16:19,675 --> 01:16:21,243 THESE ADVANTAGES CANNOT BE TAKEN 1904 01:16:21,310 --> 01:16:23,111 OUR GRANTED, AND OUR LEADERSHIP 1905 01:16:23,178 --> 01:16:25,781 IN SPACE IS INCREASINGLY BEING 1906 01:16:25,847 --> 01:16:26,248 CHALLENGED. 1907 01:16:26,315 --> 01:16:28,383 GLOBAL INVESTMENTS IN SPACE HAVE 1908 01:16:28,450 --> 01:16:30,319 GROWN OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. 1909 01:16:30,385 --> 01:16:32,154 A DECADE AGO, FOR INSTANCE, 1910 01:16:32,220 --> 01:16:34,456 FEWER THAN 50 COUNTRIES WERE 1911 01:16:34,523 --> 01:16:37,359 INVESTING ABOUT $40 BILLION IN 1912 01:16:37,426 --> 01:16:38,794 SPACE. 1913 01:16:38,860 --> 01:16:40,796 BY 2026, 30 MORE COUNTRIES ARE 1914 01:16:40,862 --> 01:16:43,632 EXPECTED TO JOIN THE SPACE CLUB 1915 01:16:43,699 --> 01:16:45,600 AND MORE VENTURES ARE EXPECTED 1916 01:16:45,667 --> 01:16:47,569 TO DOUBLE THOSE OF TEN YEARS 1917 01:16:47,636 --> 01:16:48,270 AGO. 1918 01:16:48,337 --> 01:16:49,638 GROWING INTERNATIONAL 1919 01:16:49,705 --> 01:16:50,572 EXPENDITURE IS ONLY ONE 1920 01:16:50,639 --> 01:16:55,477 DEVELOPMENT IN THE SPACEKTER. 1921 01:16:55,544 --> 01:16:56,745 FORTUNATELY, THE INVESTMENT FROM 1922 01:16:56,812 --> 01:17:01,850 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BROUGHT 1923 01:17:01,917 --> 01:17:03,719 DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS. 1924 01:17:03,785 --> 01:17:07,489 USING A COMBINATION OF ALTERNATE 1925 01:17:07,556 --> 01:17:08,724 ARCHITECTURES SUCH AS SATELLITES 1926 01:17:08,790 --> 01:17:10,792 AND BUSINESS INNOVATION, 1927 01:17:10,859 --> 01:17:14,796 RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE BREAD-BOX 1928 01:17:14,863 --> 01:17:17,065 SIZE SATELLITES ARE ABLE TO 1929 01:17:17,132 --> 01:17:21,570 NEARLY MATCH SERVICES PREVIOUSLY 1930 01:17:21,636 --> 01:17:23,805 FEASIBLE WITH BUS-SIZED 1931 01:17:23,872 --> 01:17:25,374 SATELLITES THAT COST HUNDREDS OF 1932 01:17:25,440 --> 01:17:26,508 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 1933 01:17:26,575 --> 01:17:30,112 SPACE HAS BECOME AN ATTRACTIVE 1934 01:17:30,178 --> 01:17:35,050 TARGET FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT. 1935 01:17:35,117 --> 01:17:39,521 ALMOST $17 BILLION SINCE 2000, 1936 01:17:39,588 --> 01:17:47,596 AND $4 BILLION IN 2017 ALONE. 1937 01:17:47,662 --> 01:17:49,965 USING BOTH THE DOMESTIC 1938 01:17:50,032 --> 01:17:51,566 INVESTMENT AND PRODUCT SERVICES 1939 01:17:51,633 --> 01:17:53,001 FROM THIS RAPIDLY GROWING 1940 01:17:53,068 --> 01:17:54,970 PRIVATE SECTOR, THE REST OF THE 1941 01:17:55,037 --> 01:17:58,407 WORLD IS LEAPFROGGING. 1942 01:17:58,473 --> 01:18:01,676 DECADES WORTH OF TECHNOLOGICAL 1943 01:18:01,743 --> 01:18:03,245 DEVELOPMENT AIMED TO COMPETE 1944 01:18:03,311 --> 01:18:04,913 WITH THE UNITED STATES IN MANY 1945 01:18:04,980 --> 01:18:07,182 AREAS INCLUDING LAUNCH, ROBOTIC 1946 01:18:07,249 --> 01:18:09,818 EXPLORATION AND EVEN HUMAN 1947 01:18:09,885 --> 01:18:10,452 EXPLORATION. 1948 01:18:10,519 --> 01:18:11,787 MY CENTRAL POINTS THREATS TO THE 1949 01:18:11,853 --> 01:18:13,288 UNITED STATES HAS RISEN FROM 1950 01:18:13,355 --> 01:18:14,623 THESE STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT 1951 01:18:14,689 --> 01:18:16,591 ARE ENABLING MANY MORE COUNTRIES 1952 01:18:16,658 --> 01:18:18,293 TO TARGET AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN 1953 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:18,760 SPACE. 1954 01:18:18,827 --> 01:18:22,931 AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK THE 1955 01:18:22,998 --> 01:18:23,365 CLOCK. 1956 01:18:23,432 --> 01:18:24,766 IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT MEANS 1957 01:18:24,833 --> 01:18:25,901 THAT THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN 1958 01:18:25,967 --> 01:18:29,137 EVER NEEDS TO LEVERAGE IT'S CORE 1959 01:18:29,204 --> 01:18:33,241 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, THE 1960 01:18:33,308 --> 01:18:37,245 ECOSYSTEM THAT REWARDS 1961 01:18:37,312 --> 01:18:40,682 CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 1962 01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:43,552 I PROPOSE WE BEGIN WITH THREE 1963 01:18:43,618 --> 01:18:44,419 THINGS THAT. 1964 01:18:44,486 --> 01:18:47,556 ENSURE TO CONTINUE TO 1965 01:18:47,622 --> 01:18:50,358 OUT-INNOVATE THE REST OF THE 1966 01:18:50,425 --> 01:18:51,960 WORLD, ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT 1967 01:18:52,027 --> 01:18:55,330 SPENDING IS MORE EFFICIENT, AND 1968 01:18:55,397 --> 01:19:00,669 TO HAVE OVERWHELMING ADVANTAGES 1969 01:19:00,735 --> 01:19:01,636 OVER OTHER COUNTRIES. 1970 01:19:01,703 --> 01:19:03,105 I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING 1971 01:19:03,171 --> 01:19:06,608 TO THIS DISCUSSION. 1972 01:19:06,675 --> 01:19:07,209 [APPLAUSE] 1973 01:19:07,275 --> 01:19:10,545 >> WELL, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE 1974 01:19:10,612 --> 01:19:11,046 PANELISTS. 1975 01:19:11,113 --> 01:19:14,149 I'M GOING TO GO TO SEVERAL OF 1976 01:19:14,216 --> 01:19:15,951 OUR SECURITY MEMBERS OF THE 1977 01:19:16,017 --> 01:19:20,922 COUNCIL WHO ARE WITH US TODAY. 1978 01:19:20,989 --> 01:19:23,758 BUT LET ME MAYBE DIRECT MY FIRST 1979 01:19:23,825 --> 01:19:27,062 QUESTION TO THE DOCTOR, YOU HAVE 1980 01:19:27,129 --> 01:19:30,732 SPOKEN ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT 1981 01:19:30,799 --> 01:19:32,334 WE FACE. 1982 01:19:32,400 --> 01:19:34,069 YOU REFERRED TO STRUCTURAL 1983 01:19:34,136 --> 01:19:34,603 CHALLENGES. 1984 01:19:34,669 --> 01:19:35,871 THERE IS NO GOING BACK. 1985 01:19:35,937 --> 01:19:37,739 THE UNITED STATES HAS TO 1986 01:19:37,806 --> 01:19:40,108 CONTINUE TO LEAN IN AND 1987 01:19:40,175 --> 01:19:43,044 REMAIN--TO USE YOUR WORDS, THE 1988 01:19:43,111 --> 01:19:44,412 PREEMINENT LEADER IN SPACE. 1989 01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:47,082 YOU HAVE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN 1990 01:19:47,149 --> 01:19:48,483 ABOUT SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. 1991 01:19:48,550 --> 01:19:50,652 IS THERE A POLICY DECISION YOU 1992 01:19:50,719 --> 01:19:53,822 WOULD HAVE THIS COUNCIL CONSIDER 1993 01:19:53,889 --> 01:19:56,758 RELATED TO THAT, AND COULD YOU 1994 01:19:56,825 --> 01:20:00,762 EXPAND ON THAT BRIEFLY? 1995 01:20:00,829 --> 01:20:01,796 >> SURE, SO SPACECRAFT 1996 01:20:01,863 --> 01:20:03,031 MANAGEMENT IS A CRITICAL 1997 01:20:03,098 --> 01:20:05,233 COMPONENT OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR 1998 01:20:05,300 --> 01:20:06,768 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE PRIMARILY 1999 01:20:06,835 --> 01:20:08,904 BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE CLARITY, 2000 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:12,440 IT GIVES THE COMPANY THE 2001 01:20:12,507 --> 01:20:13,542 CLARITY, THE NEED TO DO 2002 01:20:13,608 --> 01:20:15,143 UNFETTERED WORK IN SPACE. 2003 01:20:15,210 --> 01:20:19,247 IT ALLOWS US TO WORK 2004 01:20:19,314 --> 01:20:20,549 COLLABORATIVELY WITH OR 2005 01:20:20,615 --> 01:20:21,950 COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE 2006 01:20:22,017 --> 01:20:24,553 A SYSTEM THAT IS--JOINS WITH 2007 01:20:24,619 --> 01:20:27,422 EACH OTHER, AND THERE IS 2008 01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:29,157 AGREEMENT ACROSS THE WORLD AS TO 2009 01:20:29,224 --> 01:20:31,293 HOW WE WANT TO GO FORWARD TO 2010 01:20:31,359 --> 01:20:36,865 MAKE SURE THAT SPACE IS SAFE AND 2011 01:20:36,932 --> 01:20:38,767 SUSTAINABLE TO OPERATE IN. 2012 01:20:38,833 --> 01:20:40,936 >> I'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO KNOW MORE 2013 01:20:41,002 --> 01:20:42,804 ABOUT THIS, AND MANY AT THIS 2014 01:20:42,871 --> 01:20:44,439 TABLE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME 2015 01:20:44,506 --> 01:20:45,840 THAT YOU'RE CALLING ON THE 2016 01:20:45,907 --> 01:20:47,842 UNITED STATES TO PLAY A WIDER 2017 01:20:47,909 --> 01:20:49,411 ROLE IN INSURING THAT WE HAVE 2018 01:20:49,477 --> 01:20:53,081 THE SAME KIND OF DECONFLICTION 2019 01:20:53,148 --> 01:20:54,716 AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN AREAS 2020 01:20:54,783 --> 01:20:56,785 OF CONFLICT THAT WE HAVE IN 2021 01:20:56,851 --> 01:21:03,258 TERMS OF ISSUES OF NAVIGATION, 2022 01:21:03,325 --> 01:21:04,526 AND YOUR SUGGESTION THAT THE 2023 01:21:04,593 --> 01:21:05,527 UNITED STATES LEAN INTO THAT 2024 01:21:05,594 --> 01:21:07,028 EFFORT AND PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE 2025 01:21:07,095 --> 01:21:08,563 AND DRIVE THOSE AGREEMENTS? 2026 01:21:08,630 --> 01:21:09,998 >> I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THE 2027 01:21:10,065 --> 01:21:11,900 UNITED STATES NEEDS TO TAKE THE 2028 01:21:11,967 --> 01:21:14,369 LEADERSHIP POSITION HERE. 2029 01:21:14,436 --> 01:21:15,870 >> VERY INSIGHTFUL. 