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wow what an exciting day at the johnson

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space center you know we are we are so

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honored today we have the vice president

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of the united states mike pence here

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with us today

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and also our very own nasa administrator

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jim breidenstein

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so so you know the work we do every day

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at the johnson space center for the

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agency and for human space flight is

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critical to our future in space

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exploration and i really want to thank

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the administration for their support

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i also thank really thank the dedicated

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employees for your hard work each and

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every day

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as we lead human space flight

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exploration in houston

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so at this time i would like to invite

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nasa administrator jim breinstein to the

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well it's great to be back and i will

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tell you

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um i was here

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what three weeks ago

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uh this time i brought with me the vice

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that's probably not fair he brought me

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more like it but

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but either way it's great to be here and

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i'll tell you one of the reasons

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i most like visiting the johnson space

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center and this is important

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one of the reasons i most like visiting

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the johnson space center is it's got to

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be the barbecue

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i uh i had the opportunity last night to

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visit my old stomping grounds at rice

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university uh and while there we got

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some rice folks here maybe did i yeah

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all right

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while there i uh i went to good company

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the last time i was there was 20 years

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ago and i will tell you it was just as

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delicious last night as it was 20 years

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and so it was a wonderful opportunity

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for me to get back to my old stomping

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grounds and reminisce about all my good

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times here in the city of houston

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before i introduce the vice president

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there's somebody in particular that i

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need to introduce who's a very special

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guest of ours tonight or i should say

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we have the opportunity

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as nasa to have strong bipartisan

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support in the house of representatives

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and in the united states senate

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the chairman

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of the commerce justice science

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appropriations committee which is

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responsible for funding nasa is here

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representative john culberson will you

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john has been a long time good friend

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and mentor of mine and i'll tell you he

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loves everything that we do here at nasa

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56 years ago next month

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president kennedy

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came to houston in fact he came to my

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alma mater rice university and he gave a

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speech

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very profound question

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it's a question we at nasa should all be

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well here we are all these years later

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and i'm gonna answer that for president

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kennedy rice plays texas because in 1965

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three years later rice beat texas

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going forward in 1994 my sophomore year

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at rice university we beat texas a

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look once every 29 years we've got to

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cling to every little thing that we can

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it's uh it's great to be back here in

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houston and certainly there's a lot to

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hear from from our vice president today

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but i want to be clear about

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how good we have it with this

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administration and how good they are to

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got sworn in he created the national

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space council

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and he put in charge of the national

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space crown council vice president mike

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pence

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and in so doing he created an entity

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that looks at the entire american space

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enterprise not just nasa not just the

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department of defense not just homeland

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security not just the intelligence

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community not transportation not just

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secretary of the national space council

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a gentleman named scott pace who is

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another good friend of mine and a mentor

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and scott pace has been working on space

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issues his entire adult life

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of the national space council he's been

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doing amazing work

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air force two and as i was talking to

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him and we're discussing

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future space policy directives that we

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anticipate initiating and that we

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anticipate the president signing

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he and i had the opportunity to talk

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about how it is that this national space

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council is so effective

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and all the great things they've already

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done and all of the things we want to do

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jim here's why it's effective because

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this has been an organization that

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effective it was terminated and then it

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came back and now it's really doing

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and this is what scott pace said to me

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he said jim the reason it's effective

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is because the vice president really

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cares the chairman of the national space

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council really cares and he's putting

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not just words into it but he's putting

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action into it and of course nasa is a

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great beneficiary of that not just

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because of the administration but the

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policies that are getting put into place

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and the bipartisan support that we have

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for members of congress in the senate so

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we are innate and an amazing good place

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and without further ado ladies and

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gentlemen let me introduce to you the

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vice president of the united states mike

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pence

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well thank you administrator

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breidenstein to the members of congress

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who are here director guyer to all our

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distinguished guests

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including the chief of the astronaut

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office pat forester and nine

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members of the astronaut

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corps who are with us today to all the

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men and women of nasa who are here

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in this hall and watching

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around the country

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men and women who pushed the boundaries

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of human knowledge for the benefit of

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all it is my great honor to be here at

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the home of human space flight the