2030 01:21:15,937 --> 01:21:17,672 I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 2031 01:21:17,739 --> 01:21:18,440 THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 2032 01:21:18,506 --> 01:21:23,812 IS HERE WITH US TODAY. 2033 01:21:23,878 --> 01:21:26,214 >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION THERE 2034 01:21:26,281 --> 01:21:26,681 FOR DEAN. 2035 01:21:26,748 --> 01:21:28,984 THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS THIS 2036 01:21:29,050 --> 01:21:29,918 MORNING. 2037 01:21:29,985 --> 01:21:33,755 MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE CIVIL 2038 01:21:33,822 --> 01:21:35,257 MILITARY PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU 2039 01:21:35,323 --> 01:21:37,058 HAVE OBSERVED IN CHINA, AND 2040 01:21:37,125 --> 01:21:40,929 MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST THE 2041 01:21:40,996 --> 01:21:42,297 CIVIL-MILITARY, BUT 2042 01:21:42,364 --> 01:21:42,931 INDUSTRIAL-MILITARY. 2043 01:21:42,998 --> 01:21:45,600 HAVE YOU SEEN A DIFFERENCE 2044 01:21:45,667 --> 01:21:49,504 DYNAMIC IN THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT 2045 01:21:49,571 --> 01:21:54,009 WE SHOULD OBSERVE OR TAKE NOTICE 2046 01:21:54,075 --> 01:21:54,376 OF? 2047 01:21:54,442 --> 01:21:57,012 >> THE CHINESE HAVE PUBLISHED 2048 01:21:57,078 --> 01:21:59,447 EXTENSIVELY ON THE ISSUE OF 2049 01:21:59,514 --> 01:22:00,615 THINGS LIKE MOBILIZATION WHERE 2050 01:22:00,682 --> 01:22:03,084 THEY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SCIENCE 2051 01:22:03,151 --> 01:22:04,819 AND TECHNOLOGY MOBILIZATION. 2052 01:22:04,886 --> 01:22:08,823 THERE IS AN EX-POLICESIVE 2053 01:22:08,890 --> 01:22:11,192 REGULATORY STRUCTURE, ETC. FOR 2054 01:22:11,259 --> 01:22:12,727 THE INCORPORATION OF PEOPLE, 2055 01:22:12,794 --> 01:22:13,795 EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS 2056 01:22:13,862 --> 01:22:14,262 FACILITIES. 2057 01:22:14,329 --> 01:22:16,398 SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CHINA'S 2058 01:22:16,464 --> 01:22:18,133 SPACE PROGRAM WE SHOULD BE 2059 01:22:18,199 --> 01:22:22,604 THINKING OF IT NOT SIMPLY IN 2060 01:22:22,671 --> 01:22:24,506 TERMS OF THE ELEMENTS CURRENTLY 2061 01:22:24,572 --> 01:22:27,342 WITH THE MILITARY, BUT THAT THEY 2062 01:22:27,409 --> 01:22:29,110 EXPLICITLY TALKED ABOUT BRINGING 2063 01:22:29,177 --> 01:22:31,146 EVERYTHING IN FROM UNIVERSITIES 2064 01:22:31,212 --> 01:22:33,081 TO CORPORATE ASSETS TO 2065 01:22:33,148 --> 01:22:36,251 INDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL AND 2066 01:22:36,318 --> 01:22:36,718 EQUIPMENT. 2067 01:22:36,785 --> 01:22:42,691 >> THANK YOU. 2068 01:22:42,757 --> 01:22:44,259 >> WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE WITH 2069 01:22:44,326 --> 01:22:47,062 US TODAY THE CHAIRMAN CHIEF OF 2070 01:22:47,128 --> 01:22:47,462 STAFF. 2071 01:22:47,529 --> 01:22:48,830 YOU CAN WELCOME HIM ONE MORE 2072 01:22:48,897 --> 01:22:57,272 TIME IF YOU LIKE. 2073 01:22:57,339 --> 01:22:59,607 >> I HAVE A QUESTION, YOU TALKED 2074 01:22:59,674 --> 01:23:02,444 ABOUT NOT ALLOWING CONCERNS OVER 2075 01:23:02,510 --> 01:23:04,179 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO INHIBIT 2076 01:23:04,245 --> 01:23:06,047 OUR PROGRESS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT 2077 01:23:06,114 --> 01:23:08,416 STRUCK ME AS I WAS LISTENING TO 2078 01:23:08,483 --> 01:23:11,519 THE RECAP OF THE STRATEGY FROM 2079 01:23:11,586 --> 01:23:12,821 GENERAL McMASTER, THAT WE'RE 2080 01:23:12,887 --> 01:23:14,656 GOING TO HAVE CONCERNS OVER 2081 01:23:14,723 --> 01:23:17,692 PROTECTING OUR INTELLECTUAL 2082 01:23:17,759 --> 01:23:18,660 POVERTY AND CLASSIFIED 2083 01:23:18,727 --> 01:23:19,160 INFORMATION. 2084 01:23:19,227 --> 01:23:20,829 I WONDER FROM AN INDUSTRY 2085 01:23:20,895 --> 01:23:22,230 PERSPECTIVE WITH THREE DECADES 2086 01:23:22,297 --> 01:23:24,232 OF EXPERIENCE, THAT YOU CAN TALK 2087 01:23:24,299 --> 01:23:25,633 A LITTLE BIT HOW WE GET THAT 2088 01:23:25,700 --> 01:23:26,368 BALANCE RIGHT. 2089 01:23:26,434 --> 01:23:28,837 AGAIN, AS WE IMPLEMENT THE 2090 01:23:28,903 --> 01:23:30,138 STRATEGY, WE OUGHT TO THINK 2091 01:23:30,205 --> 01:23:31,506 ABOUT THAT UP FRONT AND MAKE 2092 01:23:31,573 --> 01:23:32,674 SURE THAT WE DO THAT. 2093 01:23:32,741 --> 01:23:34,376 I'M PARTICULARLY STRUCK BY IT 2094 01:23:34,442 --> 01:23:35,777 BECAUSE OF THE BRIEF ON CHINA, 2095 01:23:35,844 --> 01:23:37,212 AND ALTHOUGH YOU SAY THAT MOST 2096 01:23:37,278 --> 01:23:39,814 OF THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE 2097 01:23:39,881 --> 01:23:41,116 INDIGENOUS AND HOMEGROWN, THAT 2098 01:23:41,182 --> 01:23:42,751 WOULD BE UNIQUE IN CHINESE 2099 01:23:42,817 --> 01:23:44,285 EXPERIENCE THAT MOST OF THEIR 2100 01:23:44,352 --> 01:23:47,088 CURRENT MODERN CAPABILITIES ARE 2101 01:23:47,155 --> 01:23:48,056 INDIGENOUS AND HOMEGROWN. 2102 01:23:48,123 --> 01:23:55,530 I THINK WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE HAD 2103 01:23:55,597 --> 01:23:59,300 SELECT CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY IN 2104 01:23:59,367 --> 01:23:59,701 CHINA. 2105 01:23:59,768 --> 01:24:01,269 MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT, AND 2106 01:24:01,336 --> 01:24:03,705 IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO THE 2107 01:24:03,772 --> 01:24:04,339 BALANCE RIGHT. 2108 01:24:04,406 --> 01:24:05,573 >> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN OUR 2109 01:24:05,640 --> 01:24:07,642 INDUSTRY TO STRIKE THE RIGHT 2110 01:24:07,709 --> 01:24:09,978 BALANCE BETWEEN COMPETITIVENESS 2111 01:24:10,044 --> 01:24:15,216 AND AHOURING THAT AMERICA'S AM 2112 01:24:15,283 --> 01:24:18,620 AM BUT I SUPPOSE THAT WE HAVE IF 2113 01:24:18,686 --> 01:24:20,321 ALREADY WORKED WITH NASA VERY 2114 01:24:20,388 --> 01:24:22,590 CAREFULLY AND OTHERS TO INSURE 2115 01:24:22,657 --> 01:24:26,861 THERE IS NO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. 2116 01:24:26,928 --> 01:24:29,030 WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE 2117 01:24:29,097 --> 01:24:31,065 SURE THAT THE CHINESE AND OTHER 2118 01:24:31,132 --> 01:24:33,101 NATIONS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, 2119 01:24:33,168 --> 01:24:34,903 WE'VE WORKED WITH 30 NATIONS, 2120 01:24:34,969 --> 01:24:36,337 VIETNAM AND PERU AND OTHERS, 2121 01:24:36,404 --> 01:24:39,107 THAT THERE IS NO TECHNOLOGY 2122 01:24:39,174 --> 01:24:41,576 TRANSFER, AND THAT THE 2123 01:24:41,643 --> 01:24:44,612 GUIDELINES AND PRACTICES OF THE 2124 01:24:44,679 --> 01:24:46,014 INTERNATIONAL SPACE AGENCY 2125 01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:47,081 REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. 2126 01:24:47,148 --> 01:24:50,819 WE'VE SEEN A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE 2127 01:24:50,885 --> 01:24:51,886 ARE CANADIANEN SLIGHTLIES 2128 01:24:51,953 --> 01:24:54,589 LAUNCHING WITH THE CHINESE. 2129 01:24:54,656 --> 01:24:57,392 THERE ARE OTHER SATELLITES 2130 01:24:57,459 --> 01:25:00,428 FLYING WITH THE CHINESE. 2131 01:25:00,495 --> 01:25:06,201 MY POINT IS IF WE GO IN WITH A 2132 01:25:06,267 --> 01:25:07,869 AND WE CAN SAY TO THE CHINESE 2133 01:25:07,936 --> 01:25:10,071 THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE 2134 01:25:10,138 --> 01:25:12,874 WITH REGARD AS IMPORTANT, 2135 01:25:12,941 --> 01:25:14,476 COPYRIGHT, AND INTELLECTUAL 2136 01:25:14,542 --> 01:25:16,444 TRANSFER, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE 2137 01:25:16,511 --> 01:25:18,279 STRENGTH STARTING NEW IN THE NEW 2138 01:25:18,346 --> 01:25:19,981 MARKETPLACE TO INSURE WE GET 2139 01:25:20,048 --> 01:25:21,983 WHAT WE NEED 37 AS THE PRESIDENT 2140 01:25:22,050 --> 01:25:27,722 SAID WE WANT TO CONSIDERREN 2141 01:25:27,789 --> 01:25:28,823 CONSIDER OUR OPERATIONS WITH 2142 01:25:28,890 --> 01:25:29,123 CHINA. 2143 01:25:29,190 --> 01:25:31,726 WE'RE NOT INVOLVED TODAY, BUT 2144 01:25:31,793 --> 01:25:33,228 WE'RE CLEARLY LEADERS OF THE 2145 01:25:33,294 --> 01:25:34,562 FREE WORLD. 2146 01:25:34,629 --> 01:25:37,832 THANK YOU. 2147 01:25:37,899 --> 01:25:44,138 >> SECRETARY OF ONLY LAND 2148 01:25:44,205 --> 01:25:45,807 HOMELAND IS WITH US. 2149 01:25:45,874 --> 01:25:48,076 >> MY QUESTION IS FOR ALL OF 2150 01:25:48,142 --> 01:25:50,778 YOU, WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 2151 01:25:50,845 --> 01:25:52,347 SPACE-BASED SERVICES. 2152 01:25:52,413 --> 01:25:53,848 EVERYTHING FROM THE WEATHER, THE 2153 01:25:53,915 --> 01:25:57,118 SATELLITES THAT WE GET FROM NOAA 2154 01:25:57,185 --> 01:25:59,854 AND THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT 2155 01:25:59,921 --> 01:26:02,156 THROUGH ITS ABILITY TO WARN OUR 2156 01:26:02,223 --> 01:26:03,424 CITIZENS, THROUGH CYBER 2157 01:26:03,491 --> 01:26:06,995 SECURITY, AND GPS-ENABLED 2158 01:26:07,061 --> 01:26:07,829 POSITION, NAVIGATIONAL AND 2159 01:26:07,896 --> 01:26:08,162 TIMING. 2160 01:26:08,229 --> 01:26:09,531 THE CONCERN TO ME IS MAKING SURE 2161 01:26:09,597 --> 01:26:11,799 AS WE WORK WITH THE PRIVATE 2162 01:26:11,866 --> 01:26:13,768 SECTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT MOVING 2163 01:26:13,835 --> 01:26:16,237 FORWARD THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO 2164 01:26:16,304 --> 01:26:18,206 BUILT IN SECURITY AND ABILITY 2165 01:26:18,273 --> 01:26:19,774 AND RESILIENCE. 2166 01:26:19,841 --> 01:26:23,978 WHAT MORE CAN THE USAMENT 2167 01:26:24,045 --> 01:26:25,146 GOVERNMENT DO AM AS WE GO 2168 01:26:25,213 --> 01:26:27,682 FORWARD IN ALL OF OUR 2169 01:26:27,749 --> 01:26:29,083 SPACE-BASED SERVICES, UPON WHICH 2170 01:26:29,150 --> 01:26:31,553 WE'RE SO HEAVILY RELIANT? 2171 01:26:31,619 --> 01:26:33,388 >> SO I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE 2172 01:26:33,454 --> 01:26:35,490 HELPFUL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO 2173 01:26:35,557 --> 01:26:38,359 WORK MORE WITH THE PRIVATE 2174 01:26:38,426 --> 01:26:41,095 SECTOR, ESPECIALLY THE PART OF 2175 01:26:41,162 --> 01:26:42,730 THE PRIVATE SECRETARY PER. 2176 01:26:42,797 --> 01:26:44,065 ONE WAY TO DO THAT. 2177 01:26:44,132 --> 01:26:45,800 WOULDEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 2178 01:26:45,867 --> 01:26:47,802 GOVERNMENT USES MORE SPECIAL 2179 01:26:47,869 --> 01:26:51,573 APPROACHES IN THE THINGS THAT 2180 01:26:51,639 --> 01:26:53,441 NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE 2181 01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:56,077 CONTRACTS, BUT ONCE THAT ARE 2182 01:26:56,144 --> 01:26:58,646 MORE SOLUTIONS ARE OUTCOME 2183 01:26:58,713 --> 01:27:00,748 DRIVEN WHERE THERE ARE 2184 01:27:00,815 --> 01:27:04,719 MILESTONES AND PAYMENTS BASED ON 2185 01:27:04,786 --> 01:27:05,820 MILESTONES. 2186 01:27:05,887 --> 01:27:07,288 ANOTHER MILESTONE ACTIVITY TO 2187 01:27:07,355 --> 01:27:10,792 ADD WOULD BE TO' 80% CONDITIONS. 2188 01:27:10,858 --> 01:27:14,495 THAT WOULD JUST REALLY IMPROVE 2189 01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:18,766 THE APERTURE OF THE KIND OF 2190 01:27:18,833 --> 01:27:20,034 COMPANIES WE CAN WORK WITH. 2191 01:27:20,101 --> 01:27:22,270 WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED TO USE THE 2192 01:27:22,337 --> 01:27:22,804 FERRARI. 2193 01:27:22,870 --> 01:27:25,406 SOMETIMES WE CAN USE THE FORD 2194 01:27:25,473 --> 01:27:25,840 FOCUS. 2195 01:27:25,907 --> 01:27:27,508 >> I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. 2196 01:27:27,575 --> 01:27:30,411 WE HAVE A REBUST RELATIONSHIP 2197 01:27:30,478 --> 01:27:32,013 WITH NASA ON ALL LEVELS. 2198 01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:33,681 HAVING THIS SORT OF PARTNERSHIP 2199 01:27:33,748 --> 01:27:34,515 IS CRITICAL. 2200 01:27:34,582 --> 01:27:36,884 WE ALWAYS ARE IN LOCK STEP WITH 2201 01:27:36,951 --> 01:27:39,020 NASA ON WHAT WE'RE DOING 2202 01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:42,023 ESPECIALLY AS WE DEAL WITH 2203 01:27:42,090 --> 01:27:42,724 OVERSEAS. 2204 01:27:42,790 --> 01:27:45,793 HAVE IS AN EMERGING DETROIT THE 2205 01:27:45,860 --> 01:27:47,829 U.S. GOVERNMENT OF GREAT FOLKS 2206 01:27:47,895 --> 01:27:49,697 WHO CARE, MORE THAN JUST GETTING 2207 01:27:49,764 --> 01:27:51,399 UP AND DOING THEIR JOB. 2208 01:27:51,466 --> 01:27:54,802 THIS IS THE DOD AND THEY WORK 2209 01:27:54,869 --> 01:28:09,017 WITH US TO INSURE, AND PASSING 2210 01:28:09,083 --> 01:28:10,518 THIS ALONG IT'S NOT SOMETHING 2211 01:28:10,585 --> 01:28:11,686 THAT YOU CAN CODIFY. 2212 01:28:11,753 --> 01:28:13,688 YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN ORGANIC 2213 01:28:13,755 --> 01:28:15,390 RELATIONSHIP TO BE SMARTER, TO 2214 01:28:15,456 --> 01:28:17,859 BE ALERT, AND DON'T CONSIDER THE 2215 01:28:17,925 --> 01:28:22,730 GOVERNMENT ALWAYS AS THE ENEMY, 2216 01:28:22,797 --> 01:28:25,266 BUT WORK WITH THEM ON THESE SORT 2217 01:28:25,333 --> 01:28:26,334 OF CRITICAL ISSUES. 2218 01:28:26,401 --> 01:28:27,568 >> I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE 2219 01:28:27,635 --> 01:28:32,974 THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND SPACE IS 2220 01:28:33,041 --> 01:28:34,842 PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM. 2221 01:28:34,909 --> 01:28:41,249 THE CHINESE VIEW SPACE VERY 2222 01:28:41,315 --> 01:28:41,749 HOLISTICALLY. 2223 01:28:41,816 --> 01:28:44,052 THEY TALK ABOUT THE SATELLITES, 2224 01:28:44,118 --> 01:28:47,055 THE GROUND DATA AND EVERYTHING 2225 01:28:47,121 --> 01:28:48,122 THAT PASSES OVER IT. 2226 01:28:48,189 --> 01:28:50,158 WE NEED TO BE THINKING BEYOND 2227 01:28:50,224 --> 01:28:50,792 JUST SPACE. 2228 01:28:50,858 --> 01:28:53,628 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OTHER 2229 01:28:53,695 --> 01:28:56,998 ALTERNATIVES THAT MAY NOT BE 2230 01:28:57,065 --> 01:28:57,432 ORBITAL. 2231 01:28:57,498 --> 01:28:59,467 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PROTECTING 2232 01:28:59,534 --> 01:29:02,136 OUR SPACE CAPABILITIES, IT 2233 01:29:02,203 --> 01:29:03,538 MEANSCYING HOLISTICALLY. 2234 01:29:03,604 --> 01:29:04,806 IT'S REALLY THE INFORMATION THAT 2235 01:29:04,872 --> 01:29:07,942 PASSES OVER AND THROUGH THOSE 2236 01:29:08,009 --> 01:29:14,849 SPACE SYSTEMS. 2237 01:29:14,916 --> 01:29:19,220 >> JOIN ME IN THANKING THESE 2238 01:29:19,287 --> 01:29:19,687 PANELISTS. 2239 01:29:23,624 --> 01:29:20,421 GREAT JOB. 2240 01:29:23,691 --> 01:29:24,125 [APPLAUSE] 2241 01:29:24,192 --> 01:29:27,128 OUR NEXT PANEL IS ENTITLED 2242 01:29:27,195 --> 01:29:28,429 ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE NEXT 2243 01:29:28,496 --> 01:29:28,996 FRONTIER. 2244 01:29:29,063 --> 01:29:31,332 I'LL INVITE OUR PANELISTS TO GO 2245 01:29:31,399 --> 01:29:33,434 AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE 2246 01:29:33,501 --> 01:29:36,270 STAGE, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED 2247 01:29:36,337 --> 01:29:40,742 LET ME JUST SAY TO ALL THE 2248 01:29:40,808 --> 01:29:42,110 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 2249 01:29:42,176 --> 01:29:44,846 COUNCIL, I THINK WE'VE HEARD 2250 01:29:44,912 --> 01:29:48,149 SOME VERY INSIGHTFUL 2251 01:29:48,216 --> 01:29:50,785 RECOMMENDATIONS PARTICULARLY 2252 01:29:50,852 --> 01:29:52,186 WOULD GO GENERAL McMART, IF 2253 01:29:52,253 --> 01:29:57,759 YOU COULD DEVELOP A PLAN THAT. 2254 01:29:57,825 --> 01:29:59,894 ADDITION STEPS DERIVED FROM THE 2255 01:29:59,961 --> 01:30:01,462 DISCUSSION TODAY, THAT OUGHT TO 2256 01:30:01,529 --> 01:30:04,866 BE ADDED TO THE SPACE STRATEGY. 2257 01:30:04,932 --> 01:30:07,568 WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 2258 01:30:07,635 --> 01:30:09,737 PRESENTATION ON THAT AT THE NEXT 2259 01:30:09,804 --> 01:30:11,539 INTERNATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 2260 01:30:11,606 --> 01:30:12,140 MEETING. 2261 01:30:12,206 --> 01:30:14,575 THEY'VE WRITTEN ME SOME VERY 2262 01:30:14,642 --> 01:30:16,878 THOUGHTFUL OPENING REMARKS ABOUT 2263 01:30:16,944 --> 01:30:17,845 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE NEXT 2264 01:30:17,912 --> 01:30:22,483 FRONTIER, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF 2265 01:30:22,550 --> 01:30:28,623 TIME LET ME BE BRIEF AND SAY 2266 01:30:28,689 --> 01:30:29,357 PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FOR IT. 2267 01:30:29,423 --> 01:30:31,325 I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE 2268 01:30:31,392 --> 01:30:33,227 PRESIDENT YESTERDAY, AND HE HAS 2269 01:30:33,294 --> 01:30:35,062 GREAT PRIDE AND GREAT ENTHUSIASM 2270 01:30:35,129 --> 01:30:41,335 IN NOT ONLY THE PARTNERSHIP THE 2271 01:30:41,402 --> 01:30:42,470 HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 2272 01:30:42,537 --> 01:30:44,772 PRIVATE SECTOR AND NASA, BUT 2273 01:30:44,839 --> 01:30:46,040 ALSO GREAT PRIDE IN THE 2274 01:30:46,107 --> 01:30:49,443 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLATFORMS AND 2275 01:30:49,510 --> 01:30:51,445 INNOVATION. 2276 01:30:51,512 --> 01:30:54,882 THAT WE SAW JUST JUST TWO WEEKS 2277 01:30:54,949 --> 01:30:57,718 AGO AND WE SEE IN ALL THE 2278 01:30:57,785 --> 01:30:59,887 ROCKETS WE SEE THAT WE TALKED 2279 01:30:59,954 --> 01:31:01,789 ABOUT IN MY PRESENTATION TRAY. 2280 01:31:01,856 --> 01:31:07,662 I WAS AT THE MOJAVE DESERT, AND 2281 01:31:07,728 --> 01:31:09,063 VISITED ANOTHER SPACE PORT. 2282 01:31:09,130 --> 01:31:11,365 I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK 100 YEARS 2283 01:31:11,432 --> 01:31:13,334 FROM NOW THAT IT WILL BE OUR 2284 01:31:13,401 --> 01:31:20,007 PRIVATE SECTOR PIONEERS THAT 2285 01:31:20,074 --> 01:31:22,243 HELPED LIFT AMERICA IN THIS ERA 2286 01:31:22,310 --> 01:31:28,049 OF SPACE EXPLORATION AS PIONEERS 2287 01:31:28,115 --> 01:31:28,916 IN THE PAST. 2288 01:31:28,983 --> 01:31:33,788 I WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO 2289 01:31:33,855 --> 01:31:35,590 THIS DISTINGUISHED PANEL. 