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so proud of you

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it's great to be back

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and before i begin let me bring

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greetings from a great champion of

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american leadership at home and in the

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boundless expanse of space i bring

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greetings from the 45th president of the

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really is an honor to be with you today

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at such a time as this in the life of

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our space program

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and in the life of our nation thanks to

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president trump's vision and decisive

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action with strong support from our

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partners in congress and thanks to the

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pioneering work

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and courage of the innovators and

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astronauts represented here past present

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and future and because of the enduring

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commitment of the johnson space center

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and nasa america is leading in space

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and we're grateful to all of you let me

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begin tonight today as well by

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saying how grateful we are for our nasa

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administrator jim bridenstine he served

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as a lieutenant commander of the united

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states navy he served in the congress

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and now he is leading nasa with

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distinction at the dawn of a renewed age

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of human space exploration led by the

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united states of america jim thank you

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for your leadership

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kind of new director here at johnson

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space center mark guyer

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recipient of nasa's distinguished

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service medal his career here has

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actually spanned more than three decades

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i couldn't be more impressed with the

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job that mark guyer is doing or the fact

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that he's a graduate of purdue

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university join me in thanking

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acknowledge your two senators who are

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both champions of this space program i

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know they're not with us today they're

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working on capitol hill but join me in

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thanking senator john cornyn and senator

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we actually served together when i was

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in the congress and i just i just want

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to give some special recognition

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to someone who uh i've known since the

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first day we met in 2001 has been a

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passionate champion of nasa and of the

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johnson space center and of american

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you got to know congressman culverson is

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not just a congressman from texas he's

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the chairman

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of the subcommittee that oversees the

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budget for nasa and because of president

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trump's leadership and vision and

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because of the strong support

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of congressman culberson and our

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bipartisan support in the congress

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president trump signed the largest

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budget for nasa since the days of the

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we really thank them all so it's great

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to be back at the johnson space center

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today i

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got to look around a little bit

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and i was like a kid in a candy store

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i'm telling you what it was amazing

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talking to astronauts training at the

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neutral buoyancy lab

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i looked at some lunar samples i

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was told that the samples we were

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looking at still encased haven't been

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open since they were gathered nearly a

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half a century ago and it was my

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to wander around this place with a

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with a great american

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a hero of apollo 17

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and a man that all america is proud of

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one of the last two men to walk on the

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moon jack schmidt it is always an honor

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to be with you

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we rode over in my car together which is

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kind of cozy lots of stuff piled in

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there and i was just imagining maybe i

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me and jack schmidt in close quarters

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as close as i'll ever get jack

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thank you thank you for your leadership

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advising the national space council to

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take nasa to even higher levels thank

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you again jack

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with the strong support of all these

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leaders

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i'm pleased to report to the whole team

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here at nasa president trump has brought

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renewed vision and renewed action to

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america's space program

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last summer as jim mentioned after it

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had lain dormant for nearly a quarter of

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a century

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president trump revived the national

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as we speak the national space council

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bringing together all different agencies

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of government that bear on this program

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and bringing together the best minds

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in and around american space leadership

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we're forming a cohesive comprehensive

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strategy for america's space activities

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it's my honor to serve as chairman and

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we've already forged new partnerships

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between the federal government leaders

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in industry and academia

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we're enacting new space traffic

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management policies to protect our

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assets in that crowded realm we're

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rolling back stifling red tape so we can

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tap the bottomless well of american

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innovation we're also renewing our

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national commitment to discovery

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and to exploration and to write the next

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great chapter of our nation's journey

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into space that's why last december

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45 years almost

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to the minute

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since jack schmidt and gene cernan

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landed on the moon president donald

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trump signed space policy directive one

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it is now the official policy of the

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united states of america that we will

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return to the moon put americans on mars

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and once again explore the farthest

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the president's leadership and all of

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your great work is with the cause of

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what brings me here today

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this is the mission

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this is the future of the johnson space

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center

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for more than 50 years this storied

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center has been at the forefront of

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america's journey to the stars this is

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the

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you've guided every american crude space

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expedition since 1965.