2290 01:31:35,656 --> 01:31:37,391 IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'LL ASK 2291 01:31:37,458 --> 01:31:39,527 THE PANEL TO SUMMARIZE YOUR 2292 01:31:39,594 --> 01:31:39,927 REMARKS. 2293 01:31:39,994 --> 01:31:41,395 WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR A FEW 2294 01:31:41,462 --> 01:31:42,763 QUESTIONS BEFORE WE'RE SPIRITED 2295 01:31:42,830 --> 01:31:44,565 OFF TO A TOUR, AND I HAVE TO 2296 01:31:44,632 --> 01:31:47,835 WING MY WAY WITH MANY OF THESE 2297 01:31:47,902 --> 01:31:50,805 CABINET OFFICIALS BACK TO 2298 01:31:50,872 --> 01:31:52,240 WASHINGTON, D.C. 2299 01:31:52,306 --> 01:31:59,213 OUR FIRST PANELISTS, ONE OF OUR 2300 01:31:59,280 --> 01:32:00,781 HOSTS HERE TODAY. 2301 01:32:00,848 --> 01:32:02,984 AND SECONDLY, THE PRESIDENT OF 2302 01:32:03,050 --> 01:32:06,487 THE ANALYTICS TRAINING, AND THEN 2303 01:32:06,554 --> 01:32:07,421 PRESIDENT OF SATELLITE 2304 01:32:07,488 --> 01:32:11,158 INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, AND THEN 2305 01:32:11,225 --> 01:32:11,993 PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE 2306 01:32:12,059 --> 01:32:13,594 COALITION FOR DEEP SPACE 2307 01:32:13,661 --> 01:32:14,128 EXPLORATION. 2308 01:32:14,195 --> 01:32:18,599 THESE ARE FOUR GREAT CHAMPIONS 2309 01:32:18,666 --> 01:32:21,769 OF AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN 2310 01:32:21,836 --> 01:32:22,203 SPACE. 2311 01:32:22,270 --> 01:32:26,607 WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE. 2312 01:32:26,674 --> 01:32:27,575 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2313 01:32:27,642 --> 01:32:28,075 [APPLAUSE] 2314 01:32:28,142 --> 01:32:30,111 IF YOU COULD GET IT STARTED AND 2315 01:32:30,177 --> 01:32:32,146 SUMMARIZE YOUR REMARKS, WE'LL 2316 01:32:32,213 --> 01:32:33,748 MOVE THROUGH THE PANEL QUICKLY. 2317 01:32:33,814 --> 01:32:38,452 >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE 2318 01:32:38,519 --> 01:32:39,654 PRESIDENT. 2319 01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:40,821 THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 2320 01:32:40,888 --> 01:32:44,492 OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. 2321 01:32:44,558 --> 01:33:10,718 AMERICA'S PRIVATE SPACE SECTOR. 2322 01:33:10,785 --> 01:33:12,520 SPACEX THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR 2323 01:33:12,586 --> 01:33:14,655 OWN HEAVY LIFT VEHICLE WITH 2324 01:33:14,722 --> 01:33:19,493 PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING. 2325 01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:23,831 TWO CHALLENGES EXPAND OUR NICK 2326 01:33:23,898 --> 01:33:26,267 SPEAR AND COMMERCIAL SPACE 2327 01:33:26,334 --> 01:33:28,402 TRANSPORTATION AND REMOTE 2328 01:33:28,469 --> 01:33:30,471 SENSING ARE GROWING AT 2329 01:33:30,538 --> 01:33:32,640 UNPRECEDENTED RATES WHILE NEW 2330 01:33:32,707 --> 01:33:37,211 SPACE EXPLORATION ARE BEING 2331 01:33:37,278 --> 01:33:37,778 INTRODUCED. 2332 01:33:37,845 --> 01:33:43,351 AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, OUR LEGAL 2333 01:33:43,417 --> 01:33:49,523 AND THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE 2334 01:33:49,590 --> 01:33:50,725 BRAKES OF OUR CURRENT PROGRESS 2335 01:33:50,791 --> 01:33:52,426 ON FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. 2336 01:33:52,493 --> 01:33:57,164 WE NEED TO STRIFE FOR PUBLIC 2337 01:33:57,231 --> 01:33:59,133 SPACE FLIGHT. 2338 01:33:59,200 --> 01:34:02,169 AS LONG AS NATIONAL SECURITY ARE 2339 01:34:02,236 --> 01:34:05,573 NOT COMPROMISED, THE PRESUMPTION 2340 01:34:05,639 --> 01:34:10,044 IS THAT IS A COMMERCIAL SPACE 2341 01:34:10,111 --> 01:34:10,978 CAN SUCCEED. 2342 01:34:11,045 --> 01:34:12,813 THE CURRENT REGULATIONS WRITTEN 2343 01:34:12,880 --> 01:34:15,916 DECADES AGO BASED ON 1980s 2344 01:34:15,983 --> 01:34:17,585 TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONS 2345 01:34:17,651 --> 01:34:19,487 THOSE ROCKETS WERE EXPENDABLE, 2346 01:34:19,553 --> 01:34:21,889 VERY EXPENSIVE, AND INFREQUENTLY 2347 01:34:21,956 --> 01:34:25,226 LAUNCHED AND CARRIED ONLY ONE 2348 01:34:25,292 --> 01:34:26,093 PAYLOAD. 2349 01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:27,762 SPACE PORTS ALSO FACE 2350 01:34:27,828 --> 01:34:29,363 INCONSISTENT INTERPRET OF 2351 01:34:29,430 --> 01:34:30,264 REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. 2352 01:34:30,331 --> 01:34:33,501 THE SAME RULES REQUIRED TO BE 2353 01:34:33,567 --> 01:34:34,935 IMPLEMENTED DIFFERENTLY AT 2354 01:34:35,002 --> 01:34:37,905 DIFFERENT LAUNCH SITES. 2355 01:34:37,972 --> 01:34:41,008 EVEN MODEST I AM AM PROVEMENTS 2356 01:34:41,075 --> 01:34:43,277 TO THE SPACE PORTS 2357 01:34:43,344 --> 01:34:45,846 INFRASTRUCTURE CAN FACE NEW 2358 01:34:45,913 --> 01:34:49,016 ROUNDS OF REVIEWS BECAUSE OF 2359 01:34:49,083 --> 01:34:50,785 OPERATORS LICENSE. 2360 01:34:50,851 --> 01:34:52,386 MEMBERS ARE EAGLE FOR WORK WITH 2361 01:34:52,453 --> 01:34:55,256 THE ADMINISTRATION TO STREAMLINE 2362 01:34:55,322 --> 01:34:56,624 RULES INTO ONE SPACE RULE THAT 2363 01:34:56,690 --> 01:34:59,794 PRESERVES PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT 2364 01:34:59,860 --> 01:35:03,097 RESTRICTING INDUSTRY SPEED TO 2365 01:35:03,164 --> 01:35:04,765 BENEFIT FUTURE WHERE LAUNCHES 2366 01:35:04,832 --> 01:35:05,800 ARE MORE APPROPRIATE, MORE 2367 01:35:05,866 --> 01:35:07,401 AFFORDABLE AND MORE RELIABLE. 2368 01:35:07,468 --> 01:35:09,770 RULES CAN BE MADE CLEARER AND 2369 01:35:09,837 --> 01:35:12,006 MORE CONCISE WITH EXPLANATORY 2370 01:35:12,073 --> 01:35:14,275 DETAILS LEFT TO GUIDANCE. 2371 01:35:14,341 --> 01:35:16,610 REMOTE SENSING HAS BEEN 2372 01:35:16,677 --> 01:35:17,978 CONSTRAINED BY OUTDATE THE 2373 01:35:18,045 --> 01:35:19,713 REGULATIONS THAT ARE NOT 2374 01:35:19,780 --> 01:35:20,981 FAITHFULLY IMPLEMENTED. 2375 01:35:21,048 --> 01:35:23,584 FINALLY IT'S TIME FOR THE 2376 01:35:23,651 --> 01:35:25,920 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A 2377 01:35:25,986 --> 01:35:29,857 PROCESS TO IMPROVING SPACE 2378 01:35:29,924 --> 01:35:31,926 COMPANIES. 2379 01:35:31,992 --> 01:35:34,462 PROVIDING NARROWLY TAILORED 2380 01:35:34,528 --> 01:35:39,100 APPROACH OF OVERSIGHT OF THOSE 2381 01:35:39,166 --> 01:35:40,835 ACTIVITIES. 2382 01:35:40,901 --> 01:35:42,336 WITH A COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY 2383 01:35:42,403 --> 01:35:43,671 UNLEASHED TO ADVANCE AS QUICKLY 2384 01:35:43,737 --> 01:35:45,606 AS POSSIBLE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 2385 01:35:45,673 --> 01:35:50,311 NEEDS TO ADAPT TO GAIN THE 2386 01:35:50,377 --> 01:35:59,453 PUBLIC BENEFIT. 2387 01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:02,289 NASA SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO USE 2388 01:36:02,356 --> 01:36:04,925 COMPETITIVELY AWARDED COST 2389 01:36:04,992 --> 01:36:06,093 SHARED AGREEMENTS TO DEVELOP NEW 2390 01:36:06,160 --> 01:36:07,995 SPACE EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 2391 01:36:08,062 --> 01:36:11,732 SO THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN 2392 01:36:11,799 --> 01:36:14,468 AFFORDABLY RETURN TO THE MOON 2393 01:36:14,535 --> 01:36:15,736 AND VOYAGES BEYOND. 2394 01:36:15,803 --> 01:36:18,472 ALL SPACE AGENCIES SHOULD ASK 2395 01:36:18,539 --> 01:36:20,875 THE QUESTION CAN WE PARTNER? 2396 01:36:20,941 --> 01:36:27,148 IN CONCLUSION, AMERICA'S 2397 01:36:27,214 --> 01:36:27,882 INDUSTRIAL PARADIGM HAS 2398 01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:29,116 FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED DEVELOPING 2399 01:36:29,183 --> 01:36:30,951 TO THE POINT WHERE THE 2400 01:36:31,018 --> 01:36:32,586 CONTRACTING PRACTICES ARE NOW 2401 01:36:32,653 --> 01:36:35,122 OUR LARGEST IMPEDIMENTS. 2402 01:36:35,189 --> 01:36:37,491 NOW, MORE THAN EVER WE NEED THE 2403 01:36:37,558 --> 01:36:39,426 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL TO TAKE 2404 01:36:39,493 --> 01:36:41,996 ACTION AND WORK WITH INDUSTRY. 2405 01:36:42,062 --> 01:36:51,338 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 2406 01:36:51,405 --> 01:36:56,443 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2407 01:36:56,510 --> 01:36:57,311 >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, 2408 01:36:57,378 --> 01:36:58,579 DISTINGUISHED CABINET MEMBERS 2409 01:36:58,646 --> 01:37:00,548 AND INVITED GUESTS. 2410 01:37:00,614 --> 01:37:01,315 GOOD MORNING. 2411 01:37:01,382 --> 01:37:05,653 I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF 2412 01:37:05,719 --> 01:37:07,888 INNOVATIVE ANALYTICS AND 2413 01:37:07,955 --> 01:37:09,123 TRAINING, A SMALL CONSULTING 2414 01:37:09,190 --> 01:37:10,057 FIRM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 2415 01:37:10,124 --> 01:37:11,792 TODAY I'LL BRING IF FORWARD TO 2416 01:37:11,859 --> 01:37:15,029 YOU MY 5 YEARS OF WRITING AND 2417 01:37:15,095 --> 01:37:16,363 ANALYZING MILITARY SENSING FOR 2418 01:37:16,430 --> 01:37:20,100 BOTH GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL 2419 01:37:20,167 --> 01:37:20,467 CLIENTS. 2420 01:37:20,534 --> 01:37:22,570 I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT 2421 01:37:22,636 --> 01:37:23,904 ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE NEXT 2422 01:37:23,971 --> 01:37:25,573 FRONTIER BUT IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME 2423 01:37:25,639 --> 01:37:27,775 I WOULD LIKE TO SHOWCASE THE 2424 01:37:27,841 --> 01:37:29,176 EXAMPLE FIRST FROM THE 2425 01:37:29,243 --> 01:37:31,178 PERSPECTIVE OF ITS PROMISE, AND 2426 01:37:31,245 --> 01:37:32,580 SECONDLY FROM THE CONTINUING 2427 01:37:32,646 --> 01:37:33,747 CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. 2428 01:37:33,814 --> 01:37:35,583 SOME ARE READY, AND I'LL GO 2429 01:37:35,649 --> 01:37:36,884 QUICKLY OVER THOSE. 2430 01:37:36,951 --> 01:37:41,889 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A TRADITIONAL 2431 01:37:41,956 --> 01:37:42,756 INTELLIGENCE ANALYST OR 2432 01:37:42,823 --> 01:37:44,892 SCIENTIST POURING OVER A SMALL 2433 01:37:44,959 --> 01:37:46,994 NUMBER OF SATELLITE IMAGES YOU 2434 01:37:47,061 --> 01:37:49,863 HAVE AN SOMEWHAT OUTDATED VIEW 2435 01:37:49,930 --> 01:37:52,967 OF THE WORLD. 2436 01:37:53,033 --> 01:37:54,802 THE SENSING MARKET COLLECT 2437 01:37:54,868 --> 01:37:58,539 IMAGES WITH HIGH RESOLUTION, 2438 01:37:58,606 --> 01:38:00,074 INCREASING FREQUENCY AND CREATE 2439 01:38:00,140 --> 01:38:00,941 UNPRECEDENTED VOLUMES OF 2440 01:38:01,008 --> 01:38:02,276 INFORMATION. 2441 01:38:02,343 --> 01:38:07,214 OTHER INNOVATIVES ARE HARNESSING 2442 01:38:07,281 --> 01:38:09,116 MACHINE LEARNING TO GAIN INSIGHT 2443 01:38:09,183 --> 01:38:11,018 INTO IMAGERY. 2444 01:38:11,085 --> 01:38:12,720 AND OTHER POTENTIAL ENTRANTS TO 2445 01:38:12,786 --> 01:38:14,888 THE MARKET WANT TO COLLECT EVEN 2446 01:38:14,955 --> 01:38:18,826 MORE EXQUISITE SATELLITE DATA 2447 01:38:18,892 --> 01:38:20,794 WITH FREQUENCY DATA AND SOCIAL 2448 01:38:20,861 --> 01:38:21,228 MEDIA. 2449 01:38:21,295 --> 01:38:22,763 THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SATELLITE 2450 01:38:22,830 --> 01:38:25,733 TECHNOLOGY AND THEY'RE LEVERAGES 2451 01:38:25,799 --> 01:38:29,336 BREAKTHROUGHS IN COMMUNICATION, 2452 01:38:29,403 --> 01:38:43,017 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 2453 01:38:43,083 --> 01:38:45,653 WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT SPACE 2454 01:38:45,719 --> 01:38:46,487 WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE 2455 01:38:46,553 --> 01:38:47,888 EFFECTS THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING 2456 01:38:47,955 --> 01:38:49,156 ON THE GROUND TODAY. 2457 01:38:49,223 --> 01:38:53,527 OTHER CAPABILITIES CREATE 2458 01:38:53,594 --> 01:38:54,628 BREATHTAKING VISUALIZATION BASED 2459 01:38:54,695 --> 01:38:57,498 ON REALTIME DATA THAT CREATE NEW 2460 01:38:57,564 --> 01:38:59,099 LEVELS OF INTERACTION AND 2461 01:38:59,166 --> 01:38:59,867 EXPLORATION. 2462 01:38:59,933 --> 01:39:02,703 AS WE MOVE DEEPER TO THE 2463 01:39:02,770 --> 01:39:05,105 ECONOMY, IT WILL PLAY AN 2464 01:39:05,172 --> 01:39:06,540 EXTRAORDINARY ROLE PROVIDING 2465 01:39:06,607 --> 01:39:08,242 DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT A 2466 01:39:08,309 --> 01:39:10,678 WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS ON THE 2467 01:39:10,744 --> 01:39:11,145 GROUND. 2468 01:39:11,211 --> 01:39:13,614 WE KNOW THE PHRASE A PICTURE IS 2469 01:39:13,681 --> 01:39:14,815 WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. 2470 01:39:14,882 --> 01:39:16,517 CONSIDER WHAT A MILLION PICTURES 2471 01:39:16,583 --> 01:39:19,486 RICHLY DETAILED, EFFICIENTLY 2472 01:39:19,553 --> 01:39:23,324 ORGANIZED, TIME SEQUENCED AND 2473 01:39:23,390 --> 01:39:24,892 THOROUGHLY ANALYZED MIGHT MEAN 2474 01:39:24,958 --> 01:39:26,126 ABOUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT 2475 01:39:26,193 --> 01:39:27,761 TODAY AND EVEN TOMORROW. 2476 01:39:27,828 --> 01:39:31,598 FOR THE U.S. COMMERCIAL SENSING 2477 01:39:31,665 --> 01:39:33,534 INDUSTRY, THAT JUST ONE STEP ON 2478 01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:36,470 THE WAY TO THE NEXT FRONTIER. 2479 01:39:36,537 --> 01:39:40,307 NEXT YEAR MARKS THE 2480 01:39:40,374 --> 01:39:41,875 25TH ANNIVERSARY FOR COMMERCIAL 2481 01:39:41,942 --> 01:39:42,676 REMOTE SENSING. 2482 01:39:42,743 --> 01:39:44,044 WHILE THERE HAS BEEN GREAT 2483 01:39:44,111 --> 01:39:45,746 PROGRESS, THE PROCESS STILL 2484 01:39:45,813 --> 01:39:49,083 HINDERS THE SPEED OF U.S. 2485 01:39:49,149 --> 01:39:49,750 INNOVATION. 2486 01:39:49,817 --> 01:39:51,819 TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE 2487 01:39:51,885 --> 01:39:52,720 OUTSTRIPPING POLICY AND 2488 01:39:52,786 --> 01:39:53,921 REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS. 2489 01:39:53,987 --> 01:39:56,423 MUCH OF THE REGIME IS OUTDATED 2490 01:39:56,490 --> 01:39:57,558 REFLECTING TECHNOLOGY AND 2491 01:39:57,624 --> 01:40:01,028 BUSINESS PROCESSES FROM THE 2492 01:40:01,095 --> 01:40:02,129 EARLY 2002s. 2493 01:40:02,196 --> 01:40:04,331 SECONDLY, A WIDE RANGE OF 2494 01:40:04,398 --> 01:40:05,966 GOVERNMENT INTERESTS FROM 2495 01:40:06,033 --> 01:40:08,135 NATIONAL SECURITY TO POLICY, AND 2496 01:40:08,202 --> 01:40:08,602 WEATHER. 2497 01:40:08,669 --> 01:40:11,171 TOO MANY STAKEHOLDERS DELAY THE 2498 01:40:11,238 --> 01:40:12,506 LICENSING PROCESS, AND AS A 2499 01:40:12,573 --> 01:40:14,074 RESULT SOMETIMES RESTRICT 2500 01:40:14,141 --> 01:40:15,442 COMPANIES FROM PROVIDING MORE 2501 01:40:15,509 --> 01:40:17,644 ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING 2502 01:40:17,711 --> 01:40:19,880 CAPABILITIES AND THE CONTINUOUS 2503 01:40:19,947 --> 01:40:23,150 FLOW OF DATA EXPECTED IN TODAY'S 2504 01:40:23,217 --> 01:40:25,586 HIGH SPEED GLOBAL MARKETS IN 2505 01:40:25,652 --> 01:40:27,154 AREAS OF AGRICULTURE, FINANCE 2506 01:40:27,221 --> 01:40:29,523 AND OTHERS. 2507 01:40:29,590 --> 01:40:31,658 THIRD, BECAUSE SATELLITE IMAGERY 2508 01:40:31,725 --> 01:40:33,827 IS CRUCIAL TO INTELLIGENCE, IT 2509 01:40:33,894 --> 01:40:35,129 CREATES A LEVEL OF CAUTION THAT 2510 01:40:35,195 --> 01:40:36,997 CAN SLOW OR RESTRICT INNOVATIONS 2511 01:40:37,064 --> 01:40:37,631 TO MARKET. 2512 01:40:37,698 --> 01:40:40,267 WE KNOW THAT COMMERCIALIZATION 2513 01:40:40,334 --> 01:40:42,102 CREATES CHALLENGES FOR THE U.S. 2514 01:40:42,169 --> 01:40:43,704 NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT SLOWING 2515 01:40:43,771 --> 01:40:47,508 DOWN OR DELAYING COMMERCIAL 2516 01:40:47,574 --> 01:40:49,042 INNOVATION IS NEITHER KENT 2517 01:40:49,109 --> 01:40:49,810 CONSISTENT WITH U.S. POLICY OR 2518 01:40:49,877 --> 01:40:53,847 LIKELY TO BE A STRATEGY. 2519 01:40:53,914 --> 01:40:55,416 COMMERCIAL INNOVATORS. 2520 01:40:55,482 --> 01:40:58,252 THOSE WITH THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS 2521 01:40:58,318 --> 01:41:00,954 AWAIT THE LONGEST TIME OF 2522 01:41:01,021 --> 01:41:03,123 APPROVAL. 2523 01:41:03,190 --> 01:41:10,264 AS THEY LANGUISH. 2524 01:41:10,330 --> 01:41:11,598 MANY OF THE REMEDIES ARE KNOWN 2525 01:41:11,665 --> 01:41:15,335 TODAY THAT WE NEED TO SHORTEN 2526 01:41:15,402 --> 01:41:22,543 LICENSING TIMELINES, AND 2527 01:41:22,609 --> 01:41:23,710 REGULATIONS MUST ALSO TAKE INTO 2528 01:41:23,777 --> 01:41:25,112 ACCOUNT THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 2529 01:41:25,179 --> 01:41:27,281 THAT ARE COMING FORWARD IN THE 2530 01:41:27,347 --> 01:41:32,186 MARKET SUCH AS DRONES AND HIGH 2531 01:41:32,252 --> 01:41:33,620 ALTITUDE AIR VEHICLES. 2532 01:41:33,687 --> 01:41:35,889 IT'S MOVING FROM A TRADITIONAL 2533 01:41:35,956 --> 01:41:38,292 AEROSPACE CAPABILITY AFFECTING A 2534 01:41:38,358 --> 01:41:39,760 SMALL NUMBER OF IMPORTANT 2535 01:41:39,827 --> 01:41:41,295 DECISIONS TO INFORMATION 2536 01:41:41,361 --> 01:41:42,663 CAPABILITY AFFECTING THOUSANDS 2537 01:41:42,729 --> 01:41:44,231 OF DECISIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 2538 01:41:44,298 --> 01:41:47,701 EVEN AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE THE 2539 01:41:47,768 --> 01:41:51,171 ENVIRONMENT OF U.S. COMMERCIAL 2540 01:41:51,238 --> 01:41:56,376 FIRMS, NEW PRIVACY AND FOREIGN 2541 01:41:56,443 --> 01:41:58,345 TRADE BARRIERS WILL HAVE TO BE 2542 01:41:58,412 --> 01:42:00,481 INCORPORATED INTO OUR THINKING. 2543 01:42:00,547 --> 01:42:04,318 THE 25 YEAR CASE STUDY PROVIDES 2544 01:42:04,384 --> 01:42:05,285 IMPORTANT LESSONS OF HOW TO 2545 01:42:05,352 --> 01:42:08,155 THINK ABOUT THE SPACE COMMERCE 2546 01:42:08,222 --> 01:42:08,655 PURSUITS. 2547 01:42:08,722 --> 01:42:11,091 WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF 2548 01:42:11,158 --> 01:42:12,059 LEARNING LESSONS ACROSS THE 2549 01:42:12,125 --> 01:42:16,463 BOARD IN AREAS LIKE KATE AT A 2550 01:42:16,530 --> 01:42:17,598 RIGHTS LICENSING AND PROTECTION. 