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the names and the voyages that you

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directed from this place

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adorn the mantle

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of american greatness

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project gemini you steered some of our

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earliest astronauts high above what they

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called the blue marble

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into low earth orbit in the apollo

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program you navigated the first

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members of the human family to the moon

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and back at this very hour

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you walk with our astronauts through

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their duties as they walk 200 miles

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above us orbiting the earth every 90

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minutes

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on the international space station

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the johnson space center

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is a national treasure and all the men

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and women who work here are a national

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i have to tell you i'm just speaking as

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a small town guy from southern indiana

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but i i know

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the american people admire

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they admire the work done here past

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present and they

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they look for even greater things in the

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future here at johnson space center

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and let me say to all of you and all of

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those that might be looking on the most

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important work

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and the best days for the johnson space

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center

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count on

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our administration has laid out a new

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vision for space

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president trump's vision to

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push our nation farther

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get there faster than ever before

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is being implemented even as we speak

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and unlike prior administrations we have

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a vision with the budget to match

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as i mentioned thanks to congressman

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culberson's leadership and strong

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bipartisan support in the congress

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president trump already signed into law

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historic funding for nasa and we've also

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fully funded nasa's most important

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endeavors from from deep space human

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exploration america's rocket the space

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launch system and the orion space

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capsule

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these projects as you all well know are

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emblematic of american leadership in the

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cosmos the space launch system will be

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the largest and most powerful rocket

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ever built

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it will generate a staggering 11.9

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million pounds of thrust and reach

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speeds of nearly seven miles per second

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and all this force all this energy

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will lift american astronauts into space

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i just saw one of those orion capsules

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floating out in that big tank

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i know we're getting ready to put that

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thing up in the air

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it'll be up before you know it

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the next americans who set foot on the

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moon will start their journey by

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stepping through orion's hatch

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this extraordinary spacecraft will one

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day bridge the gap between our planet

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and the next

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for the orion will be a critical part

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of the vessel that carries american

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and you hear the johnson space center

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will guide these journeys while our

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sites are once again set on our lunar

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neighbor this time we're

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we're not content with uh just leaving

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behind footprints

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or even to leave it all

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this time

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as the time has come we really really

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believe for the united states of america

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to take what we have learned over these

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so many decades

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put your ingenuity and creativity to

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work

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and establish a permanent

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now some say that america doesn't need

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to go back to the moon

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that we ought to focus on

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issues closer to home

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that attitude was probably best

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described in one of my favorite movies

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called

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interstellar

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remember that scene on the front porch

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it was an incredible quote

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one of the characters in the movie

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said and i quote we used to look up at

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the sky and wonder

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at our place in the stars now we just

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look down and worry about our place in

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the dirt

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that's not how americans think

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truthfully that kind of thinking

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led people in the past to even cancel

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the constellation program that would

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have put americans back on the moon by

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2020 and set the stage for exploration

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of mars and beyond

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that decision was a mistake

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it said to nasa it said to our country

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to the entire world that america was no

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longer serious about human space

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exploration

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we talked about going to mars but

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without the moon as a stepping stone

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without stronger commercial partnerships

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to help us get their accrued mission

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to the red planet was not much more than

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but those days

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are over

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america will lead

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our administration has restored the moon

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as the focal point of our national space

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activities because we recognize its

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pivotal importance

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and that's why under president trump's

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leadership our administration is swiftly

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advancing the most important precursor

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to outposts on the moon and the mission

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to mars

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the first space station that will orbit

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our nearest neighbor the lunar orbital

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platform

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last year nasa began to work with

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american innovators to design this

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gateway's unique electrical propulsion

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system we're working with the congress

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to provide an unprecedented 500 million

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dollars to move the lunar orbital

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platform from proposal to production

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we're only a few short years away from

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launching the gateways first building

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blocks into space turning science

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fiction into science fact

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and our administration is working

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tirelessly to put an american crew

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aboard the lunar orbital platform before

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the end

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of 2024. men and women of the johnson

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space center

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it's not a question of if

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now

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we're on the cusp of a new golden age of

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exploration i believe it with all my

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heart

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and we've got the courageous astronauts

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that are ready to lead us there again

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as nasa continues to push back the

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borders of this

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still new frontier we will empower

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america's private pioneers as well

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to cultivate the vast expanses that

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we've already explored we'll ensure that

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american security in space is attended

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to as well

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you know the moon sits at the edge of

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the known and the unknown but between

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here and there there are some

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240 000 miles the region between the

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earth and the moon is ripe for

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opportunity

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and nowhere is that more apparent than

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immediately beyond our atmosphere

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low earth orbit is critical to america's

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national interests

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it holds immense strategic scientific

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and commercial value

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and we know this because of your work

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here at the johnson space center with

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the international space station

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you know ever since bill shepard first

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floated aboard the iss in the year 2000

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there's been a continuous human presence

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in low earth orbit

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and the results have really been

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extraordinary

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the iss has conducted groundbreaking

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research on microgravity life support

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systems it's been a test bed for

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cutting-edge space technologies and

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systems including 3-d printers and

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zero-gravity

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fostered medical discoveries for cancer

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and other diseases and given us new ways

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to treat our nation's veterans

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the international space station has

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spurred unprecedented collaboration

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between our federal government and a new

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generation of innovative american

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companies as well

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let me say this clearly the

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international space station has been an

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unqualified success and the men and

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women of johnson space center

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deserve the credit for the history

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you do

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but like skylab before the iss as you

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all know has a finite lifetime

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with the deadline for direct funding set

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for 2025 we have to prepare immediately

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for what comes next

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to ensure american leadership in low

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earth orbit tomorrow we are taking

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action today in the words of mission

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controller and

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legendary leader gene krantz

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we need to be tough and competent to

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achieve our goals

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together with nasa we're already

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developing a comprehensive plan to do

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just that the johnson space center knows

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well the high cost of inaction

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the men and women of nasa has all have

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always been committed to american

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leadership in space but

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but too often our policy makers have

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failed to match

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your conviction

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with action and investment for the

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future

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the last decade is proof

571
00:24:27,909 --> 00:24:24,559
the end of the space shuttle program in

572
00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:27,919
2011 left america without a viable human

573
00:24:31,669 --> 00:24:30,240
space launch program

574
00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:31,679
while i was a member of congress i

575
00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:33,760
actually had the opportunity to attend

576
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:35,919
three different shuttle launches some of

577
00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:38,720
the most inspiring experience of my

578
00:24:43,029 --> 00:24:40,799
little family's lives

579
00:24:43,830 --> 00:24:43,039
sadly for more than seven years we've

580
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been

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space

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00:24:50,390 --> 00:24:48,159
many americans don't know that we've

583
00:24:52,230 --> 00:24:50,400
actually been forced to pay russia

584
00:24:55,190 --> 00:24:52,240
to carry american astronauts to the

585
00:24:58,149 --> 00:24:55,200
international space station and today

586
00:25:00,230 --> 00:24:58,159
that cost runs about 82 million dollars

587
00:25:18,789 --> 00:25:00,240
per seat

588
00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:20,870
i'm going to make you promise soon and

589
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very soon american astronauts will

590
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return to space on american rockets

591
00:25:43,990 --> 00:25:41,750
and when they go of course they'll be

592
00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:44,000
guided by the dedicated team here at the

593
00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:45,760
johnson space center

594
00:25:48,710 --> 00:25:47,120
you know when we ended the shuttle

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00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:48,720
program

596
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:50,640
it was more than a loss of momentum

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though

598
00:25:56,950 --> 00:25:54,559
it was really a

599
00:25:58,390 --> 00:25:56,960
a tremendous loss for america's space

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00:26:00,630 --> 00:25:58,400
workforce

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00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:00,640
you all know that better than me

602
00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:02,080
the end of the space shuttle program

603
00:26:04,710 --> 00:26:03,039
meant that many of our leading

604
00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:04,720
researchers technicians and space

605
00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:06,720
professionals

606
00:26:10,789 --> 00:26:08,880
no longer had a mission

607
00:26:14,390 --> 00:26:10,799
here at the johnson space center alone

608
00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:14,400
some 3 200 contractors were laid off

609
00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:16,320
cutbacks and consequences rippled

610
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through universities

611
00:26:23,669 --> 00:26:20,320
research labs our space industrial base

612
00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:23,679
and even the department of defense

613
00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:26,320
these were men and women who you knew

614
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:28,080
you worked with

615
00:26:33,669 --> 00:26:30,000
there were men and women of creativity

616
00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:33,679
and intellect and unparalleled skill but

617
00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:36,000
they were frankly victims

618
00:26:41,029 --> 00:26:37,840
victims of our government's uh

619
00:26:43,350 --> 00:26:41,039
short-sightedness in those days

620
00:26:44,789 --> 00:26:43,360
america lost nearly a decade of space

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experience

622
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and frankly we'll never know the

623
00:26:49,990 --> 00:26:48,400
opportunities that we missed and the

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00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:50,000
progress that

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00:26:53,909 --> 00:26:52,320
was missed at that time but let me

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00:26:56,470 --> 00:26:53,919
promise all of you

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00:26:58,230 --> 00:26:56,480
and all of the men and women of nasa and

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our national space

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00:27:01,750 --> 00:26:59,600
enterprise

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00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:01,760
our administration will not repeat the

631
00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:04,880
mistakes of the past we will forge this

632
00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:09,520
new era of american leadership in space

633
00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:13,360
on your innovation and the extraordinary

634
00:27:28,549 --> 00:27:16,400
integrity and intellect and innovation

635
00:27:31,269 --> 00:27:29,830
the johnson space center has already

636
00:27:32,470 --> 00:27:31,279
given us a glimpse of what the future

637
00:27:34,710 --> 00:27:32,480
will hold

638
00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:34,720
this center is now a thriving hub of

639
00:27:37,590 --> 00:27:36,000
partnership between the federal

640
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:37,600
government and america's pioneering

641
00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:39,600
space companies

642
00:27:43,350 --> 00:27:41,760
you've worked closely and mark and i

643
00:27:45,669 --> 00:27:43,360
were just talking about this you work

644
00:27:47,669 --> 00:27:45,679
very closely with private industry

645
00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:47,679
to deliver critical cargo and material

646
00:27:51,510 --> 00:27:49,760
to the international space station

647
00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:51,520
through the commercial resupply services

648
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,200
which has already successfully completed

649
00:27:56,389 --> 00:27:55,440
23 different missions with more on the

650
00:27:58,070 --> 00:27:56,399
way

651
00:28:00,230 --> 00:27:58,080
as we speak you're making remarkable

652
00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:00,240
progress on the commercial crew program

653
00:28:04,149 --> 00:28:02,640
earlier this month as president trump

654
00:28:05,830 --> 00:28:04,159
celebrating himself

655
00:28:08,549 --> 00:28:05,840
nasa announced the astronauts who will

656
00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:08,559
conduct the first flights on boeing's

657
00:28:21,269 --> 00:28:11,840
starliner and spacex dragon and they'll

658
00:28:26,470 --> 00:28:23,430
but

659
00:28:29,269 --> 00:28:26,480
this is just the beginning

660
00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:29,279
as nasa reorients toward human space

661
00:28:33,430 --> 00:28:31,440
exploration our private companies and

662
00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:33,440
visionary innovators are going to take

663
00:28:36,870 --> 00:28:35,120
the lead in developing the regions

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00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:36,880
closer to home

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00:28:40,549 --> 00:28:38,320
they will do as americans have always

666
00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:40,559
done will inspire the world with their

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00:28:45,190 --> 00:28:43,200
ability to create opportunity and

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00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:45,200
frankly prosperity

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00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:47,440
not out of thin air

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00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:53,430
and our administration as we speak is

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00:28:57,430 --> 00:28:55,120
working with the congress

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00:28:58,870 --> 00:28:57,440
to give nasa the funding you need

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00:29:02,950 --> 00:28:58,880
to ensure

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00:29:03,990 --> 00:29:02,960
space pioneers

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00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:04,000
are given the freedom and the

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00:29:07,350 --> 00:29:05,760
flexibility to be able to develop what

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00:29:09,029 --> 00:29:07,360
they should develop

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00:29:11,669 --> 00:29:09,039
and make it a smooth transition to an

679
00:29:12,870 --> 00:29:11,679
exciting future of collaboration

680
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:12,880
johnson space center is going to

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00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:14,240
continue to play an essential and

682
00:29:18,230 --> 00:29:15,840
irreplaceable role in navigating

683
00:29:19,590 --> 00:29:18,240
america's future in low earth orbit you

684
00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:19,600
can count on it

685
00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:23,120
america will not ever abandon the

686
00:29:29,190 --> 00:29:26,559
critical domain of space we will open

687
00:29:32,149 --> 00:29:29,200
the way for innovators and development

688
00:29:44,149 --> 00:29:32,159
and we will lead once again in human

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00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:46,230
and as i stand here today at the home of

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00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:48,320
our civilian space flight program let me

691
00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:50,399
also assure my fellow americans

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00:29:54,549 --> 00:29:52,000
that under president trump's leadership

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00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:54,559
we're also taking steps as we speak

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00:29:59,510 --> 00:29:56,080
to ensure that american national

695
00:30:01,590 --> 00:29:59,520
security is as dominant in space

696
00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:01,600
as it is here on earth

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00:30:05,750 --> 00:30:03,440
we're already deploying new technologies

698
00:30:07,350 --> 00:30:05,760
and more resilient satellites

699
00:30:08,950 --> 00:30:07,360
earlier this month at the pentagon it

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00:30:12,230 --> 00:30:08,960
was my privilege to lay out president

701
00:30:14,149 --> 00:30:12,240
trump's plan to establish a sixth branch

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00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:14,159
of our armed forces

703
00:30:20,950 --> 00:30:17,200
the united states space force

704
00:30:23,430 --> 00:30:20,960
we believe is an idea whose time has

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00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:23,440
come just as our nation established the

706
00:30:27,510 --> 00:30:25,200
air force to ensure american dominance

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00:30:30,470 --> 00:30:27,520
in the skies in the mid-20th century

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00:30:32,549 --> 00:30:30,480
in this still new century

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00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:32,559
we will create an armed service devoted

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00:30:37,510 --> 00:30:36,080
solely to advancing american security in

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00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:37,520
space

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00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:39,520
and the need is real

713
00:30:42,470 --> 00:30:41,039
just this week the pentagon released a

714
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:42,480
report showing that china is

715
00:30:46,710 --> 00:30:45,440
aggressively weaponizing space

716
00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:46,720
russia too

717
00:30:51,669 --> 00:30:48,960
is developing and testing new and

718
00:30:54,789 --> 00:30:51,679
dangerous weapons and technologies

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00:30:56,630 --> 00:30:54,799
to counter america's space capabilities

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00:30:59,430 --> 00:30:56,640
let me assure my fellow americans here

721
00:31:01,830 --> 00:30:59,440
our administration is committed

722
00:31:03,750 --> 00:31:01,840
to keep america ahead of our adversaries

723
00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:03,760
in this critical domain

724
00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:05,120
and as we speak the department of

725
00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:07,120
defense is moving forward with initial

726
00:31:11,029 --> 00:31:09,760
steps to strengthen american security in

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00:31:13,269 --> 00:31:11,039
space

728
00:31:15,029 --> 00:31:13,279
and we will continue to work with both

729
00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:15,039
parties in congress to provide the

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00:31:19,590 --> 00:31:17,440
necessary authorities and funding to

731
00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:19,600
stand up a new branch of our armed

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00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:22,559
forces and the united states department

733
00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:25,440
of space force will be a reality by the

734
00:31:38,470 --> 00:31:37,430
you know it really is incredible to

735
00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:38,480
think about the history you all have

736
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:40,640
made here

737
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:43,039
it's humbling for me to

738
00:31:47,509 --> 00:31:46,080
serve as your vice president but also to

739
00:31:49,110 --> 00:31:47,519
have been asked by the president to

740
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:49,120
serve in the role as chairman of the

741
00:31:53,029 --> 00:31:51,519
national space council

742
00:31:55,509 --> 00:31:53,039
the truth is our

743
00:31:57,110 --> 00:31:55,519
our nation has in not only inspired our

744
00:31:58,710 --> 00:31:57,120
people but we've inspired

745
00:32:00,630 --> 00:31:58,720
the world by the progress that we've

746
00:32:02,789 --> 00:32:00,640
made and it's been

747
00:32:03,909 --> 00:32:02,799
because of all of you

748
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:03,919
because of the work that you've done

749
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:05,200
here

750
00:32:10,230 --> 00:32:07,200
because of the tireless and

751
00:32:13,269 --> 00:32:10,240
peerless work of nasa

752
00:32:15,269 --> 00:32:13,279
but the truth is as much as it's been

753
00:32:16,710 --> 00:32:15,279
important for nasa to lead in the past

754
00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:16,720
you are the

755
00:32:21,509 --> 00:32:18,320
linchpin

756
00:32:23,430 --> 00:32:21,519
to american success in the future

757
00:32:24,630 --> 00:32:23,440
the truth is with all of you we will go

758
00:32:28,149 --> 00:32:24,640
farther

759
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:28,159
we'll bring distant places and

760
00:32:32,070 --> 00:32:30,000
opportunities closer

761
00:32:33,909 --> 00:32:32,080
to the grasp of future americans we'll

762
00:32:36,230 --> 00:32:33,919
be remembered in our time

763
00:32:38,070 --> 00:32:36,240
for having done our part

764
00:32:40,310 --> 00:32:38,080
for the ongoing

765
00:32:41,669 --> 00:32:40,320
and limitless reach of the american

766
00:32:43,669 --> 00:32:41,679
dream

767
00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:43,679
so today i just simply want to leave you

768
00:32:47,029 --> 00:32:45,200
with a challenge

769
00:32:51,590 --> 00:32:47,039
as we write this new chapter of american

770
00:32:54,230 --> 00:32:51,600
exploration uh i urge you to embrace

771
00:32:56,070 --> 00:32:54,240
this new energy and these new

772
00:32:58,470 --> 00:32:56,080
opportunities

773
00:33:00,710 --> 00:32:58,480
rededicate yourselves

774
00:33:02,149 --> 00:33:00,720
to the mission of nasa after you leave

775
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:02,159
here today

776
00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:03,760
know that you have in this president and

777
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:05,760
our entire administration

778
00:33:08,789 --> 00:33:07,120
and i believe in the hearts of the

779
00:33:11,509 --> 00:33:08,799
american people and those that represent

780
00:33:13,509 --> 00:33:11,519
them you have great champions and great

781
00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:13,519
advocates that are anxious to see your

782
00:33:17,909 --> 00:33:15,760
work expand

783
00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:17,919
i just know in my heart

784
00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:19,760
in our lifetimes with your renewed

785
00:33:26,549 --> 00:33:22,960
energy and creativity and dedication

786
00:33:30,230 --> 00:33:26,559
we will do as americans have always done

787
00:33:32,549 --> 00:33:30,240
nasa will all the world

788
00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:32,559
with our daring heroes

789
00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:34,399
with our discoveries and with our

790
00:33:37,669 --> 00:33:36,480
relentless determination to bring new

791
00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:37,679
horizons

792
00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:39,679
and new vistas within the reach of

793
00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:41,279
mankind

794
00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:42,880
this is a fitting time to rededicate

795
00:33:47,029 --> 00:33:44,399
ourselves

796
00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:47,039
to the noble mission of this agency

797
00:33:51,509 --> 00:33:49,120
for this year marks the 50th anniversary

798
00:33:54,310 --> 00:33:51,519
of really a seminal moment

799
00:33:55,750 --> 00:33:54,320
of american leadership in space

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00:33:58,630 --> 00:33:55,760
an achievement that inspired not only

801
00:34:01,430 --> 00:33:58,640
our nation but all the world

802
00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:01,440
it was christmas eve 1968.

803
00:34:06,470 --> 00:34:03,840
the heroes of apollo 8 bill anders jim

804
00:34:09,030 --> 00:34:06,480
lovell frank borman

805
00:34:12,149 --> 00:34:09,040
were orbiting their craft above the

806
00:34:15,349 --> 00:34:12,159
moon's foreboding surface

807
00:34:17,909 --> 00:34:15,359
history records as they as they rounded

808
00:34:22,149 --> 00:34:17,919
the moon on that fateful night

809
00:34:24,950 --> 00:34:22,159
on the horizon they saw home

810
00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:24,960
an oasis of light and color and warmth

811
00:34:31,190 --> 00:34:27,760
floating untethered

812
00:34:34,869 --> 00:34:32,869
they were the first

813
00:34:38,230 --> 00:34:34,879
to catch a glimpse

814
00:34:39,669 --> 00:34:38,240
of our world as heaven season

815
00:34:41,430 --> 00:34:39,679
through the ingenuity and courage of

816
00:34:43,030 --> 00:34:41,440
your predecessors they were farther away

817
00:34:45,430 --> 00:34:43,040
from us than any humans had ever been

818
00:34:47,589 --> 00:34:45,440
and on that night

819
00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:47,599
they spoke to the world

820
00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:50,320
from that spacecraft

821
00:34:53,829 --> 00:34:52,240
not about the grey moon that was beneath

822
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:53,839
them but about

823
00:34:58,230 --> 00:34:55,760
the miracle that rose from the horizon

824
00:35:02,470 --> 00:34:58,240
before them and as the world listened

825
00:35:04,870 --> 00:35:02,480
history records they read ancient verses

826
00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:04,880
from the book of genesis

827
00:35:09,270 --> 00:35:06,640
that in the beginning god created the

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00:35:11,430 --> 00:35:09,280
heavens and the earth

829
00:35:14,230 --> 00:35:11,440
and they closed with a verse and god saw

830
00:35:15,829 --> 00:35:14,240
it was good

831
00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:15,839
those pioneers saw from that far

832
00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:17,440
perspective that however deep into the

833
00:35:21,589 --> 00:35:20,160
cosmos we may reach

834
00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:21,599
our destiny

835
00:35:39,109 --> 00:35:24,720
mankind's destiny is not only here on

836
00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:40,550
so men and women of the johnson space

837
00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:42,800
center men and women of nasa

838
00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:44,560
here and watching around the country

839
00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:46,240
let's go forth and

840
00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:48,320
meet that destiny together and do what

841
00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:50,240
americans have always done let's

842
00:35:52,790 --> 00:35:51,680
let's seize it with ingenuity and

843
00:35:55,510 --> 00:35:52,800
courage

844
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:55,520
and let's seize it with faith

845
00:35:59,109 --> 00:35:57,599
you can be confident and

846
00:36:00,870 --> 00:35:59,119
the american people have faith in all of

847
00:36:02,550 --> 00:36:00,880
you we've seen what you've done before

848
00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:02,560
and those that have

849
00:36:06,790 --> 00:36:05,040
served in your positions before pushing

850
00:36:08,630 --> 00:36:06,800
the boundaries of human knowledge

851
00:36:10,069 --> 00:36:08,640
forging a new era of american leadership

852
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:10,079
in space

853
00:36:13,829 --> 00:36:12,560
we've done it before we know you'll do

854
00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:13,839
it again

855
00:36:17,030 --> 00:36:15,440
we go forth with faith in the ideals

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that bind us together as a nation and

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give us purpose as a people

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ideals that america will take freedom

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into the farthest reaches of this new

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frontier

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as well

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and finally

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for those of you who will guide this

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mission on a personal level i just

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i want to assure you that millions of

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americans will carry you

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in their prayers

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and they have faith and hope you have

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confidence that as you go you do not go

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that

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rise on the wings of the dawn if you go

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up to the heavens even there his hand

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will guide you

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his right hand will hold you fast

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our heroes will go with the prayers of

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so thank you for uh thank you for the

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warm welcome today thank you for your

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extraordinary work

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i leave here today more confident than

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ever

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with the renewed commitment of all of

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you here

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at the johnson space center and all the

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men and women of nasa

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who are advancing america's space

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enterprise every single hour of the day

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with strong leadership of president

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donald trump

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and a renewed vision for american

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leadership in space

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led by the president supported in our

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congress

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the strong support of the american

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people and with god's help i know that

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our nation has a brighter future than

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ever in the boundless expanse of space

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and we will lead into that future

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together