2551 01:42:17,664 --> 01:42:21,001 WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF 2552 01:42:21,068 --> 01:42:23,403 CAPABILITIES COMING IN THE 2553 01:42:23,470 --> 01:42:25,606 MARKET. 2554 01:42:25,672 --> 01:42:27,975 OF WE'VE DONE WELL IN EXAMPLES 2555 01:42:28,041 --> 01:42:31,245 LIKE NON-EARTH IMAGING AND 2556 01:42:31,311 --> 01:42:32,312 SPATIAL AWARENESS. 2557 01:42:32,379 --> 01:42:35,616 FINALLY WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE 2558 01:42:35,682 --> 01:42:42,923 STRONG COLLABORATION ON GLOBAL 2559 01:42:42,990 --> 01:42:44,157 COMPETITION, AND EMERGING 2560 01:42:44,224 --> 01:42:46,727 SOURCES OF INNOVATION. 2561 01:42:46,793 --> 01:42:47,694 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE 2562 01:42:47,761 --> 01:42:49,363 THE ONLY SOURCE OF GOOD IDEAS OF 2563 01:42:49,429 --> 01:42:53,033 HOW TO REGULATE ON COMPLEX 2564 01:42:53,100 --> 01:42:54,334 ISSUES ON SPACE TRAFFIC 2565 01:42:54,401 --> 01:42:54,868 MANAGEMENT. 2566 01:42:54,935 --> 01:42:57,037 TO CLOSE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND 2567 01:42:57,104 --> 01:42:58,205 INDUSTRY ROLES ARE CHANGING SO 2568 01:42:58,272 --> 01:43:01,174 WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT NEW 2569 01:43:01,241 --> 01:43:05,012 STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE POLICY 2570 01:43:05,078 --> 01:43:05,946 REGULATORY MECHANISMS. 2571 01:43:06,013 --> 01:43:07,414 WE RECOGNIZE THAT U.S. 2572 01:43:07,481 --> 01:43:09,383 LEADERSHIP IS AS MUCH ABOUT 2573 01:43:09,449 --> 01:43:11,251 SHAPING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 2574 01:43:11,318 --> 01:43:13,787 AND SETTING STANDARDS, AND 2575 01:43:13,854 --> 01:43:15,055 ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIPS AS IT 2576 01:43:15,122 --> 01:43:17,257 IS ABOUT BEING FIRST IN SPACE, 2577 01:43:17,324 --> 01:43:19,192 AND HOW WE ULTIMATELY USE THE 2578 01:43:19,259 --> 01:43:20,627 DATA IN THOUSANDS OF 2579 01:43:20,694 --> 01:43:22,095 APPLICATIONS ON THE GROUND EVERY 2580 01:43:22,162 --> 01:43:22,396 DAY. 2581 01:43:22,462 --> 01:43:25,966 AS IN SO MANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY 2582 01:43:26,033 --> 01:43:28,101 INNOVATION AREAS BOTH PAST AND 2583 01:43:28,168 --> 01:43:29,870 PRESENT, OURS MUST BE A GAIN OF 2584 01:43:29,937 --> 01:43:31,939 MOVING FORWARD, AND NOT PLAYING 2585 01:43:32,005 --> 01:43:32,272 DENSE. 2586 01:43:32,339 --> 01:43:33,774 THANK YOU, AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD 2587 01:43:33,840 --> 01:43:36,243 TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 2588 01:43:36,310 --> 01:43:36,910 >> THANK YOU. 2589 01:43:36,977 --> 01:43:41,315 VERY WELL DONE. 2590 01:43:41,381 --> 01:43:43,116 [APPLAUSE] 2591 01:43:43,183 --> 01:43:48,755 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. 2592 01:43:48,822 --> 01:43:49,556 >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M 2593 01:43:49,623 --> 01:43:52,859 HONORED TO BE HERE IN THIS 2594 01:43:52,926 --> 01:43:54,161 EXTRAORDINARY VENUE. 2595 01:43:54,227 --> 01:44:01,368 SIA IS AN U.S. TRADE ASSOCIATION 2596 01:44:01,435 --> 01:44:04,805 FOR OPERATORS, MANUFACTURERS, 2597 01:44:04,871 --> 01:44:07,341 AND WE SERVE CIVIL AND MILITARY 2598 01:44:07,407 --> 01:44:07,741 MARKETS. 2599 01:44:07,808 --> 01:44:09,610 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS 2600 01:44:09,676 --> 01:44:10,544 OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON THREE 2601 01:44:10,611 --> 01:44:13,447 AREAS, INNOVATION, SPECTRUM 2602 01:44:13,513 --> 01:44:15,582 CERTAINTY AND SUSTAINABLE SPACE 2603 01:44:15,649 --> 01:44:16,183 OPERATIONS. 2604 01:44:16,249 --> 01:44:18,752 TODAY THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY 2605 01:44:18,819 --> 01:44:19,920 SUPPORTS 211,000 U.S. JOBS, 2606 01:44:19,987 --> 01:44:22,356 INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 2607 01:44:22,422 --> 01:44:24,491 WELL-PAYING MANUFACTURING 2608 01:44:24,558 --> 01:44:25,025 POSITIONS. 2609 01:44:25,092 --> 01:44:27,294 THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY'S 2017 2610 01:44:27,361 --> 01:44:33,500 ESTIMATED REVENUE WAS 2611 01:44:33,567 --> 01:44:34,134 $260.5 BILLION. 2612 01:44:34,201 --> 01:44:36,937 WHICH DOES NOT REFLECT REVENUES 2613 01:44:37,004 --> 01:44:38,972 BY MANY BUSINESSES MADE POSSIBLE 2614 01:44:39,039 --> 01:44:41,475 BY OUR SERVICES. 2615 01:44:41,541 --> 01:44:43,043 ENABLING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IN 2616 01:44:43,110 --> 01:44:46,413 WAYS CONSUMERS MIGHT NOT BE 2617 01:44:46,480 --> 01:44:46,847 AWARE. 2618 01:44:46,913 --> 01:44:48,081 BEYOND STRICTLY FINANCIAL 2619 01:44:48,148 --> 01:44:52,085 METRICS, HOWEVER, OUR VERY WAY 6 2620 01:44:52,152 --> 01:44:53,787 LIFE DEPENDS ON THE BENEFITS WE 2621 01:44:53,854 --> 01:44:54,821 RECEIVE FROM THE SATELLITE 2622 01:44:54,888 --> 01:44:55,622 APPLICATIONS. 2623 01:44:55,689 --> 01:44:58,091 SATELLITES, COMMUNICATIONS, 2624 01:44:58,158 --> 01:44:59,826 EARTH OBSERVATION AND POSITION 2625 01:44:59,893 --> 01:45:01,461 NAVIGATION AND TIMING HAVE 2626 01:45:01,528 --> 01:45:03,397 TRANSFORMED HOW WE'LL 2627 01:45:03,463 --> 01:45:05,799 COMMUNICATE, HOW WE NAVIGATE AND 2628 01:45:05,866 --> 01:45:06,833 SEE A WORLD. 2629 01:45:06,900 --> 01:45:09,703 HOW WE PRODUCE FOOD AND ENERGY, 2630 01:45:09,770 --> 01:45:12,272 CONDUCT BAKING, PREDICT THE 2631 01:45:12,339 --> 01:45:13,373 WEATHER, INSURE NATIONAL 2632 01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:15,375 SECURITY AND SO MUCH MORE. 2633 01:45:15,442 --> 01:45:20,080 THE UBIQUITY SATELLITE COVERAGE 2634 01:45:20,147 --> 01:45:21,815 PROVIDES ACCESS ACROSS THE GLOBE 2635 01:45:21,882 --> 01:45:23,116 THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE 2636 01:45:23,183 --> 01:45:27,020 UNREACHABLE, PROVIDING SATELLITE 2637 01:45:27,087 --> 01:45:29,723 COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO 2638 01:45:29,790 --> 01:45:32,459 SCIENTISTS AT THE SOUTH POLE AND 2639 01:45:32,526 --> 01:45:35,562 PROVEN CRITICAL IN AREAS OF 2640 01:45:35,629 --> 01:45:42,202 NATIONAL DISASTERS. 2641 01:45:42,269 --> 01:45:43,770 SATELLITE IMAGERY ALLOWING FOR 2642 01:45:43,837 --> 01:45:46,339 THE SURVEY OF DAMAGE NOT JUST BY 2643 01:45:46,406 --> 01:45:48,408 MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS BUT BY 2644 01:45:48,475 --> 01:45:50,043 AVERAGE CITIZENS FROM ACROSS THE 2645 01:45:50,110 --> 01:45:50,544 GLOBE. 2646 01:45:50,610 --> 01:45:52,112 ALL OF THE GREAT THROUGHS WE'VE 2647 01:45:52,179 --> 01:45:54,314 SEEN BECAUSE OF SATELLITE 2648 01:45:54,381 --> 01:45:57,184 TECHNOLOGY SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN 2649 01:45:57,250 --> 01:45:58,518 FOR GRANTED. 2650 01:45:58,585 --> 01:45:59,786 IT DEPENDS ON OUR INDUSTRY'S 2651 01:45:59,853 --> 01:46:01,321 ABILITY TO ACCESS SPECTRUM. 2652 01:46:01,388 --> 01:46:03,323 IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN AND MEET THE 2653 01:46:03,390 --> 01:46:05,125 GROWING DEMAND FOR SATELLITE 2654 01:46:05,192 --> 01:46:07,094 SERVICES WE ENCOURAGE REGULATORS 2655 01:46:07,160 --> 01:46:09,096 TO CONTINUE ALLOCATION OF 2656 01:46:09,162 --> 01:46:12,999 SATELLITE USE BOTH DOMESTICALLY 2657 01:46:13,066 --> 01:46:15,936 AND U.S. SUPPORT AT THE WORLD 2658 01:46:16,002 --> 01:46:18,205 COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE. 2659 01:46:18,271 --> 01:46:19,439 REGULATORY STREAMLINING AND 2660 01:46:19,506 --> 01:46:21,041 CERTAINTY ARE CRITICAL FOR THE 2661 01:46:21,108 --> 01:46:22,309 ADVANCEMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES 2662 01:46:22,375 --> 01:46:23,376 IN THE INDUSTRY. 2663 01:46:23,443 --> 01:46:26,079 WITH PLANS TO LAUNCH SATELLITES 2664 01:46:26,146 --> 01:46:27,314 CONSTELLATIONS OF HUNDREDS IF 2665 01:46:27,380 --> 01:46:29,216 NOT THOUSANDS OF SATELLITES OVER 2666 01:46:29,282 --> 01:46:31,618 THE NEXT DECADE, IT IS CRUCIAL 2667 01:46:31,685 --> 01:46:34,221 THAT REGULATION BE ADAPTABLE TO 2668 01:46:34,287 --> 01:46:36,223 NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 2669 01:46:36,289 --> 01:46:38,525 FINALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2670 01:46:38,592 --> 01:46:40,293 MUST BE AT THE HEART OF 2671 01:46:40,360 --> 01:46:41,795 INNOVATIONS AND ADVANCEMENTS OF 2672 01:46:41,862 --> 01:46:44,464 THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY. 2673 01:46:44,531 --> 01:46:45,766 AS A SHARED NATIONAL RESOURCE IT 2674 01:46:45,832 --> 01:46:47,200 IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE 2675 01:46:47,267 --> 01:46:50,637 SURE THAT WE PROTECT SPACE AND 2676 01:46:50,704 --> 01:46:53,373 INSURE ITS AVAILABILITY FOR USE 2677 01:46:53,440 --> 01:46:54,541 BY FUTURE GENERATIONS. 2678 01:46:54,608 --> 01:46:55,976 THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 2679 01:46:56,042 --> 01:46:56,910 YOUR QUESTIONS. 2680 01:46:56,977 --> 01:46:57,778 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2681 01:46:57,844 --> 01:46:58,478 WELL DONE. 2682 01:46:58,545 --> 01:47:02,482 APPRECIATE IT. 2683 01:47:02,549 --> 01:47:03,016 [APPLAUSE] 2684 01:47:03,083 --> 01:47:05,352 >> THE COALITION FOR DEEP SPACE 2685 01:47:05,418 --> 01:47:07,087 EXPLORATION, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL 2686 01:47:07,154 --> 01:47:08,021 FOR YOU HERE. 2687 01:47:08,088 --> 01:47:12,225 >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE 2688 01:47:12,292 --> 01:47:12,826 PRESIDENT. 2689 01:47:12,893 --> 01:47:15,495 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK 2690 01:47:15,562 --> 01:47:20,500 YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK. 2691 01:47:20,567 --> 01:47:22,502 ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION ARE 2692 01:47:22,569 --> 01:47:24,171 WITHOUT DOUBT ENGINES FOR 2693 01:47:24,237 --> 01:47:25,305 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SPACE. 2694 01:47:25,372 --> 01:47:27,774 BEGINNING WITH LOWER ORBIT AND 2695 01:47:27,841 --> 01:47:30,477 EXPANDING TOWARDS THE MOON. 2696 01:47:30,544 --> 01:47:31,244 AT THE SAME TIME GOVERNMENT 2697 01:47:31,311 --> 01:47:32,145 PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE SPACE 2698 01:47:32,212 --> 01:47:35,949 LAUNCH SYSTEM, THE GROUND SYSTEM 2699 01:47:36,016 --> 01:47:37,250 TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT AND 2700 01:47:37,317 --> 01:47:41,721 INDUSTRY PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED 2701 01:47:41,788 --> 01:47:42,722 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FURTHER 2702 01:47:42,789 --> 01:47:43,590 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 2703 01:47:43,657 --> 01:47:44,925 THEY MAINTAIN PURPOSE AS A 2704 01:47:44,991 --> 01:47:48,528 SIGNAL TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO 2705 01:47:48,595 --> 01:47:56,603 THE U.S. 2706 01:47:56,670 --> 01:47:58,905 IT IS CRUCIAL, I WOULD LIKE TO 2707 01:47:58,972 --> 01:48:01,374 SUGGEST ACQUISITION REFORM. 2708 01:48:01,441 --> 01:48:05,011 THE FISCAL PROBLEMATIC REPORTING 2709 01:48:05,078 --> 01:48:13,119 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT THE OFTEN 2710 01:48:13,186 --> 01:48:16,690 GLACIAL PACE, WHAT SINGLE THING 2711 01:48:16,756 --> 01:48:19,492 COULD ADVANCE THE EXPLORATION OF 2712 01:48:19,559 --> 01:48:23,964 SPACE, FAR .0. 2713 01:48:24,030 --> 01:48:27,300 THE SLOW NURTURE CREATE BARRIERS 2714 01:48:27,367 --> 01:48:29,002 TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT 2715 01:48:29,069 --> 01:48:31,071 POSING A THREAT TO OUR POSITION 2716 01:48:31,137 --> 01:48:32,405 IN SPACE. 2717 01:48:32,472 --> 01:48:34,107 THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT 2718 01:48:34,174 --> 01:48:37,644 CONTRACTING SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 2719 01:48:37,711 --> 01:48:40,647 LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 2720 01:48:40,714 --> 01:48:42,849 PROVIDE STABILITY AND PROVIDES 2721 01:48:42,916 --> 01:48:44,618 SUSTAINMENT OVER THE YEARS AND 2722 01:48:44,684 --> 01:48:46,186 DECADES OFTEN REQUIRED FOR THESE 2723 01:48:46,253 --> 01:48:46,686 PROGRAMS. 2724 01:48:46,753 --> 01:48:49,322 THAT SAID THE MEANS TO LEAD THE 2725 01:48:49,389 --> 01:48:50,991 STARTING GATE WITH FAR NOR 2726 01:48:51,057 --> 01:48:55,195 AGILITY THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, AS 2727 01:48:55,262 --> 01:48:58,765 WELL AS ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE 2728 01:48:58,832 --> 01:49:00,634 PRIMARY INTEREST AND REFORM. 2729 01:49:00,700 --> 01:49:01,935 OTHER TRANSACTION. 2730 01:49:02,002 --> 01:49:05,205 AGREEMENTS OR OTAs PROVIDE AN 2731 01:49:05,272 --> 01:49:07,007 ADDITIONAL APPROACH. 2732 01:49:07,073 --> 01:49:09,576 OTAs PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY BUT 2733 01:49:09,643 --> 01:49:12,779 SPREES RISK OF REDUCED 2734 01:49:12,846 --> 01:49:14,214 ACCOUNTABILITY AND AM REDUCED 2735 01:49:14,281 --> 01:49:14,781 TRANSPARENCY. 2736 01:49:14,848 --> 01:49:20,587 THEY'RE RELATIVELY OF LOW VALUE. 2737 01:49:20,654 --> 01:49:26,726 THE DURING THIS, THE GOVERNMENT 2738 01:49:26,793 --> 01:49:28,128 HAS LEFT DEVELOPMENT IN THE 2739 01:49:28,194 --> 01:49:31,231 HANDS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. 2740 01:49:31,298 --> 01:49:35,936 THE RESULTING SYSTEMS WERE AT 2741 01:49:36,002 --> 01:49:37,037 MUCH RED CROSS THAN CREDIT WOULD 2742 01:49:37,103 --> 01:49:38,238 HAVE ACHIEVED. 2743 01:49:38,305 --> 01:49:42,208 THE STORIES IS LESS CLEAR AS WE 2744 01:49:42,275 --> 01:49:43,710 HAVE A BALANCE OF GOVERNMENT 2745 01:49:43,777 --> 01:49:46,680 INSIGHT AND RISK TO HUMAN LIVES. 2746 01:49:46,746 --> 01:49:50,317 CONTINUE TO BE INNOVATIVE: I 2747 01:49:50,383 --> 01:49:53,987 TURNED TO. 2748 01:49:54,054 --> 01:50:01,962 THREES, WHICH P 3s TAKE MANY 2749 01:50:02,028 --> 01:50:03,263 FORMS. 2750 01:50:03,330 --> 01:50:06,700 THE SUCCESS OF P 30'S ARE HINGE. 2751 01:50:06,766 --> 01:50:11,037 ED ON INFORMED RISKS. 2752 01:50:11,104 --> 01:50:14,040 A REALISTIC BUSINESS CASE, AN 2753 01:50:14,107 --> 01:50:14,908 INDISPENSABLE REQUIREMENT, AND 2754 01:50:14,975 --> 01:50:18,478 MEANS TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESS 2755 01:50:18,545 --> 01:50:20,113 WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST. 2756 01:50:20,180 --> 01:50:22,248 AS THE PASS FORWARD, P 3s 2757 01:50:22,315 --> 01:50:23,383 CARRY MUCH PROCESS. 2758 01:50:23,450 --> 01:50:27,654 BUT AS ON EARTH THEY REQUIRE A 2759 01:50:27,721 --> 01:50:30,123 CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT SET OF 2760 01:50:30,190 --> 01:50:31,791 REQUIREMENTS AND OBJECTIVES. 2761 01:50:31,858 --> 01:50:35,595 EACH OF THESE MODELS ATTEMPT TO 2762 01:50:35,662 --> 01:50:38,031 BALANCE RISK, COST AND MISSION 2763 01:50:38,098 --> 01:50:39,265 OBJECTIVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 2764 01:50:39,332 --> 01:50:40,900 I CAN'T SAY THIS STRONGLY 2765 01:50:40,967 --> 01:50:41,868 ENOUGH. 2766 01:50:41,935 --> 01:50:43,737 DECISIONS WITH REGARDING WHICH 2767 01:50:43,803 --> 01:50:46,172 APPROACH IS BEST FOR A GIVEN 2768 01:50:46,239 --> 01:50:49,576 OBJECTIVE CAN BE ADDRESSED 2769 01:50:49,642 --> 01:50:52,512 IDEOLOGICAL WHETHER POLITICAL OR 2770 01:50:52,579 --> 01:50:55,448 PHILOSOPHICAL BUT RATHER A 2771 01:50:55,515 --> 01:50:58,418 FRAMEWORK THAT ENCOURAGES 2772 01:50:58,485 --> 01:50:59,052 PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND 2773 01:50:59,119 --> 01:51:01,154 MARKETABLE SOLUTIONS AND ADAPT 2774 01:51:01,221 --> 01:51:02,589 TO ALWAYS CHANGING REALITIES 2775 01:51:02,655 --> 01:51:03,890 SHOULD BE OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL. 2776 01:51:03,957 --> 01:51:04,557 THANK YOU. 2777 01:51:04,624 --> 01:51:12,632 [APPLAUSE] 2778 01:51:12,699 --> 01:51:13,266 >> THANK YOU. 2779 01:51:13,333 --> 01:51:15,335 VERY WELL DONE. 2780 01:51:15,402 --> 01:51:18,738 AND LET ME MAYBE ASK A QUESTION 2781 01:51:18,805 --> 01:51:19,472 OF THE PANEL. 2782 01:51:19,539 --> 01:51:22,008 I HAVE A FEELING I'M GOING TO 2783 01:51:22,075 --> 01:51:24,477 GET WORD THAT WE NEED TO BE 2784 01:51:24,544 --> 01:51:28,782 MOVING TO OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT. 2785 01:51:28,848 --> 01:51:31,751 BUT MAYBE I CAN START WITH YOU, 2786 01:51:31,818 --> 01:51:33,353 DOCTOR, GIVEN YOUR EXTENSIVE 2787 01:51:33,420 --> 01:51:36,589 EXPERIENCE ON THE SPACE STATION, 2788 01:51:36,656 --> 01:51:39,059 THE PRESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED OUR 2789 01:51:39,125 --> 01:51:42,429 PLAN TO TRANSITION TO A 2790 01:51:42,495 --> 01:51:47,067 DIFFERENT MODEL ONE OF OUR 2791 01:51:47,133 --> 01:51:49,936 PREVIOUS PANELISTS SAID, I 2792 01:51:50,003 --> 01:51:52,205 THOUGHT RATHER INSIGHTFULLY 2793 01:51:52,272 --> 01:51:55,875 WHERE WE WOULD TRANSITION THE 2794 01:51:55,942 --> 01:51:57,377 GOVERNMENT TO MORE TENANT AND 2795 01:51:57,444 --> 01:51:59,579 CUSTOMER RATHER THAN LANDLORD. 2796 01:51:59,646 --> 01:52:05,085 SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON HUMAN 2797 01:52:05,151 --> 01:52:07,754 EXPLORATION, AND PUSHING THE 2798 01:52:07,821 --> 01:52:08,421 BOUNDARIES. 2799 01:52:08,488 --> 01:52:10,090 SINCE YOU ALL REPRESENT THIS 2800 01:52:10,156 --> 01:52:11,991 INDUSTRY, COULD EACH OF YOU GIVE 2801 01:52:12,058 --> 01:52:17,230 ME ONE MINUTE ON WHERE THE 2802 01:52:17,297 --> 01:52:18,798 OPPORTUNITIES, THE CHALLENGES, 2803 01:52:18,865 --> 01:52:20,133 WHAT SHOULD THIS COUNCIL BE 2804 01:52:20,200 --> 01:52:22,302 AWARE OF AS WE SEEK TO MAKE THAT 2805 01:52:22,368 --> 01:52:22,869 TRANSITION. 2806 01:52:22,936 --> 01:52:24,571 AND DOCTOR, ON THE SPACE 2807 01:52:24,637 --> 01:52:25,805 STATION, YOU HAVE THOUGHT MORE 2808 01:52:25,872 --> 01:52:26,339 ABOUT IT. 2809 01:52:26,406 --> 01:52:30,844 >> I'LL START BY SAYING THAT THE 2810 01:52:30,910 --> 01:52:35,081 DEMAND SIGN IS AS IMPORTANT AS 2811 01:52:35,148 --> 01:52:36,382 IN THIS CASE. 2812 01:52:36,449 --> 01:52:37,550 DEVELOPING, FINDING ADDITIONAL 2813 01:52:37,617 --> 01:52:38,852 WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED 2814 01:52:38,918 --> 01:52:40,920 BUT MANY OTHER WAYS TO ENCOURAGE 2815 01:52:40,987 --> 01:52:42,355 DEMAND TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY 2816 01:52:42,422 --> 01:52:44,190 LOWER ORBITS IS CRITICAL. 2817 01:52:44,257 --> 01:52:46,159 WE NEED TO ESTABLISH SOME 2818 01:52:46,226 --> 01:52:47,927 CRITERIA FOR THAT TRANSITION. 2819 01:52:47,994 --> 01:52:49,329 THOSE SHOULD INCLUDE READINESS 2820 01:52:49,395 --> 01:52:51,998 TO ASSUME ROLE OF THE COMMERCIAL 2821 01:52:52,065 --> 01:52:53,433 INDUSTRY, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER 2822 01:52:53,500 --> 01:52:55,001 OF EFFORTS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW. 2823 01:52:55,068 --> 01:52:57,570 AND THE EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL 2824 01:52:57,637 --> 01:52:58,838 COLLABORATION BOTH IN LOWER 2825 01:52:58,905 --> 01:53:00,540 ORBIT AND TOWARDS THE MOON IS 2826 01:53:00,607 --> 01:53:01,207 VERY IMPORTANT. 2827 01:53:01,274 --> 01:53:03,977 THE FRAMEWORK THAT GUIDED THE 2828 01:53:04,043 --> 01:53:05,812 DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATION HAS 2829 01:53:05,879 --> 01:53:09,516 HAPPENED THERE AND THAT'S 2830 01:53:09,582 --> 01:53:10,517 CRITICAL. 2831 01:53:10,583 --> 01:53:13,319 AND TECHNOLOGIES CONTINUE TO BE 2832 01:53:13,386 --> 01:53:14,521 DEVELOPED. 2833 01:53:14,587 --> 01:53:16,489 ENVIRONMENT CONTROL IS VERY 2834 01:53:16,556 --> 01:53:16,923 IMPORTANT. 2835 01:53:16,990 --> 01:53:18,458 ASTRONAUTS LIKE TO BREATHE IN 2836 01:53:18,525 --> 01:53:19,692 DEEP SPACE SO WE SHOULD BE SURE 2837 01:53:19,759 --> 01:53:21,394 WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK 2838 01:53:21,461 --> 01:53:23,530 OVER LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN DEEP 2839 01:53:23,596 --> 01:53:23,963 SPACE. 2840 01:53:24,030 --> 01:53:26,132 AND THE VEHICLE ITSELF, WHAT IS 2841 01:53:26,199 --> 01:53:28,201 IT CAPABLE OF, AND WHAT DO WE 2842 01:53:28,268 --> 01:53:29,936 WANT TO DO WITH IT. 2843 01:53:30,003 --> 01:53:31,271 >> GOOD INSIGHTS. 2844 01:53:31,337 --> 01:53:34,073 ANYONE ELSE WITH JUST A QUICK 2845 01:53:34,140 --> 01:53:34,440 SHOT. 2846 01:53:34,507 --> 01:53:37,577 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS 2847 01:53:37,644 --> 01:53:39,012 PROCUREMENT REFORM. 2848 01:53:39,078 --> 01:53:41,314 VERY OFTEN AS THE MILITARY IS A 2849 01:53:41,381 --> 01:53:42,382 LARGE CUSTOMER OF THE INDUSTRY, 2850 01:53:42,448 --> 01:53:43,883 MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM 2851 01:53:43,950 --> 01:53:45,985 VIEWING THEMSELVES AS PURCHASING 2852 01:53:46,052 --> 01:53:46,886 SATELLITES TO PURCHASING 2853 01:53:46,953 --> 01:53:48,521 SERVICE, AND IN ADDITION TO THE 2854 01:53:48,588 --> 01:53:49,689 SATELLITES THAT THEY HAVE A 2855 01:53:49,756 --> 01:53:50,456 SPECIFIC NEED. 2856 01:53:50,523 --> 01:53:52,659 BUT LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN 2857 01:53:52,725 --> 01:53:54,961 ACQUIRE SATELLITE SERVICES MORE 2858 01:53:55,028 --> 01:53:58,064 QUICK WOULD BE IMPORTANT. 2859 01:53:58,131 --> 01:53:58,631 >> KEVIN. 2860 01:53:58,698 --> 01:54:01,568 >> JUST BRIEFLY, I THINK 2861 01:54:01,634 --> 01:54:02,902 ANTICIPATING THE KINDS OF 2862 01:54:02,969 --> 01:54:04,437 CAPABILITIES COMING FORWARD IN 2863 01:54:04,504 --> 01:54:07,507 THE MARKET, THE USE OF PUBLIC 2864 01:54:07,574 --> 01:54:09,742 POLICY CONCERNS, ETC. SOMETHING 2865 01:54:09,809 --> 01:54:11,911 NEEDS TO BE DONE PROACTIVELY. 2866 01:54:11,978 --> 01:54:14,013 NOT WAIT NOR SOMEBODY TO SHOW UP 2867 01:54:14,080 --> 01:54:15,448 WITH A NEW CAPABILITY FOR 2868 01:54:15,515 --> 01:54:15,982 LICENSING. 2869 01:54:16,049 --> 01:54:18,418 JUST TO TOUCH ON THERE, THE IDEA 2870 01:54:18,484 --> 01:54:20,553 OF HAVING A SMOOTH TRANSITION 2871 01:54:20,620 --> 01:54:23,056 PLAN, AVOIDING ANY KIND OF GAP, 2872 01:54:23,122 --> 01:54:26,893 AND AVOID UTILIZING THE 2873 01:54:26,960 --> 01:54:29,662 TECHNOLOGY THAT THE COMMERCIAL 2874 01:54:29,729 --> 01:54:32,198 INDUSTRY IS DRIVING WHETHER IT 2875 01:54:32,265 --> 01:54:34,734 BE HABITAT MODULES OR NEW 2876 01:54:34,801 --> 01:54:36,569 SYSTEMS OR EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE 2877 01:54:36,636 --> 01:54:38,004 TAKING PLACE ON THE 2878 01:54:38,071 --> 01:54:40,306 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 2879 01:54:40,373 --> 01:54:42,242 THERE ARE REMARKABLE 2880 01:54:42,308 --> 01:54:43,943 TECHNOLOGIES BEING DEVELOPED AT 2881 01:54:44,010 --> 01:54:45,311 A RAPID PACE AND WE WANT TO 2882 01:54:45,378 --> 01:54:46,779 SUPPORT THEM THROUGHOUT THE 2883 01:54:46,846 --> 01:54:48,781 TRANSITION OF THE PROCESS. 2884 01:54:48,848 --> 01:54:49,382 >> GREAT. 2885 01:54:49,449 --> 01:54:51,484 JOIN ME IN THANKING THIS 2886 01:54:51,551 --> 01:54:52,385 OUTSTANDING PANEL. 2887 01:54:52,452 --> 01:54:54,520 GREAT INSIGHTS, GREAT OVERVIEW. 2888 01:54:54,587 --> 01:54:55,521 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2889 01:54:55,588 --> 01:54:56,222 GREAT JOB. 2890 01:54:56,289 --> 01:55:00,159 [APPLAUSE] 2891 01:55:00,226 --> 01:55:02,862 WILL THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL 2892 01:55:02,929 --> 01:55:04,664 SPACE COUNCIL, THIS HAS BEEN A 2893 01:55:04,731 --> 01:55:05,598 GREAT DISCUSSION. 2894 01:55:05,665 --> 01:55:07,634 BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WOULD LIKE 2895 01:55:07,700 --> 01:55:12,605 TO TASK A FEW ITEMS TO ASSIGN TO 2896 01:55:12,672 --> 01:55:14,641 ADMINISTRATOR LIGHTFOOT. 2897 01:55:14,707 --> 01:55:16,075 I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH 2898 01:55:16,142 --> 01:55:18,811 COMMERCE AND STATE TO DEVELOP A 2899 01:55:18,878 --> 01:55:20,780 STRATEGY TO DEVELOP THE 2900 01:55:20,847 --> 01:55:22,448 FRAMEWORK FOR GREATER 2901 01:55:22,515 --> 01:55:27,987 COOPERATION WITH OUR PRIVATE 2902 01:55:28,054 --> 01:55:30,390 SECTOR PARTNERS, AND OUR 2903 01:55:30,456 --> 01:55:34,560 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AS WELL. 2904 01:55:34,627 --> 01:55:36,896 AND I WOULD RECOMMEND YOUR 2905 01:55:36,963 --> 01:55:40,667 RECOMMENDATIONS THIS FALL THAT 2906 01:55:40,733 --> 01:55:41,801 WE CAN FORWARD TO THE PRESIDENT 2907 01:55:41,868 --> 01:55:45,471 IN THE FORM OF A DECISION 2908 01:55:45,538 --> 01:55:45,972 MEMORANDUM. 2909 01:55:46,039 --> 01:55:49,876 WE ALREADY I THINK WE TOUCHED ON 2910 01:55:49,942 --> 01:55:51,344 A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN THE 2911 01:55:51,411 --> 01:55:52,645 PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION, BUT 2912 01:55:52,712 --> 01:55:57,016 THIS MAN HAS BEEN A GREAT 2913 01:55:57,083 --> 01:55:58,685 AFFIRMATION OVER ALL. 2914 01:55:58,751 --> 01:56:03,423 WE'LL TAKE YOUR COUNCIL ON THIS. 2915 01:56:03,489 --> 01:56:05,325 LET ME THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF 2916 01:56:05,391 --> 01:56:06,592 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, 2917 01:56:06,659 --> 01:56:08,428 ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE 2918 01:56:08,494 --> 01:56:10,229 CABINET WHO ARE HERE, 2919 01:56:10,296 --> 01:56:11,698 DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE 2920 01:56:11,764 --> 01:56:12,999 USER ADVISORY GROUP, I ENCOURAGE 2921 01:56:13,066 --> 01:56:14,500 ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE AN INTEREST 2922 01:56:14,567 --> 01:56:16,069 IN THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL 2923 01:56:16,135 --> 01:56:19,105 SPACE COUNCIL TO AVAIL YOURSELF 2924 01:56:19,172 --> 01:56:21,908 OF THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN AND 2925 01:56:21,974 --> 01:56:26,045 MEN WHO HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO 2926 01:56:26,112 --> 01:56:28,414 OFFER ADVISE AND COUNSEL TO THE 2927 01:56:28,481 --> 01:56:31,050 WORK OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 2928 01:56:31,117 --> 01:56:32,251 COUNCIL. 2929 01:56:32,318 --> 01:56:35,755 I WANT TO THANK THE 2930 01:56:35,822 --> 01:56:37,890 EXTRAORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN OF 2931 01:56:37,957 --> 01:56:39,158 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR 2932 01:56:39,225 --> 01:56:41,294 THEIR HOSPITALITY, AND TO EACH 2933 01:56:41,361 --> 01:56:42,862 AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU 2934 01:56:42,929 --> 01:56:44,564 FOR YOUR GREAT INTEREST IN THIS. 2935 01:56:44,630 --> 01:56:46,065 THE WORK WILL CONTINUE, AND 2936 01:56:46,132 --> 01:56:48,101 AMERICA IS LEADING IN SPACE 2937 01:56:48,167 --> 01:56:48,568 AGAIN. 2938 01:56:48,634 --> 01:56:49,502 THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. 2939 01:56:49,569 --> 01:56:51,571 THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU.