1 00:00:04,003 --> 00:00:05,271 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 2 00:00:05,338 --> 00:00:07,273 WELCOME THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF 3 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:07,941 THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHAIR 4 00:00:08,007 --> 00:00:09,576 OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, 5 00:00:09,642 --> 00:00:10,343 MIKE PENCE. 6 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:34,734 [ ♪ ] 7 00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:47,213 [ Applause ] 8 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,518 >> THANK YOU ALL. 9 00:00:51,584 --> 00:00:53,052 GOVERNOR, SECRETARY ROSS, 10 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:55,488 SECRETARY CHOW, SECRETARY 11 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:56,423 WILSON, TO NASA ADMINISTRATOR 12 00:00:56,489 --> 00:00:58,491 JIM BRIDENSTINE, TO ALL THE 13 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:00,193 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 14 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:03,329 COUNCIL AND THE USER ADVISORY 15 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:07,333 GROUP TO Dr. DA DEBORAH BARNHART 16 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,668 AND THE GREAT TEAM HERE AT THE 17 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:10,069 SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER, HONORED 18 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:11,704 GUESTS AND ESPECIALLY TO ALL THE 19 00:01:11,771 --> 00:01:14,607 DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 20 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:16,709 MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, IT 21 00:01:16,776 --> 00:01:19,345 IS GREAT TO BE BACK IN ROCKET 22 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:19,546 CITY. 23 00:01:19,612 --> 00:01:26,519 [ Cheering and Applause ] 24 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:28,321 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR 25 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:30,323 THIS FIFTH MEETING OF THE 26 00:01:30,390 --> 00:01:32,258 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AT AN 27 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:34,761 ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT TIME. 28 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:39,098 IN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. 29 00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:41,734 WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, JOIN ME IN 30 00:01:41,801 --> 00:01:42,836 THANKING OUR HOSTS TODAY, THE 31 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:43,770 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED 32 00:01:43,837 --> 00:01:45,171 STATES SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER 33 00:01:45,238 --> 00:01:47,307 WHO KEEP THE GREAT TRADITION, 34 00:01:47,373 --> 00:01:49,609 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF 35 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:51,044 AMERICAN SPACE LEADERSHIP ALIVE 36 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:52,278 EVERY DAY. 37 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:59,886 [ Applause ] 38 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:02,021 AND SPEAKING OF SPACE 39 00:02:02,088 --> 00:02:02,922 ENTHUSIASTS, I BRING GREETINGS 40 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:04,724 FROM A FRIEND OF MINE AND A MAN 41 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:07,360 WHO IS COMMITTED TO SECURING 42 00:02:07,427 --> 00:02:08,761 AMERICAN LEADERSHIP HERE ON 43 00:02:08,828 --> 00:02:11,698 EARTH AND IN THE BOUNDLESS 44 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:12,999 EXPANSE OF SPACE, I BRING 45 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:14,901 GREETINGS FROM THE 45th 46 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:16,135 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 47 00:02:16,202 --> 00:02:17,470 OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT DONALD 48 00:02:17,537 --> 00:02:18,271 TRUMP. 49 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:27,914 [ Cheering and Applause ] 50 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:29,015 THE UNITED STATES HAS ALWAYS 51 00:02:29,082 --> 00:02:32,485 BEEN A NATION OF RESTLESS 52 00:02:32,552 --> 00:02:35,088 PIONEERS, EVER STRIVING TO 53 00:02:35,154 --> 00:02:36,422 EXPLORE UNCHARTED TERRITORIES, 54 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:37,891 REACH NEW HORIZONS AND VENTURE 55 00:02:37,957 --> 00:02:40,126 INTO THE UNKNOWN TO EXPAND THE 56 00:02:40,193 --> 00:02:42,328 BOUNDARIES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. 57 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:43,329 AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID IN 58 00:02:43,396 --> 00:02:46,666 HIS WORDS, IT IS AMERICA'S 59 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:48,001 DESTINY TO BE THE LEADER AMONGST 60 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:50,103 NATIONS ON OUR OWN ADVENTURE FOR 61 00:02:50,169 --> 00:02:52,205 THE GREAT UNKNOWN. 62 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:53,540 OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE 63 00:02:53,606 --> 00:02:54,941 BEGUN WRITING THE NEXT GREAT 64 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,976 CHAPTER OF THAT ADVENTURE WITH 65 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:59,712 AMERICAN INGENUITY AND AMERICAN 66 00:02:59,779 --> 00:02:59,979 INDUSTRY. 67 00:03:00,046 --> 00:03:01,214 IT IS ESPECIALLY FITTING TO 68 00:03:01,281 --> 00:03:03,116 GATHER HERE IN ROCKET CITY AS WE 69 00:03:03,182 --> 00:03:04,951 PREPARE TO CELEBRATE LATER THIS 70 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:08,454 YEAR THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF 71 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:11,190 THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, WHICH 72 00:03:11,257 --> 00:03:12,792 CARRIED THE FIRST MEN TO THE 73 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:15,728 MOON AND WAS POWERED BY ROCKETS 74 00:03:15,795 --> 00:03:17,764 DEVELOPED RIGHT HERE IN 75 00:03:17,830 --> 00:03:18,331 HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. 76 00:03:18,398 --> 00:03:26,806 [ Applause ] 77 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:28,341 AS WE APPROACH THAT ANNIVERSARY, 78 00:03:28,408 --> 00:03:30,243 I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S A SPECIAL 79 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:32,178 HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO 80 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:34,681 BE JOINED IN THIS EFFORT BY ONE 81 00:03:34,747 --> 00:03:36,916 OF THOSE TWO COURAGEOUS 82 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:39,252 ASTRONAU WHOSE LUNAR MODULE 83 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:41,788 SAT DOWN ON THE SEA OF 84 00:03:41,854 --> 00:03:42,088 TRANQUILITY. 85 00:03:42,155 --> 00:03:43,690 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU 86 00:03:43,756 --> 00:03:46,326 MIND GETTING ON YOUR FEET AND 87 00:03:46,392 --> 00:03:49,929 HELPING ME TO WELCOME AND THANK 88 00:03:49,996 --> 00:03:51,364 APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN 89 00:03:51,431 --> 00:03:53,833 FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE AND 90 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:54,067 HEROISM. 91 00:03:54,133 --> 00:04:11,751 [ Applause ] 92 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:14,754 50 YEARS AGO, ONE SMALL STEP FOR 93 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:16,856 MAN BECAME ONE GIANT LEAP FOR 94 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:18,391 MANKIND. 95 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:20,960 BUT NOW COMES A TIME FOR US TO 96 00:04:21,027 --> 00:04:24,764 MAKE THE NEXT GIANT LEAP AND 97 00:04:24,831 --> 00:04:26,299 RETURN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO 98 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:28,534 THE MOON, ESTABLISH A PERMANENT 99 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:31,037 BASE THERE AND DEVELOP THE 100 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,705 TECHNOLOGIES TO TAKE AMERICAN 101 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:36,409 ASTRONAUTS TO MARS AND BEYOND. 102 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:37,477 [ Cheering and Applause ] 103 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:44,017 THAT'S THE NEXT GIANT LEAP. 104 00:04:44,083 --> 00:04:47,020 AS WE'LL HEAR TODAY FROM THE 105 00:04:47,086 --> 00:04:48,054 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 106 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:54,060 COUNCIL AND OUR DISTINGUISHIST 107 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:57,964 PANELISTS AND WITH THE LEADER OF 108 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:00,433 PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE'VE MADE 109 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,235 GREAT PROGRESS RENEWING 110 00:05:02,301 --> 00:05:03,369 AMERICA'S PROUD LEGACY 111 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:04,737 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. 112 00:05:04,804 --> 00:05:07,240 UPDATING REGULATIONS TO UNLEASH 113 00:05:07,306 --> 00:05:08,241 PIONEERING SPACE COMPANIES AND 114 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:09,876 FORGE THE TECHNOLOGIES TO BLAZE 115 00:05:09,942 --> 00:05:11,177 NEW TRAILS INTO SPACE AND CREATE 116 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:12,378 AMERICAN JOBS FOR THE FUTURE. 117 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:13,746 WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THE 118 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:16,015 FIRST-EVER POLICY OF SPACE 119 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:20,219 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TO ENABLE 120 00:05:20,286 --> 00:05:20,753 COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE AND 121 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:24,257 PROTECT OUR NATION'S ASSET IN 122 00:05:24,323 --> 00:05:24,891 THE CONJECTED ORBITAL 123 00:05:24,957 --> 00:05:26,192 ENVIRONMENT AND MEET THE GROWING 124 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,360 SECURITY THREATS IN THE 125 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:29,195 WAR-FIGHTING DOMAIN OF SPACE AS 126 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:32,665 THE DIRECTION OF OUR COMMANDER 127 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,934 IN CHIEF, WORKING WITH THE 128 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,102 CONGRESS, WE'LL ESTABLISH THE 129 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:38,337 SIXTH BRANCH OF OUR ARMED 130 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:39,872 FORCES, THE UNITED STATES SPACE 131 00:05:39,939 --> 00:05:41,007 FORCE. 132 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:48,281 [ Applause ] 133 00:05:48,347 --> 00:05:50,283 I'M PROUD TO SHARE WITH ALL OF 134 00:05:50,349 --> 00:05:52,018 YOU THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS 135 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:53,019 ANNOUNCED HIS NOMINEE TO LEAD 136 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:57,290 THE NEW UNIFIED CO COMBATANT THE 137 00:05:57,356 --> 00:05:58,491 UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND 138 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:01,094 TODAY, FOUR-STAR AIR FORCE 139 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,197 GENERAL JOHN RAYMOND WILL LEAD 140 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:04,630 U.S. SPACE COMMAND. 141 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:10,236 [ Applause ] 142 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:11,237 AND WHILE WE'RE MENTIONING 143 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:12,939 PEOPLE THAT WE ADMIRE, I KNOW 144 00:06:13,005 --> 00:06:15,475 SHE'LL SOON BE RETURNING TO THE 145 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:17,477 ACADEMIC WORLD BUT LET ME TAKE 146 00:06:17,543 --> 00:06:21,581 THIS MOMENT TO THANK AIR FORCE 147 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:23,783 SECRETARY HEATHER WILSON FOR HER 148 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:25,017 TIRELESS WORK AND THE HISTORIC 149 00:06:25,084 --> 00:06:27,019 ROLE SHE HAS PLAYED IN HELPING 150 00:06:27,086 --> 00:06:29,555 THE AIR FORCE LAUNCH THE UNITED 151 00:06:29,622 --> 00:06:30,356 STATES SPACE FORCE. 152 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:31,958 THANK YOU, HEATHER, FOR YOUR 153 00:06:32,024 --> 00:06:32,992 SERVICE TO THE NATION. 154 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:40,099 [ Applause ] 155 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:41,701 TODAY WE STAND AT THE DAWN OF A 156 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:44,303 NEW ERA OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 157 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,539 AN ERA THAT WILL BRING UNTOLD 158 00:06:46,606 --> 00:06:47,507 NEW CHALLENGES AND 159 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:48,941 OPPORTUNITIES. 160 00:06:49,008 --> 00:06:51,444 AND IT WILL DEMAND THE BEST OF 161 00:06:51,511 --> 00:06:51,611 US. 162 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:54,981 IT WILL DEMAND NEW IDEAS, 163 00:06:55,047 --> 00:06:58,050 RENEWED ENERGIES, COURAGE, AND 164 00:06:58,117 --> 00:07:00,019 BOLD ACTION. 165 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:02,021 AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN 45 166 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:05,558 YEARS IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT, 167 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:07,460 PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OUR ENTIRE 168 00:07:07,527 --> 00:07:08,261 ADMINISTRATION BELIEVE THAT IT 169 00:07:08,327 --> 00:07:12,064 IS TIME TO PUSH ONWARD TO NEW 170 00:07:12,131 --> 00:07:15,401 HORIZONS AND NEW DESTINATIONS. 171 00:07:15,468 --> 00:07:16,736 THAT'S WHY UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S 172 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:18,738 LEADERSHIP WE'VE TAKEN DECISIVE 173 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:21,841 ACTION TO PROPEL HUMAN SPACE 174 00:07:21,908 --> 00:07:22,875 EXPLORATION MISSIONS FURTHER 175 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:24,043 INTO THE DEPTHS OF OUR SOLAR 176 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,979 SYSTEM AND WE'VE UNLEASHED 177 00:07:27,046 --> 00:07:29,916 AMERICA'S PRIVATE PIONEERS TO 178 00:07:29,982 --> 00:07:35,087 CULTIVATE THE VAST EXPANSI EXPAF 179 00:07:35,154 --> 00:07:36,022 LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 180 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:38,457 LAST YEAR AMERICAN VIN TOYS 181 00:07:38,524 --> 00:07:40,059 BEGAN DESIGNING THE PRECURSOR TO 182 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:41,360 THE OUTPOST ON THE MOON AND THE 183 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:44,897 MISSION TO MARS, THE LUNAR 184 00:07:44,964 --> 00:07:45,765 GATEWAY AND WE ARE RALLYING THE 185 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:47,800 WORLD TO JOIN US IN THIS VITAL 186 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:48,000 WORK. 187 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:49,302 THIS MONTH CANADA BECAME OUR 188 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:50,303 FIRST INTERNATIONAL PARTNER AND 189 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:51,537 ANNOUNCED A 24-YEAR COMMITMENT 190 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:53,773 TO COOPERATE ON THE LUNAR 191 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:54,774 GATEWAY. 192 00:07:54,841 --> 00:08:02,515 [ Applause ] 193 00:08:02,582 --> 00:08:04,217 AS WE SPEAK WE'RE WORKING WITH 194 00:08:04,283 --> 00:08:05,718 CONGRESS TO PROVIDE $500 MILLION 195 00:08:05,785 --> 00:08:07,220 TO GET AN AMERICAN CREW ABOARD 196 00:08:07,286 --> 00:08:08,688 THIS LUNAR ORBITING PLATFORM IN 197 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:09,956 THE COMING YEARS. 198 00:08:10,022 --> 00:08:12,258 WE'VE ALSO MADE GREAT PROGRESS 199 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:15,194 ON THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 200 00:08:15,261 --> 00:08:17,897 THIS MONTH THE CREW DRAGON'S 201 00:08:17,964 --> 00:08:20,032 SUCCESSFUL MISSION WAS THE FIRST 202 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:22,768 TIME SINCE THE LAST SPACE 203 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:24,770 SHUTTLE FLIGHT IN 2011 THAT WE 204 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:26,672 LAUNCHED AN AMERICAN ROCKET FROM 205 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:29,308 AMERICAN SOIL DESIGNED TO SEND 206 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:31,611 HUMANS TO SPACE ORBIT. 207 00:08:31,677 --> 00:08:32,945 AND AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID NOT 208 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:36,249 LONG AGO, BEFORE THE YEAR IS 209 00:08:36,315 --> 00:08:38,484 OUT, AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS WILL GO 210 00:08:38,551 --> 00:08:40,319 BACK TO SPACE ON AMERICAN 211 00:08:40,386 --> 00:08:41,053 ROCKETS. 212 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:49,061 [ Applause ] 213 00:08:49,128 --> 00:08:50,329 I HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK TO ONE 214 00:08:50,396 --> 00:08:52,064 OF THE AMERICANS ABOARD THE 215 00:08:52,131 --> 00:08:52,999 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WHEN 216 00:08:53,065 --> 00:08:55,301 THE CREW DRAGON DOCKED THERE. 217 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:57,336 SHE'S AN AMERICAN PATRIATE, A 218 00:08:57,403 --> 00:08:58,738 COMBAT VETERAN, UNITED STATES 219 00:08:58,804 --> 00:09:00,940 ARMY AVIATOR WHO RECENTLY TRADED 220 00:09:01,007 --> 00:09:03,276 HER ARMY UNIFORM FOR AN AMERICAN 221 00:09:03,342 --> 00:09:04,911 SPACE SUIT, ANNE McLEAN. 222 00:09:04,977 --> 00:09:07,013 TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO BE JOINED 223 00:09:07,079 --> 00:09:09,048 BY TWO OTHER PIONEERS OF SPACE 224 00:09:09,115 --> 00:09:10,049 FLIGHT WHO HELPED BLAZE THE 225 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:12,752 TRAIL FOR ANNE AND FOR EVERY 226 00:09:12,818 --> 00:09:14,086 YOUNG AMERICAN WHO DREAMS OF ONE 227 00:09:14,153 --> 00:09:16,822 DAY LEADING HER NATION IN SPACE. 228 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:18,424 JOIN ME IN THANKING THESE 229 00:09:18,491 --> 00:09:19,725 AMERICAN HEROES FOR THEIR 230 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:22,328 SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP, COLONEL 231 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:24,664 EILEEN COLLINS AND Dr. SANDY 232 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:24,897 MAGNUS. 233 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:28,100 THESE ARE TWO GREAT AMERICAN 234 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:28,334 HEROES. 235 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:32,738 [ Applause ] 236 00:09:32,805 --> 00:09:34,340 SO WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN 237 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:35,741 ADVANCING THE PRESIDENT'S BOLD 238 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:38,077 NEW VISION FOR SPACE. 239 00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:40,212 A VISION TO PUSH OUR NATION 240 00:09:40,279 --> 00:09:42,214 FARTHER AND FASTER THAN EVER. 241 00:09:42,281 --> 00:09:44,016 UNLIKE THE LAST FEW 242 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,952 ADMINISTRATIONS, WE'VE HAD THE 243 00:09:46,018 --> 00:09:46,786 BUDGETS TO MATCH IT. 244 00:09:46,852 --> 00:09:48,754 IN FACT, WITH THE STRONG SUPPORT 245 00:09:48,821 --> 00:09:50,690 OF LEADERS IN CONGRESS LIKE THE 246 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:51,891 CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE 247 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:54,093 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, 248 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,228 ALABAMA'S OWN SENATOR RICHARD 249 00:09:56,295 --> 00:09:58,764 SHELBY. 250 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:01,267 [ Applause ] 251 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:02,668 THE PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY SIGNED 252 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:05,938 INTO LAW THE LARGEST NASA BUDGET 253 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:08,507 SINCE THE DAYS OF THE APOLLO 254 00:10:08,574 --> 00:10:11,544 PROGRAM AND WE FULLY FUNDED THE 255 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:15,047 SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM AND THE 256 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:16,415 ORION SPACE CAPSULE. 257 00:10:16,482 --> 00:10:21,220 [ Applause ] 258 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:24,256 OF COURSE IN DECEMBER OF 2017, 259 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:27,793 THE PRESIDENT SIGNED SPACE 260 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:28,995 POLICY DIRECTIVE ONE TO RETURN 261 00:10:29,061 --> 00:10:31,897 AMERICANS TO THE MOON AND 262 00:10:31,964 --> 00:10:34,734 PRIORITIZE CRUDE MISSIONS TO THE 263 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,969 LUNAR SURFACE. 264 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:38,571 SPV1 AS IT'S COME TO BE KNOWN 265 00:10:38,637 --> 00:10:40,906 MARKED A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR 266 00:10:40,973 --> 00:10:41,707 AMERICAN SPACE ENTERPRISE. 267 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:44,543 SINCE THE DISASTROUS DECISION TO 268 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:46,846 CANCEL THE CONSTELLATION PROGRAM 269 00:10:46,912 --> 00:10:49,181 IN 2010, THE TRUTH IS, NASA'S 270 00:10:49,248 --> 00:10:50,683 EXPLORATION EFFORTS WERE LEFT 271 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:52,184 ADRIFT. 272 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:56,322 WITH NO CLEAR DIRECTION. 273 00:10:56,389 --> 00:10:57,223 , FOCUS OR MISSION. 274 00:10:57,289 --> 00:11:01,861 TO YOUR CREDIT, THE MEN AND 275 00:11:01,927 --> 00:11:03,496 WOMEN OF THE MARSHALL SPACE 276 00:11:03,562 --> 00:11:06,098 FLIGHT CENTER NEVER GAVE UP. 277 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:07,666 YOU PERSEVERED WITH DETENTION AT 278 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:09,201 A TIME OF INDECISION AT THE 279 00:11:09,268 --> 00:11:10,936 HIGHEST LEVEL OF OUR NATIONAL 280 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:11,604 GOVERNMENT AND YOU CONTINUED TO 281 00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:12,972 DO YOUR BEST WHICH IS TO BUILD 282 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:15,074 THE GREATEST AND MOST POWERFUL 283 00:11:15,141 --> 00:11:17,443 ROCKETS EVER KNOWN TO MAN. 284 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:19,745 GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF 285 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:22,948 APPLAUSE FOR PERSEVERING HERE AT 286 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:24,116 MARSHALL AND DEVELOPING THE 287 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:24,617 ROCKETS OF THE FUTURE. 288 00:11:24,683 --> 00:11:31,924 [ Applause ] 289 00:11:31,991 --> 00:11:34,560 SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE ONE, 290 00:11:34,627 --> 00:11:36,062 PRESIDENT TRUMP FINALLY GAVE 291 00:11:36,128 --> 00:11:37,997 NASA THE CLEAR MISSION AND 292 00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:39,899 DIRECTIVE IT NEEDS. 293 00:11:39,965 --> 00:11:41,033 WE WILL RETURN AMERICAN 294 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:42,334 ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON FOR THE 295 00:11:42,401 --> 00:11:44,737 FIRST TIME SINCE 1972 FOR 296 00:11:44,804 --> 00:11:46,038 LONG-TERM EXPLORATION AND USE. 297 00:11:46,105 --> 00:11:47,873 AS HE SAID NOT ONLY TO, QUOTE, 298 00:11:47,940 --> 00:11:53,312 MANT PLANT OUR FLAG AND LEAVE 299 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:54,313 FOOTPRINTS BUT TO ESTABLISH A 300 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:57,049 FOUNDATION ON THE MOON FOR AN 301 00:11:57,116 --> 00:11:59,318 EVENTUAL MISSION TO MARS. 302 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:02,054 [ Applause ] 303 00:12:02,121 --> 00:12:03,489 NOW, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, 304 00:12:03,556 --> 00:12:04,790 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAVEL 305 00:12:04,857 --> 00:12:08,127 ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND MEET 306 00:12:08,194 --> 00:12:10,062 WITH MANY OF NASA'S MORE THAN 307 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:13,399 18,000 SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, 308 00:12:13,466 --> 00:12:14,500 ASTRONAUTS, CONTRACT OFFICERS. 309 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:17,002 EVERYWHERE I GO, I SEE RENEWED 310 00:12:17,069 --> 00:12:21,173 ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT. 311 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,775 THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITMENT TO 312 00:12:22,842 --> 00:12:24,076 AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE IS 313 00:12:24,143 --> 00:12:24,343 INSPIRING. 314 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:27,780 BUT TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES, I 315 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:30,716 CAME HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT NASA 316 00:12:30,783 --> 00:12:34,286 MUST MEET THAT NEW SPIRIT WITH 317 00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:36,155 NEW URGENCY AND THE FOCUS THAT 318 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:38,390 IT ALL DESERVES. 319 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:40,292 JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, BUZZ 320 00:12:40,359 --> 00:12:41,927 ALDRIN WAS REFLECTING ON HIS 321 00:12:41,994 --> 00:12:44,430 TIME IN AO PROGRAM. 322 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:47,032 HE TALKED ABOUT THAT FABLED 323 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:47,733 APOLLO 11 MISSION. 324 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,971 HE SAID IN 192 1962, WE HAD AN 325 00:12:52,037 --> 00:12:54,206 OBJECTIVE, WE HAD TIME, BUT WE 326 00:12:54,273 --> 00:12:55,708 DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN. 327 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:59,445 IN SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE ONE, 328 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:00,346 THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED NASA TO 329 00:13:00,412 --> 00:13:03,682 CREATE A LUNAR EXPLORATION PLAN. 330 00:13:03,749 --> 00:13:05,985 BUT AS OF TODAY, MORE THAN 15 331 00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:08,220 MONTHS LATER, WE STILL DON'T 332 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:13,526 HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, BUT 333 00:13:13,592 --> 00:13:15,461 ADMINISTRATOR BRIDENSTINE TOLD 334 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:16,962 ME FIVE MINUTES AGO WE NOW HAVE 335 00:13:17,029 --> 00:13:19,398 A PLAN TO RETURN TO THE MOON. 336 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:28,741 [ Applause ] 337 00:13:28,807 --> 00:13:30,276 TRUTH IS DESPITE THE DEDICATION 338 00:13:30,342 --> 00:13:31,777 OF THE MEN AND WOMEN DESIGNING 339 00:13:31,844 --> 00:13:33,279 AND BUILDING AND TESTING THE 340 00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:35,114 SLS, YOU ALL KNOW THE PROGRAM 341 00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:38,417 HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY BUREAUCRATIC 342 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:40,052 INERTIA, BUT WHAT SOME CALL THE 343 00:13:40,119 --> 00:13:43,455 PARALYSIS OF ANALYSIS. 344 00:13:43,522 --> 00:13:44,790 A NATION ACTUALLY LEARNED WITH 345 00:13:44,857 --> 00:13:46,792 GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT IN RECENT 346 00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:47,893 WEEKS THAT THE DATE FOR THE 347 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,528 FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE SLS HAS 348 00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:53,265 BEEN PUSHED BACK YET AGAIN. 349 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:56,902 TO 2021. 350 00:13:56,969 --> 00:14:04,143 AFTER YEARS OF COST OVERRUNS AND 351 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:05,044 SLIPPED DEADLINES, WE'RE 352 00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:06,145 ACTUALLY BEING TOLD THE EARLIEST 353 00:14:06,212 --> 00:14:09,348 WE CAN GET BACK TO THE MOON IS 354 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:09,548 2018. 355 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:12,017 THAT WOULD BE 18 YEARS AFTER THE 356 00:14:12,084 --> 00:14:14,453 SLS PROGRAM WAS STARTED AND 11 357 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,789 YEARS AFTER THE PRESIDENT OF THE 358 00:14:16,855 --> 00:14:17,856 UNITED STATES DIRECTED NASA TO 359 00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:18,757 RETURN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO 360 00:14:18,824 --> 00:14:20,359 THE MOON. 361 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:22,194 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT'S 362 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:25,231 JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH. 363 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:26,398 WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT. 364 00:14:26,465 --> 00:14:28,834 IT TOOK US EIGHT YEARS TO GET TO 365 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:30,970 THE MOON THE FIRST TIME 50 YEARS 366 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:32,538 AGO, WHEN WE HAD NEVER DONE IT 367 00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:33,272 BEFORE. 368 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:36,008 AND IT SHOULDN'T TAKE US ELEVEN 369 00:14:36,075 --> 00:14:37,109 YEARS TO GET BACK. 370 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:39,044 YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN 47 YEARS 371 00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:40,379 SINCE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS LAST 372 00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:44,083 WALKED ON THE MOON. 373 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:45,684 IRONICALLY AMERICA'S FIRST 374 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:48,821 GENERATION OF SPACE PIONEERS 375 00:14:48,887 --> 00:14:50,422 KNEW IT WOULD LIKELY TAKE TIME 376 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:51,357 FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO 377 00:14:51,423 --> 00:14:53,025 RETURN TO THE MOON, INCLUDING 378 00:14:53,092 --> 00:14:55,294 ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF ROCKET 379 00:14:55,361 --> 00:14:58,597 CITY, Dr. BRON. 380 00:14:58,664 --> 00:14:59,932 JUST AS IT TOOK THE DEVELOPMENT 381 00:14:59,999 --> 00:15:01,267 OF THE AIRPLANE FOR THE UNITED 382 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:05,771 STATES NAVY TO REACH THE SOUTH 383 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:07,573 POLE 45 YEARS AFTER AN 384 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,208 EXPEDITION OF NORWEGIAN 385 00:15:09,275 --> 00:15:10,409 EXPLORERS MADE HISTORY AND GOT 386 00:15:10,476 --> 00:15:16,248 THERE IN 1911, Dr. VON BRON 387 00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:17,483 BELIEVED IT WOULD TAKE WHAT HE 388 00:15:17,549 --> 00:15:19,084 CALLED IN HIS WORDS ENABLING 389 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:20,286 TECHNOLOGY FOR US TO RETURN TO 390 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:22,821 THE LUNAR SURFACE. 391 00:15:22,888 --> 00:15:24,823 THAT IT MIGHT TAKE JUST AS MUCH 392 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:27,860 TIME TO DEVELOP IT. 393 00:15:27,926 --> 00:15:29,595 THE GOOD NEWS IS AS WE WILL HEAR 394 00:15:29,662 --> 00:15:32,698 FROM OUR DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS 395 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:35,734 TODAY, THOSE ENABLING 396 00:15:35,801 --> 00:15:37,603 TECHNOLOGIES HAVE ARRIVED, AND 397 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:40,839 WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE MOON. 398 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:47,346 [ Applause ] 399 00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:49,148 BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK, BECAUSE OF 400 00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:51,583 THE INGENUITY, DEDICATION AND 401 00:15:51,650 --> 00:15:52,451 ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT REFLECTED 402 00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:54,787 IN THIS ROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE 403 00:15:54,853 --> 00:15:55,888 AMERICAN SPACE ENTERPRISE, SINCE 404 00:15:55,954 --> 00:15:59,625 THE END OF APOLLO 11, WE'VE 405 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:00,459 FORGED INCREDIBLE BREAKTHROUGHS 406 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:01,460 IN OUR TECHNOLOGY THAT HAVE 407 00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:03,262 ALLOWED US TO GO FURTHER, MORE 408 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:05,297 SAFELY IN SPACE THAN EVER 409 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:05,531 BEFORE. 410 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:07,232 WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO RETURN 411 00:16:07,299 --> 00:16:10,436 TO THE MOON AND RENEW AMERICAN 412 00:16:10,502 --> 00:16:11,970 LEADERSHIP IN HUMAN SPACE 413 00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:13,839 EXPLORATION. 414 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:18,377 WHAT WE NEED NOW IS URGENCY. 415 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:21,413 MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. 416 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,248 WE'RE IN A SPACE RACE TODAY. 417 00:16:23,315 --> 00:16:26,585 JUST AS WE WERE IN THE 1960s. 418 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:29,288 AND THE STAKES ARE EVEN HIGHER. 419 00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:31,423 LAST DECEMBER, CHINA BECAME THE 420 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:32,925 FIRST NATION TO LAND ON THE FAR 421 00:16:32,991 --> 00:16:34,526 SIDE OF THE MOON AND REVEALED 422 00:16:34,593 --> 00:16:38,564 THEIR AMBITION TO SEIZE THE 423 00:16:38,630 --> 00:16:40,432 LUNAR STRATEGIC HIGH GROUND IS 424 00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:42,401 BECOME THE WORLD'S PRE-EMINENT 425 00:16:42,468 --> 00:16:43,102 SPACE BEARING NATION. 426 00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:44,737 FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS 427 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:45,838 WITHOUT A VIABLE HUMAN SPACE 428 00:16:45,904 --> 00:16:47,272 LAUNCH PROGRAM OF OUR OWN, 429 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:48,173 RUSSIA HAS BEEN CHARGING THE 430 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,575 UNITED STATES MORE THAN 431 00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:52,711 $80 MILLION A SEAT EVERY TIME AN 432 00:16:52,778 --> 00:16:54,713 AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TRAVELS TO 433 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:56,949 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 434 00:16:57,015 --> 00:16:58,951 BUT IT'S NOT JUST COMPETITION 435 00:16:59,017 --> 00:17:01,820 AGAINST OUR ADVERSARIES. 436 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:02,988 WE'RE ALSO RACING AGAINST OUR 437 00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:05,224 WORST ENEMY. 438 00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:07,226 COMPLACENCY. 439 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:09,261 THE TRUTH IS, WE'VE BEEN HERE 440 00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:11,563 BEFORE. 441 00:17:11,630 --> 00:17:14,500 NEARLY 62 YEARS AGO, THE RACE 442 00:17:14,566 --> 00:17:16,201 FOR SPACE BEGAN, AND THE SOVIET 443 00:17:16,268 --> 00:17:19,037 UNION TOOK AN EARLY LEAD. 444 00:17:19,104 --> 00:17:23,575 BUT THE SIGHT OF SPUTNIK 445 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:26,712 BLINKING ACROSS THE OCTOBER SKY 446 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:27,813 SPURRED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO 447 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:28,046 ACTION. 448 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:30,115 WE REFUSED TO ACCEPT A FUTURE IN 449 00:17:30,182 --> 00:17:32,184 SPACE WRITTEN BY THE ENEMIES OF 450 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:32,418 FREEDOM. 451 00:17:32,484 --> 00:17:37,022 WE VOWED TO CLAIM OUR RIGHTFUL 452 00:17:37,089 --> 00:17:39,158 PLACE AS THE UNDISPUTED LEADER 453 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:42,127 OF THE EXPLORATION OF HEAVENS 454 00:17:42,194 --> 00:17:43,562 AND 12 YEARS LATER, ONE GIANT 455 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:44,029 LEAP OCCURRED. 456 00:17:44,096 --> 00:17:45,531 WE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL OF AMERICAN 457 00:17:45,597 --> 00:17:47,900 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. 458 00:17:47,966 --> 00:17:52,704 NOW MORE THAN 50 YEARS LATER, WE 459 00:17:52,771 --> 00:17:55,741 GATHER HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT IT 460 00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:58,243 IS UP TO THIS GENERATION TO MEET 461 00:17:58,310 --> 00:18:00,779 THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME, AND 462 00:18:00,846 --> 00:18:03,015 WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS 463 00:18:03,081 --> 00:18:04,817 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, THE 464 00:18:04,883 --> 00:18:06,452 RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE APPROVED 465 00:18:06,518 --> 00:18:09,455 TODAY, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 466 00:18:09,521 --> 00:18:11,089 RISING TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE 467 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:13,525 HEAD-ON. 468 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:19,965 [ Applause ] 469 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:21,767 JUST AS THE UNITED STATES WAS 470 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:22,868 THE FIRST NATION TO REACH THE 471 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:27,506 MOON IN THE 20th CENTURY, SO 472 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:29,241 TOO WILL WE BE THE FIRST NATION 473 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:30,409 TO RETURN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON 474 00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:31,810 IN THE 21st CENTURY. 475 00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:33,745 I'M HERE ON THE PRESIDENT'S 476 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:35,581 BEHALF TO TELL THE MEN AND WOMEN 477 00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:37,516 OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT 478 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:41,153 CENTER AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 479 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:42,020 THAT AT THE DIRECTION OF THE 480 00:18:42,087 --> 00:18:42,688 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 481 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:47,693 IT IS THE STATED POLICY OF THIS 482 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:48,494 ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNITED 483 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,196 STATES OF AMERICA TO RETURN 484 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:52,731 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON 485 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:53,866 WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 486 00:18:53,932 --> 00:19:10,849 [ Applause ] 487 00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:13,585 LET ME BE CLEAR. 488 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:16,421 THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE NEXT MAN 489 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:19,925 ON THE MOON WILL BOTH BE 490 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:21,760 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS LAUNCHED BY 491 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:23,529 AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN 492 00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:24,296 SOIL. 493 00:19:24,363 --> 00:19:34,439 [ Applause ] 494 00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:39,678 THE BBUT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WET 495 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:42,014 REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS, HERE IN 496 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,916 HUNTSVILLE AND THROUGHOUT THIS 497 00:19:43,982 --> 00:19:45,150 PROGRAM. 498 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:46,752 WE MUST ACCELERATE THE SLS 499 00:19:46,818 --> 00:19:49,388 PROGRAM TO MEET THIS OBJECTIVE. 500 00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:54,126 BUT KNOW THIS: THE PRESIDENT HAS 501 00:19:54,192 --> 00:19:54,960 DIRECTED NASA AND ADMINISTRATOR 502 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,162 JIM BRIDENSTINE TO ACCOMPLISH 503 00:19:57,229 --> 00:19:59,164 THIS GOAL BY ANY MEANS 504 00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:00,065 NECESSARY. 505 00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:03,702 IN ORDER TO SUCCEED AS THE 506 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:04,503 ADMINISTRATOR WILL DISCUSS 507 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:05,837 TODAY, WE MUST FOCUS ON THE 508 00:20:05,904 --> 00:20:08,340 MISSION OVER THE MEANS. 509 00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:10,142 YOU MUST CONSIDER EVERY 510 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:11,076 AVAILABLE OPTION AND PLATFORM TO 511 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:14,012 MEET OUR GOALS, INCLUDING 512 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:15,314 INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, AND THE 513 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:16,848 ENTIRE AMERICAN SPACE 514 00:20:16,915 --> 00:20:19,217 ENTERPRISE. 515 00:20:19,284 --> 00:20:20,519 OUR ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED 516 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:23,488 TO THIS GOAL, AND THIS 517 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:24,790 PRESIDENT, THIS ADMINISTRATION 518 00:20:24,856 --> 00:20:26,692 AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE 519 00:20:26,758 --> 00:20:30,028 COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING THAT GOAL 520 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:31,697 AT THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT 521 00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:32,464 CENTER. 522 00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:41,206 [ Applause ] 523 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:43,809 THE TRUTH IS, WE'RE COMMITTED TO 524 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,043 MARSHALL. 525 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:46,244 INCREDIBLE HISTORY THAT YOU HAVE 526 00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:48,080 HERE. 527 00:20:48,146 --> 00:20:49,815 BUT TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT 528 00:20:49,881 --> 00:20:52,117 COMMITTED TO ANY ONE CONTRACTOR. 529 00:20:52,184 --> 00:20:53,819 IF OUR CURRENT CONTRACTORS CAN'T 530 00:20:53,885 --> 00:20:55,520 MEET THIS OBJECTIVE, THEN WE'LL 531 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:57,856 FIND ONES THAT WILL. 532 00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:59,458 IF AMERICAN INDUSTRY CAN PROVIDE 533 00:20:59,524 --> 00:21:00,759 CRITICAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES 534 00:21:00,826 --> 00:21:02,494 WITHOUT GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT, 535 00:21:02,561 --> 00:21:04,696 THEN WE'LL BUY THEM AND IF 536 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:05,731 COMMERCIAL ROCKETS ARE THE ONLY 537 00:21:05,797 --> 00:21:07,032 WAY TO GET AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 538 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,268 TO THE MOON IN THE NEXT FIVE 539 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:11,770 YEARS, THEN COMMERCIAL ROCKETS 540 00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:14,272 IT WILL BE. 541 00:21:14,339 --> 00:21:17,009 URGENCY MUST BE OUR WATCH WORD. 542 00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:20,045 FAILURE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL TO 543 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,146 RETURN AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT TO 544 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:24,082 THE MOON IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 545 00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:27,285 IT'S NOT AN OPTION. 546 00:21:27,352 --> 00:21:29,321 AS WE'LL DISCUSS TODAY, THIS 547 00:21:29,388 --> 00:21:33,759 WILL REQUIRE RENEWED FOCUS AND A 548 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:34,960 RELENTLESS WILL TO ACHIEVE OUR 549 00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:37,896 MISSION. 550 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,898 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN 551 00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:41,600 ABUNDANCE HERE IN NORTHERN 552 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:43,835 ALABAMA. 553 00:21:43,902 --> 00:21:45,470 URGENCY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE 554 00:21:45,537 --> 00:21:47,973 DNA OF ROCKET CITY. 555 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,808 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MARSHALL 556 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:50,776 SPACE FLIGHT CENTER KNOW EXACTLY 557 00:21:50,842 --> 00:21:53,912 WHAT IT TAKES TO BE FIRST, TO BE 558 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:55,747 FIRST IN SPACE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE 559 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:57,949 BEEN DOING IT FOR GENERATIONS. 560 00:21:58,016 --> 00:22:00,285 IT WAS HERE YOU BUILT THE 561 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:02,087 JUPITER C ROCKET THAT CARRIED 562 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,822 INTO ORBIT AMERICAN'S FIRST 563 00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:08,560 SEATTSATELLITE, EXPLORER 1. 564 00:22:08,627 --> 00:22:10,696 IT WAS HERE YOU SPENT 15 565 00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:12,330 GRUELING MONTHS EXECUTING OVER 566 00:22:12,397 --> 00:22:15,033 200 TEST OF THE REDSTONE ROCKET 567 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:16,868 THAT LAUNCHED AMERICA'S FIRST 568 00:22:16,935 --> 00:22:18,303 ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE, ALLEN 569 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:21,740 SHEPHERD ON THE MERCURY 7, THE 570 00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:22,874 FREEDOM 7 MERCURY CAPSULE AND IT 571 00:22:22,941 --> 00:22:24,876 WAS HERE YOU ANSWERED THE CALL 572 00:22:24,943 --> 00:22:26,478 OF THE NATION AND STUNNED THE 573 00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:27,979 WORLD IN LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS 574 00:22:28,046 --> 00:22:29,314 YOU BUILT A ROCKET THAT CARRIED 575 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:31,416 THE FIRST MEN TO THE MOON. 576 00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:34,653 THE MIGHTY SATURN 5. 577 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:40,192 THAT WE SEE BEFORE US TODAY. 578 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:41,426 THE HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN 579 00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:42,728 OF ROCKET CENTER HAVE ALWAYS 580 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:44,129 EMBODIED THE AMERICAN PIONEERING 581 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,765 SPIRIT, RENTLESS ENERGY, 582 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:48,400 URGENCY, NATIONAL PRIDE, AND 583 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:49,468 IMPATIENCE WITH ANYTHING LESS 584 00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:51,603 THAN THE BEST. 585 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:55,006 AND WE KNOW THAT IT WILL BE HERE 586 00:22:55,073 --> 00:22:56,241 IN ROCKET CITY WHERE AMERICA 587 00:22:56,308 --> 00:22:58,176 WILL BUILD A NEW GENERATION OF 588 00:22:58,243 --> 00:23:00,278 ROCKETS THAT WILL CARRY AMERICAN 589 00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:02,214 ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON, ON 590 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,915 TO MARS AND TO WORLDS BEYOND. 591 00:23:03,982 --> 00:23:05,917 FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, 592 00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:07,953 HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, HAS BUILT 593 00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:11,523 THE FINEST ROCKET PROPULSION 594 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:13,291 SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD AND WE WANT 595 00:23:13,358 --> 00:23:14,760 TO ENSURE IT REMAINS THAT WAY 596 00:23:14,826 --> 00:23:16,027 FOR THE NEXT 60 YEARS. 597 00:23:16,094 --> 00:23:18,430 AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FARTHER 598 00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:21,900 INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, WELL NEED 599 00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:22,434 INNOVATIVE NEW PROPULSION 600 00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:23,769 SYSTEMS TO GET US THERE 601 00:23:23,835 --> 00:23:24,903 INCLUDING NUCLEAR POWER. 602 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:32,944 [ Applause ] 603 00:23:33,011 --> 00:23:33,945 THE PRESIDENCY AND KNOW THERE'S 604 00:23:34,012 --> 00:23:36,348 NO PLACE ON EARTH BETTER 605 00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:39,684 EQUIPPED TO LEAD THE WORLD IN 606 00:23:39,751 --> 00:23:40,919 PIONEERING THESE NEW PROPULSION 607 00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:43,722 TECHNOLOGIES THAN ROCKET CITY, 608 00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:44,256 USA. 609 00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:45,757 NOW, THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM 610 00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:50,095 SAYS THAT WE'LL ME NEED MORE TIE 611 00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:50,996 TO DO WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 612 00:23:51,062 --> 00:23:54,900 CHALLENGED US TO DO, PLANNING 613 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:55,934 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON 614 00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:57,068 WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 615 00:23:57,135 --> 00:23:59,871 SOME WILL SAY IT'S TOO HARD. 616 00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:00,105 , 617 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:03,708 EXPENSIVE. 618 00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:08,647 BUT THE SAME WAS SAID BACK IN 619 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:11,082 1962, WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY 620 00:24:11,149 --> 00:24:12,384 BOLDLY DECLARED THAT WE IN HIS 621 00:24:12,450 --> 00:24:14,319 WORDS CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON 622 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:17,189 IN THIS DECADE. 623 00:24:17,255 --> 00:24:18,857 OUR SPACE PROGRAM WAS STILL IN 624 00:24:18,924 --> 00:24:19,858 ITS INFANCY THEN. 625 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:21,660 NASA WAS BARELY TWO YEARS OLD 626 00:24:21,726 --> 00:24:23,094 AND YET PRESIDENT KENNEDY KNEW 627 00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:24,396 THAT HISTORY IS NOT WRITTEN BY 628 00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:26,531 THOSE WHO STUBBORNLY CLING TO 629 00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:27,465 THE STATUS QUO. 630 00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:30,235 HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THOSE WHO 631 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:32,037 DARE TO DREAM BIG AND DO THE 632 00:24:32,103 --> 00:24:34,406 IMPOSSIBLE. 633 00:24:34,472 --> 00:24:40,745 [ Applause ] 634 00:24:40,812 --> 00:24:43,048 THEN AS NOW THE UNITED STATES 635 00:24:43,114 --> 00:24:44,749 DIDN'T HAVE A ROCKET CAPABLE OF 636 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:46,284 SENDING A SPACECRAFT TO THE 637 00:24:46,351 --> 00:24:48,820 SURFACE OF THE MOON. 638 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:54,059 BUT NOW AS THEN, THE UNITED 639 00:24:54,125 --> 00:24:57,262 STATES HAS A PRESIDENT WHO IS A 640 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:59,698 DREAMER WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT 641 00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:02,300 THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT ONCE 642 00:25:02,367 --> 00:25:04,936 AGAIN WE ARE UNWILLING TO 643 00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:08,473 POSTPONE. 644 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,208 AND ONE WHICH WE INTEND TO WIN 645 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:10,408 AGAIN. 646 00:25:10,475 --> 00:25:11,176 PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS THAT 647 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:14,012 MEETING THIS CHALLENGE WILL 648 00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:15,714 REQUIRE A GREAT NATIONAL 649 00:25:15,780 --> 00:25:19,050 INVESTMENT OF TIME, TALENT, AND 650 00:25:19,117 --> 00:25:23,421 RESOURCES, THAT THE CO COSTS OF 651 00:25:23,488 --> 00:25:26,191 INACTION ARE GREATER. 652 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:27,659 THE UNITED STATES MUST REMAIN 653 00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:29,561 FIRST IN SPACE IN THIS CENTURY, 654 00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:31,997 AS IN THE LAST, NOT JUST TO 655 00:25:32,063 --> 00:25:34,132 PROPEL OUR ECONOMY AND SECURE 656 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:35,734 OUR NATION, BUT ABOVE ALL, 657 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,869 BECAUSE THE RULES AND VALUES OF 658 00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:40,338 SPACE LIKE EVERY GREAT FRONTIER, 659 00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:41,673 WILL BE WRITTEN BY THOSE WHO 660 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:43,909 HAVE THE COURAGE TO GET THERE 661 00:25:43,975 --> 00:25:46,278 FIRST, AND THE COMMITMENT TO 662 00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:49,047 STAY. 663 00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:52,183 AS AMERICANS, AS HEIRS OF THIS 664 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:54,686 GREAT NATION DEDICATED TO LIFE, 665 00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:58,490 LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF 666 00:25:58,556 --> 00:26:00,425 HAPPINESS, IT'S NOTHING LESS 667 00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:03,261 THAN OUR DUTY TO ENSURE THAT OUR 668 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:06,097 MOST CHERISHED VALUES ARE THE 669 00:26:06,164 --> 00:26:08,934 FOUNDATION OF MANKIND'S FUTURE 670 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:09,534 IN SPACE. 671 00:26:09,601 --> 00:26:18,877 [ Applause ] 672 00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:20,078 PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COMMITTED TO 673 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:21,713 BUILDING A SPACE PROGRAM WORTHY 674 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:23,181 OF OUR GREAT NATION AND WE'RE 675 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:25,050 GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 676 00:26:25,116 --> 00:26:26,952 LEADERS AND CONGRESS, SENATOR 677 00:26:27,018 --> 00:26:29,587 SHELBY AND OTHERS TO PROVIDE THE 678 00:26:29,654 --> 00:26:30,789 MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND 679 00:26:30,855 --> 00:26:32,090 ALL OF NASA THE RESOURCES THEY 680 00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:35,026 NEED TO MEET THE GOAL THAT WE 681 00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:36,528 ARTICULATED TODAY. 682 00:26:36,594 --> 00:26:40,799 BUT AS I SAID, MISSIONS 683 00:26:40,865 --> 00:26:41,700 SUCCESSFUL REQUIRE MORE THAN 684 00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:42,300 JUST MONEY. 685 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:43,601 THAT'S WHY TODAY THE NATIONAL 686 00:26:43,668 --> 00:26:45,036 SPACE COUNCIL WILL SEND 687 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:45,904 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT 688 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:48,340 THAT WILL LAUNCH A MAJOR COURSE 689 00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:50,141 CORRECTION FOR NASA AND REIGNITE 690 00:26:50,208 --> 00:26:51,910 THAT SPARK OF URGENCY THAT 691 00:26:51,977 --> 00:26:54,212 PROPELLED AMERICA TO THE 692 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:56,014 VANGUARD OF SPACE EXPLORATION 50 693 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:56,548 YEARS AGO. 694 00:26:56,614 --> 00:26:58,950 AS YOU WILL HEAR, IN THESE 695 00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:00,151 RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WILL CALL ON 696 00:27:00,218 --> 00:27:02,754 NASA NOT JUST TO ADOPT NEW 697 00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:05,757 POLICIES BUT TO EMBRACE THE NEW 698 00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:09,327 MINDSET THAT BEGINS WITH SETTING 699 00:27:09,394 --> 00:27:11,930 BOLD GOALS AND STAYING ON 700 00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:12,197 SCHEDULE. 701 00:27:12,263 --> 00:27:13,365 TO REACH THE MOON IN THE NEXT 702 00:27:13,431 --> 00:27:16,401 FIVE YEARS, WE MUST SELECT OUR 703 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:17,102 DESTINATIONS NOW. 704 00:27:17,168 --> 00:27:19,237 NASA ALREADY KNOWS THAT THE 705 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:21,740 LUNAR SOUTH POLE HOLDS GREAT 706 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:23,375 SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMIC, AND 707 00:27:23,441 --> 00:27:24,743 STRATEGIC VALUE. 708 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:27,912 BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO COMMIT TO 709 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:29,781 GO THERE AND TODAY THE NATIONAL 710 00:27:29,848 --> 00:27:31,082 SPACE COUNCIL WILL RECOMMEND 711 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:32,951 THAT WHEN THE FIRST AMERICAN 712 00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:34,452 ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO THE LUNAR 713 00:27:34,519 --> 00:27:36,388 SURFACE THAT THEY WILL TAKE 714 00:27:36,454 --> 00:27:38,189 THEIR FIRST STEPS ON THE MOON'S 715 00:27:38,256 --> 00:27:39,924 SOUTH POLE. 716 00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:47,198 [ Applause ] 717 00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:50,568 BUT IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, 718 00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:51,770 NASA MUST TRANSFORM ITSELF INTO 719 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:54,072 A LEANER MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND 720 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:55,907 MORE AGILE ORGANIZATION. 721 00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:57,308 IF NASA IS NOT CURRENTLY CAPABLE 722 00:27:57,375 --> 00:27:58,610 OF LANDING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 723 00:27:58,676 --> 00:28:00,712 ON THE MOON IN FIVE YEARS, WE 724 00:28:00,779 --> 00:28:03,381 NEED TO CHANGE THE ORGANIZATION, 725 00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:06,217 NOT THE MISSION. 726 00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:07,919 TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A 727 00:28:07,986 --> 00:28:09,120 WORLD-CLASS WORK FORCE, NASA 728 00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:10,722 NEEDS THE AUTHORITY TO RECRUIT, 729 00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:12,057 TRAIN AND MOTIVATE THE WORLD'S 730 00:28:12,123 --> 00:28:14,692 BEST AND BRIGHTEST SCIENTISTS, 731 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:16,094 ENGINEERS AND MANAGERS, TO 732 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:16,995 REMOVE ANY BARRIERS STANDING IN 733 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:18,196 THEIR WAY AND THAT INCLUDES 734 00:28:18,263 --> 00:28:20,331 BUILDING NEW AND RENEWED 735 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:22,867 PARTNERSHIPS WITH AMERICA'S 736 00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:24,803 PIONEERING SPACE COMPANIES AND 737 00:28:24,869 --> 00:28:26,237 ENTREPRENEURS. 738 00:28:26,304 --> 00:28:27,605 IN THIS CENTURY, WE'RE GOING 739 00:28:27,672 --> 00:28:28,840 BACK TO THE MOON WITH NEW 740 00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:31,042 AMBITIONS. 741 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:33,111 NOT JUST TO TRAVEL THERE, NOT 742 00:28:33,178 --> 00:28:35,246 JUST TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIES 743 00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:40,185 THERE, BUT ALSO TO MINE OXYGEN 744 00:28:40,251 --> 00:28:41,519 FROM LARUN ROCKS THAT WILL 745 00:28:41,586 --> 00:28:43,321 REFUEL OUR SHIPS TO USE NUCLEAR 746 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:46,458 POWER TO EXTRACT WATER FROM THE 747 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:48,460 PERMANENTLY SHADOWED CRATERS OF 748 00:28:48,526 --> 00:28:49,861 THE SOUTH POLE AND TO FLY ON A 749 00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:52,597 NEW GENERATION OF SPACECRAFT 750 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,732 THAT WILL ENABLE US TO REACH 751 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:56,768 MARS NOT IN YEARS BUT IN MONTHS. 752 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,770 TO DEVELOP THESE NEW 753 00:28:58,837 --> 00:29:00,572 TECHNOLOGIES, NASA MUST ADOPT AN 754 00:29:00,638 --> 00:29:03,408 ALL-HANDS-ON-DECK APPROACH TO 755 00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:04,642 PROCUREMENT, CONTRACTS AND ITS 756 00:29:04,709 --> 00:29:05,110 PARTNERSHIPS. 757 00:29:05,176 --> 00:29:06,511 IF A COMMERCIAL COMPANY CAN 758 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:11,082 DELIVER A ROCKET, A LUNAR LANDER 759 00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:12,183 OR ANY OTHER CAPABILITY FASTER 760 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,786 AT A LOWER COST TO THE TAXPAYER 761 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:17,522 THAN THE STATUS QUO, THEN NASA 762 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:18,456 NEEDS TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND 763 00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:19,757 THE COURAGE TO CHANGE COURSE 764 00:29:19,824 --> 00:29:21,259 QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY TO 765 00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:22,260 ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. 766 00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:29,701 [ Applause ] 767 00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:31,836 AS WE PROVED DURING THE APOLLO 768 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:33,738 PROGRAM, WE DON'T NEED TO 769 00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:35,707 SA QUALITY OR SAFETY TO 770 00:29:35,773 --> 00:29:37,609 ACHIEVE SPEED AND EFFICIENCY. 771 00:29:37,675 --> 00:29:39,644 WE'RE NOT ASKING ANYONE TO TAKE 772 00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:41,246 UNNECESSARY RISKS. 773 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:43,648 RATHER, WE'RE CHALLENGING 774 00:29:43,715 --> 00:29:45,683 EVERYONE INVOLVED IN AMERICA'S 775 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:49,020 SPACE ENTERPRISE TO THINK 776 00:29:49,087 --> 00:29:52,090 BIGGER, FAIL SMARTER, AND WORK 777 00:29:52,157 --> 00:29:56,127 HARDER THAN EVER BEFORE. 778 00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:58,263 THE TASK BEFORE US WILL INVOLVE 779 00:29:58,329 --> 00:30:02,767 SACRIFICE AND DETERMINATION. 780 00:30:02,834 --> 00:30:04,869 HARDSHIP AND HAZARD. 781 00:30:04,936 --> 00:30:06,404 BUT AS WE EMBARK ON THIS 782 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:08,006 JOURNEY, WE WILL DO WELL TO 783 00:30:08,072 --> 00:30:10,542 REMEMBER THE WORDS SPOKEN BY THE 784 00:30:10,608 --> 00:30:13,344 LATE GENE CERNAN, THE LAST MAN 785 00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:15,079 TO WALK ON THE MOON. 786 00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:18,116 BEFORE WE BOARDED THE LUNAR 787 00:30:18,183 --> 00:30:20,218 MODULE 45 YEARS AGO, GENE SAID, 788 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:23,555 AND I QUOTE, AMERICA'S CHALLENGE 789 00:30:23,621 --> 00:30:26,157 OF TODAY HAS FORGED MAN'S 790 00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:30,595 DESTINY OF TOMORROW. 791 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:33,331 AS GENE CERNAN KNEW THEN, THE 792 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:35,333 EXPLORATION OF THE HEAVENS IN 793 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,136 THIS STILL NEW CENTURY WILL GO 794 00:30:38,203 --> 00:30:41,873 FORWARD. 795 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,107 WITH OR WITHOUT THE UNITED 796 00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:46,411 STATES. 797 00:30:46,477 --> 00:30:49,948 BUT AMERICANS DON'T DO SECOND 798 00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:50,148 PLACE. 799 00:30:50,215 --> 00:30:50,515 AMERICANS LEAD. 800 00:30:50,582 --> 00:30:53,084 [ Applause ] 801 00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:59,524 AND SO WE WILL. 802 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:01,259 SO AS WE CONVENE THIS FIFTH 803 00:31:01,326 --> 00:31:03,428 MEETING OF THE STILL NEWLY 804 00:31:03,494 --> 00:31:04,262 RECONSTITUTED NATIONAL SPACE 805 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:06,598 COUNCIL, THE PRESIDENCY AND ARE 806 00:31:06,664 --> 00:31:08,199 CHALLENGING ALL OF YOU HERE IN 807 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:09,734 ROCKET CITY AND ALL OF THOSE 808 00:31:09,801 --> 00:31:10,935 INVOLVED IN THE SPACE ENTERPRISE 809 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:16,474 THAT ARE LOOKING ON ACROSS THE 810 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:17,775 NATION, STEP UP. 811 00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:23,114 GET READY TO DO YOUR PART TO 812 00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:25,750 HELP LEAD OUR NATION INTO THE 813 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,885 VAST EXPANSE OF SPACE AGAIN. 814 00:31:27,952 --> 00:31:30,388 AS WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO 815 00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:32,690 LEAD IN SPACE, LET'S GO WITH 816 00:31:32,757 --> 00:31:37,462 CONFIDENCE AND LET'S GO WITH 817 00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:38,730 FAITH. 818 00:31:38,796 --> 00:31:40,865 FAITH IN THE VISION AND THE GOAL 819 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:43,001 THAT'S ARTICULATED TODAY THAT WE 820 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:44,302 CAN ACHIEVE IT. 821 00:31:44,369 --> 00:31:45,303 AMERICANS CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING 822 00:31:45,370 --> 00:31:49,841 THAT WE PUT OUR MINDS TO. 823 00:31:49,907 --> 00:31:53,278 FAITH IN THE EXTRAORDINARY 824 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:54,779 INGENUITY AND CAPABILITY OF THE 825 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:59,717 MEN AND WOMEN OF NASA AND 826 00:31:59,784 --> 00:32:00,518 AMERICA'S SPACE ENTERPRISE, 827 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,454 THEIR ABILITY TO MEET THOSE 828 00:32:03,521 --> 00:32:04,555 CHALLENGES IF GIVEN THE 829 00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:07,992 RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT TO DO 830 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:08,192 IT. 831 00:32:08,259 --> 00:32:12,130 AND ESPECIALLY FAITH IN THE 832 00:32:12,196 --> 00:32:15,466 COURAGE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO 833 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:17,568 ARE NOW AND THOSE WHO WILL JOIN 834 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:21,105 THE STORIED RANKS OF AMERICAN 835 00:32:21,172 --> 00:32:22,674 ASTRONAUTS, THAT NEXT GENERATION 836 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:25,109 OF RESTLESS PIONEERS THAT WILL 837 00:32:25,176 --> 00:32:27,245 CARRY AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INTO 838 00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:31,282 SPACE. 839 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:35,186 IT IS EXTRAORDINARY TO THINK OF 840 00:32:35,253 --> 00:32:36,821 THE HEROES THAT WILL BE FORGED 841 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:38,089 IN OUR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO 842 00:32:38,156 --> 00:32:40,124 SPACE. 843 00:32:40,191 --> 00:32:42,960 AND LASTLY, LET'S HAVE THAT 844 00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:48,299 OTHER KIND OF FAITH AS WELL. 845 00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:50,401 LET'S HAVE THAT FAITH AS AMERICA 846 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:51,202 RENEWS OUR COMMITMENT TO 847 00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:53,971 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE AS WE CALL 848 00:32:54,038 --> 00:32:56,474 ON OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST MINDS 849 00:32:56,541 --> 00:32:59,077 TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS AND WE 850 00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:02,213 CALL ON OUR MOST COURAGEOUS TO 851 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,749 SUIT UP AND GO. 852 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:09,887 THAT THOSE THAT WE SEND THE MUST 853 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:14,125 HAVE FAITH THAT THEY WILL NOT GO 854 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:15,326 ALONE, WHEREAS MILLIONS OF 855 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:16,728 AMERICANS HAVE CHERISHED 856 00:33:16,794 --> 00:33:20,965 THROUGHOUT OUR LONG AND STORIED 857 00:33:21,032 --> 00:33:23,000 HISTORY OF EXPLORATION BY THIS 858 00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:25,903 NATION. 859 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:30,842 LET'S BELIEVE AS THE OLD BOOK 860 00:33:30,908 --> 00:33:33,644 SAYS, THAT THERE'S NOWHERE WE 861 00:33:33,711 --> 00:33:35,279 CAN GO FROM HIS SPIRIT IF WE 862 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:36,280 RISE ON THE WINGS OF THE DAWN IF 863 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:37,915 WE SETTLE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE 864 00:33:37,982 --> 00:33:42,220 SEA, EVEN IF WE GO UP TO THE 865 00:33:42,286 --> 00:33:44,255 HEAVENS, THERE HIS HAND WILL 866 00:33:44,322 --> 00:33:48,760 GUIDE US AND HIS RIGHT HAND WILL 867 00:33:48,826 --> 00:33:50,027 HOLD US FAST. 868 00:33:50,094 --> 00:33:55,733 [ Applause ] 869 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:56,734 SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 870 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:58,469 TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. 871 00:33:58,536 --> 00:33:59,904 THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE MEMBERS 872 00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:02,106 OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 873 00:34:02,173 --> 00:34:03,674 AND ALL THE EXTRAORDINARY 874 00:34:03,741 --> 00:34:06,310 AMERICANS GATHERED HERE TODAY. 875 00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:07,211 I LEAVE HERE WITH CONFIDENCE 876 00:34:07,278 --> 00:34:09,814 THAT WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF 877 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:11,749 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WITH OUR 878 00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:13,151 RENEWED COMMITMENT TO SPACE WITH 879 00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:14,786 THE COURAGE AND INGENUITY OF 880 00:34:14,852 --> 00:34:16,687 THIS NEW GENERATION OF EXPLORERS 881 00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:19,223 AND WITH GOD'S HELP, THAT 882 00:34:19,290 --> 00:34:21,859 AMERICA WILL ONCE AGAIN ASTONISH 883 00:34:21,926 --> 00:34:24,862 THE WORLD WITH THE HEIGHTS WE 884 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:26,898 REACH, THE WONDERS WE ACHIEVE, 885 00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:29,801 AND WE WILL LEAD THE WORLD IN 886 00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:32,136 HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION ONCE 887 00:34:32,203 --> 00:34:32,937 AGAIN. 888 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:34,739 NOW LET'S GET TO WORK. 889 00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:35,773 THANK YOU ALL. 890 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:36,674 GOD BLESS YOU. 891 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:40,411 [ Cheering and Applause ] 892 00:34:40,478 --> 00:35:24,489 [ ♪ ] 893 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:27,825 >> THANK YOU ALL, AND AGAIN, 894 00:35:27,892 --> 00:35:29,994 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 895 00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:31,896 ADDRESS YOU. 896 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,898 BUT ESPECIALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR 897 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,733 ATTENDING THIS FIFTH MEETING OF 898 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,669 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, 899 00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:40,238 WHICH AS CHAIRMAN I CALL TO 900 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:42,073 ORDER AT THIS TIME, AND WELCOME 901 00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:44,375 TO THE SATURN 5 HALL OF THE U.S. 902 00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:45,343 SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER. 903 00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:47,245 WOULD YOU GIVE OUR HOSTS ANOTHER 904 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:48,446 ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 905 00:35:48,513 --> 00:35:54,852 [ Applause ] 906 00:35:54,919 --> 00:35:56,954 I ALSO WANT TO THANK ONCE AGAIN 907 00:35:57,021 --> 00:35:58,689 MEMBERS OF OUR USER ADVISORY 908 00:35:58,756 --> 00:35:59,290 GROUP. 909 00:35:59,357 --> 00:36:02,994 WE MET BRIEFLY BEFORE. 910 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:04,428 WE'LL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE 911 00:36:04,495 --> 00:36:07,331 USER ADVISORY GROUP ALONG THE 912 00:36:07,398 --> 00:36:11,936 COURSE, AND LET ME AGAIN THANK 913 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,372 GOVERNOR KAY IVY AND THE WHOLE 914 00:36:14,438 --> 00:36:16,240 TEAM HERE IN HUNTSVILLE AND THE 915 00:36:16,307 --> 00:36:17,308 LEADERSHIP IN ALABAMA FOR YOUR 916 00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:17,775 GREAT SUPPORT. 917 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:24,348 [ Applause ] 918 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,150 TODAY'S MEETING IS GOING TO 919 00:36:26,217 --> 00:36:27,685 OFFER INSIGHT INTO THE PROGRESS 920 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:30,187 OF OUR SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE 1 921 00:36:30,254 --> 00:36:33,724 AS I JUST DISCUSSED AND THE 922 00:36:33,791 --> 00:36:35,159 GOALS WE ARTICULATED ON BEHALF 923 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,227 OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 924 00:36:36,294 --> 00:36:38,162 STATES BUT FIRST I WANT TO TURN 925 00:36:38,229 --> 00:36:39,463 TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL 926 00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:42,967 SPACE COUNCIL'S USER ADVISORY 927 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:46,837 GROUP AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 928 00:36:46,904 --> 00:36:49,140 REPORT ON THE WORK THAT THIS 929 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:49,974 EXTRAORDINARY DISTINGUISHED 930 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:52,276 GROUP OF AMERICANS ARE DOING. 931 00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:53,911 THEN WE'LL TURN TO THE MEMBERS 932 00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:55,713 OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 933 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:57,214 FOR REPORTS AND HEAR FROM OUR 934 00:36:57,281 --> 00:36:59,850 PANELS BUT JOIN ME IN THANKING 935 00:36:59,917 --> 00:37:02,753 ADMIRAL JIM ELLIS FOR HIS GREAT 936 00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:04,589 LEADERSHIP. 937 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:04,889 THANK YOU. 938 00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:10,328 [ Applause ] 939 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:11,128 >> PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED 940 00:37:11,195 --> 00:37:12,129 MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR INVITING 941 00:37:12,196 --> 00:37:14,465 ME TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 942 00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:15,466 ACTIVITIES OF THE USERS ADVISORY 943 00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:17,969 GROUP TO YOUR NATIONAL SPACE 944 00:37:18,035 --> 00:37:18,202 COUNCIL. 945 00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:19,303 THANK YOU AS WELL, 946 00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:21,505 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, FOR 947 00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:22,740 INFORMALLY ADDRESSING THE USERS 948 00:37:22,807 --> 00:37:23,541 ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS GATHERED 949 00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:24,508 HERE IN HUNTSVILLE THIS MORNING. 950 00:37:24,575 --> 00:37:28,479 AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR 951 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:32,016 SUBCOMMITTEE PREPARATORY 952 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:32,516 DISCUSSIONS. 953 00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:33,951 YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT 954 00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:36,153 IS APPRECIATED AS WE TRANSLATE 955 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:37,955 THE PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS 956 00:37:38,022 --> 00:37:40,691 INTO FUTURE PUBLIC DISCUSSION 957 00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:43,694 AND COMMENT FOR THE FINDINGS TO 958 00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:44,195 TO COUNCIL. 959 00:37:44,261 --> 00:37:46,230 ALONG THE LINES THE USERS 960 00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:47,231 ADVISORY GROUP HELD ITS SECOND 961 00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:48,899 PUBLIC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 962 00:37:48,966 --> 00:37:50,468 15th, 2018 AT NASA 963 00:37:50,534 --> 00:37:52,670 HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, DC. 964 00:37:52,737 --> 00:37:59,844 THE SIX USERS SUBCOMMITTEES EACH 965 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:01,445 REPORTED THEIR TERMS OF 966 00:38:01,512 --> 00:38:03,781 REFERENCE DEVELOPED DURING THEIR 967 00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:05,983 PREPARATORY WORK AND APPROVED BY 968 00:38:06,050 --> 00:38:07,018 NASA STARTER JIM BRIDENSTINE. 969 00:38:07,084 --> 00:38:08,819 A SERIES OF SELECTED BRIEFINGS 970 00:38:08,886 --> 00:38:11,122 TO THE UAG FOLLOWED. 971 00:38:11,188 --> 00:38:12,023 NASA LEADERSHIP PROVIDED AN 972 00:38:12,089 --> 00:38:14,458 UPDATE TO THE UAG ON THE STATE 973 00:38:14,525 --> 00:38:16,193 OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 974 00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:17,395 EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN IN 975 00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:18,896 COMPLIANCE WITH SPACE POLICY 976 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:19,797 DIRECTIVE ONE. 977 00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:22,299 THE SPOKESMAN SUMMARIZED THE 978 00:38:22,366 --> 00:38:24,068 PLANS FOR TRANSITIONING FROM THE 979 00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:25,770 ISS, BUILDING A GATEWAY IN LUNAR 980 00:38:25,836 --> 00:38:27,171 ORBIT AND DEVELOPING A 981 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:28,472 THREE-STAGE ARCHITECTURE 982 00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:29,407 INTENDED TO RETURN AMERICAN 983 00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:30,908 ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON ON THE 984 00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,210 DATE YOU NOTED EARLIER, 2028. 985 00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:34,645 UAG MEMBERS REPEATEDLY FOR 986 00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:36,781 EXAMPLESSED CONCERN AT THE LONG 987 00:38:36,847 --> 00:38:38,783 TIMELINE AND FUNDING SENSITIVITY 988 00:38:38,849 --> 00:38:39,984 FOR THE PLAN AND FELT IT COULD 989 00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:41,185 OPEN THE DOOR TO U.S. BEING 990 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:43,320 PASSED BY A GEOPOLITICAL RIVAL 991 00:38:43,387 --> 00:38:45,356 SUCH AS CHINA OR RUSSIA IN 992 00:38:45,423 --> 00:38:46,657 RETURNING TO THE MOON. 993 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:48,759 A FEW UAG MEMBERS ALSO 994 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,194 QUESTIONED THE NEED FOR THE 995 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:51,529 GATEWAY VIEWING IN DIVERSION OF 996 00:38:51,595 --> 00:38:53,297 TIME AND RESOURCES AWAY FROM THE 997 00:38:53,364 --> 00:38:55,132 MORE IMPORTANT GOAL OF 998 00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:57,635 ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT 999 00:38:57,702 --> 00:38:59,370 PRESENCE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE. 1000 00:38:59,437 --> 00:38:59,970 Dr. ERIC SCHMIDT ALSO STATED 1001 00:39:00,037 --> 00:39:01,672 THE PLAN DID NOT DO ENOUGH TO 1002 00:39:01,739 --> 00:39:02,707 INCORPORATE THE QUICK PACE OF 1003 00:39:02,773 --> 00:39:03,574 ITERATION AND TESTING 1004 00:39:03,641 --> 00:39:04,809 TRADITIONALLY FOUND IN THE 1005 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:06,010 TECHNOLOGY SECTOR. 1006 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:06,944 HE FELT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDED TO 1007 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:08,946 DO MORE TO INCORPORATE 1008 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:12,717 COMMERCIAL COMPETITION AND 1009 00:39:12,783 --> 00:39:13,784 INNOVATION INTO ITS 1010 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:15,686 ARCHITECTURES GOING FORWARD. 1011 00:39:15,753 --> 00:39:18,089 Mr. JIM CROCKER, VICE-CHAIR OF 1012 00:39:18,155 --> 00:39:19,724 THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD OF THE 1013 00:39:19,790 --> 00:39:21,425 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1014 00:39:21,492 --> 00:39:22,359 ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE BRIEFED 1015 00:39:22,426 --> 00:39:23,861 THE UAG ON HIS VIEWS AND THE 1016 00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:25,930 NEEDS OF THE SPACE SCIENCE 1017 00:39:25,996 --> 00:39:32,436 COMMITTEE IN THE DECADAL SURVEY 1018 00:39:32,503 --> 00:39:32,670 PROCESS. 1019 00:39:32,737 --> 00:39:35,139 LIKENING TO THE TRANSCONTINENTAL 1020 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,475 RAILROAD, AMBITIOUS TECHNICAL 1021 00:39:37,541 --> 00:39:38,309 PROJECTS CONCEIVED DURING 1022 00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:38,743 CHALLENGING TIMES. 1023 00:39:38,809 --> 00:39:40,111 IN THE LAST BRIEFING UNDER 1024 00:39:40,177 --> 00:39:44,815 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY 1025 00:39:44,882 --> 00:39:45,449 JOHN RUDD AND SECRETARY OF 1026 00:39:45,516 --> 00:39:47,151 DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND 1027 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:49,186 ENGINEERING Dr. MIKE GRIFFIN 1028 00:39:49,253 --> 00:39:51,689 BRIEFED ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY 1029 00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:51,922 SPACE. 1030 00:39:51,989 --> 00:39:53,324 BOTH EMPHASIZED A SHIFT AWAY 1031 00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:55,459 FROM TERRORISM TO NEAR PEER 1032 00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:56,527 COMPETITORS SUCH AS CHINA AND 1033 00:39:56,594 --> 00:39:58,763 RUSSIA AND THE INCREASING 1034 00:39:58,829 --> 00:40:00,264 POSSIBILITY OF SPACE BECOMING A 1035 00:40:00,331 --> 00:40:01,198 THEATER OF CONFLICT. 1036 00:40:01,265 --> 00:40:02,199 THEY DESCRIBED THEIR VIEWS ON 1037 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:03,667 HOW A SPACE FORCE COULD FUNCTION 1038 00:40:03,734 --> 00:40:05,336 AND Dr. GRIFFIN EMPHASIZED THE 1039 00:40:05,402 --> 00:40:09,140 NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENT 1040 00:40:09,206 --> 00:40:11,075 BUREAUCRATIC CULTURE AND SILO OF 1041 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:14,512 INFORMATION WORK TOGETHER IN 1042 00:40:14,578 --> 00:40:16,213 CREATIVE AND EFFECTIVE WAYS 1043 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:17,548 GOING FORWARD. 1044 00:40:17,615 --> 00:40:18,916 UAG MEMBERS ENDED THE SECTION 1045 00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:19,850 WITH A FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT 1046 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:21,252 THE TARGET DATE OF 2028 1047 00:40:21,318 --> 00:40:22,386 RETURNING TO THE MOON BEING 1048 00:40:22,453 --> 00:40:24,088 INSUFFICIENT IN TODAY'S 1049 00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:25,122 GEOPOLITICAL CLIMATE. 1050 00:40:25,189 --> 00:40:27,324 FINALLY, Mr. CHAIRMAN, IN THE 1051 00:40:27,391 --> 00:40:28,726 SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE THE LAST 1052 00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:30,227 UAG MEETING THE UAG 1053 00:40:30,294 --> 00:40:32,062 SUBCOMMITTEES AND THE EXECUTIVE 1054 00:40:32,129 --> 00:40:34,198 COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF THEIR 1055 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:38,035 CHAIRS HAVE MET REPEATEDLY 1056 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:39,236 PURSUING THEIR PERSPECTIVE TOPIC 1057 00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:40,838 WORK PLANS FOR PUBLIC 1058 00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:41,138 DISCUSSION. 1059 00:40:41,205 --> 00:40:42,773 I HAVE MET REGULARLY WITH THE 1060 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,141 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF YOUR 1061 00:40:44,208 --> 00:40:45,776 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL TO 1062 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:47,077 ASSESS, ADDRESS, AND PRIORITIZE 1063 00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:48,512 FOR NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 1064 00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:50,915 REVIEW AND APPROVAL A NUMBER OF 1065 00:40:50,981 --> 00:40:51,282 RECOMMENDATIONS. 1066 00:40:51,348 --> 00:40:53,951 OF PARTICULAR VALUE IN THAT 1067 00:40:54,018 --> 00:40:56,954 PROCESS WERE TWO SESSIONS WE 1068 00:40:57,021 --> 00:40:57,688 HELD AT THE WHITE HOUSE YOU 1069 00:40:57,755 --> 00:40:59,223 WITH, Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, 1070 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,491 WHICH WERE VERY HELPFUL IN 1071 00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:01,792 ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF 1072 00:41:01,859 --> 00:41:04,528 HOW AND WHERE THE UAG COULD BE 1073 00:41:04,595 --> 00:41:05,329 MOST IMPACTFUL. 1074 00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:08,065 AS YOU KNOW WELL, THE TASKS 1075 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:09,166 IDENTIFIED IN THAT PROCESS 1076 00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:13,404 INCLUDE STRUCTURING THE UAG FOR 1077 00:41:13,470 --> 00:41:14,705 LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS, 1078 00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:16,740 ASSESSING AND ACCELERATING THE 1079 00:41:16,807 --> 00:41:18,943 U.S. ARCHITECTURE, RENEWING THE 1080 00:41:19,009 --> 00:41:20,644 SPACE FORCE ORGANIZATION, 1081 00:41:20,711 --> 00:41:21,145 CHARACTERIZING EFFECTIVE 1082 00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:21,879 INTERNATIONAL SPACE COOPERATION 1083 00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:24,114 AND SUPPORT OF U.S. SPACE 1084 00:41:24,181 --> 00:41:25,850 LEADERSHIP, UPDATING A CRITICAL 1085 00:41:25,916 --> 00:41:27,718 TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR LUNAR 1086 00:41:27,785 --> 00:41:29,553 EXPLORATION AND BEYOND AND 1087 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:31,922 REVIEW OF SPACE SPECTRUM POLICY 1088 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:33,691 AND PROCESS TO ENHANCE THE 1089 00:41:33,757 --> 00:41:35,292 COMPETITIVENESS AND SECURITY OF 1090 00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,895 THE U.S. SPACE SECTOR. 1091 00:41:37,962 --> 00:41:39,864 FOCUSED TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR 1092 00:41:39,930 --> 00:41:42,032 EACH OF THESE TASKS WILL BE 1093 00:41:42,099 --> 00:41:43,467 DRAFTED FOR THE COUNCIL'S REVIEW 1094 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:45,169 AND APPROVAL AND FOLLOWED BY 1095 00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:45,769 APPROPRIATE PUBLIC DISCUSSION 1096 00:41:45,836 --> 00:41:47,004 AND A CREATION OF FORMAL 1097 00:41:47,071 --> 00:41:48,305 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1098 00:41:48,372 --> 00:41:49,907 FROM THE USERS ADVISORY GROUP TO 1099 00:41:49,974 --> 00:41:52,576 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 1100 00:41:52,643 --> 00:41:56,780 Mr. CHAIRMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE 1101 00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:59,116 USERS ADVISORY GROUP, THANK YOU 1102 00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:00,150 FOR THIS UPDATED OPPORTUNITY. 1103 00:42:00,217 --> 00:42:01,318 WE APPRECIATE THE FOCUS YOU AND 1104 00:42:01,385 --> 00:42:02,253 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL HAVE 1105 00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:03,454 BROUGHT TO OUR NATION'S ROLE IN 1106 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:04,421 SPACE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1107 00:42:04,488 --> 00:42:05,456 CONTINUING TO SUPPORT YOUR 1108 00:42:05,522 --> 00:42:06,991 EFFORTS INTO OUR SHARED 1109 00:42:07,057 --> 00:42:08,192 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUTURE OF 1110 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:10,394 THE NATION'S SPACE ENTERPRISE. 1111 00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:11,528 I WOULD BE PLEASED TO TAKE ANY 1112 00:42:11,595 --> 00:42:14,465 QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 1113 00:42:14,531 --> 00:42:18,302 >> THANK YOU, ADMIRAL ELLIS. 1114 00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:20,804 IN FACT, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR 1115 00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:24,041 THAT REPORT, THE ENERGETIC WORK. 1116 00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:25,042 I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE LOOKING 1117 00:42:25,109 --> 00:42:29,179 ON TO SEE THE LIST OF 1118 00:42:29,246 --> 00:42:30,281 EXTRAORDINARY AMERICANS WHO ARE 1119 00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:32,883 PARTICIPATING IN THE USER 1120 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:33,918 ADVISORY GROUP AND COUNCIL THAT 1121 00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:37,121 YOU ARE BRINGING COLLECTIVELY TO 1122 00:42:37,187 --> 00:42:38,255 THIS EFFORT HAS CONTRIBUTED 1123 00:42:38,322 --> 00:42:39,356 MIGHTILY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS 1124 00:42:39,423 --> 00:42:40,557 TO THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE 1125 00:42:40,624 --> 00:42:41,859 MAKING. 1126 00:42:41,926 --> 00:42:43,494 I KNOW A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF 1127 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,029 THE USER ADVISORY GROUP ARE WITH 1128 00:42:45,095 --> 00:42:45,930 YOU, BEHIND YOU. 1129 00:42:45,996 --> 00:42:47,031 WOULD MEMBERS OF THE USERS 1130 00:42:47,097 --> 00:42:48,232 ADVISORY GROUP GO AHEAD AND 1131 00:42:48,299 --> 00:42:49,934 STAND AND TAKE A BOW, WHEREVER 1132 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:50,668 YOU ARE SEATED. 1133 00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:52,469 I KNOW THEY'RE ALL WITH US. 1134 00:42:52,536 --> 00:42:54,004 LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF 1135 00:42:54,071 --> 00:42:54,305 APPLAUSE. 1136 00:42:54,371 --> 00:42:57,308 WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT AMERICANS 1137 00:42:57,374 --> 00:42:57,508 HERE. 1138 00:42:57,574 --> 00:42:57,875 THANK YOU ALL. 1139 00:42:57,942 --> 00:43:05,082 [ Applause ] 1140 00:43:05,149 --> 00:43:06,383 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 1141 00:43:06,450 --> 00:43:08,118 CONTRIBUTIONS AND ADMIRAL ELLIS, 1142 00:43:08,185 --> 00:43:09,920 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1143 00:43:09,987 --> 00:43:11,322 VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. 1144 00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:15,059 LET ME TURN NEXT TO Dr. KELVIN 1145 00:43:15,125 --> 00:43:16,660 DROGMIRE WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF 1146 00:43:16,727 --> 00:43:18,395 THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 1147 00:43:18,462 --> 00:43:19,697 TECHNOLOGY POLICY. 1148 00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:22,299 HE WAS RECENTLY CONFIRMED. 1149 00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:23,734 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SWEARING 1150 00:43:23,801 --> 00:43:25,836 HIM IN AND DOCTOR, YOU HAVE HIT 1151 00:43:25,903 --> 00:43:28,072 THE GROUND RUNNING. 1152 00:43:28,138 --> 00:43:29,974 WE'RE EAGER TO HEAR YOUR 1153 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:31,842 PERSPECTIVE AND WELCOME TO THE 1154 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:33,777 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 1155 00:43:33,844 --> 00:43:35,446 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1156 00:43:35,512 --> 00:43:35,879 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 1157 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:36,447 I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE 1158 00:43:36,513 --> 00:43:37,247 OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE 1159 00:43:37,314 --> 00:43:38,148 PRESIDENT AND THE AMERICAN 1160 00:43:38,215 --> 00:43:39,350 PEOPLE, THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE 1161 00:43:39,416 --> 00:43:40,284 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY AS 1162 00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:41,685 A MEMBER OF THIS WONDERFUL 1163 00:43:41,752 --> 00:43:41,986 COUNCIL. 1164 00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:45,522 AS OSTP DIRECTOR MY GOAL IS TO 1165 00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:48,292 ENSURE AMERICA'S SCIENTIFIC AND 1166 00:43:48,359 --> 00:43:51,462 RESEARCH ENTERPRISES THE NEXT 1167 00:43:51,528 --> 00:43:52,496 GREAT DISCOVERIES AND SECURES 1168 00:43:52,563 --> 00:43:53,430 AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AS WE RETURN 1169 00:43:53,497 --> 00:43:55,699 TO THE MOON AND VENTURE BEYOND. 1170 00:43:55,766 --> 00:43:58,535 FROM AN OSPT PERSPECTIVE, I WANT 1171 00:43:58,602 --> 00:44:00,771 TO TELL YOU LATER TODAY WE ARE 1172 00:44:00,838 --> 00:44:02,473 RELEASING A REPORT ON NATIONAL 1173 00:44:02,539 --> 00:44:03,707 SPACE WEATHER STRATEGY AND 1174 00:44:03,774 --> 00:44:04,808 ACTION PLAN THAT WILL IMPROVE 1175 00:44:04,875 --> 00:44:06,010 OUR COUNTRY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR 1176 00:44:06,076 --> 00:44:07,411 SPACE WEATHER EVENTS LIKE SOLAR 1177 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:08,712 STORMS AND FLARES THAT CAN DO 1178 00:44:08,779 --> 00:44:10,247 GREAT HARM TO OUR CRITICAL 1179 00:44:10,314 --> 00:44:11,749 INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO HAMPER 1180 00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:12,983 OUR ABILITY TO CONDUCT 1181 00:44:13,050 --> 00:44:14,051 OPERATIONS IN SPACE. 1182 00:44:14,118 --> 00:44:15,386 THAT PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE 1183 00:44:15,452 --> 00:44:17,187 ONLINE AND IN HARD COPY REPORT 1184 00:44:17,254 --> 00:44:18,522 FOR YOU BUT ALSO MOST 1185 00:44:18,589 --> 00:44:20,024 IMPORTANTLY FOR MORE THAN A 1186 00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:24,995 YEAR, OSTP HAS BEEN REVIEWING 1187 00:44:25,062 --> 00:44:25,963 EXISTING NUCLEAR SPACE LAUNCH 1188 00:44:26,030 --> 00:44:27,398 POLICY, CULMINATING THE IN THE 1189 00:44:27,464 --> 00:44:29,400 CREATION OF AN INTERAGENT 1190 00:44:29,466 --> 00:44:32,236 WORKING GROUP CO-CHAIRED BY OSTP 1191 00:44:32,302 --> 00:44:34,638 AND THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 1192 00:44:34,705 --> 00:44:35,272 THESE LAUNCH SYSTEMS ARE 1193 00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:37,074 CRITICAL TO THE SCIENTIFIC AND 1194 00:44:37,141 --> 00:44:37,875 EXPLORATION OBJECTIVES. 1195 00:44:37,941 --> 00:44:41,011 NASA HAS RELIED ON SPACE NUCLEAR 1196 00:44:41,078 --> 00:44:42,312 SYSTEMS OVER MANY DECADE AS WE 1197 00:44:42,379 --> 00:44:46,583 WENT TO THE MOON AND NOW WE'RE 1198 00:44:46,650 --> 00:44:48,886 GOING TO MARS AND OUTER SOLAR 1199 00:44:48,952 --> 00:44:49,186 SYSTEMS. 1200 00:44:49,253 --> 00:44:50,821 AND OTHER POWER SOURCES ARE 1201 00:44:50,888 --> 00:44:51,121 INADEQUATE. 1202 00:44:51,188 --> 00:44:52,389 OUR GOAL FOR THIS WORKING GROUP 1203 00:44:52,456 --> 00:45:00,164 IS TO ENSURE AMERICA CAN SAFELY 1204 00:45:00,230 --> 00:45:00,998 DEVELOP OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES 1205 00:45:01,065 --> 00:45:02,800 AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR 1206 00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:03,901 INCREASED COMMERCIAL SPACE 1207 00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:04,201 ACTIVITIES. 1208 00:45:04,268 --> 00:45:06,103 THE WORKING GROUP IS NOW 1209 00:45:06,170 --> 00:45:07,104 FINALIZING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS 1210 00:45:07,171 --> 00:45:08,939 FOR ESTABLISHING AN UPDATED 1211 00:45:09,006 --> 00:45:10,574 RISK-INFORMED PROCESS FOR 1212 00:45:10,641 --> 00:45:11,341 LAUNCHING SPACE NUCLEAR SYSTEMS 1213 00:45:11,408 --> 00:45:13,510 THAT ARE FUNDED OR LICENSED BY 1214 00:45:13,577 --> 00:45:15,112 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 1215 00:45:15,179 --> 00:45:16,613 THIS POLICY UPDATE WILL HELP 1216 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,749 ENSURE THAT RIGOROUS AND 1217 00:45:18,816 --> 00:45:19,950 EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR SAFETY 1218 00:45:20,017 --> 00:45:21,785 ANALYSIS AND REVIEW ARE 1219 00:45:21,852 --> 00:45:23,921 CONDUCTED PRIOR TO ANY LAUNCH OF 1220 00:45:23,987 --> 00:45:25,722 SPACE NUCLEAR SYSTEMS, 1221 00:45:25,789 --> 00:45:27,224 LEVERAGING OUR PAST EXPERIENCE 1222 00:45:27,291 --> 00:45:28,525 WHERE APPROPRIATE AND ALSO THE 1223 00:45:28,592 --> 00:45:29,860 KEY PROVISIONS THAT PROVIDE 1224 00:45:29,927 --> 00:45:31,462 GUIDELINES TO HELP MISSION 1225 00:45:31,528 --> 00:45:32,763 PLANNERS OBTAIN LAUNCH APPROVAL 1226 00:45:32,830 --> 00:45:34,031 AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE LAUNCH 1227 00:45:34,098 --> 00:45:35,299 SAFETY. 1228 00:45:35,365 --> 00:45:36,834 THIS POLICY ALSO WILL DIRECT 1229 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:40,337 NASA TO ESTABLISH A STANDING 1230 00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:41,171 INTERAGENCY NUCLEAR SAFETY 1231 00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:43,373 REVIEW BOARD CONSISTING OF 1232 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:44,875 TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED 1233 00:45:44,942 --> 00:45:46,176 REPRESENTATIVES FROM RELEVANT 1234 00:45:46,243 --> 00:45:46,677 AGENCIES. 1235 00:45:46,743 --> 00:45:47,811 VERY IMPORTANTLY, THIS BOARD 1236 00:45:47,878 --> 00:45:49,713 WILL ANALYZE ALL OF THE SAFETY 1237 00:45:49,780 --> 00:45:51,448 AND FEDERAL REGULATORY SPACE 1238 00:45:51,515 --> 00:45:54,451 GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR 1239 00:45:54,518 --> 00:45:55,052 SPACE NUCLEAR SYSTEM LAUNCHES 1240 00:45:55,119 --> 00:45:56,954 AND WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE 1241 00:45:57,020 --> 00:45:58,388 TO EVALUATE ANY POTENTIAL 1242 00:45:58,455 --> 00:46:00,090 COMMERCIAL LAUNCH OF A SPACE 1243 00:46:00,157 --> 00:46:03,227 NUCLEAR SYSTEM THAT COMES UNDER 1244 00:46:03,293 --> 00:46:05,262 REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 1245 00:46:05,329 --> 00:46:05,629 TRANSPORTATION. 1246 00:46:05,696 --> 00:46:07,865 THE UPDATED POLICY WILL DIRECT 1247 00:46:07,931 --> 00:46:09,366 THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 1248 00:46:09,433 --> 00:46:13,937 TO ISSUE PROPOSED GUIDANCE 1249 00:46:14,004 --> 00:46:14,938 ESTABLISHING DOTs PROCESS FOR 1250 00:46:15,005 --> 00:46:17,875 ANY APPLICATION OF A LICENSE 1251 00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:19,376 INVOLVING A SPACE NUCLEAR 1252 00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:19,610 SYSTEM. 1253 00:46:19,676 --> 00:46:20,677 THAT POLICY UPDATE WILL 1254 00:46:20,744 --> 00:46:22,412 STRENGTHEN EXISTING POLICY FOR 1255 00:46:22,479 --> 00:46:23,313 LAUNCHING SPACE NUCLEAR SYSTEMS 1256 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:30,454 AND WILL BETTER ENSURE RIGOROUS 1257 00:46:30,521 --> 00:46:32,489 SPACE INFORMED ASSESSMENT AND 1258 00:46:32,556 --> 00:46:33,724 ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE 1259 00:46:33,790 --> 00:46:35,325 SAFETY ANALYSIS AND LAUNCH 1260 00:46:35,392 --> 00:46:36,126 APPROVAL PROCESS THAT IS 1261 00:46:36,193 --> 00:46:38,128 FORWARD-LOOKING AND ASSURES AND 1262 00:46:38,195 --> 00:46:38,862 ALLOWS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 1263 00:46:38,929 --> 00:46:40,564 AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES 1264 00:46:40,631 --> 00:46:41,999 TO EFFECTIVELY USE SPACE NUCLEAR 1265 00:46:42,065 --> 00:46:43,267 SYSTEMS AS WE RETURN TO THE MOON 1266 00:46:43,333 --> 00:46:47,037 AND WE ALSO VENTURE BEYOND. 1267 00:46:47,104 --> 00:46:49,039 ENSURING A RIGOROUS LAUNCH 1268 00:46:49,106 --> 00:46:50,274 SAFETY PROCESS IS ABSOLUTELY 1269 00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:51,842 ESSENTIAL TO USING SPACE NUCLEAR 1270 00:46:51,909 --> 00:46:53,076 SYSTEMS BUT WE MUST NOT STOP 1271 00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:53,477 THERE. 1272 00:46:53,544 --> 00:46:56,113 MOVING FORWARD WE MUST ALSO 1273 00:46:56,180 --> 00:46:58,015 FOCUS ON ENSURING WE SUSTAIN THE 1274 00:46:58,081 --> 00:46:59,116 SKILLS AND DEVELOP THE 1275 00:46:59,183 --> 00:47:00,484 TECHNOLOGIES NEEDED TO PROVIDE 1276 00:47:00,551 --> 00:47:02,986 NUCLEAR SYSTEMS THAT ARE READY 1277 00:47:03,053 --> 00:47:04,988 TO PROPEL AS WELL AS POWER 1278 00:47:05,055 --> 00:47:06,990 AMERICAN FUTURE SPACECRAFT. 1279 00:47:07,057 --> 00:47:08,125 I LOOK FORWARD TO FINALIZING 1280 00:47:08,192 --> 00:47:09,026 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND 1281 00:47:09,092 --> 00:47:10,127 BRINGING THEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL 1282 00:47:10,194 --> 00:47:11,995 IN THE COMING WEEKS AND WORKING 1283 00:47:12,062 --> 00:47:13,463 WITH ALL OF YOU TO IMPLEMENT 1284 00:47:13,530 --> 00:47:14,698 THESE AND OTHER POLICY 1285 00:47:14,765 --> 00:47:16,300 INITIATIVES THAT WILL SUSTAIN 1286 00:47:16,366 --> 00:47:17,501 AND STRENGTHEN AMERICAN 1287 00:47:17,568 --> 00:47:18,202 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. 1288 00:47:18,268 --> 00:47:19,970 THANK YOU, Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 1289 00:47:20,037 --> 00:47:20,837 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 1290 00:47:20,904 --> 00:47:23,473 QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 1291 00:47:23,540 --> 00:47:25,275 >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. 1292 00:47:25,342 --> 00:47:25,976 WELCOME ABOARD. 1293 00:47:26,043 --> 00:47:26,410 GREAT REPORT. 1294 00:47:26,476 --> 00:47:28,111 >> THANK YOU. 1295 00:47:28,178 --> 00:47:30,314 >> I THINK THERE'S GREAT 1296 00:47:30,380 --> 00:47:32,115 ENTHUSIASM AMONG THE USER 1297 00:47:32,182 --> 00:47:33,951 ADVISORY GROUP AND ALL OF US ON 1298 00:47:34,017 --> 00:47:35,686 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL FOR 1299 00:47:35,752 --> 00:47:38,689 NUCLEAR PROPULSION. 1300 00:47:38,755 --> 00:47:39,690 MARSHALL IS GOING TO BE THE 1301 00:47:39,756 --> 00:47:41,091 PLACE FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE 1302 00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:41,892 NEW SYSTEMS. 1303 00:47:41,959 --> 00:47:43,927 SO THANK YOU FOR LEANING INTO 1304 00:47:43,994 --> 00:47:45,229 THE EFFORT AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK 1305 00:47:45,295 --> 00:47:46,964 FORWARD TO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 1306 00:47:47,030 --> 00:47:48,565 >> THATHANK YOU, SIR. 1307 00:47:48,632 --> 00:47:52,903 >> VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU HIRE H. 1308 00:47:52,970 --> 00:47:55,439 NEXT REPORT ON THE NATIONAL 1309 00:47:55,505 --> 00:47:57,341 SPACE COUNCIL BOARD WILL BE 1310 00:47:57,407 --> 00:48:01,511 REFLECTIVE OF SPACE POLICY 1311 00:48:01,578 --> 00:48:02,813 DIRECTIVE TWO. 1312 00:48:02,879 --> 00:48:05,215 PRESIDENT TRUMP INSTRUCTED TO US 1313 00:48:05,282 --> 00:48:07,050 REFORM EXISTING EXPORT CONTROLS. 1314 00:48:07,117 --> 00:48:08,252 WE NOW LOOK TO THE NATIONAL 1315 00:48:08,318 --> 00:48:09,753 SECURITY COUNCIL FOR A REPORT ON 1316 00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:10,787 THE PROGRESS OF THAT. 1317 00:48:10,854 --> 00:48:13,490 EARL MATTHEWS IS A SENIOR 1318 00:48:13,557 --> 00:48:15,726 DIRECTOR FOR DEFENSE POLICY AND 1319 00:48:15,792 --> 00:48:17,127 STRATEGY AND EARL, YOU'RE 1320 00:48:17,194 --> 00:48:17,427 RECOGNIZED. 1321 00:48:17,494 --> 00:48:18,662 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 1322 00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:19,963 >> THANK YOU, 1323 00:48:20,030 --> 00:48:20,530 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, FOR THE 1324 00:48:20,597 --> 00:48:21,665 OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE 1325 00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:24,701 ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S EXPORT 1326 00:48:24,768 --> 00:48:25,369 CONTROL REFORMS. 1327 00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:26,803 OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, YOU AND 1328 00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:29,439 THE PRESIDENT HAVE WORKED HARD 1329 00:48:29,506 --> 00:48:32,776 TO STRATEGICALLY REPRIORITIZE 1330 00:48:32,843 --> 00:48:36,213 THE SPACE DOMAIN IN THIS ERA OF 1331 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,949 NEW GREAT POWER COMPETITION. 1332 00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:42,019 IT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FIRMLY 1333 00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,086 INSTITUTED THE PRINCIPLE THAT 1334 00:48:43,153 --> 00:48:43,954 ECONOMIC SECURITY IS NATIONAL 1335 00:48:44,021 --> 00:48:49,626 SECURITY. 1336 00:48:49,693 --> 00:48:50,927 THE PRESIDENT RECOGNIZES THAT 1337 00:48:50,994 --> 00:48:52,729 THE HEALTH AND COMPETITIVENESS 1338 00:48:52,796 --> 00:48:53,664 OF THE U.S. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL 1339 00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:55,365 BASE IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF 1340 00:48:55,432 --> 00:48:58,101 U.S. NATIONAL POWER. 1341 00:48:58,168 --> 00:48:59,803 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS 1342 00:48:59,870 --> 00:49:01,438 DOING ITS UTMOST TO ENSURE THAT 1343 00:49:01,505 --> 00:49:02,339 SPACE TECHNOLOGY EXPORT 1344 00:49:02,406 --> 00:49:03,840 REGULATIONS REFLECT THE 1345 00:49:03,907 --> 00:49:08,045 REALITIES OF TODAY'S BURGEONING 1346 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:11,148 COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. 1347 00:49:11,214 --> 00:49:12,783 WE'VE TAKEN HISTORIC STEPS TO 1348 00:49:12,849 --> 00:49:16,353 SIMPLIFY AND UPDATE CONTROL 1349 00:49:16,420 --> 00:49:17,521 REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT U.S. 1350 00:49:17,587 --> 00:49:19,723 COMPANIES ARE NOT ONLY ABLE TO 1351 00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:21,358 COMPETE EFFECTIVELY IN A WORLD 1352 00:49:21,425 --> 00:49:22,859 MARKET BUT TO DOMINATE THAT 1353 00:49:22,926 --> 00:49:23,560 MARKET. 1354 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:25,495 AS YOU KNOW, 1355 00:49:25,562 --> 00:49:26,096 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, THE 1356 00:49:26,163 --> 00:49:28,899 PRESIDENT SIGNED A SPACE POLICY 1357 00:49:28,965 --> 00:49:32,636 DIRECTIVE TO SPD2 TITLED 1358 00:49:32,703 --> 00:49:34,871 STREAMLINING REGULATIONS ON 1359 00:49:34,938 --> 00:49:36,773 COMMERCIAL USE OF SPACE IN MAY 1360 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:40,711 OF 2018. 1361 00:49:40,777 --> 00:49:42,713 SPD2 WAS DESIGNED TO LEVEL THE 1362 00:49:42,779 --> 00:49:43,647 COMMERCIAL SPACE TECHNOLOGY 1363 00:49:43,714 --> 00:49:46,883 MARKETPLACE PLAYING FIELD SO 1364 00:49:46,950 --> 00:49:48,518 THAT U.S. COMPANIES -- FOR U.S. 1365 00:49:48,585 --> 00:49:50,721 COMPANIES WHILE ALSO 1366 00:49:50,787 --> 00:49:52,222 SAFEGUARDING AGAINST 1367 00:49:52,289 --> 00:49:53,924 TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFERS TO 1368 00:49:53,990 --> 00:49:55,058 ADVERSARIES AND FOREIGN 1369 00:49:55,125 --> 00:49:56,360 COMPETITORS. 1370 00:49:56,426 --> 00:49:59,129 PURSUANT TO SPD2, THE NATIONAL 1371 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:01,198 SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE 1372 00:50:01,264 --> 00:50:02,799 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 1373 00:50:02,866 --> 00:50:08,905 ACCOMPLISHED THE SPACE-RELATED 1374 00:50:08,972 --> 00:50:09,473 EXPORT CONTROLS INTERAGENCY 1375 00:50:09,539 --> 00:50:12,876 WORKING GROUP THE IWG TO REVIEW 1376 00:50:12,943 --> 00:50:14,711 SPACE-RELATED EXPORT CONTROLS AS 1377 00:50:14,778 --> 00:50:15,712 THEY AFFECT COMMERCIAL SPACE 1378 00:50:15,779 --> 00:50:17,714 ACTIVITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY. 1379 00:50:17,781 --> 00:50:22,152 THE IWG HAS A MEMORANDUM BEFORE 1380 00:50:22,219 --> 00:50:23,487 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL WITH 1381 00:50:23,553 --> 00:50:25,856 FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING 1382 00:50:25,922 --> 00:50:27,491 THE ONGOING WORK OF GOVERNMENT 1383 00:50:27,557 --> 00:50:31,628 AGENCIES TO IMPROVE 1384 00:50:31,695 --> 00:50:32,662 SPACE-RELATED EXPORT CONTROL 1385 00:50:32,729 --> 00:50:34,865 ACTIVITIES BY ENGAGING INDUSTRY. 1386 00:50:34,931 --> 00:50:36,900 I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS 1387 00:50:36,967 --> 00:50:37,968 MEMORANDUM BECOMING PART OF THE 1388 00:50:38,034 --> 00:50:39,903 RECORD TODAY, SIR. 1389 00:50:39,970 --> 00:50:42,038 A DECADE AGO, THE STATE 1390 00:50:42,105 --> 00:50:43,940 DEPARTMENT AVERAGED SOMEWHERE 1391 00:50:44,007 --> 00:50:46,977 BETWEEN 4 AND 7,000 SPACE SYSTEM 1392 00:50:47,043 --> 00:50:49,813 LICENSES EACH YEAR. 1393 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:53,316 IN 2017, AS PART OF THE EXPORT 1394 00:50:53,383 --> 00:50:57,154 CONTROL REFORM PART TWO, BY THE 1395 00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:58,388 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, VARIOUS 1396 00:50:58,455 --> 00:51:01,792 TECHNOLOGIES WERE TRANSFERRED 1397 00:51:01,858 --> 00:51:06,196 FROM THE UNITED STATES MISSIONS 1398 00:51:06,263 --> 00:51:07,230 LIST TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL 1399 00:51:07,297 --> 00:51:10,167 LIST WHICH GREATLY BENEFITED THE 1400 00:51:10,233 --> 00:51:11,468 U.S. SPACE INDUSTRY. 1401 00:51:11,535 --> 00:51:12,402 LICENSED APPLICATIONS INVOLVING 1402 00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:15,105 THE TRANSITION OF SATELLITES AND 1403 00:51:15,172 --> 00:51:17,908 SPACE TECHNOLOGY DROPPED BY 1404 00:51:17,974 --> 00:51:21,778 83.7%. 1405 00:51:21,845 --> 00:51:24,614 IN 2018, APPROXIMATELY 300 SPACE 1406 00:51:24,681 --> 00:51:27,384 SYSTEM LICENSES WERE ISSUED BY 1407 00:51:27,451 --> 00:51:29,419 THE STATE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE ECR 1408 00:51:29,486 --> 00:51:32,155 MOVED THIS JURISDICTION OF THE 1409 00:51:32,222 --> 00:51:33,657 BLOCK OF SPACE TECHNOLOGIES TO 1410 00:51:33,723 --> 00:51:34,991 COMMERCE AND THUS NO LONGER 1411 00:51:35,058 --> 00:51:38,094 REQUIRE ARE LICENSES. 1412 00:51:38,161 --> 00:51:39,896 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 1413 00:51:39,963 --> 00:51:42,532 CONTINUES TO BE FORWARD-LEANING 1414 00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:44,835 ON EXPORT CONTROLS FOR THE 1415 00:51:44,901 --> 00:51:47,370 NATION SPACE TOURISM INDUSTRY 1416 00:51:47,437 --> 00:51:48,839 DESPITE LIMITED FLIGHT 1417 00:51:48,905 --> 00:51:51,508 OPERATIONS. 1418 00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:52,309 ADJUSTING CONTROLS IN THIS AREA 1419 00:51:52,375 --> 00:51:55,412 IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE 1420 00:51:55,479 --> 00:51:58,648 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR 1421 00:51:58,715 --> 00:52:00,350 THE INTERAGENCY AND IT IS 1422 00:52:00,417 --> 00:52:01,485 SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER. 1423 00:52:01,551 --> 00:52:03,653 WE MUST INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO 1424 00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:05,789 INNOVATE WHILE REMAINING 1425 00:52:05,856 --> 00:52:09,292 DOMINANT AND MANUFACTURING 1426 00:52:09,359 --> 00:52:10,827 LEADING-EDGE SPACE TECHNOLOGY. 1427 00:52:10,894 --> 00:52:13,330 WE POSSESS THE LARGEST MOST 1428 00:52:13,396 --> 00:52:15,031 TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED AND 1429 00:52:15,098 --> 00:52:16,433 ACTIVE SPACE ECONOMY IN THE 1430 00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:16,666 WORLD. 1431 00:52:16,733 --> 00:52:19,402 WE MUST ACT SWIFTLY BUT NOT 1432 00:52:19,469 --> 00:52:21,972 HASTILY SO THAT WE PROTECT OUR 1433 00:52:22,038 --> 00:52:23,673 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, OUR 1434 00:52:23,740 --> 00:52:25,108 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND OUR 1435 00:52:25,175 --> 00:52:26,409 NATIONAL SECURITY. 1436 00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:29,412 THESE ISSUES FIGURE PROMINENTLY 1437 00:52:29,479 --> 00:52:31,248 IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AS 1438 00:52:31,314 --> 00:52:34,885 YOU WELL KNOW, 1439 00:52:34,951 --> 00:52:35,452 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, ARE VERY 1440 00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:36,720 MUCH A PRIORITY FOR THE SENIOR 1441 00:52:36,786 --> 00:52:38,321 LEADERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND 1442 00:52:38,388 --> 00:52:39,022 EXECUTIVE BRANCH DEPARTMENT. 1443 00:52:39,089 --> 00:52:41,157 THANK YOU FOR PERMITTING ME TO 1444 00:52:41,224 --> 00:52:42,659 BRING THIS CRITICAL ISSUE TO THE 1445 00:52:42,726 --> 00:52:43,193 LEADERSHIP FORUM. 1446 00:52:43,260 --> 00:52:44,261 >> THANK YOU, EARL, THANK YOU 1447 00:52:44,327 --> 00:52:48,798 FOR THAT REPORT. 1448 00:52:48,865 --> 00:52:50,233 IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT 1449 00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:52,669 AS YOU SAID WITH OUR AMERICAN 1450 00:52:52,736 --> 00:52:54,971 COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY THAT 1451 00:52:55,038 --> 00:52:58,174 WE ENSURE THAT WE UPDATE OUR 1452 00:52:58,241 --> 00:52:59,910 EXPORT CONTROLS IN A WAY THAT 1453 00:52:59,976 --> 00:53:02,512 ALLOWS FOR GROWTH IN THE 1454 00:53:02,579 --> 00:53:04,347 INDUSTRY WITHOUT ALLOWING FOR 1455 00:53:04,414 --> 00:53:05,448 TECHNOLOGIES TO FALL INTO THE 1456 00:53:05,515 --> 00:53:07,951 WRONG HANDS. 1457 00:53:08,018 --> 00:53:09,986 SO APPRECIATE YOUR LEANING INTO 1458 00:53:10,053 --> 00:53:12,222 IT AND WE'LL ADD THE MEMORANDUM 1459 00:53:12,289 --> 00:53:14,324 INTO THE FULL RECORD OF TODAY'S 1460 00:53:14,391 --> 00:53:15,659 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 1461 00:53:15,725 --> 00:53:16,860 BRIEFING. 1462 00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:17,460 GOOD REPORT. 1463 00:53:17,527 --> 00:53:20,363 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO 1464 00:53:20,430 --> 00:53:22,365 THROUGH REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF 1465 00:53:22,432 --> 00:53:23,199 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AND 1466 00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:26,903 THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR PANEL AND 1467 00:53:26,970 --> 00:53:28,438 MAYBE SOME OF THESE VERY SAME 1468 00:53:28,505 --> 00:53:30,707 ISSUES CAN COME UP WITH THE 1469 00:53:30,774 --> 00:53:33,009 PANEL OR AMONG MEMBERS. 1470 00:53:33,076 --> 00:53:37,213 NEXT WE'LL TURN TO THE SECRETARY 1471 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:40,283 OF THE AIR FORCE WHO I MENTIONED 1472 00:53:40,350 --> 00:53:41,818 EARLIER, HEATHER WILSON. 1473 00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:44,321 I MENTIONED IN MY REMARKS HOW 1474 00:53:44,387 --> 00:53:47,023 GRATEFUL I AM AND I KNOW THE 1475 00:53:47,090 --> 00:53:48,758 PRESIDENT IS, FOR YOUR EFFORTS 1476 00:53:48,825 --> 00:53:50,760 AND THE EFFORTS OF THE AIR FORCE 1477 00:53:50,827 --> 00:53:53,263 IN MOVING OUT ON THE PRESIDENT'S 1478 00:53:53,330 --> 00:53:54,397 VISION FOR THE UNITED STATES 1479 00:53:54,464 --> 00:53:56,399 SPACE FORCE. 1480 00:53:56,466 --> 00:53:57,934 SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 1481 00:53:58,001 --> 00:53:58,969 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EFFORTS 1482 00:53:59,035 --> 00:54:04,107 AND MUCH SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. 1483 00:54:04,174 --> 00:54:05,909 HEATHER WILSON, OUR SECRETARY OF 1484 00:54:05,976 --> 00:54:07,410 THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IS 1485 00:54:07,477 --> 00:54:07,711 RECOGNIZED. 1486 00:54:07,777 --> 00:54:08,311 >> THANK YOU, 1487 00:54:08,378 --> 00:54:08,745 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 1488 00:54:08,812 --> 00:54:09,846 ON THE 1st OF MARCH AT THE 1489 00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:11,448 DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT, THE 1490 00:54:11,514 --> 00:54:12,649 DEFENSE DEPARTMENT FORWARDED 1491 00:54:12,716 --> 00:54:14,584 LEGISLATION TO THE CONGRESS TO 1492 00:54:14,651 --> 00:54:16,286 ESTABLISH THE SPACE FORCE AS THE 1493 00:54:16,353 --> 00:54:17,020 SIXTH BRANCH OF THE UNITED 1494 00:54:17,087 --> 00:54:18,588 STATES ARMED FORCES UNDER THE 1495 00:54:18,655 --> 00:54:20,090 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. 1496 00:54:20,156 --> 00:54:23,827 THE NEW FORCE WOULD HAVE A 1497 00:54:23,893 --> 00:54:25,295 CIVILIAN UNDERSECRETARY OF THE 1498 00:54:25,362 --> 00:54:27,397 AIR FORCE FOR SPACE, A FOUR STAR 1499 00:54:27,464 --> 00:54:28,765 SPACE FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF WHO 1500 00:54:28,832 --> 00:54:30,300 WOULD BE A MEMBER OF THE JOINT 1501 00:54:30,367 --> 00:54:32,335 CHIEF OF STAFF AND A FOUR STAR 1502 00:54:32,402 --> 00:54:34,871 VICE-CHIEF OF STAFF. 1503 00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:36,239 THE AIR FORCE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE 1504 00:54:36,306 --> 00:54:37,173 TASK TO PLAN FOR THE 1505 00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:38,108 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORCE WHEN 1506 00:54:38,174 --> 00:54:39,909 THE LEGISLATION IS PASSED BY 1507 00:54:39,976 --> 00:54:41,945 CONGRESS LATER THIS YEAR. 1508 00:54:42,012 --> 00:54:43,747 TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY, THE 1509 00:54:43,813 --> 00:54:47,250 CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AIR FORCE, 1510 00:54:47,317 --> 00:54:47,951 GENERAL DAVE GOLDSTEIN AND I 1511 00:54:48,018 --> 00:54:49,486 STOOD UP A SPACE FORCE PLANNING 1512 00:54:49,552 --> 00:54:50,687 GROUP TO DO THE DETAILED 1513 00:54:50,754 --> 00:54:52,222 PLANNING AND TO IDENTIFY THE 1514 00:54:52,288 --> 00:54:54,824 CRITICAL ACTIONS NEEDED TO STAND 1515 00:54:54,891 --> 00:54:56,026 UP THE FORCE. 1516 00:54:56,092 --> 00:55:02,032 TWO-STAR GENERAL OFFICER AND IS 1517 00:55:02,098 --> 00:55:05,201 MADE UP OF EXPERTS FROM THE AIR 1518 00:55:05,268 --> 00:55:07,671 FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, JOINT STAFF, 1519 00:55:07,737 --> 00:55:08,672 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 1520 00:55:08,738 --> 00:55:10,106 DEFENSE AND THE INTELLIGENT 1521 00:55:10,173 --> 00:55:10,373 COMMUNITY. 1522 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:11,908 THE TEAM JUST COMPLETED ITS 1523 00:55:11,975 --> 00:55:13,843 INITIAL WORK PLAN AND TURNED 1524 00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:15,979 THAT IN TO ME LAST FRIDAY. 1525 00:55:16,046 --> 00:55:18,948 THE PLAN PROCEEDS IN THREE MAJOR 1526 00:55:19,015 --> 00:55:19,683 PHASES. 1527 00:55:19,749 --> 00:55:21,484 WITHIN 90 DAYS OF ENACTMENT IN 1528 00:55:21,551 --> 00:55:23,753 LAW, WE WOULD SET UP THE INITIAL 1529 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:25,922 SPACE FORCE STAFF AT THE 1530 00:55:25,989 --> 00:55:27,157 PENTAGON WITH 200 PEOPLE. 1531 00:55:27,223 --> 00:55:28,425 IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS, WE 1532 00:55:28,491 --> 00:55:30,160 WOULD TRANSFER TO THE SPACE 1533 00:55:30,226 --> 00:55:32,595 FORCE THE REQUIRED PEOPLE, 1534 00:55:32,662 --> 00:55:33,663 MISSIONS, AND EQUIPMENT FROM ALL 1535 00:55:33,730 --> 00:55:36,032 OF THE SERVICES AND THE RELEVANT 1536 00:55:36,099 --> 00:55:38,168 AGENCIES TO REACH INITIAL 1537 00:55:38,234 --> 00:55:39,469 OPERATING CAPABILITY. 1538 00:55:39,536 --> 00:55:41,171 FOLLOWING THAT, WITHIN FIVE 1539 00:55:41,237 --> 00:55:43,073 YEARS FROM STAND-UP, WE WILL 1540 00:55:43,139 --> 00:55:44,574 TRANSFER THE REMAINING 1541 00:55:44,641 --> 00:55:45,909 AUTHORITIES NECESSARY TO 1542 00:55:45,975 --> 00:55:47,911 ORGANIZE, TRAIN AND EQUIP A NEW 1543 00:55:47,977 --> 00:55:49,045 SERVICE. 1544 00:55:49,112 --> 00:55:51,748 TO MAXIMIZE OUR ABILITY TO 1545 00:55:51,815 --> 00:55:53,516 DOMINATE IN SPACE IN SUPPORT OF 1546 00:55:53,583 --> 00:55:54,984 THE JOINT FORCE AND IN 1547 00:55:55,051 --> 00:55:57,320 PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES. 1548 00:55:57,387 --> 00:55:59,789 DETAILED PLANNING IS NOW 1549 00:55:59,856 --> 00:56:01,891 UNDERWAY SO THAT WE ARE READY TO 1550 00:56:01,958 --> 00:56:02,892 IMPLEMENT AS SOON AS LEGISLATION 1551 00:56:02,959 --> 00:56:05,028 IS PASSED AND SIGNED BY THE 1552 00:56:05,095 --> 00:56:06,429 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1553 00:56:06,496 --> 00:56:07,931 THANK YOU, SIR. 1554 00:56:07,997 --> 00:56:08,665 >> GREAT. 1555 00:56:08,732 --> 00:56:09,833 I THINK THAT'S WORTH A ROUND OF 1556 00:56:09,899 --> 00:56:10,533 APPLAUSE. 1557 00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:19,743 [ Applause ] 1558 00:56:19,809 --> 00:56:21,010 GREAT REPORT. 1559 00:56:21,077 --> 00:56:21,945 THANK YOU SO MUCH, SECRETARY 1560 00:56:22,011 --> 00:56:23,880 WILSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1561 00:56:23,947 --> 00:56:25,248 TREMENDOUS AND HISTORIC 1562 00:56:25,315 --> 00:56:26,950 LEADERSHIP IN IMPLEMENTING 1563 00:56:27,016 --> 00:56:28,084 PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISION FOR THE 1564 00:56:28,151 --> 00:56:29,519 UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE. 1565 00:56:29,586 --> 00:56:31,955 I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 1566 00:56:32,021 --> 00:56:35,191 VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEF 1567 00:56:35,258 --> 00:56:36,993 STAFF, GENERAL PAUL STALLWELL 1568 00:56:37,060 --> 00:56:38,661 THE AIR FORCE AND GENERAL, THANK 1569 00:56:38,728 --> 00:56:40,096 YOU FOR THE WAY YOU HAVE WORKED 1570 00:56:40,163 --> 00:56:42,332 SO CLOSELY WITH THE SECRETARY 1571 00:56:42,398 --> 00:56:44,968 AND WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS 1572 00:56:45,034 --> 00:56:46,669 TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION. 1573 00:56:46,736 --> 00:56:48,671 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1574 00:56:48,738 --> 00:56:49,672 GREAT LEADERSHIP AS WELL. 1575 00:56:49,739 --> 00:56:51,141 IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE 1576 00:56:51,207 --> 00:56:53,343 TO AMPLIFY FROM THE SECRETARY'S 1577 00:56:53,409 --> 00:56:53,810 REPORT? 1578 00:56:53,877 --> 00:56:54,344 >> NO, SIR. 1579 00:56:54,410 --> 00:56:55,245 I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP 1580 00:56:55,311 --> 00:56:56,179 THAT'S EXISTED ACROSS THE WHOLE 1581 00:56:56,246 --> 00:56:57,781 OF THE DEPARTMENT IN TRYING TO 1582 00:56:57,847 --> 00:56:58,882 DELIVER THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL 1583 00:56:58,948 --> 00:57:01,184 AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURES WITHIN 1584 00:57:01,251 --> 00:57:04,454 WHICH ALL OF THE FORCES WILL BE 1585 00:57:04,521 --> 00:57:06,856 BROUGHT IN TO THE SPACE FORCE 1586 00:57:06,923 --> 00:57:09,192 AND I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK 1587 00:57:09,259 --> 00:57:10,193 SECRETARY WILSON, NOT JUST AS 1588 00:57:10,260 --> 00:57:11,995 THE LEADER OF OUR AIR FORCE BUT 1589 00:57:12,061 --> 00:57:14,297 AS A PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR. 1590 00:57:14,364 --> 00:57:15,965 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. 1591 00:57:16,032 --> 00:57:16,466 >> VERY GOOD. 1592 00:57:16,533 --> 00:57:17,033 WELL SAID. 1593 00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:18,168 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 1594 00:57:18,234 --> 00:57:20,770 THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR GREAT 1595 00:57:20,837 --> 00:57:21,070 LEADERSHIP. 1596 00:57:21,137 --> 00:57:23,173 NEXT WE'LL TURN TO THE SECRETARY 1597 00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:25,408 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 1598 00:57:25,475 --> 00:57:27,010 TRANSPORTATION WHO I WANT TO SAY 1599 00:57:27,076 --> 00:57:28,044 TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL 1600 00:57:28,111 --> 00:57:33,416 AND THOSE LOOKING ON, THE 1601 00:57:33,483 --> 00:57:35,018 SECRETARY HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY 1602 00:57:35,084 --> 00:57:36,820 INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING MOVE OUT 1603 00:57:36,886 --> 00:57:42,659 ON A BROAD RANGE OF REFORMS THAT 1604 00:57:42,725 --> 00:57:45,195 HAVE ENLIVENED GREATER 1605 00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:46,296 OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMERCIAL 1606 00:57:46,362 --> 00:57:47,230 SPACE INDUSTRY AND WE'RE JUST 1607 00:57:47,297 --> 00:57:48,331 VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 1608 00:57:48,398 --> 00:57:49,432 LEADERSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO 1609 00:57:49,499 --> 00:57:50,900 YOUR REPORT. 1610 00:57:50,967 --> 00:57:51,267 MADAM SECRETARY. 1611 00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:51,968 >> THANK YOU, 1612 00:57:52,035 --> 00:57:53,837 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 1613 00:57:53,903 --> 00:57:55,672 FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M 1614 00:57:55,738 --> 00:57:58,208 PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE 1615 00:57:58,274 --> 00:58:02,312 STREAMLINED LAUNCH AND RE-ENTRY 1616 00:58:02,378 --> 00:58:04,848 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS NOTICE OF 1617 00:58:04,914 --> 00:58:07,884 PROPOSED RULE-MAKING IS POSTED 1618 00:58:07,951 --> 00:58:10,987 TODAY AT FAA.GOV. 1619 00:58:11,054 --> 00:58:16,960 [ Applause ] 1620 00:58:17,026 --> 00:58:18,661 IT WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN THE 1621 00:58:18,728 --> 00:58:20,897 FEDERAL REGISTER AND THERE WILL 1622 00:58:20,964 --> 00:58:23,700 BE A 60-DAY COMMENT PERIOD. 1623 00:58:23,766 --> 00:58:26,336 THIS MPRM IS A MAJOR STEP 1624 00:58:26,402 --> 00:58:26,569 FORWARD. 1625 00:58:26,636 --> 00:58:27,537 IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE ANY 1626 00:58:27,604 --> 00:58:28,872 LAUNCHED VEHICLE RULES WERE 1627 00:58:28,938 --> 00:58:29,873 UPDATED. 1628 00:58:29,939 --> 00:58:31,774 SO THIS ACTION WILL STRENGTHEN 1629 00:58:31,841 --> 00:58:33,910 OUR COUNTRY'S COMPETITIVENESS IN 1630 00:58:33,977 --> 00:58:36,145 THE COMMERCIAL SPACE SECRETARY. 1631 00:58:36,212 --> 00:58:38,982 THE NEW RULE CONSOLIDATES AND 1632 00:58:39,048 --> 00:58:41,484 REVISES MANY LAUNCH AND RE-ENTRY 1633 00:58:41,551 --> 00:58:43,820 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS INTO A 1634 00:58:43,887 --> 00:58:45,188 SINGLE REGULATION. 1635 00:58:45,255 --> 00:58:48,024 IT ALSO STREAMLINES THE 1636 00:58:48,091 --> 00:58:51,694 LICENSING PROCESS, ENABLES 1637 00:58:51,761 --> 00:58:53,496 FLEXIBLE TIME FRAME, REDEFINES 1638 00:58:53,563 --> 00:58:55,899 WHEN LAUNCH BEGINS AND ALLOWS 1639 00:58:55,965 --> 00:58:58,835 THE SPACE INDUSTRY TO SEEK A 1640 00:58:58,902 --> 00:59:00,203 SINGLE LICENSE TO LAUNCH FROM 1641 00:59:00,270 --> 00:59:04,374 MULTIPLE SITES. 1642 00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:07,310 THE GOAL IS, 1643 00:59:07,377 --> 00:59:07,810 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, TO 1644 00:59:07,877 --> 00:59:09,112 SIMPLIFY THE LICENSING PROCESS 1645 00:59:09,178 --> 00:59:13,716 FOR LAUNCH AND RE-ENTRY 1646 00:59:13,783 --> 00:59:15,051 ACTIVITY, ENABLE NOVEL 1647 00:59:15,118 --> 00:59:17,620 OPERATIONS AND REDUCE COSTS. 1648 00:59:17,687 --> 00:59:19,389 THIS EFFORT BENEFITED FROM THE 1649 00:59:19,455 --> 00:59:20,690 EXTRAORDINARY SUPPORT OF 1650 00:59:20,757 --> 00:59:22,025 STAKEHOLDERS FROM BOTH THE 1651 00:59:22,091 --> 00:59:23,726 PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTORS. 1652 00:59:23,793 --> 00:59:25,728 THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH THE 1653 00:59:25,795 --> 00:59:27,230 FAA'S AVIATION RULE-MAKING 1654 00:59:27,297 --> 00:59:29,799 COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF MORE 1655 00:59:29,866 --> 00:59:31,901 THAN 40 INDIVIDUALS FROM ACROSS 1656 00:59:31,968 --> 00:59:34,537 THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR AND THE 1657 00:59:34,604 --> 00:59:38,074 COMMERCIAL SPACE AND AVIATION 1658 00:59:38,141 --> 00:59:38,374 SECTORS. 1659 00:59:38,441 --> 00:59:39,742 THE COMMITTEE'S FINAL REPORT WAS 1660 00:59:39,809 --> 00:59:41,811 INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THE 1661 00:59:41,878 --> 00:59:43,379 DEPARTMENT CRACK THESE PROPOSED 1662 00:59:43,446 --> 00:59:47,350 RULES. 1663 00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:48,117 CRAFT. 1664 00:59:48,184 --> 00:59:49,852 I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR 1665 00:59:49,919 --> 00:59:50,486 PARTNERS AT THE DEFENSE OF 1666 00:59:50,553 --> 00:59:51,254 SECRETARY AND NASA. 1667 00:59:51,321 --> 00:59:52,922 THEY HAVE GIVEN CONSIDERABLE 1668 00:59:52,989 --> 00:59:56,726 TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THIS 1669 00:59:56,793 --> 00:59:59,028 IMPORTANT EFFORT. 1670 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:01,064 THIS COLLABORATION IS AND WILL 1671 01:00:01,130 --> 01:00:02,565 CONTINUE TO BE CRITICAL IN 1672 01:00:02,632 --> 01:00:03,132 STREAMLINING THE REQUIREMENT 1673 01:00:03,199 --> 01:00:08,137 THAT APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL SPACE 1674 01:00:08,204 --> 01:00:08,738 OPERATIONS FROM FEDERAL LAUNCH 1675 01:00:08,805 --> 01:00:10,740 SITES AND IN ENDING, I WANT TO 1676 01:00:10,807 --> 01:00:12,041 COMMEND THE PRESIDENT AND YOU 1677 01:00:12,108 --> 01:00:13,876 ESPECIALLY, 1678 01:00:13,943 --> 01:00:16,479 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR 1679 01:00:16,546 --> 01:00:17,380 STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AND 1680 01:00:17,447 --> 01:00:20,116 INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US TO DO 1681 01:00:20,183 --> 01:00:21,317 OUR BEST FOR THE BENEFIT OF 1682 01:00:21,384 --> 01:00:21,951 AMERICA. 1683 01:00:22,018 --> 01:00:24,387 THANK YOU, Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 1684 01:00:24,454 --> 01:00:33,830 [ Applause ] 1685 01:00:33,896 --> 01:00:34,864 >> MADAM SECRETARY, THANK YOU. 1686 01:00:34,931 --> 01:00:38,001 SO SUCH GREAT NEWS ABOUT THE NEW 1687 01:00:38,067 --> 01:00:42,839 RULE STREAMLINING COMMERCIAL 1688 01:00:42,905 --> 01:00:45,141 SPACE ACCESS. 1689 01:00:45,208 --> 01:00:45,875 PARTICULARLY I WOULD ASSUME WITH 1690 01:00:45,942 --> 01:00:46,676 A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE 1691 01:00:46,743 --> 01:00:48,144 FOLKS WHO ARE HERE AND LOOKING 1692 01:00:48,211 --> 01:00:51,180 ON, THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING THE 1693 01:00:51,247 --> 01:00:52,382 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL DISCUSSED 1694 01:00:52,448 --> 01:00:53,816 AND RECOMMENDED A SINGLE LICENSE 1695 01:00:53,883 --> 01:00:56,719 TO LAUNCH FROM MULTIPLE 1696 01:00:56,786 --> 01:00:57,020 LOCATIONS. 1697 01:00:57,086 --> 01:00:58,821 BUT WHAT I LIKE THE MOST, HAVING 1698 01:00:58,888 --> 01:01:00,056 ARTICULATED THE PRESIDENT'S GOAL 1699 01:01:00,123 --> 01:01:01,591 FOR RETURNING TO THE MOON IN 1700 01:01:01,657 --> 01:01:04,293 FIVE YEARS TODAY IS THAT YOU HIT 1701 01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:07,096 YOUR MA MARK AND POSTED THE RULE 1702 01:01:07,163 --> 01:01:07,330 TODAY. 1703 01:01:07,397 --> 01:01:07,830 WELL DONE. 1704 01:01:07,897 --> 01:01:15,471 HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE 1705 01:01:15,538 --> 01:01:19,909 FOR SECREFOR THE SECRETARY. 1706 01:01:19,976 --> 01:01:20,610 GREAT JOB. 1707 01:01:20,676 --> 01:01:22,245 VERY INSPIRING. 1708 01:01:22,311 --> 01:01:24,147 GREAT LEADERSHIP ON YOUR PART. 1709 01:01:24,213 --> 01:01:26,883 SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, WILBUR 1710 01:01:26,949 --> 01:01:29,052 ROSS, HAS BEEN TASKED WITH AN 1711 01:01:29,118 --> 01:01:30,620 EQUAL NUMBER OF CHALLENGES TO 1712 01:01:30,686 --> 01:01:31,921 ENCOURAGE SPACE INNOVATION, OUR 1713 01:01:31,988 --> 01:01:33,322 COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AND I KNOW, 1714 01:01:33,389 --> 01:01:34,757 Mr. SECRETARY, YOU HAVE 1715 01:01:34,824 --> 01:01:36,259 BROUGHT TREMENDOUS ENERGY TO 1716 01:01:36,325 --> 01:01:36,459 THIS. 1717 01:01:36,526 --> 01:01:40,163 THE PRESIDENCY AND I ARE VERY 1718 01:01:40,229 --> 01:01:40,463 GRATEFUL. 1719 01:01:40,530 --> 01:01:41,831 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT, 1720 01:01:41,898 --> 01:01:50,406 THE DEPARTMENT'S IMPLEMENTATION 1721 01:01:50,473 --> 01:01:53,242 OF SPACE POLICY. 1722 01:01:53,309 --> 01:01:55,011 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 1723 01:01:55,078 --> 01:01:57,947 TO UPDATE YOU ON THE COMMERCE 1724 01:01:58,014 --> 01:01:59,348 DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES 1725 01:01:59,415 --> 01:02:01,617 FOLLOWING SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE 1726 01:02:01,684 --> 01:02:04,987 2 AND 3. 1727 01:02:05,054 --> 01:02:07,090 AT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, WE 1728 01:02:07,156 --> 01:02:09,692 SEE A WAVE OF INNOVATION COMING 1729 01:02:09,759 --> 01:02:13,663 IN ALL AREAS OF SPACE COMMERCE, 1730 01:02:13,729 --> 01:02:14,664 FROM REPEAT SENSING TO 1731 01:02:14,730 --> 01:02:18,301 HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATIONS, 1732 01:02:18,367 --> 01:02:19,936 NAVIGATION, WEATHER FORECASTING, 1733 01:02:20,002 --> 01:02:23,706 SATELLITE SERVICING, HUMAN SPACE 1734 01:02:23,773 --> 01:02:25,641 EXPLORATION, AND TOURISM. 1735 01:02:25,708 --> 01:02:27,877 LATER THIS WILL BE SPACE 1736 01:02:27,944 --> 01:02:30,680 HABITATION AND ASTEROID MINING. 1737 01:02:30,746 --> 01:02:34,117 SO OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, WE 1738 01:02:34,183 --> 01:02:36,719 HAVE TWO SUMMITS CONNECTING 1739 01:02:36,786 --> 01:02:39,055 LEADING COMPANIES IN FINANCE, 1740 01:02:39,122 --> 01:02:41,491 BANKING, AND INSURANCE, AND 1741 01:02:41,557 --> 01:02:43,359 LINKING THEM WITH COMMERCIAL 1742 01:02:43,426 --> 01:02:46,529 SPACE ENTERPRISES. 1743 01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:48,731 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE WERE 1744 01:02:48,798 --> 01:02:51,367 THE FIRST SUCH EVENTS EVER HELD. 1745 01:02:51,434 --> 01:02:54,103 THE SPACE INDUSTRY NEEDS BOTH 1746 01:02:54,170 --> 01:02:56,105 INCREASED FINANCING AND ACCESS 1747 01:02:56,172 --> 01:02:58,708 TO ASSURANCE IN ORDER TO BE 1748 01:02:58,774 --> 01:03:01,344 SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING ITS 1749 01:03:01,410 --> 01:03:02,945 FORECAST TRILLION DOLLARS OF 1750 01:03:03,012 --> 01:03:05,882 REVENUES. 1751 01:03:05,948 --> 01:03:07,683 FOR SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE 2, WE 1752 01:03:07,750 --> 01:03:11,320 HAVE BEEN EXECUTING REGULATORY 1753 01:03:11,387 --> 01:03:15,858 REFORMS TO SHOW THAT AMERICA IS 1754 01:03:15,925 --> 01:03:18,661 BEST POSITIONED TO SUPPORT 1755 01:03:18,728 --> 01:03:20,363 BUSINESS IN SPACE. 1756 01:03:20,429 --> 01:03:25,935 THE NEW SPD2 REPORT OUTLINES OUR 1757 01:03:26,002 --> 01:03:27,136 SPECTRUM STRATEGY FOR ADVANCED 1758 01:03:27,203 --> 01:03:30,173 SPACE COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES 1759 01:03:30,239 --> 01:03:32,708 AS PART OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF 5G 1760 01:03:32,775 --> 01:03:36,913 NETWORKS. 1761 01:03:36,979 --> 01:03:43,152 THE SPD2 REPORT WE DEVELOPED 1762 01:03:43,219 --> 01:03:45,388 WITH INDUSTRY INPUT INCLUDES 1763 01:03:45,454 --> 01:03:47,723 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UPGRADING 1764 01:03:47,790 --> 01:03:51,627 OUR SPACE SPECTRUM LOCATIONS AND 1765 01:03:51,694 --> 01:03:52,428 HARMONIZING INTERNATIONAL 1766 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:54,764 STANDARDS FOR SPACE ACTIVITIES. 1767 01:03:54,830 --> 01:03:59,202 WE HAVE A COPY FOR EACH COUNCIL 1768 01:03:59,268 --> 01:04:03,439 MEMBER AS IN FRONT OF THE SEATS 1769 01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:05,107 AS THESE ARE VERY HOT TOPICS AND 1770 01:04:05,174 --> 01:04:06,142 WE HAVE COPY NUMBER ONE FOR THE 1771 01:04:06,209 --> 01:04:13,816 VICE-PRESIDENT. 1772 01:04:13,883 --> 01:04:14,717 SEPARATELY, INDUSTRY HAS BEEN 1773 01:04:14,784 --> 01:04:15,818 CRITICAL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S 1774 01:04:15,885 --> 01:04:18,054 REGULATIONS ON COMMERCIAL REMOTE 1775 01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:20,389 SENSING WHICH HAVE NOT KEPT PACE 1776 01:04:20,456 --> 01:04:23,492 WITH RAPID ADVANCES IN 1777 01:04:23,559 --> 01:04:23,826 TECHNOLOGY. 1778 01:04:23,893 --> 01:04:25,928 WITHIN THE INTERAGENCY 1779 01:04:25,995 --> 01:04:27,730 DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE TRYING TO 1780 01:04:27,797 --> 01:04:31,067 RECONCILE A HANDFUL OF ISSUES 1781 01:04:31,133 --> 01:04:34,303 WHERE DLC WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE 1782 01:04:34,370 --> 01:04:37,940 CHANGE AND DOD PREFERS A MORE 1783 01:04:38,007 --> 01:04:38,708 TRADITIONAL APPROACH. 1784 01:04:38,774 --> 01:04:42,044 I HOPE WE CAN GAIN CONSENSUS ON 1785 01:04:42,111 --> 01:04:44,347 AN APPROACH TO PROPOSE THE 1786 01:04:44,413 --> 01:04:46,682 CHANGE WHILE SEEKING COMMENT ON 1787 01:04:46,749 --> 01:04:49,485 THE STATUS QUO AS WE BELIEVE 1788 01:04:49,552 --> 01:04:50,620 THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS 1789 01:04:50,686 --> 01:04:52,121 ESSENTIAL. 1790 01:04:52,188 --> 01:04:54,223 YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO 1791 01:04:54,290 --> 01:04:56,792 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE 1792 01:04:56,859 --> 01:04:59,695 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL ON THE 1793 01:04:59,762 --> 01:05:00,696 FINAL RULE. 1794 01:05:00,763 --> 01:05:04,533 UNDER SPD3, COMMERCE DEPARTMENT 1795 01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:06,769 IS ALSO ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY 1796 01:05:06,836 --> 01:05:10,373 FOR A SPACE SITUATIONAL 1797 01:05:10,439 --> 01:05:13,309 AWARENESS AND SPACE TRAFFIC 1798 01:05:13,376 --> 01:05:15,111 MANAGEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL 1799 01:05:15,177 --> 01:05:16,712 SATELLITE OPERATORS. 1800 01:05:16,779 --> 01:05:20,483 I RECENTLY SPENT TWO DAYS AT 1801 01:05:20,549 --> 01:05:22,084 VANDENBERGHE AIR FORCE BASE 1802 01:05:22,151 --> 01:05:24,086 MEETING WITH GENERAL JAY 1803 01:05:24,153 --> 01:05:26,088 RAYMOND, COMMANDER OF AIR FORCE 1804 01:05:26,155 --> 01:05:30,960 SPACE COMMAND WITH THE 18th 1805 01:05:31,027 --> 01:05:32,561 SPACE CONTROL SQUADRON AND OUR 1806 01:05:32,628 --> 01:05:33,963 ALLIES AT THE COMBINED SPACE 1807 01:05:34,030 --> 01:05:34,697 OPERATION CENTER. 1808 01:05:34,764 --> 01:05:36,899 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1809 01:05:36,966 --> 01:05:39,602 THE GENERAL IN HIS NEW AND EVEN 1810 01:05:39,669 --> 01:05:42,138 MORE IMPORTANT ROLE RUNNING THE 1811 01:05:42,204 --> 01:05:46,676 U.S. SPACE FORCE. 1812 01:05:46,742 --> 01:05:48,210 AT VANDENBERGHE WE DISCUSSED THE 1813 01:05:48,277 --> 01:05:50,680 NEED FOR AUTOMATION AND NEW 1814 01:05:50,746 --> 01:05:53,416 TECHNOLOGIES TO TRACK SPACE 1815 01:05:53,482 --> 01:05:54,717 DEBRIS, ESPECIALLY OBJECTS 1816 01:05:54,784 --> 01:05:56,919 SMALLER THAN TEN CENTIMETERS, 1817 01:05:56,986 --> 01:06:00,089 AND TO BE MORE PRECISE IN 1818 01:06:00,156 --> 01:06:02,391 FORECASTING CONJUNCTIONS. 1819 01:06:02,458 --> 01:06:04,727 OUR OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE 1820 01:06:04,794 --> 01:06:09,165 ALSO IS WORKING WITH INDUSTRY TO 1821 01:06:09,231 --> 01:06:12,902 ENHANCE ACCESS TO D OD'S 1822 01:06:12,968 --> 01:06:16,105 AUTHORITITIVE CATALOG OF SPACE 1823 01:06:16,172 --> 01:06:16,706 DEBRIS. 1824 01:06:16,772 --> 01:06:18,941 WE WILL BE THE LIAISON TO 1825 01:06:19,008 --> 01:06:23,446 INDUSTRY AND WILL DEPLOY A 1826 01:06:23,512 --> 01:06:24,513 CLOUD-BASED OPEN ARCHITECTURE, 1827 01:06:24,580 --> 01:06:27,183 DATA REPOSITORY TO ENHANCE 1828 01:06:27,249 --> 01:06:31,821 SAFETY FOR ALL SPACE OPERATORS. 1829 01:06:31,887 --> 01:06:33,456 WE WELCOME THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 1830 01:06:33,522 --> 01:06:37,460 OUR ALLIES IN THIS ENDEAVOR, 1831 01:06:37,526 --> 01:06:41,297 ESPECIALLY THEIR COMMERCIAL 1832 01:06:41,364 --> 01:06:41,564 ENTITIES. 1833 01:06:41,630 --> 01:06:43,065 AND TOWARD THIS END, WE WILL 1834 01:06:43,132 --> 01:06:45,568 COHOST HOST WITH THE STATE 1835 01:06:45,634 --> 01:06:47,670 DEPARTMENT AN INTERNATIONAL 1836 01:06:47,737 --> 01:06:50,673 SPACE ENTERPRISE SUMMIT WITH OUR 1837 01:06:50,740 --> 01:06:53,309 ALLIES IN WASHINGTON IN LATE 1838 01:06:53,376 --> 01:06:55,811 JUNE TO DISCUSS THESE AND OTHER 1839 01:06:55,878 --> 01:06:58,748 ISSUES RELATED TO THE GROWING 1840 01:06:58,814 --> 01:07:01,984 GLOBAL SPACE ECONOMY. 1841 01:07:02,051 --> 01:07:03,886 COMMERCE CONTINUES TO WORK WELL 1842 01:07:03,953 --> 01:07:06,922 WITH THE U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND, 1843 01:07:06,989 --> 01:07:10,659 THE AIR FORCE, AND OUR FRIENDS 1844 01:07:10,726 --> 01:07:12,862 THROUGHOUT THE DOD AND THE 1845 01:07:12,928 --> 01:07:15,398 INTERAGENCY AS WE ADVANCE THE 1846 01:07:15,464 --> 01:07:20,836 PRESIDENT'S SSASTM MISSION. 1847 01:07:20,903 --> 01:07:23,439 BY THIS SUMMER, WE'LL DEPLOY 1848 01:07:23,506 --> 01:07:25,474 FULL-TIME COMMERCE STAFF AT 1849 01:07:25,541 --> 01:07:29,078 VANDENBERGHE TO LEARN FROM AND 1850 01:07:29,145 --> 01:07:36,952 WORK ALONGSIDE THE CSPOC, 1851 01:07:37,019 --> 01:07:37,953 FINALLY, LET ME MENTION OUR 1852 01:07:38,020 --> 01:07:39,488 DEDICATION TO CREATING A BUREAU 1853 01:07:39,555 --> 01:07:42,124 OF SPACE COMMERCE WITHIN THE 1854 01:07:42,191 --> 01:07:42,691 DEPARTMENT. 1855 01:07:42,758 --> 01:07:45,661 THAT BUREAU WILL PROVIDE A CLEAR 1856 01:07:45,728 --> 01:07:46,962 SIGNAL OF THIS ADMINISTRATION'S 1857 01:07:47,029 --> 01:07:48,964 COMMITMENT TO HARNESSING THE 1858 01:07:49,031 --> 01:07:52,201 POWER OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL 1859 01:07:52,268 --> 01:07:53,269 SPACE INDUSTRY. 1860 01:07:53,335 --> 01:07:56,839 IT WILL PROVIDE THIS AND FUTURE 1861 01:07:56,906 --> 01:07:58,340 ADMINISTRATIONS WITH THE TOOLS 1862 01:07:58,407 --> 01:08:02,178 REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE UNITED 1863 01:08:02,244 --> 01:08:05,481 STATES CONTINUES TO LEAD IN THIS 1864 01:08:05,548 --> 01:08:07,917 ESSENTIAL GLOBAL INDUSTRY. 1865 01:08:07,983 --> 01:08:11,420 I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT SPACE 1866 01:08:11,487 --> 01:08:13,656 COUNCIL BEING THE CATALYST FOR 1867 01:08:13,722 --> 01:08:17,359 CREATION OF THE TRILLIAN DOLLAR 1868 01:08:17,426 --> 01:08:19,695 SPACE ECONOMY BASED 1869 01:08:19,762 --> 01:08:21,230 OVERWHELMINGLY ON THE 1870 01:08:21,297 --> 01:08:22,932 CONTRIBUTION OF THE U.S. 1871 01:08:22,998 --> 01:08:24,433 COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. 1872 01:08:24,500 --> 01:08:34,577 THANK YOU. 1873 01:08:34,643 --> 01:08:36,378 >> THANK YOU, Mr. SECRETARY, 1874 01:08:36,445 --> 01:08:39,281 THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. 1875 01:08:39,348 --> 01:08:41,050 WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENTERING IT 1876 01:08:41,116 --> 01:08:42,284 INTO THE RECORD FOR PUBLIC 1877 01:08:42,351 --> 01:08:47,223 REVIEW AND JUST AGAIN, AS I DID 1878 01:08:47,289 --> 01:08:49,225 WITH SECRETARY CHAO, I WANT TO 1879 01:08:49,291 --> 01:08:49,859 THANK YOU. 1880 01:08:49,925 --> 01:08:51,060 THE PRESIDENCY AND COULDN'T BE 1881 01:08:51,126 --> 01:08:52,161 MORE GRATEFUL FOR THE ENERGY YOU 1882 01:08:52,228 --> 01:08:54,463 AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BROUGHT TO 1883 01:08:54,530 --> 01:08:54,964 REFORMING THE COMMERCE 1884 01:08:55,030 --> 01:08:58,434 DEPARTMENT AND ALIGNING EFFORTS 1885 01:08:58,501 --> 01:09:02,738 NOT JUST AS YOU DISCUSSED TODAY 1886 01:09:02,805 --> 01:09:04,874 REGARDING SPECTRUM, RADIO 1887 01:09:04,940 --> 01:09:05,674 FREQUENCY, SPACE TRAFFIC 1888 01:09:05,741 --> 01:09:08,077 MANAGEMENT BUT JUST STREAMLINING 1889 01:09:08,143 --> 01:09:10,412 REGULATIONS THAT WILL ENCOURAGE 1890 01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:14,250 A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE. 1891 01:09:14,316 --> 01:09:15,117 COMMERCIAL ONE OF THE VERY 1892 01:09:15,184 --> 01:09:17,186 FIRST THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM 1893 01:09:17,253 --> 01:09:18,988 PANELISTS AND FROM MEMBERS OF 1894 01:09:19,054 --> 01:09:20,589 OUR USER ADVISORY GROUP AND FROM 1895 01:09:20,656 --> 01:09:35,037 OUR PRIVATE INDUSTRY IS THAT K N 1896 01:09:35,104 --> 01:09:36,272 OUR SPACE INTERPRETTURES HAVE 1897 01:09:36,338 --> 01:09:37,573 BEEN BUREAUCRATIC. 1898 01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:38,941 WE WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE 1899 01:09:39,008 --> 01:09:40,142 EFFORTS YOU HAVE TAKEN TO 1900 01:09:40,209 --> 01:09:42,211 INITIATE A BUREAU OF SPACE 1901 01:09:42,278 --> 01:09:43,312 COMMERCE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT 1902 01:09:43,379 --> 01:09:45,114 OF COMMERCE, STREAMLINING THE 1903 01:09:45,180 --> 01:09:46,615 ABILITY OF OUR INCREDIBLE 1904 01:09:46,682 --> 01:09:47,283 ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASS IN THE 1905 01:09:47,349 --> 01:09:49,251 UNITED STATES TO HAVE ACCESS TO 1906 01:09:49,318 --> 01:09:49,451 SPACE. 1907 01:09:49,518 --> 01:09:52,154 SOMETIMES I THINK IF THE NINA 1908 01:09:52,221 --> 01:09:53,923 PINTA AND THE SANTA MARIA FACED 1909 01:09:53,989 --> 01:09:57,126 THE BUREAUCRATIC BARRIERS THAT 1910 01:09:57,192 --> 01:09:59,428 SOME OF OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL 1911 01:09:59,495 --> 01:10:01,764 EXPLORES FACED TODAY, THEY WOULD 1912 01:10:01,830 --> 01:10:02,965 HAVE NEVER GOTTEN OUT OF THE 1913 01:10:03,032 --> 01:10:03,599 HARBOR IN SPAIN. 1914 01:10:03,666 --> 01:10:05,301 HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND OF 1915 01:10:05,367 --> 01:10:06,902 APPLAUSE FOR SECRETARY ROSS AND 1916 01:10:06,969 --> 01:10:11,774 SECRETARY CHAO REALLY MAKING A 1917 01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:12,107 DIFFERENCE. 1918 01:10:12,174 --> 01:10:14,677 [ Applause ] 1919 01:10:14,743 --> 01:10:18,581 NEXT I'M GOING TO TURN TO OUR 1920 01:10:18,647 --> 01:10:19,214 NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN I'LL 1921 01:10:19,281 --> 01:10:21,650 ASK FOR ANY GOOD OF THE ORDER 1922 01:10:21,717 --> 01:10:22,785 COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS 1923 01:10:22,851 --> 01:10:23,485 OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 1924 01:10:23,552 --> 01:10:25,821 WHEN WE CALL OUR PANEL UP BUT 1925 01:10:25,888 --> 01:10:29,491 LET ME JUST THANK YOU, JIM, FOR 1926 01:10:29,558 --> 01:10:30,926 THE GREAT LEADERSHIP, THE 1927 01:10:30,993 --> 01:10:32,728 RENEWED ENERGY, THE MORALE, THE 1928 01:10:32,795 --> 01:10:34,563 SPIRIT THAT YOU HAVE HELPED TO 1929 01:10:34,630 --> 01:10:35,364 INCULCATE IN THAT NASA. 1930 01:10:35,431 --> 01:10:37,766 I SEE IT EVERYWHERE I GO ACROSS 1931 01:10:37,833 --> 01:10:38,767 THE COUNTRY, THE WAY YOU HAVE 1932 01:10:38,834 --> 01:10:41,704 BEEN MOVING OUT ON PRESIDENT 1933 01:10:41,770 --> 01:10:42,638 TRUMP'S VISION INCLUDING THE 1934 01:10:42,705 --> 01:10:46,775 GOAL THAT WAS ARTICULATED TODAY. 1935 01:10:46,842 --> 01:10:48,711 YOU HAVE REALLY BROUGHT A CAN-DO 1936 01:10:48,777 --> 01:10:50,379 SPIRIT TO IT AND WE JUST 1937 01:10:50,446 --> 01:10:51,513 COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR 1938 01:10:51,580 --> 01:10:53,616 YOUR LEADERSHIP. 1939 01:10:53,682 --> 01:10:56,251 I PARTICULARLY LOOK FORWARD TO 1940 01:10:56,318 --> 01:10:58,287 YOUR COMMENTS TODAY AND 1941 01:10:58,354 --> 01:10:59,688 APPRECIATE YOUR RECENT COMMENTS 1942 01:10:59,755 --> 01:11:03,492 ABOUT MOVING OUT ON SPACE POLICY 1943 01:11:03,559 --> 01:11:05,127 DIRECTORTIVE 1, RETURNING 1944 01:11:05,194 --> 01:11:06,929 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON, 1945 01:11:06,996 --> 01:11:07,563 DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES THERE 1946 01:11:07,630 --> 01:11:08,731 AND ON TO MARS. 1947 01:11:08,797 --> 01:11:14,637 BUT JOIN ME IN THANKING NASA 1948 01:11:14,703 --> 01:11:17,139 ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE, 1949 01:11:17,206 --> 01:11:18,073 WILL YOU, PLEASE. 1950 01:11:18,140 --> 01:11:20,042 [ Applause ] 1951 01:11:20,109 --> 01:11:22,611 >> WELL, Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, 1952 01:11:22,678 --> 01:11:25,247 IS MY MIC WORKING, BY THE WAY? 1953 01:11:25,314 --> 01:11:25,547 EXCELLENT. 1954 01:11:25,614 --> 01:11:25,814 ALL RIGHT. 1955 01:11:25,881 --> 01:11:27,416 I JUST WANT TO SAY, SIR, YOU 1956 01:11:27,483 --> 01:11:31,787 HAVE GIVEN US A CHARGE TODAY, 1957 01:11:31,854 --> 01:11:32,955 AND IT IS RIGHT ON TIME. 1958 01:11:33,022 --> 01:11:36,191 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT 1959 01:11:36,258 --> 01:11:38,193 VISION AND THE LEADERSHIP. 1960 01:11:38,260 --> 01:11:41,030 OUR AGENCY, NASA, IS GOING TO DO 1961 01:11:41,096 --> 01:11:42,431 EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO MEET 1962 01:11:42,498 --> 01:11:44,867 THAT VISION, TO MEET THAT 1963 01:11:44,933 --> 01:11:47,069 DEADLINE, AND YOU HAVE MY FULL 1964 01:11:47,136 --> 01:11:49,238 COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING THAT. 1965 01:11:49,304 --> 01:12:00,749 [ Applause ] 1966 01:12:00,816 --> 01:12:03,686 I WANT TO START BY RECOGNIZING 1967 01:12:03,752 --> 01:12:05,721 Dr. KELVIN DROGMIRE, NOW THE 1968 01:12:05,788 --> 01:12:08,624 HEAD OF OSPP WHICH IS A CRITICAL 1969 01:12:08,691 --> 01:12:09,525 FUNCTION FOR OUR GOVERNMENT. 1970 01:12:09,591 --> 01:12:10,793 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK 1971 01:12:10,859 --> 01:12:12,728 WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS AT THE 1972 01:12:12,795 --> 01:12:14,697 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, A GREAT 1973 01:12:14,763 --> 01:12:16,732 INSTITUTION IN THE HEARTLAND OF 1974 01:12:16,799 --> 01:12:18,500 AMERICA. 1975 01:12:18,567 --> 01:12:20,235 I HAPPEN TO BE FROM OKLAHOMA. 1976 01:12:20,302 --> 01:12:21,170 WHEN I WAS IN THE HOUSE OF 1977 01:12:21,236 --> 01:12:22,037 REPRESENTATIVES, WE WORKED ON A 1978 01:12:22,104 --> 01:12:23,305 LOT OF WEATHER ISSUES AND I 1979 01:12:23,372 --> 01:12:25,374 LIKED WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT 1980 01:12:25,441 --> 01:12:26,675 TODAY, HE TALKED ABOUT SPACE 1981 01:12:26,742 --> 01:12:27,710 WEATHER WHICH IS A LITTLE 1982 01:12:27,776 --> 01:12:28,410 DIFFERENT THAN TORRENTIAL 1983 01:12:28,477 --> 01:12:33,148 WEATHER BUT I DO BELIEVE IN 1984 01:12:33,215 --> 01:12:34,817 ALABAMA GIVEN SOME OF THE RECENT 1985 01:12:34,883 --> 01:12:37,119 ACTIVITIES WITH TORNADOES, WE 1986 01:12:37,186 --> 01:12:38,487 CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS 1987 01:12:38,554 --> 01:12:40,155 EXPERTISE AND A LOT OF OTHERS IN 1988 01:12:40,222 --> 01:12:42,624 THIS GOVERNMENT TO MOVE US TO A 1989 01:12:42,691 --> 01:12:45,127 DAY WHERE WE CAN GET MORE LEAD 1990 01:12:45,194 --> 01:12:45,961 TIME ON TORNADOES. 1991 01:12:46,028 --> 01:12:47,463 RIGHT NOW IN OKLAHOMA, IT'S 1992 01:12:47,529 --> 01:12:48,964 ABOUT 13 MINUTES. 1993 01:12:49,031 --> 01:12:50,332 I THINK WE CAN MOVE TO US A DAY 1994 01:12:50,399 --> 01:12:51,767 IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN GET 1995 01:12:51,834 --> 01:12:54,470 A LONGER AND MAYBE EVEN MOVE 1996 01:12:54,536 --> 01:12:57,072 TO US A DAY WHERE WE HAVE ZERO 1997 01:12:57,139 --> 01:12:57,940 DEATHS FROM TORNADOES WHICH HAS 1998 01:12:58,006 --> 01:12:59,908 BEEN A BIG DEAL FOR ME AS A 1999 01:12:59,975 --> 01:13:01,076 FORMER REPRESENTATIVE FROM 2000 01:13:01,143 --> 01:13:02,344 OKLAHOMA WHERE I HAVE 2001 01:13:02,411 --> 01:13:04,146 CONSTITUENTS EVERY YEAR THAT 2002 01:13:04,213 --> 01:13:05,047 DIED IN TORNADOES. 2003 01:13:05,114 --> 01:13:06,648 NOW BACK TO NASA. 2004 01:13:06,715 --> 01:13:08,083 JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE 2005 01:13:08,150 --> 01:13:09,118 TABLE. 2006 01:13:09,184 --> 01:13:10,319 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, WE'VE HAD 2007 01:13:10,385 --> 01:13:12,755 AMAZING SUCCESSES SINCE THE LAST 2008 01:13:12,821 --> 01:13:13,956 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 2009 01:13:14,022 --> 01:13:15,758 I REMEMBER LIKE YESTERDAY 2010 01:13:15,824 --> 01:13:17,392 RECEIVING YOUR PHONE CALL AFTER 2011 01:13:17,459 --> 01:13:22,231 WE LANDED ENSIGHT ON MARS AND 2012 01:13:22,297 --> 01:13:24,032 THE MANAGEMENT OF EXCITEMENT AND 2013 01:13:24,099 --> 01:13:25,968 QUITE FRANKLY JUBILATION FOR 2014 01:13:26,034 --> 01:13:28,470 EVERY PIECE OF DATA THAT CAME 2015 01:13:28,537 --> 01:13:31,106 BACK FROM THE MOMENT THAT 2016 01:13:31,173 --> 01:13:33,242 SPACECRAFT LANDED ON MARS, WHAT 2017 01:13:33,308 --> 01:13:34,910 AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. 2018 01:13:34,977 --> 01:13:37,679 IT WAS ON THE COVER OF 240 2019 01:13:37,746 --> 01:13:38,180 PARTNERSHIPS WORLDWIDE. 2020 01:13:38,247 --> 01:13:39,348 TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMING THE 2021 01:13:39,414 --> 01:13:40,482 IMPRESSION OF PEOPLE ALL OVER 2022 01:13:40,549 --> 01:13:42,117 THE WORLD ABOUT WHAT AMERICA CAN 2023 01:13:42,184 --> 01:13:43,819 ACCOMPLISH. 2024 01:13:43,886 --> 01:13:45,854 THAT INSIGHT LANDING WAS THE 2025 01:13:45,921 --> 01:13:47,089 EIGHTH TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY 2026 01:13:47,156 --> 01:13:50,659 WE'VE LANDED ON MARS SOFTLY 2027 01:13:50,726 --> 01:13:52,094 SUCCESSFULLY AND EVERY SINGLE 2028 01:13:52,161 --> 01:13:52,995 ONE OF THOSE TIMES IT'S BEEN 2029 01:13:53,061 --> 01:13:54,263 DONE BY THE UNITED STATES OF 2030 01:13:54,329 --> 01:13:55,130 AMERICA. 2031 01:13:55,197 --> 01:14:00,369 [ Applause ] 2032 01:14:00,435 --> 01:14:03,071 AND WHEN YOU -- I KNOW YOU 2033 01:14:03,138 --> 01:14:04,206 FOLLOW THESE THINGS VERY 2034 01:14:04,273 --> 01:14:05,240 CLOSELY, Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT 2035 01:14:05,307 --> 01:14:06,008 BECAUSE YOU CALL ME WHEN THEY 2036 01:14:06,074 --> 01:14:07,576 HAPPEN AND WHEN YOU CALLED ME ON 2037 01:14:07,643 --> 01:14:09,645 THAT DAY, FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO 2038 01:14:09,711 --> 01:14:12,047 SAY LISTEN, TEAM HERE, AT THE 2039 01:14:12,114 --> 01:14:13,782 JET PROPULSION LAB, I'VE GOT TO 2040 01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:18,921 TAKE A CALLCALL CALL FROM THE 2041 01:14:18,987 --> 01:14:20,322 VICE-PRESIDENT, THAT WAS A SHOT 2042 01:14:20,389 --> 01:14:21,757 IN EVERYONE AT THE JET 2043 01:14:21,824 --> 01:14:22,257 PROPULSION LABORATORY. 2044 01:14:22,324 --> 01:14:24,760 THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST 2045 01:14:24,827 --> 01:14:25,828 DEDICATION TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING 2046 01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:26,395 TO ACHIEVE. 2047 01:14:26,461 --> 01:14:28,397 FROM THERE OVER THE HOLIDAY WES 2048 01:14:28,463 --> 01:14:33,602 ENTERED ORBIT AROUND BENU, AN 2049 01:14:33,669 --> 01:14:36,271 ASTEROID IN DEEP SPEIGHTS WITH 2050 01:14:36,338 --> 01:14:39,308 OSIRIS REX. 2051 01:14:39,374 --> 01:14:43,145 YOU SAW OSIRIS REX WITH YOUR 2052 01:14:43,212 --> 01:14:45,080 OWN EYES BEFORE IT LAUNCHED. 2053 01:14:45,147 --> 01:14:47,182 WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK A 2054 01:14:47,249 --> 01:14:48,617 SAMPLE OF THIS ASTEROID SO WE 2055 01:14:48,684 --> 01:14:50,586 CAN STUDY AND IT SHARE WITH OUR 2056 01:14:50,652 --> 01:14:51,386 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 2057 01:14:51,453 --> 01:14:52,487 DEMONSTRATING AMERICAN 2058 01:14:52,554 --> 01:14:54,623 LEADERSHIP IN DEEP SPACE. 2059 01:14:54,690 --> 01:14:55,791 OVER THE SAME HOLIDAY BREAK, IT 2060 01:14:55,858 --> 01:14:56,758 WAS A LITTLE BIT BUSY FOR ME AT 2061 01:14:56,825 --> 01:14:59,628 THAT TIME BUT WE FLEW NEW 2062 01:14:59,695 --> 01:15:07,870 HORIZONS PAST ULTIMA THULE, 2063 01:15:07,936 --> 01:15:08,637 4 BILLION MILES FROM EARTH IN 2064 01:15:08,704 --> 01:15:09,838 THE KIPPUR BELT. 2065 01:15:09,905 --> 01:15:13,242 THE FURTHEST OBJECT EVER 2066 01:15:13,308 --> 01:15:16,845 EXPLORED IN DEEP SPACE AND THE 2067 01:15:16,912 --> 01:15:18,313 SCIENCE COME BAG IS ASTONISHING. 2068 01:15:18,380 --> 01:15:19,481 THE NEW HORIZON SPACECRAFT THAT 2069 01:15:19,548 --> 01:15:22,417 DID THAT IS THE SAME SPACECRAFT 2070 01:15:22,484 --> 01:15:23,619 THAT FLEW BY PLUTO IN 2014 AND 2071 01:15:23,685 --> 01:15:24,786 GAVE US THE BEAUTIFUL IMAGES FOR 2072 01:15:24,853 --> 01:15:27,289 THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY OF 2073 01:15:27,356 --> 01:15:29,157 PLUTO AND OF COURSE SO A LOT OF 2074 01:15:29,224 --> 01:15:30,459 VERY EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING 2075 01:15:30,525 --> 01:15:32,394 IN SPACE EXPLORATION. 2076 01:15:32,461 --> 01:15:33,996 OF COURSE I KNOW YOU WATCHED 2077 01:15:34,062 --> 01:15:35,197 WITH GREAT INTEREST AND CAME 2078 01:15:35,264 --> 01:15:36,398 OVER THE NASA HEADQUARTERS WHEN 2079 01:15:36,465 --> 01:15:39,201 THE CREW DRAGON DOCKED TO THE 2080 01:15:39,268 --> 01:15:40,936 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 2081 01:15:41,003 --> 01:15:42,971 ANOTHER AMAZING MOMENT, A FIRST 2082 01:15:43,038 --> 01:15:43,939 IN THE HISTORY. 2083 01:15:44,006 --> 01:15:50,112 [ Applause ] 2084 01:15:50,178 --> 01:15:52,681 A FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF THE 2085 01:15:52,748 --> 01:15:53,982 UNITED STATES WHERE WE WANT TO 2086 01:15:54,049 --> 01:15:56,351 BE A CUSTOMER IN LOW-EARTH 2087 01:15:56,418 --> 01:15:56,652 ORBIT. 2088 01:15:56,718 --> 01:15:58,387 WE WANT TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF 2089 01:15:58,453 --> 01:15:58,654 MANY. 2090 01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:00,088 WE WANT NUMEROUS PROVIDERS THAT 2091 01:16:00,155 --> 01:16:01,290 ARE COMPETING ON COST AND 2092 01:16:01,356 --> 01:16:02,324 INNOVATION TO DRIVE DOWN COSTS 2093 01:16:02,391 --> 01:16:04,626 TO GIVE US MORE CAPABILITY AND 2094 01:16:04,693 --> 01:16:06,261 IMPROVE SAFETY AND WE BELIEVE 2095 01:16:06,328 --> 01:16:08,897 THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL 2096 01:16:08,964 --> 01:16:09,197 CAPABILITY. 2097 01:16:09,264 --> 01:16:11,233 I WAS THERE LAST YEAR AT THE 2098 01:16:11,300 --> 01:16:12,935 SPACE SYMPOSIUM WHEN YOU SAID 2099 01:16:13,001 --> 01:16:15,671 VERY CLEARLY THAT WE WANT TO BE 2100 01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:18,674 A TENANT IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 2101 01:16:18,740 --> 01:16:19,708 WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE 2102 01:16:19,775 --> 01:16:20,108 LANDLORD. 2103 01:16:20,175 --> 01:16:21,777 WITH COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY AND NOW 2104 01:16:21,843 --> 01:16:25,380 ON THE HORIZON COMMERCIAL CREW 2105 01:16:25,447 --> 01:16:27,416 AND EVENTUALLY COMMERCIALIZATION 2106 01:16:27,482 --> 01:16:30,352 OF LOW-EARTH ORBIT WITH 2107 01:16:30,419 --> 01:16:31,320 HABITATION, COMMERCIAL HABITAT, 2108 01:16:31,386 --> 01:16:33,889 WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF 2109 01:16:33,956 --> 01:16:40,929 COMMERCIALIZING LOW-EFFOEARTH OT 2110 01:16:40,996 --> 01:16:41,730 WITH A SPECIFIC GOAL. 2111 01:16:41,797 --> 01:16:42,898 WE WANT TO GO TO THE SURFACE OF 2112 01:16:42,965 --> 01:16:44,466 THE MOON AND WE WANT TO GO 2113 01:16:44,533 --> 01:16:44,700 QUICKLY. 2114 01:16:44,766 --> 01:16:45,500 THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE. 2115 01:16:45,567 --> 01:16:47,102 IF WE CAN DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND 2116 01:16:47,169 --> 01:16:48,937 INCREASE ACCESS, COMMERCIALIZE 2117 01:16:49,004 --> 01:16:50,605 LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 2118 01:16:50,672 --> 01:16:54,843 I KNOW SECRETARY CHAO AND SHORT 2119 01:16:54,910 --> 01:17:02,117 BRSECTORROSS ARE GIVING US ALL E 2120 01:17:02,184 --> 01:17:04,720 COMMERCIALIZATION AND NOW WITH 2121 01:17:04,786 --> 01:17:09,791 WITH YOUR CHARGE TODAY SIR, 2122 01:17:09,858 --> 01:17:09,992 2024. 2123 01:17:10,058 --> 01:17:11,126 WE'VE GOT IT LOUD AND CLEAR. 2124 01:17:11,193 --> 01:17:12,027 THE CHALLENGES YOU UNDERLINED 2125 01:17:12,094 --> 01:17:12,928 TODAY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT IN 2126 01:17:12,995 --> 01:17:15,163 YOUR OFFICE WITH SLS AND MAKING 2127 01:17:15,230 --> 01:17:16,732 SURE WE CAN ACCELERATE THE 2128 01:17:16,798 --> 01:17:18,600 AGENDA, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 2129 01:17:18,667 --> 01:17:26,608 WE GOT IT LOUD AND CLEAR. 2130 01:17:26,675 --> 01:17:35,250 I DID OPEN UP THE TO LAUNCH THE 2131 01:17:35,317 --> 01:17:36,785 ORION CAPSULE UNDER THE MOON. 2132 01:17:36,852 --> 01:17:37,986 WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THERE AN 2133 01:17:38,053 --> 01:17:40,455 OPPORTUNITY THERE IN THE FUTURE. 2134 01:17:40,522 --> 01:17:42,824 I WILL ALSO TELL YOU IF WE 2135 01:17:42,891 --> 01:17:44,760 WANTED TO ACHIEVE 2024, WE HAVE 2136 01:17:44,826 --> 01:17:46,261 TO HAVE SLS. 2137 01:17:46,328 --> 01:17:48,063 WE HAVE TO ACCELERATE ITS AGENDA 2138 01:17:48,130 --> 01:17:50,665 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING 2139 01:17:50,732 --> 01:17:53,702 ABLE TO COMANIFEST PAYLOADS, WE 2140 01:17:53,769 --> 01:17:56,238 TALK ABOUT PUTTING HUMANS ON A 2141 01:17:56,304 --> 01:17:59,641 SPACECRAFT WITH HABITATION 2142 01:17:59,708 --> 01:18:00,208 MODULES AT THE SAME TIME AND 2143 01:18:00,275 --> 01:18:01,343 DELIVERING TO THE MOON ALL AT 2144 01:18:01,410 --> 01:18:03,078 ONCE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED AN 2145 01:18:03,145 --> 01:18:03,879 EXPLORATION UPPER STAGE AND 2146 01:18:03,945 --> 01:18:05,280 WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT 2147 01:18:05,347 --> 01:18:07,382 PROBABLY EARLY BY EM3, THE THIRD 2148 01:18:07,449 --> 01:18:08,817 LAUNCH OF THE SPACE LAUNCH 2149 01:18:08,884 --> 01:18:09,117 SYSTEM. 2150 01:18:09,184 --> 01:18:11,653 SO THERE'S A LOT TO ACHIEVE. 2151 01:18:11,720 --> 01:18:13,455 WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW AT 2152 01:18:13,522 --> 01:18:16,058 MAKING SURE THAT EVERY MOMENT OF 2153 01:18:16,124 --> 01:18:17,459 TIME THAT WE ARE USING TO 2154 01:18:17,526 --> 01:18:21,596 DEVELOP SLS AND THE ORION CREW 2155 01:18:21,663 --> 01:18:22,931 CAPSULE, WE ARE ONLY DOING WHAT 2156 01:18:22,998 --> 01:18:23,832 IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO GET 2157 01:18:23,899 --> 01:18:26,234 TO THAT FIRST LAUNCH. 2158 01:18:26,301 --> 01:18:29,137 AND NOT ADDING TO THE MIX 2159 01:18:29,204 --> 01:18:33,875 WHETHER IT'S ADDITIONAL TESTING 2160 01:18:33,942 --> 01:18:36,044 OR HAVING SERIAL ASSEMBLY RATHER 2161 01:18:36,111 --> 01:18:36,878 THAN PARALLEL ASSEMBLY, WE ARE 2162 01:18:36,945 --> 01:18:38,613 TRYING TO ELIMINATE ANY EXTRA 2163 01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:40,215 TIME IN ORDERED TO GET TO THAT 2164 01:18:40,282 --> 01:18:41,016 FIRST LAUNCH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 2165 01:18:41,083 --> 01:18:42,451 AND Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, I CAN 2166 01:18:42,517 --> 01:18:43,952 TELL YOU, I AM CONFIDENT WE CAN 2167 01:18:44,019 --> 01:18:46,188 GET TO THAT FIRST LAUNCH IN 2168 01:18:46,254 --> 01:18:48,390 2020, FOR SLS. 2169 01:18:48,457 --> 01:18:51,326 AND ACTUALLY FLY THE CREW 2170 01:18:51,393 --> 01:18:52,527 CAPSULE AROUND THE MOON. 2171 01:18:52,594 --> 01:18:57,833 [ Applause ] 2172 01:18:57,899 --> 01:18:59,668 I HEARD EARLIER ADMIRAL ELLIS 2173 01:18:59,734 --> 01:19:00,969 MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SOME 2174 01:19:01,036 --> 01:19:05,507 CONCERN ABOUT THE GATEWAY. 2175 01:19:05,574 --> 01:19:06,875 I'VE HEARD THOSE SAME CONCERNS. 2176 01:19:06,942 --> 01:19:08,210 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE 2177 01:19:08,276 --> 01:19:09,111 WHAT THE GATEWAY IS. 2178 01:19:09,177 --> 01:19:12,147 I HEARD YOU SAY, SIR, YOU WANT 2179 01:19:12,214 --> 01:19:14,249 TO GET TO THE SOUTH POLE OF THE 2180 01:19:14,316 --> 01:19:17,285 MOON AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WITH 2181 01:19:17,352 --> 01:19:20,489 OUR FIRST ASTRONAUTS DOES. 2182 01:19:20,555 --> 01:19:22,057 WHAT THE GATEWAY DOES IS AN EI 2183 01:19:22,124 --> 01:19:27,028 BELIEVE US A TO GET TO THE FIRS. 2184 01:19:27,095 --> 01:19:31,266 WE WANT TO HAVE A REUSABLE 2185 01:19:31,333 --> 01:19:32,701 COMMAND MODULE WITH PROPULSION 2186 01:19:32,767 --> 01:19:34,336 THAT CAN GET TO MORE 2187 01:19:34,402 --> 01:19:34,936 PARTICIPATION OF THE MOON THAT 2188 01:19:35,003 --> 01:19:37,005 EVER EVER BEFORE. 2189 01:19:37,072 --> 01:19:40,142 FROM 1969 UP TO 2008, MOST 2190 01:19:40,208 --> 01:19:42,844 PEOPLE BELIEVED THE MOON WAS 2191 01:19:42,911 --> 01:19:44,045 BONE DRY. 2192 01:19:44,112 --> 01:19:45,981 2008 AND 2009, NASA MADE 2193 01:19:46,047 --> 01:19:48,984 IMPORTANT DISCOVERS, HUNDREDS OF 2194 01:19:49,050 --> 01:19:55,624 MILLIONS OF TONS OF WATER ICE ON 2195 01:19:55,690 --> 01:19:57,159 THE POLES OF THE MOON. 2196 01:19:57,225 --> 01:19:59,928 WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TO GET TO 2197 01:19:59,995 --> 01:20:00,462 THAT REGION. 2198 01:20:00,529 --> 01:20:03,365 WE NEED A COMMAND MODULE THAT 2199 01:20:03,431 --> 01:20:05,500 CAN MANEUVER AROUND THE MOON. 2200 01:20:05,567 --> 01:20:10,138 WHATTHAT'S WHAT THE GATEWAY IS L 2201 01:20:10,205 --> 01:20:10,639 ABOUT. 2202 01:20:10,705 --> 01:20:13,341 WE NEED AN EARLY COMMAND MODULE 2203 01:20:13,408 --> 01:20:14,776 FOCUSEDXCLUSIVELY ON GETTING 2204 01:20:14,843 --> 01:20:16,311 HUMANS TO THE SURFACE OF THE 2205 01:20:16,378 --> 01:20:16,611 MOON. 2206 01:20:16,678 --> 01:20:17,812 THAT'S WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE ABOUT 2207 01:20:17,879 --> 01:20:19,414 AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT 2208 01:20:19,481 --> 01:20:20,448 GIVEN YOUR DIRECTION TODAY, 2209 01:20:20,515 --> 01:20:23,752 WE'LL BE USING THE GATEWAY AS A 2210 01:20:23,818 --> 01:20:24,986 REASONABLE COMMAND MODULE TO GET 2211 01:20:25,053 --> 01:20:27,589 BOOTS ON THE MOON AS SOON AS 2212 01:20:27,656 --> 01:20:27,856 POSSIBLE. 2213 01:20:27,923 --> 01:20:31,626 SO YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT IN THE 2214 01:20:31,693 --> 01:20:35,730 COMING YEARS, I SHOULD SAY. 2215 01:20:35,797 --> 01:20:37,465 SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING, 2216 01:20:37,532 --> 01:20:39,434 THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. 2217 01:20:39,501 --> 01:20:40,936 SIR, YOUR VISION, ONE THING I 2218 01:20:41,002 --> 01:20:42,270 HEARD YOU SAY TODAY THAT I 2219 01:20:42,337 --> 01:20:44,973 THOUGHT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL, YOU 2220 01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:46,708 SAID FAIL SMARTER. 2221 01:20:46,775 --> 01:20:48,109 THOSE WORDS ARE IMPORTANT FOR 2222 01:20:48,176 --> 01:20:50,111 NASA TO UNDERSTAND. 2223 01:20:50,178 --> 01:20:55,650 ONE OF MY FIRST INITIATIVES AS 2224 01:20:55,717 --> 01:20:57,185 THE ADMINISTRATOR WAS THE 2225 01:20:57,252 --> 01:20:57,686 COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD 2226 01:20:57,752 --> 01:20:58,853 SERVICES WHICH SAYS WE'RE GOING 2227 01:20:58,920 --> 01:21:01,289 TO DELIVER SMALL PAYLOADS TO THE 2228 01:21:01,356 --> 01:21:03,792 SURFACE OF THE MOON BY JUST 2229 01:21:03,858 --> 01:21:04,926 BUYING THE SERVICE RATHER THAN 2230 01:21:04,993 --> 01:21:06,428 OWNING AND OPERATING THE 2231 01:21:06,494 --> 01:21:06,695 HARDWARE. 2232 01:21:06,761 --> 01:21:07,929 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TODAY, 2233 01:21:07,996 --> 01:21:10,165 SIR, WE JUST RELEASED THE FIRST 2234 01:21:10,232 --> 01:21:11,266 TASK ORDER THIS MORNING TO 2235 01:21:11,333 --> 01:21:12,367 ACHIEVE THAT AND THERE'S SOME 2236 01:21:12,434 --> 01:21:13,935 PEOPLE MAYBE OUT HERE IN THE 2237 01:21:14,002 --> 01:21:15,470 AUDIENCE WHO NEED TO BE CHECKING 2238 01:21:15,537 --> 01:21:18,306 THEIR EMAIL RIGHT NOW WA BECAUSE 2239 01:21:18,373 --> 01:21:20,508 THAT TASK ORDER IS OUT, 2240 01:21:20,575 --> 01:21:21,710 PROPOSALS ARE DUE IN A MONTH AND 2241 01:21:21,776 --> 01:21:22,944 A MONTH AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING 2242 01:21:23,011 --> 01:21:24,646 TO BE AWARDING THOSE PROPOSALS 2243 01:21:24,713 --> 01:21:26,381 TO COMMERCIALLY LAND SMALL 2244 01:21:26,448 --> 01:21:27,148 PAYLOADS ON THE SURFACE OF THE 2245 01:21:27,215 --> 01:21:29,084 MOON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, MAYBE 2246 01:21:29,150 --> 01:21:29,684 2019. 2247 01:21:29,751 --> 01:21:32,821 THE GOAL OF COURSE IS 2020 TO 2248 01:21:32,887 --> 01:21:33,822 GET PAYLOADS TO THE SURFACE OF 2249 01:21:33,888 --> 01:21:34,322 THE MOON. 2250 01:21:34,389 --> 01:21:36,958 THE IMPORTANT THING THERE, SIR, 2251 01:21:37,025 --> 01:21:38,360 FOLLOWING YOUR DIRECTION FAIL 2252 01:21:38,426 --> 01:21:40,762 SMARTER, WE THINK OF THIS, THESE 2253 01:21:40,829 --> 01:21:43,665 ARE INEXPENSIVE MISSIONS. 2254 01:21:43,732 --> 01:21:45,433 WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE 2255 01:21:45,500 --> 01:21:45,667 FAILURE. 2256 01:21:45,734 --> 01:21:48,203 I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR. 2257 01:21:48,270 --> 01:21:50,338 WHEN WE SEE FAILURE, THAT IS NOT 2258 01:21:50,405 --> 01:21:51,172 NECESSARILY FAILURE BECAUSE WE 2259 01:21:51,239 --> 01:21:51,940 ARE LEARNING. 2260 01:21:52,007 --> 01:21:53,241 THESE ARE INEXPENSIVE MISSIONS 2261 01:21:53,308 --> 01:21:54,743 WITH A LITTLE MORE RISK THAN 2262 01:21:54,809 --> 01:21:56,978 NORMAL BUT THERE'S NO HUMAN 2263 01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:57,879 LIVES INVOLVED. 2264 01:21:57,946 --> 01:21:59,881 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF 2265 01:21:59,948 --> 01:22:00,949 THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, THE RETURN 2266 01:22:01,016 --> 01:22:03,918 IS EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH, 2267 01:22:03,985 --> 01:22:05,820 ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO GET 2268 01:22:05,887 --> 01:22:07,355 BOOTS ON THE MOON IN 2024. 2269 01:22:07,422 --> 01:22:09,357 THAT I THINK IS A GREAT 2270 01:22:09,424 --> 01:22:12,360 DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE HEADING 2271 01:22:12,427 --> 01:22:13,194 RIGHT NOW. 2272 01:22:13,261 --> 01:22:16,831 SIR, YOUR CHARGE TODAY WAS 2273 01:22:16,898 --> 01:22:17,399 FANTASTIC. 2274 01:22:17,465 --> 01:22:19,034 SO GRATEFUL FOR IT. 2275 01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:20,235 THIS AGENCY IS UP TO THE TASK. 2276 01:22:20,302 --> 01:22:21,936 WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE 2277 01:22:22,003 --> 01:22:22,904 CAN TO MEET IT. 2278 01:22:22,971 --> 01:22:23,672 THANK YOU. 2279 01:22:23,738 --> 01:22:23,838 SIR. 2280 01:22:23,905 --> 01:22:30,812 [ Applause ] 2281 01:22:30,879 --> 01:22:31,613 >> THANK YOU, JIM. 2282 01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:33,448 THANKS FOR THAT GREAT REPORT. 2283 01:22:33,515 --> 01:22:35,216 I KNOW IT'S AN INSPIRATION TO 2284 01:22:35,283 --> 01:22:37,752 PEOPLE HERE AT MARSHALL. 2285 01:22:37,819 --> 01:22:39,054 SPACE 2286 01:22:39,120 --> 01:22:40,655 CENTER AND THE PEOPLE LOOKING ON 2287 01:22:40,722 --> 01:22:41,389 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 2288 01:22:41,456 --> 01:22:45,627 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 2289 01:22:45,694 --> 01:22:50,131 ENERGETIC LEADERSHIP. 2290 01:22:50,198 --> 01:22:52,200 AND REALLY YOU'RE THE RIGHT MAN 2291 01:22:52,267 --> 01:22:52,967 FOR THE JOB RIGHT NOW. 2292 01:22:53,034 --> 01:22:54,936 THANK YOU FOR MOVING OUT. 2293 01:22:55,003 --> 01:22:55,370 >> THANK YOU. 2294 01:22:55,437 --> 01:22:56,705 >> THANK YOU FOR MOVING OUT. 2295 01:22:56,771 --> 01:22:57,806 OKAY. 2296 01:22:57,872 --> 01:23:00,875 WITH THAT, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE 2297 01:23:00,942 --> 01:23:04,612 A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FOR IMPROMPTU 2298 01:23:04,679 --> 01:23:07,449 REMARKS IF THEY HAVE THEM, ANY 2299 01:23:07,515 --> 01:23:09,351 REACTION, SUE GORDON IS A 2300 01:23:09,417 --> 01:23:10,552 PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR, 2301 01:23:10,618 --> 01:23:11,386 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 2302 01:23:11,453 --> 01:23:13,288 SUE, ANY THOUGHTS FOR THE 2303 01:23:13,355 --> 01:23:14,589 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL TODAY ON 2304 01:23:14,656 --> 01:23:17,225 ROAD TRTOPICS RAISED? 2305 01:23:17,292 --> 01:23:18,626 >> I THINK IS INCREDIBLY EXCITE. 2306 01:23:18,693 --> 01:23:20,128 >> THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 2307 01:23:20,195 --> 01:23:22,797 HAS BEEN A SATELLITE PARTNER IN 2308 01:23:22,864 --> 01:23:24,199 SPACE FOR BOTH OF OUR HISTORIES 2309 01:23:24,265 --> 01:23:27,001 AND THE OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST 2310 01:23:27,068 --> 01:23:30,538 THAT HEATHER IS ARTICULATING FOR 2311 01:23:30,605 --> 01:23:31,740 THE SPACE FORCE BUT I THINK THE 2312 01:23:31,806 --> 01:23:33,675 SPACE ENTERPRISE ARE EXCITING 2313 01:23:33,742 --> 01:23:34,676 AND THE SECOND IS PERSONAL. 2314 01:23:34,743 --> 01:23:36,177 I'M A CHILD OF THE SPACE RACE. 2315 01:23:36,244 --> 01:23:39,481 HOW IN THE WORLD COULD IT HAVE 2316 01:23:39,547 --> 01:23:40,715 BEEN 47 YEARS SINCE WHAT I 2317 01:23:40,782 --> 01:23:42,717 REMEMBER MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD AS 2318 01:23:42,784 --> 01:23:45,754 MY ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY WATCHING 2319 01:23:45,820 --> 01:23:46,955 THE LANDING ON THE MOON AND THIS 2320 01:23:47,021 --> 01:23:48,456 MEANS I'M WAY OLDER THAN I THINK 2321 01:23:48,523 --> 01:23:48,890 I AM. 2322 01:23:48,957 --> 01:23:50,258 [ Laughter ] 2323 01:23:50,325 --> 01:23:53,995 HOLY SMOKES. 2324 01:23:54,062 --> 01:23:55,397 ANYWAY, GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 2325 01:23:55,463 --> 01:23:58,199 YOU ALL WILL EACH HAVE US AS 2326 01:23:58,266 --> 01:23:59,401 YOUR CLOSEST PARTNER. 2327 01:24:00,435 --> 01:23:59,734 THANK YOU. 2328 01:24:00,502 --> 01:24:01,069 THAT'S GREAT. 2329 01:24:01,136 --> 01:24:02,470 THANK YOU, SUE GORDON. 2330 01:24:02,537 --> 01:24:04,472 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK IN 2331 01:24:04,539 --> 01:24:05,673 THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND 2332 01:24:05,740 --> 01:24:10,712 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW, 2333 01:24:10,779 --> 01:24:12,847 ESPECIALLY WELL PUT. 2334 01:24:12,914 --> 01:24:13,748 OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS 2335 01:24:13,815 --> 01:24:15,450 BEEN A SILENT PARTNER OF THE 2336 01:24:15,517 --> 01:24:16,618 AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM FOR 2337 01:24:16,684 --> 01:24:20,188 GENERATIONS AND IT'S BEEN A 2338 01:24:20,255 --> 01:24:20,989 PARTNERSHIP THAT'S CONTRIBUTED 2339 01:24:21,055 --> 01:24:21,990 TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF 2340 01:24:22,056 --> 01:24:23,024 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 2341 01:24:23,091 --> 01:24:23,358 WE THANK YOU. 2342 01:24:23,425 --> 01:24:26,327 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 2343 01:24:26,394 --> 01:24:28,763 ANDREA THOMPSON UNDER SECRETARY 2344 01:24:28,830 --> 01:24:31,599 OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2345 01:24:31,666 --> 01:24:32,834 YOUR THOUGHTS ON TODAY'S 2346 01:24:32,901 --> 01:24:33,067 MEETING. 2347 01:24:33,134 --> 01:24:34,002 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 2348 01:24:34,068 --> 01:24:35,603 JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WHAT I HEARD 2349 01:24:35,670 --> 01:24:36,438 FROM ALL THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE 2350 01:24:36,504 --> 01:24:37,405 SPOKEN THIS MORNING, THERE'S A 2351 01:24:37,472 --> 01:24:39,307 COMMON THEME AND A COMMON THEME 2352 01:24:39,374 --> 01:24:40,742 FROM THE INDIVIDUALS HERE IN 2353 01:24:40,809 --> 01:24:42,177 ROCKET CITY THAT WE HAD A TOUR A 2354 01:24:42,243 --> 01:24:43,445 LITTLE BIT OF A TOUR EARLIER, 2355 01:24:43,511 --> 01:24:49,784 THE COMMON THEME IS LEADERSHIP. 2356 01:24:49,851 --> 01:24:50,618 WELL, WHETHER IT'S LEADERSHIP ON 2357 01:24:50,685 --> 01:24:52,720 THE LINE, IN THE LAB WHETHER 2358 01:24:52,787 --> 01:24:54,022 IT'S LEADERSHIP HERE WITH 2359 01:24:54,088 --> 01:24:55,657 POLICY, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO 2360 01:24:55,723 --> 01:24:56,424 MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE SPACE 2361 01:24:56,491 --> 01:24:56,925 POLICY. 2362 01:24:56,991 --> 01:24:58,860 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE HERE 2363 01:24:58,927 --> 01:25:02,664 AND KNOW THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 2364 01:25:02,730 --> 01:25:03,498 STATE DEPARTMENT FULLY SUPPORTS 2365 01:25:03,565 --> 01:25:04,566 THE EFFORTS WHETHER IT'S 2366 01:25:04,632 --> 01:25:06,301 CO-HOSTING THE SUMMIT WITH 2367 01:25:06,367 --> 01:25:07,602 SECRETARY ROSS WITH HIS TEAM IN 2368 01:25:07,669 --> 01:25:09,237 JUNE, WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH 2369 01:25:09,304 --> 01:25:11,639 THE DEFENSE PARTNERS AND OTHERS 2370 01:25:11,706 --> 01:25:13,775 ON OUR VERY INTEGRATED EXPORT 2371 01:25:13,842 --> 01:25:15,677 CONTROL SYSTEM THAT WE ARE NOW 2372 01:25:15,743 --> 01:25:18,880 MAKING ANA MODERN AND AGILE 2373 01:25:18,947 --> 01:25:20,014 EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM. 2374 01:25:20,081 --> 01:25:21,616 FOR THE INDUSTRY REPS OUT HERE, 2375 01:25:21,683 --> 01:25:23,117 IT SHOULDN'T TAKE YEARS, IT 2376 01:25:23,184 --> 01:25:24,252 SHOULD TAKE MONTHS AND IN SOME 2377 01:25:24,319 --> 01:25:26,354 CASES IT SHOULD TAKE WEEKS. 2378 01:25:26,421 --> 01:25:28,456 WE STAND IN SUPPORT FOR YOUR 2379 01:25:28,523 --> 01:25:29,257 EFFORT AND THE SPACE COUNCIL'S 2380 01:25:29,324 --> 01:25:30,792 EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE OUR 2381 01:25:30,859 --> 01:25:31,359 DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS. 2382 01:25:31,426 --> 01:25:33,094 THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE. 2383 01:25:33,161 --> 01:25:36,064 >> VERY WELL SAID, COLONEL. 2384 01:25:36,130 --> 01:25:36,831 EXCUSE ME. 2385 01:25:36,898 --> 01:25:38,733 SECRETARY THOMPSON. 2386 01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:42,837 GREAT FRIEND, SERVED THE COUNTRY 2387 01:25:42,904 --> 01:25:44,572 FOR MANY YEARS. 2388 01:25:44,639 --> 01:25:48,676 CLAIR GRADY IS THE ACTING DEPUTY 2389 01:25:48,743 --> 01:25:52,113 SECRETARY FOR HOMELAND 2390 01:25:52,180 --> 01:25:52,413 SECURITY. 2391 01:25:52,480 --> 01:25:56,851 >> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BY THE 2392 01:25:56,918 --> 01:25:58,386 INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT WE 2393 01:25:58,453 --> 01:25:58,586 SEE. 2394 01:25:58,653 --> 01:26:01,990 FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY WE 2395 01:26:02,056 --> 01:26:03,024 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE 2396 01:26:03,091 --> 01:26:04,926 AS MUCH AS SOME MEMBERS OF THE 2397 01:26:04,993 --> 01:26:09,731 PANEL BUT WE'RE VERY MUCH 2398 01:26:09,797 --> 01:26:12,634 SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S 2399 01:26:12,700 --> 01:26:17,972 HAPPENED AND WE HELP ADVANCE THE 2400 01:26:18,039 --> 01:26:19,207 SECURITY, CYBER SECURITY WILL 2401 01:26:19,274 --> 01:26:20,208 BECOME A MAJOR FACTOR AND IT 2402 01:26:20,275 --> 01:26:22,644 ALREADY IS AND WE STAND BEHIND 2403 01:26:22,710 --> 01:26:23,645 AND EXCITED TO SUPPORT ALL THE 2404 01:26:23,711 --> 01:26:25,747 PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE AND 2405 01:26:25,813 --> 01:26:27,482 THE ACCELERATION IS EXCITING. 2406 01:26:27,549 --> 01:26:29,083 AND THE INNOVATIONS THAT WILL 2407 01:26:29,150 --> 01:26:30,485 COME WILL BENEFIT NOT JUST THE 2408 01:26:30,552 --> 01:26:31,920 SPACE INDUSTRY BUT THE ENTIRE 2409 01:26:31,986 --> 01:26:33,021 GOVERNMENT AND THE ENTIRE 2410 01:26:33,087 --> 01:26:34,155 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 2411 01:26:34,222 --> 01:26:34,822 >> GREAT. 2412 01:26:34,889 --> 01:26:38,159 THANK YOU, CLAIRE. 2413 01:26:38,226 --> 01:26:39,761 THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND FOR 2414 01:26:39,827 --> 01:26:41,195 THE SECRETARY'S STRONG SUPPORT 2415 01:26:41,262 --> 01:26:43,665 OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL'S 2416 01:26:43,731 --> 01:26:43,865 WORK. 2417 01:26:43,932 --> 01:26:45,066 I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK A 2418 01:26:45,133 --> 01:26:46,601 COUPLE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE 2419 01:26:46,668 --> 01:26:48,603 PANEL TO SPEAK FOR THE RECORD 2420 01:26:48,670 --> 01:26:50,305 BUT THE FIRST PANEL, IF THE 2421 01:26:50,371 --> 01:26:51,739 FIRST PANEL WANTS TO MAKE THEIR 2422 01:26:51,806 --> 01:26:51,940 WAY. 2423 01:26:52,006 --> 01:26:53,141 GENERAL, IF YOU WANT TO HEAD UP. 2424 01:26:53,207 --> 01:27:00,782 >> YOUYOU CAN GET SI SITUATED AT 2425 01:27:00,848 --> 01:27:01,182 COMFORTABLE. 2426 01:27:01,249 --> 01:27:02,116 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 2427 01:27:02,183 --> 01:27:03,451 COUNCIL HAS BEEN A FULL PARTNER 2428 01:27:03,518 --> 01:27:05,653 IN THIS EFFORT. 2429 01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:08,623 THE PRESIDENT HAS SENT TO 2430 01:27:08,690 --> 01:27:10,959 CONGRESS AND ALREADY SIGNED INTO 2431 01:27:11,025 --> 01:27:12,160 LAW IN PREVIOUS APPROPRIATIONS 2432 01:27:12,226 --> 01:27:14,996 THE LARGEST NASA BUDGET IN 2433 01:27:15,063 --> 01:27:17,599 RECENT MEMORY AND JIM HART IS 2434 01:27:17,665 --> 01:27:19,934 THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF OMV 2435 01:27:20,001 --> 01:27:22,937 AND HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THAT. 2436 01:27:23,004 --> 01:27:23,237 JIM, THANKS. 2437 01:27:23,304 --> 01:27:25,773 YOUR THOUGHTS. 2438 01:27:25,840 --> 01:27:27,675 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 2439 01:27:27,742 --> 01:27:30,979 YES, OMB HAS BEEN A CRITICAL 2440 01:27:31,045 --> 01:27:31,679 PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT AND WE 2441 01:27:31,746 --> 01:27:32,580 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE 2442 01:27:32,647 --> 01:27:33,281 A PARTNER. 2443 01:27:33,348 --> 01:27:35,617 WE JUST RELEASED THE PRESIDENT'S 2444 01:27:35,683 --> 01:27:36,951 BUDGET IN THE PAST COUPLE OF 2445 01:27:37,018 --> 01:27:37,218 WEEKS. 2446 01:27:37,285 --> 01:27:39,721 WE PUT VERY STRONG REQUESTS FOR 2447 01:27:39,787 --> 01:27:41,923 SPACE EXPLORATION, ESPECIALLY IN 2448 01:27:41,990 --> 01:27:42,156 LUNAR. 2449 01:27:42,223 --> 01:27:43,691 I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF 2450 01:27:43,758 --> 01:27:45,293 THE HIGHLIGHTS BUT I CAN TELL 2451 01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:48,796 YOU JUST IN SUMMARY VERY STRONG 2452 01:27:48,863 --> 01:27:50,365 REQUEST FOR SPACE EXPLORATION. 2453 01:27:50,431 --> 01:27:53,034 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR 2454 01:27:53,101 --> 01:27:54,369 VISION TO RETURN U.S. ASTRONAUTS 2455 01:27:54,435 --> 01:27:57,071 TO THE MOON IN 2024. 2456 01:27:57,138 --> 01:27:57,372 >> GREAT. 2457 01:27:57,438 --> 01:27:59,974 WE'LL BE COMING TO OMB. 2458 01:28:00,041 --> 01:28:02,043 >> I EXPECT YOU WILL. 2459 01:28:02,110 --> 01:28:03,611 >> ISN'T THAT RIGHT, GOVERNOR? 2460 01:28:03,678 --> 01:28:06,648 WE'LL BE HEADED THAT WAY. 2461 01:28:06,714 --> 01:28:10,451 THANKS FOR THE GREAT SUPPORT, 2462 01:28:10,518 --> 01:28:10,752 JIM. 2463 01:28:10,818 --> 01:28:12,053 I KNOW IT'S HEARTFELT. 2464 01:28:12,120 --> 01:28:13,554 I'M ASKING TO ASK YOU, JIM, GRAB 2465 01:28:13,621 --> 01:28:16,190 YOUR CHAIR AND COME AROUND TO 2466 01:28:16,257 --> 01:28:17,492 THE OTHER SIDE HERE SO EVERYBODY 2467 01:28:17,558 --> 01:28:20,728 ON THE PANEL HAS A CLEAR LINE OF 2468 01:28:20,795 --> 01:28:23,765 SIGHT FOR OUR PANELISTS. 2469 01:28:23,831 --> 01:28:25,566 I'LL ASK THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO 2470 01:28:25,633 --> 01:28:27,068 THE PRESIDENT FOR 2471 01:28:27,135 --> 01:28:29,704 COUNTERTERRORISM HOMELAND 2472 01:28:29,771 --> 01:28:29,971 SECURITY. 2473 01:28:30,038 --> 01:28:31,572 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT. 2474 01:28:31,639 --> 01:28:32,840 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 2475 01:28:32,907 --> 01:28:34,242 IN THIS AND PRESIDENT'S AS WELL. 2476 01:28:34,308 --> 01:28:37,578 AS ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY GRADY 2477 01:28:37,645 --> 01:28:40,014 SAID, THE HOMELAND NEXUS HERE IS 2478 01:28:40,081 --> 01:28:41,115 PRETTY CLEAR IN THE FUTURE OF 2479 01:28:41,182 --> 01:28:42,316 CYBER AS WELL AS POSITION, 2480 01:28:42,383 --> 01:28:43,451 NAVIGATION AND TIMING HAS THE 2481 01:28:43,518 --> 01:28:45,853 RELATES TO OUR CRITICAL 2482 01:28:45,920 --> 01:28:46,954 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO WE'RE 2483 01:28:47,021 --> 01:28:48,723 EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A VISION. 2484 01:28:48,790 --> 01:28:50,625 WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE 2485 01:28:50,692 --> 01:28:51,392 LEADERSHIP AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO 2486 01:28:51,459 --> 01:28:52,794 BE A PART OF IT. 2487 01:28:52,860 --> 01:28:54,228 THANK YOU, SIR. 2488 01:28:54,295 --> 01:28:54,529 >> GREAT. 2489 01:28:54,595 --> 01:28:55,029 THANK YOU, DOUG. 2490 01:28:55,096 --> 01:28:59,867 IF YOU WANT TO RESIT SITUATE. 2491 01:28:59,934 --> 01:29:00,668 >> YES, SIR. 2492 01:29:00,735 --> 01:29:02,437 >> YOU CAN SADDLE UP TO THE 2493 01:29:02,503 --> 01:29:02,637 TABLE. 2494 01:29:02,704 --> 01:29:04,472 YOU DON'T NEED TO STAND. 2495 01:29:04,539 --> 01:29:04,972 YOU'RE FINE. 2496 01:29:05,039 --> 01:29:06,140 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 2497 01:29:06,207 --> 01:29:07,742 EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2498 01:29:07,809 --> 01:29:12,313 SEE AND INTERACT WITH ALL OF OUR 2499 01:29:12,380 --> 01:29:12,580 PANELISTS. 2500 01:29:12,647 --> 01:29:13,381 LET ME INTRODUCE ALL THREE OF 2501 01:29:13,448 --> 01:29:14,315 THE PANELISTS. 2502 01:29:14,382 --> 01:29:16,217 THESE ARE THREE INCREDIBLE 2503 01:29:16,284 --> 01:29:17,051 AMERICANS. 2504 01:29:17,118 --> 01:29:20,755 WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 2505 01:29:20,822 --> 01:29:22,590 PARTICIPATION TODAY. 2506 01:29:22,657 --> 01:29:24,325 GENERAL LES LILES IS A FORMER 2507 01:29:24,392 --> 01:29:27,228 AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF, 2508 01:29:27,295 --> 01:29:28,329 COMMANDER OF AIR FORCE MATERIAL 2509 01:29:28,396 --> 01:29:28,629 COMMAND. 2510 01:29:28,696 --> 01:29:33,868 HE SERVESSED AS A DIRECTOR OF 2511 01:29:33,935 --> 01:29:37,705 FORTUNE 500 AEROSPACE DEFENSE 2512 01:29:37,772 --> 01:29:40,508 COMPANIES IN THE PAST, CURRENTLY 2513 01:29:40,575 --> 01:29:45,680 A KEY MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 2514 01:29:45,747 --> 01:29:46,781 SPACE COUNCIL USER ADVISORY 2515 01:29:46,848 --> 01:29:47,014 GROUP. 2516 01:29:47,081 --> 01:29:49,117 SECOND PANELIST IS NO STRANGER 2517 01:29:49,183 --> 01:29:50,718 TO THESE ENVIRONMENTS. 2518 01:29:50,785 --> 01:29:51,953 SHE FLEW ON FOUR SHUTTLE 2519 01:29:52,019 --> 01:29:55,790 MISSIONS INCLUDING STS63 AS THE 2520 01:29:55,857 --> 01:29:57,592 FIRST FEMALE SHUTTLE PILOT, 93 2521 01:29:57,658 --> 01:29:59,293 AS THE FIRST FEMALE SHUTTLE 2522 01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:05,333 COMMANDER AND STS 114 AS THE 2523 01:30:05,399 --> 01:30:09,103 COMMANDER OF THE SHUTTLE 2524 01:30:09,170 --> 01:30:10,138 POST-COLUMBIA RETURN TO FLIGHT. 2525 01:30:10,204 --> 01:30:11,706 SHE SAID TODAY AT THE USER 2526 01:30:11,773 --> 01:30:13,141 ADVISORY GROUP SHE WAS 2527 01:30:13,207 --> 01:30:14,041 ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT 2528 01:30:14,108 --> 01:30:15,042 THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON 2529 01:30:15,109 --> 01:30:16,677 WOULD BE AN AMERICAN. 2530 01:30:16,744 --> 01:30:22,517 [ Applause ] 2531 01:30:22,583 --> 01:30:24,085 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 2532 01:30:24,152 --> 01:30:25,753 AND INSPIRING EXAMPLE. 2533 01:30:25,820 --> 01:30:27,455 THE THIRD PANELIST IS 2534 01:30:27,522 --> 01:30:29,357 Dr. SANDY MAGNUS, ALSO A 2535 01:30:29,423 --> 01:30:31,759 FOUR-TIME SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT WHO 2536 01:30:31,826 --> 01:30:34,629 FLEW AS EMISSIONS SPECIALIST ON 2537 01:30:34,695 --> 01:30:36,130 STS135 IN 2011 AND THE MOST 2538 01:30:36,197 --> 01:30:38,900 RECENT ORBITAL CREWED FLIGHT 2539 01:30:38,966 --> 01:30:40,968 FROM U.S. SOIL IN 2012 TO '18, 2540 01:30:41,035 --> 01:30:44,372 SHE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2541 01:30:44,438 --> 01:30:46,107 OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF 2542 01:30:46,174 --> 01:30:51,879 AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS, 2543 01:30:51,946 --> 01:30:53,681 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS 2544 01:30:53,748 --> 01:30:54,882 LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION 2545 01:30:54,949 --> 01:30:57,084 TO THE NATION PAST AND PRESENT. 2546 01:30:57,151 --> 01:31:00,321 JOIN ME IN THANKING ALL THREE OF 2547 01:31:00,388 --> 01:31:02,356 THESE PANELISTS FOR THEIR 2548 01:31:02,423 --> 01:31:02,957 LIFETIME OF SERVICE. 2549 01:31:03,024 --> 01:31:03,357 [ Applause ] 2550 01:31:03,424 --> 01:31:06,394 I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE 2551 01:31:06,460 --> 01:31:07,295 Dr. SANDY MAGNUS FIRST AND 2552 01:31:07,361 --> 01:31:09,797 WE'LL HEAR FROM EACH OF THE 2553 01:31:09,864 --> 01:31:10,932 PANELISTS, YOUR COMMENTS AND 2554 01:31:10,998 --> 01:31:11,732 THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM 2555 01:31:11,799 --> 01:31:12,066 THE PANEL. 2556 01:31:12,133 --> 01:31:15,336 THE TOPIC OF THIS PANEL IS WE'RE 2557 01:31:15,403 --> 01:31:17,171 READY TO FLY. 2558 01:31:17,238 --> 01:31:19,907 WE FEEL LIKE FOR MANY YEARS, 2559 01:31:19,974 --> 01:31:21,108 MANY OF YOU AND PARTICULARLY 2560 01:31:21,175 --> 01:31:22,710 THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN THE 2561 01:31:22,777 --> 01:31:23,744 USER ADVISORY GROUP, THE 2562 01:31:23,811 --> 01:31:26,147 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL ARE READY 2563 01:31:26,214 --> 01:31:27,882 TO SEE AMERICAN HUMAN SPACE 2564 01:31:27,949 --> 01:31:33,020 EXPLORATION LEADING, REACHING 2565 01:31:33,087 --> 01:31:34,055 OUT ONCE AGAIN IN SPACE. 2566 01:31:34,121 --> 01:31:36,224 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PRESSING 2567 01:31:36,290 --> 01:31:38,059 AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REMARKS 2568 01:31:38,125 --> 01:31:39,393 ON THEME TODAY. 2569 01:31:39,460 --> 01:31:40,461 Dr. SANDY MAGNUS, YOU ARE 2570 01:31:40,528 --> 01:31:40,761 RECOGNIZED. 2571 01:31:40,828 --> 01:31:46,634 >> THANK YOU, Mr. VERY MUCH. 2572 01:31:46,701 --> 01:31:47,835 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 2573 01:31:47,902 --> 01:31:49,737 COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 2574 01:31:49,804 --> 01:31:51,639 I'M HONORED TO APPEAR ON THE 2575 01:31:51,706 --> 01:31:53,207 EVE OF THE U.S. SPACE FLIGHT 2576 01:31:53,274 --> 01:31:54,775 CAPACITY TO THE U.S. AND SHAVE 2577 01:31:54,842 --> 01:32:00,815 MY THOUGHTS LONG AWAITED 2578 01:32:00,882 --> 01:32:01,115 MILESTONE. 2579 01:32:01,182 --> 01:32:10,791 IN OCTOBER WE'RE CELEBRATING 2580 01:32:10,858 --> 01:32:12,293 THE AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 2581 01:32:12,360 --> 01:32:13,561 IN 2019 WE LOOK TO THE FORWARD. 2582 01:32:13,628 --> 01:32:15,429 50 YEARS AFTER APOLLO AMERICAN 2583 01:32:15,496 --> 01:32:17,899 INVITATION AND LEADERSHIP ONCE 2584 01:32:17,965 --> 01:32:19,233 AGAIN TRANSFORMING HOW HUMANS 2585 01:32:19,300 --> 01:32:19,867 ENGAGE IN SPACE. 2586 01:32:19,934 --> 01:32:22,937 THIS YEAR POTENTIALLY AS MANY AS 2587 01:32:23,004 --> 01:32:25,172 FOUR NEW U.S. SPACE VEHICLES 2588 01:32:25,239 --> 01:32:26,974 BEGIN SUBORBITAL AND ORBITAL 2589 01:32:27,041 --> 01:32:27,975 OPERATIONS NOT ONLY PROVIDING 2590 01:32:28,042 --> 01:32:29,911 OUR COUNTRY WITH THE LONG 2591 01:32:29,977 --> 01:32:31,178 AWAITED HUMAN ACCESS TO 2592 01:32:31,245 --> 01:32:32,413 LOW-EFFORT ORBIT BUT ALSO 2593 01:32:32,480 --> 01:32:33,614 EXPANDING AND DIVERSIFYING 2594 01:32:33,681 --> 01:32:34,749 TRAVEL OFF OUR PLANET. 2595 01:32:34,815 --> 01:32:36,951 WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN AND 2596 01:32:37,018 --> 01:32:38,786 MANY CHALLENGES YET REMAIN BUT 2597 01:32:38,853 --> 01:32:39,353 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE 2598 01:32:39,420 --> 01:32:40,354 OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD. 2599 01:32:40,421 --> 01:32:44,892 WITH OUR OWN HUMAN LAUNCH 2600 01:32:44,959 --> 01:32:45,960 CAPABILITY, WE CAN DECIDE ON THE 2601 01:32:46,027 --> 01:32:47,728 CADENCE OF MISSIONS TO THE ISS. 2602 01:32:47,795 --> 01:32:50,731 OUR EFFORTS TO GROW A PRIVATE 2603 01:32:50,798 --> 01:32:55,670 SECTOR NONGOVERNMENTAL DEPENDENT 2604 01:32:55,736 --> 01:32:59,073 BUSINESS SPACE IN LOW-EARTH 2605 01:32:59,140 --> 01:32:59,307 ORBIT. 2606 01:32:59,373 --> 01:33:01,609 IF WE SO CHOOSE WE'LL SOON HAVE 2607 01:33:01,676 --> 01:33:03,110 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND CREATIVE 2608 01:33:03,177 --> 01:33:04,712 ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS 2609 01:33:04,779 --> 01:33:06,347 INVENTORS AND TECHNOLOGISTS FOR 2610 01:33:06,414 --> 01:33:09,650 SHORT DURATION STAYS ON THE ISS 2611 01:33:09,717 --> 01:33:11,686 TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF 2612 01:33:11,752 --> 01:33:15,089 THE POTENTIAL OF UTILIZATION OF 2613 01:33:15,156 --> 01:33:15,589 MICROGRAVITY. 2614 01:33:15,656 --> 01:33:16,691 THE RESUMPTION OF LAUNCH FROM 2615 01:33:16,757 --> 01:33:19,527 U.S. SOIL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2616 01:33:19,593 --> 01:33:20,328 INSPIRE AND ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE 2617 01:33:20,394 --> 01:33:22,029 AND ALL OF OUR CITIZENRY, A 2618 01:33:22,096 --> 01:33:24,065 VIBRANT, ACTIVE, HIGHLY VISIBLE 2619 01:33:24,131 --> 01:33:26,867 SPACE PROGRAM PROVIDES AN 2620 01:33:26,934 --> 01:33:28,269 EXCELLENT METHOD TO ENGAGE OUR 2621 01:33:28,336 --> 01:33:29,270 YOUTH IN THE STEM FIELD. 2622 01:33:29,337 --> 01:33:32,206 THE FACT THAT WE'VE NOT NOT AN 2623 01:33:32,273 --> 01:33:33,207 INDIGENOUS LAUNCH CAPABILITY IN 2624 01:33:33,274 --> 01:33:34,241 NEARLY EIGHT YEARS TO INSPIRE 2625 01:33:34,308 --> 01:33:35,810 YOUNG PEOPLE IS PROFOUNDLY 2626 01:33:35,876 --> 01:33:36,110 DISTURBING. 2627 01:33:36,177 --> 01:33:37,144 WE HAVE FAILED AN ENTIRE 2628 01:33:37,211 --> 01:33:38,746 GENERATION AND I'M EXCITED IT IS 2629 01:33:38,813 --> 01:33:39,647 SHORTLY TO BE REMEDIED. 2630 01:33:39,714 --> 01:33:41,949 THIS YEAR AFTER A LONG WAIT, AND 2631 01:33:42,016 --> 01:33:43,985 MUCH ANTICIPATION, PRIVATE 2632 01:33:44,051 --> 01:33:45,486 CITIZENS TRAVELING TO THE NEAR 2633 01:33:45,553 --> 01:33:46,220 REACHES OF SPACE WILL EXPERIENCE 2634 01:33:46,287 --> 01:33:48,990 OUR PLANET IN NEW WAYS. 2635 01:33:49,056 --> 01:33:51,158 THEIR BRIEF SUBORBITAL JOURNEY 2636 01:33:51,225 --> 01:33:52,259 WILL PROVIDE THEM A 2637 01:33:52,326 --> 01:33:53,361 LIFE-CHANGING PERCEPTION ABOUT 2638 01:33:53,427 --> 01:33:54,161 GRAVITY, EARTH AND RELATIONSHIP 2639 01:33:54,228 --> 01:33:55,162 AS HUMANS TO OUR HOME. 2640 01:33:55,229 --> 01:33:57,598 SIMILAR TO THE ICONIC PHOTO OF 2641 01:33:57,665 --> 01:33:58,199 THE EARTH TITLED EARTH RISE 2642 01:33:58,265 --> 01:34:01,102 TAKEN FROM THE MOON DURING 2643 01:34:01,168 --> 01:34:02,203 APOLLO 8 THAT SPARKED THE 2644 01:34:02,269 --> 01:34:04,605 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, THE 2645 01:34:04,672 --> 01:34:05,840 EXPANSION OF HUMANS TO EXPAND TO 2646 01:34:05,906 --> 01:34:09,777 OUR PLANET AS I HAVE IS ONE 2647 01:34:09,844 --> 01:34:11,345 INTERCONNECTED HOME TO ALL OF US 2648 01:34:11,412 --> 01:34:12,980 WILL INSPIRE RENEWED COMMITMENT 2649 01:34:13,047 --> 01:34:14,782 TO SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS FACING 2650 01:34:14,849 --> 01:34:14,949 US. 2651 01:34:15,016 --> 01:34:16,283 AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO YEAR TO 2652 01:34:16,350 --> 01:34:17,651 THESE AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES 2653 01:34:17,718 --> 01:34:18,919 THAT WILL EMERGE THE FUTURE IS 2654 01:34:18,986 --> 01:34:20,021 OURS TO SHAPE. 2655 01:34:20,087 --> 01:34:22,056 BUT IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING 2656 01:34:22,123 --> 01:34:23,557 THE FUTURE WE HAVE LESSONS TO 2657 01:34:23,624 --> 01:34:24,558 RELEARN AND WE'LL HAVE NEW 2658 01:34:24,625 --> 01:34:25,960 CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS. 2659 01:34:26,027 --> 01:34:27,194 IT'S BEEN NEARLY EIGHT YEARS 2660 01:34:27,261 --> 01:34:28,596 SINCE WE HAVE LAUNCHED HUMANS 2661 01:34:28,662 --> 01:34:30,698 INTO SPACE AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT 2662 01:34:30,765 --> 01:34:33,000 GAP, WE HAVE LOST CRITICAL 2663 01:34:33,067 --> 01:34:34,335 PERSONNEL AND CORPORATE 2664 01:34:34,402 --> 01:34:34,802 KNOWLEDGE. 2665 01:34:34,869 --> 01:34:37,238 THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE 2666 01:34:37,304 --> 01:34:39,673 SPACEX DEMO 1 FLIGHT EARLIER 2667 01:34:39,740 --> 01:34:41,475 THIS MONTH WHERE THE NASA AND 2668 01:34:41,542 --> 01:34:42,810 SPACEX TEAMS WORK CLOSELY TO 2669 01:34:42,877 --> 01:34:44,979 EXERCISE IN FULL THE PROCESS AND 2670 01:34:45,046 --> 01:34:46,814 PROCEDURES LAUNCHED TO LAUNCH 2671 01:34:46,881 --> 01:34:48,416 HUMANS, THERE'S TESTAMENT TO THE 2672 01:34:48,482 --> 01:34:50,051 FACT WE CAN RELEARN THESE 2673 01:34:50,117 --> 01:34:50,451 SKILLS. 2674 01:34:50,518 --> 01:34:51,652 OPERATIONAL SKILLS ARE 2675 01:34:51,719 --> 01:34:53,054 PERISHABLE AND A REGULAR CADENCE 2676 01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:54,655 OF LAUNCHES WILL BENEFIT 2677 01:34:54,722 --> 01:34:54,922 EVERYONE. 2678 01:34:54,989 --> 01:34:56,390 AS WE EXPAND INTO THE NEW 2679 01:34:56,457 --> 01:34:57,992 FRONTIER FACING US IN SPACE, 2680 01:34:58,059 --> 01:34:59,527 WE'LL CONTINUE TO WRESTLE WITH 2681 01:34:59,593 --> 01:35:01,629 THE QUESTION HOW SAFE IS SAFE 2682 01:35:01,695 --> 01:35:02,630 ENOUGH. 2683 01:35:02,696 --> 01:35:03,931 AS WE DEBATE ACCEPTABLE RISK 2684 01:35:03,998 --> 01:35:05,066 LEVELS, WE MUST BE HONEST ABOUT 2685 01:35:05,132 --> 01:35:06,967 WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DON'T 2686 01:35:07,034 --> 01:35:07,368 KNOW. 2687 01:35:07,435 --> 01:35:09,670 WE MUST HAVE FRANK DISCUSSIONS 2688 01:35:09,737 --> 01:35:11,072 ABOUT OUR RISK POSTURE, HOW TO 2689 01:35:11,138 --> 01:35:14,308 DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF 2690 01:35:14,375 --> 01:35:16,911 OUR DECISIONS ABOUT LESSONS 2691 01:35:16,977 --> 01:35:18,045 LEARNED FROM FAILURES AND HOW TO 2692 01:35:18,112 --> 01:35:19,447 IMPLEMENT THOSE COSTLY LESSONS 2693 01:35:19,513 --> 01:35:20,848 TO AVOID MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE 2694 01:35:20,915 --> 01:35:21,148 TWICE. 2695 01:35:21,215 --> 01:35:22,883 THE PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT ARE 2696 01:35:22,950 --> 01:35:23,984 CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN AND WILL 2697 01:35:24,051 --> 01:35:25,119 BE ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES IN 2698 01:35:25,186 --> 01:35:26,387 SPACE ARE MOTIVATED TO CREATE 2699 01:35:26,454 --> 01:35:29,690 THE SAFEST SYSTEMS THEY CAN. 2700 01:35:29,757 --> 01:35:30,825 THE SUCCESS OF THEIR BUSINESSES 2701 01:35:30,891 --> 01:35:32,126 DEPENDS UPON IT. 2702 01:35:32,193 --> 01:35:34,328 BUT AS ACTIVITIES IN LOW-EARTH 2703 01:35:34,395 --> 01:35:38,866 ORBIT EVOLVE AND UNCOUPLE FROM 2704 01:35:38,933 --> 01:35:42,403 GOVERNMENT-DRIVEN MISSIONS THE 2705 01:35:42,470 --> 01:35:45,406 IMPERATIVE FOR PROFIT WILL ENTER 2706 01:35:45,473 --> 01:35:45,639 INTO. 2707 01:35:45,706 --> 01:35:47,041 LIKE OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE 2708 01:35:47,108 --> 01:35:48,109 STRUGGLED WITH THIS QUESTION, 2709 01:35:48,175 --> 01:35:49,510 FOR EXAMPLE MINING, SHIPPING, 2710 01:35:49,577 --> 01:35:51,545 OIL, THE EMERGING PRIVATE SPACE 2711 01:35:51,612 --> 01:35:53,581 SECTOR WILL NEED TO FIND BALANCE 2712 01:35:53,647 --> 01:35:54,682 BETWEEN PROFIT AND SAFETY. 2713 01:35:54,748 --> 01:35:55,783 I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE ONE OF 2714 01:35:55,850 --> 01:35:56,917 THE MOST DIFFICULT LESSONS WE 2715 01:35:56,984 --> 01:35:57,585 WILL LEARN AS A COMMUNITY OVER 2716 01:35:57,651 --> 01:35:58,953 THE COMING DECADES AND BEYOND. 2717 01:35:59,019 --> 01:36:01,655 IT IS IMPORTANT TO VISUALIZE THE 2718 01:36:01,722 --> 01:36:03,424 DESIRED LONG-TERM STUDY 2719 01:36:03,491 --> 01:36:06,360 ECOSYSTEM WE WANT TO ESTABLISH 2720 01:36:06,427 --> 01:36:08,162 AS WE INCREASE HUMAN PRESENCE IN 2721 01:36:08,229 --> 01:36:08,762 LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 2722 01:36:08,829 --> 01:36:10,297 TO REALIZE THAT VISION WE MUST 2723 01:36:10,364 --> 01:36:11,298 CONSTANTLY QUESTION WHY WE DO 2724 01:36:11,365 --> 01:36:12,900 THINGS THE WAY WE CURRENTLY 2725 01:36:12,967 --> 01:36:14,301 COTHIS. 2726 01:36:14,368 --> 01:36:15,503 ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES 2727 01:36:15,569 --> 01:36:16,737 THAT FORMED OUR CURRENT PROCESS 2728 01:36:16,804 --> 01:36:20,307 AND PROCEDURES MAY OR MAY NOT BE 2729 01:36:20,374 --> 01:36:22,143 APPLICABLE TO THE ECOSYSTEM 2730 01:36:22,209 --> 01:36:22,943 WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE. 2731 01:36:23,010 --> 01:36:24,345 THIS WILL BE HARD. 2732 01:36:24,411 --> 01:36:25,379 PROBING WHY WILL CHALLENGE THE 2733 01:36:25,446 --> 01:36:27,581 STATUS QUO AND CREATE TENSION 2734 01:36:27,648 --> 01:36:28,983 ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 2735 01:36:29,049 --> 01:36:30,017 USES, JOBS AND EVEN 2736 01:36:30,084 --> 01:36:30,718 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CURRENTLY 2737 01:36:30,784 --> 01:36:32,319 EXISTS WILL HAVE TO EVOLVE OR 2738 01:36:32,386 --> 01:36:33,921 BECOME OBSOLETE. 2739 01:36:33,988 --> 01:36:35,222 HOWEVER, AMERICANS ARE GOOD AT 2740 01:36:35,289 --> 01:36:39,894 TACKLING COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND I 2741 01:36:39,960 --> 01:36:40,761 HAVE FAITH THE NECESSARY CHANGE 2742 01:36:40,828 --> 01:36:41,729 IS POSSIBLE. 2743 01:36:41,795 --> 01:36:42,997 WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF GREAT 2744 01:36:43,063 --> 01:36:43,297 THINGS. 2745 01:36:43,364 --> 01:36:45,032 RESUMING INDEPENDENT ASSURED 2746 01:36:45,099 --> 01:36:45,966 HUMAN ACCESS TO SPACE IS THE 2747 01:36:46,033 --> 01:36:46,901 NEXT STEP TO TAKE AMERICANS TO 2748 01:36:46,967 --> 01:36:47,935 THE STARS. 2749 01:36:48,002 --> 01:36:49,837 ACCESS TO SPACE IS THE KEY 2750 01:36:49,904 --> 01:36:51,705 ENABLER AND THIS YEAR AS WE GET 2751 01:36:51,772 --> 01:36:53,874 REAREADY TO GO FLY HUMAN BEINGS 2752 01:36:53,941 --> 01:36:54,975 ONCE AGAIN WE ARE REGAINING THAT 2753 01:36:55,042 --> 01:36:56,443 ACCESS NOT JUST IN THE SINGULAR 2754 01:36:56,510 --> 01:36:58,812 MANNER BUT IN A MULTIPLICITY OF 2755 01:36:58,879 --> 01:36:59,013 WAYS. 2756 01:36:59,079 --> 01:37:00,748 I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE ON 2757 01:37:00,814 --> 01:37:03,651 BEHALF OF THE WHOLE SPACE 2758 01:37:03,717 --> 01:37:04,351 COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE VERY 2759 01:37:04,418 --> 01:37:05,286 EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE. 2760 01:37:05,352 --> 01:37:05,786 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2761 01:37:05,853 --> 01:37:13,527 [ Applause ] 2762 01:37:13,594 --> 01:37:16,730 >> THANK YOU, Mr. MAGNUS. 2763 01:37:16,797 --> 01:37:18,032 WE'LL COME BACK, YOU SAID A 2764 01:37:18,098 --> 01:37:19,333 NUMBER OF THINGS THE CHAIR WOULD 2765 01:37:19,400 --> 01:37:20,868 LIKE TO HAVE YOU ELABORATE ON 2766 01:37:20,935 --> 01:37:22,770 BUT VERY INSPIRING, VERY 2767 01:37:22,836 --> 01:37:23,571 CHALLENGING WORDS. 2768 01:37:23,637 --> 01:37:25,806 COLONEL EILEEN COLLINS IS 2769 01:37:25,873 --> 01:37:26,774 RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR TESTIMONY 2770 01:37:26,840 --> 01:37:31,312 AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2771 01:37:31,378 --> 01:37:31,545 CAREER. 2772 01:37:31,612 --> 01:37:33,047 EACH ONE OF YOU ON THIS PANEL 2773 01:37:33,113 --> 01:37:35,349 ARE INCREDIBLE AMERICANS. 2774 01:37:35,416 --> 01:37:36,650 >> IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 2775 01:37:36,717 --> 01:37:37,017 OPPORTUNITIES. 2776 01:37:37,084 --> 01:37:38,352 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2777 01:37:38,419 --> 01:37:39,486 PARTICIPATION IN THE USER 2778 01:37:39,553 --> 01:37:44,124 ADVISORY GROUP FOR THIS COUNCIL. 2779 01:37:44,191 --> 01:37:45,025 >> THANK YOU, 2780 01:37:45,092 --> 01:37:45,459 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 2781 01:37:45,526 --> 01:37:46,894 AND GOOD AFTERNOON. 2782 01:37:46,961 --> 01:37:49,330 ALSO DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF 2783 01:37:49,396 --> 01:37:50,197 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, 2784 01:37:50,264 --> 01:37:51,265 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 2785 01:37:51,332 --> 01:37:53,467 PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. 2786 01:37:53,534 --> 01:37:55,769 I'M EXCITED AS WE LOOK FORWARD 2787 01:37:55,836 --> 01:37:58,606 TO LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 2788 01:37:58,672 --> 01:38:00,808 AGAIN FROM INSIDE THE UNITED 2789 01:38:00,874 --> 01:38:03,043 STATES. 2790 01:38:03,110 --> 01:38:04,411 THIS SUMMER, PLANS ARE IN PLACE 2791 01:38:04,478 --> 01:38:06,647 FOR NASA IN COOPERATION WITH 2792 01:38:06,714 --> 01:38:08,949 SPACEX AND BOEING TO LAUNCH 2793 01:38:09,016 --> 01:38:10,050 ASTRONAUT CREWS TO THE 2794 01:38:10,117 --> 01:38:11,285 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 2795 01:38:11,352 --> 01:38:13,487 THE FIRST TIME. 2796 01:38:13,554 --> 01:38:15,389 WE WILL BE FREED FROM OUR 2797 01:38:15,456 --> 01:38:17,157 DEPENDENCE ON THE RUSSIAN SOYUZ. 2798 01:38:17,224 --> 01:38:27,067 [ Applause ] 2799 01:38:27,134 --> 01:38:30,838 I WILL DIGRESS THAT THE RUSSIANS 2800 01:38:30,904 --> 01:38:32,606 HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD PARTNERS 2801 01:38:32,673 --> 01:38:34,008 SINCE WE BEGAN WORKING WITH THEM 2802 01:38:34,074 --> 01:38:36,910 IN THE SHUTTLE MERE PROGRAM BACK 2803 01:38:36,977 --> 01:38:38,612 IN 1993 BUT USING ONLY ONE 2804 01:38:38,679 --> 01:38:40,381 LAUNCH VEHICLE IS A RISKY POLICY 2805 01:38:40,447 --> 01:38:43,083 FOR MAN MANY REASONS. 2806 01:38:43,150 --> 01:38:46,086 HAVING AID THAT, I BELIEVE OUR 2807 01:38:46,153 --> 01:38:47,988 FUTURE MODEL OF COMMERCIAL HUMAN 2808 01:38:48,055 --> 01:38:49,590 SPACE FLIGHT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL 2809 01:38:49,657 --> 01:38:52,126 IN ACCESSING OUR SPACE STATION 2810 01:38:52,192 --> 01:38:58,265 AS WELL AS REACHING FOR NEW 2811 01:38:58,332 --> 01:38:59,667 OPPORTUNITIES IN LOW-EARTH 2812 01:38:59,733 --> 01:38:59,867 ORBIT. 2813 01:38:59,933 --> 01:39:00,901 HOW CAN I SAY THAT? 2814 01:39:00,968 --> 01:39:02,403 BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO OUR 2815 01:39:02,469 --> 01:39:03,270 CURRENT SPACE STATION RESEARCH, 2816 01:39:03,337 --> 01:39:04,405 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE 2817 01:39:04,471 --> 01:39:06,807 COMPELLING AND SOME EXAMPLES ARE 2818 01:39:06,874 --> 01:39:09,643 SPACE SOLAR POWER, IN-SPACE 2819 01:39:09,710 --> 01:39:12,680 MANUFACTURING, AND EVEN TOURISM. 2820 01:39:12,746 --> 01:39:14,581 EVENTUALLY I BELIEVE THESE 2821 01:39:14,648 --> 01:39:15,749 ACTIVITIES WILL BRING ECONOMIC 2822 01:39:15,816 --> 01:39:17,785 BENEFIT. 2823 01:39:17,851 --> 01:39:20,721 SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE 2 HAS 2824 01:39:20,788 --> 01:39:23,023 EEXPEDITED OUR REGULATORY 2825 01:39:23,090 --> 01:39:23,324 PROCESS. 2826 01:39:23,390 --> 01:39:26,060 IN SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE 3, IT 2827 01:39:26,126 --> 01:39:27,261 IS DIRECTING OUR SOLUTIONS TO 2828 01:39:27,328 --> 01:39:30,597 SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, I 2829 01:39:30,664 --> 01:39:31,999 BELIEVE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT 2830 01:39:32,066 --> 01:39:33,934 WAY AND VERY IMPORTANTLY WITH 2831 01:39:34,001 --> 01:39:35,035 U.S. LEADERSHIP. 2832 01:39:35,102 --> 01:39:36,070 I URGE CONTINUED FOCUS IN THIS 2833 01:39:36,136 --> 01:39:38,639 AREA. 2834 01:39:38,706 --> 01:39:41,375 NOW, AS I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THE 2835 01:39:41,442 --> 01:39:42,676 FIRST SEVERAL COMMERCIAL CREW 2836 01:39:42,743 --> 01:39:45,713 FLIGHTS WILL BE SAFE AND 2837 01:39:45,779 --> 01:39:46,880 SUCCESSFUL TO THE SPACE STATION, 2838 01:39:46,947 --> 01:39:48,782 I ALSO BELIEVE THAT DOWNTROD, 2839 01:39:48,849 --> 01:39:51,418 THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF STRONG 2840 01:39:51,485 --> 01:39:53,354 GROWTH AND WEAK GROWTH. 2841 01:39:53,420 --> 01:39:56,156 AND WE CANNOT EXPECT GROWTH IN 2842 01:39:56,223 --> 01:39:57,458 LOW-EARTH ORBIT TO BED AS 2843 01:39:57,524 --> 01:39:59,993 PREDICTED AND WE CANNOT FORCE 2844 01:40:00,060 --> 01:40:01,395 OPERATIONAL STATUS ON THESE 2845 01:40:01,462 --> 01:40:02,696 COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VEHICLES TOO 2846 01:40:02,763 --> 01:40:06,333 SOON. 2847 01:40:06,400 --> 01:40:08,268 WE SEE WHY AS WE OBSERVE THE 2848 01:40:08,335 --> 01:40:09,536 HISTORY OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE 2849 01:40:09,603 --> 01:40:09,770 PROGRAM. 2850 01:40:09,837 --> 01:40:11,872 ONE OF THE CAUSES OF BOTH THE 2851 01:40:11,939 --> 01:40:13,974 CHALLENGER AND COLUMBIA ACCIDENT 2852 01:40:14,041 --> 01:40:14,908 WAS THAT THEY WERE DECLARED 2853 01:40:14,975 --> 01:40:16,210 OPERATIONAL TOO SOON. 2854 01:40:16,276 --> 01:40:18,645 NASA, WHILE COLLABORATING WITH 2855 01:40:18,712 --> 01:40:21,248 COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, MUST ADAPT 2856 01:40:21,315 --> 01:40:22,249 FLIGHT SCHEDULE CONSISTENT WITH 2857 01:40:22,316 --> 01:40:26,587 THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 2858 01:40:26,653 --> 01:40:28,589 I WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE FIRST 2859 01:40:28,655 --> 01:40:30,190 FLIGHT AFTER THE SHUTTLE 2860 01:40:30,257 --> 01:40:32,426 COLUMBIA ACCIDENT. 2861 01:40:32,493 --> 01:40:35,362 I HAVE PERSONALLY GROWN AND 2862 01:40:35,429 --> 01:40:36,964 MATURED IN RETURN TO FLIGHT 2863 01:40:37,030 --> 01:40:37,264 ACTIVITIES. 2864 01:40:37,331 --> 01:40:38,966 PRIVATE INDUSTRY MUST LEARN FROM 2865 01:40:39,032 --> 01:40:42,569 NASA'S PAST EXPERIENCE. 2866 01:40:42,636 --> 01:40:44,304 EMPLOYEES OF COMMERCIAL 2867 01:40:44,371 --> 01:40:47,141 COMPANIES MOST ROUTINELY STUDY 2868 01:40:47,207 --> 01:40:48,609 THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM 2869 01:40:48,675 --> 01:40:49,243 CHALLENGER AND COLUMBIA AND OF 2870 01:40:49,309 --> 01:40:51,145 COURSE THIS APPLIES TO NASA ALSO 2871 01:40:51,211 --> 01:40:52,346 BUT I HAVE OBSERVED GOOD 2872 01:40:52,413 --> 01:40:53,080 INDICATIONS HERE. 2873 01:40:53,147 --> 01:40:54,248 MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT I 2874 01:40:54,314 --> 01:40:58,185 HAVE TALKED WITH HAVE DONE THIS. 2875 01:40:58,252 --> 01:41:00,888 THE BEST PLACE TO START IS THE 2876 01:41:00,954 --> 01:41:05,225 EXCELLENT REPORT WRITTEN BY THE 2877 01:41:05,292 --> 01:41:08,028 COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION 2878 01:41:08,095 --> 01:41:15,102 REPORT, KNOWN AS THE CAID 2879 01:41:15,169 --> 01:41:16,003 REPORT. 2880 01:41:16,069 --> 01:41:17,604 THOSE PARTS OF THE REPORT SHOULD 2881 01:41:17,671 --> 01:41:19,606 BE STUD ARRESTED BY ALL 2882 01:41:19,673 --> 01:41:23,043 EMPLOYEES OF OUR COMMERCIAL 2883 01:41:23,110 --> 01:41:24,778 PARTNERS, NOT JUST THE 2884 01:41:24,845 --> 01:41:25,579 MANAGEMENT. 2885 01:41:25,646 --> 01:41:26,580 WILL THE NEW SPACECRAFT WILL 2886 01:41:26,647 --> 01:41:28,282 SAFER THAN THE SHUTTLE? 2887 01:41:28,348 --> 01:41:28,449 YES. 2888 01:41:28,515 --> 01:41:30,918 THEY ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE 2889 01:41:30,984 --> 01:41:35,155 INHERENT RISK. 2890 01:41:35,222 --> 01:41:37,124 THESE LAUNCH VEHICLES WILL HAVE 2891 01:41:37,191 --> 01:41:38,225 AN INJECTION SYSTEM THAT THE 2892 01:41:38,292 --> 01:41:39,359 SPACE SHUTTLE DID NOT HAVE. 2893 01:41:39,426 --> 01:41:41,361 THIS NEW SYSTEM COULD POSSIBLY 2894 01:41:41,428 --> 01:41:43,897 SAVE THE LIVES OF THE CREW IN A 2895 01:41:43,964 --> 01:41:46,400 FUTURE CHALLENGER-TYPE ACCIDENT. 2896 01:41:46,467 --> 01:41:48,001 ALSO BECAUSE THE CREW CAPSULE IS 2897 01:41:48,068 --> 01:41:51,138 ON TOP OF THE ROCKET, THAT 2898 01:41:51,205 --> 01:41:52,639 CONFIGURATION COULD PREVENT A 2899 01:41:52,706 --> 01:41:53,941 FUTURE COLUMBIA-TYPE ACCIDENT 2900 01:41:54,007 --> 01:41:55,142 BECAUSE THE HEAT SHIELD IS 2901 01:41:55,209 --> 01:41:58,178 PROTECTED. 2902 01:41:58,245 --> 01:42:00,113 BECAUSE OF THEIR DESIGN, THE NEW 2903 01:42:00,180 --> 01:42:00,714 SPACECRAFT AND LAUNCH VEHICLES 2904 01:42:00,781 --> 01:42:02,616 ARE INHERENTLY SAFER. 2905 01:42:02,683 --> 01:42:06,920 BUT THE RESIDUAL RISK MUST BE 2906 01:42:06,987 --> 01:42:07,855 CONSTANTLY MANAGED BY 2907 01:42:07,921 --> 01:42:09,356 LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP WHICH 2908 01:42:09,423 --> 01:42:12,392 MUST BE HUMBLE IN THEIR 2909 01:42:12,459 --> 01:42:13,093 OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND CONFIDENT IN 2910 01:42:13,160 --> 01:42:17,197 THE ABILITY OF THEIR PEOPLE. 2911 01:42:17,264 --> 01:42:18,599 MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS A 2912 01:42:18,665 --> 01:42:22,336 SERIOUS BUSINESS AND A DANGEROUS 2913 01:42:22,402 --> 01:42:22,736 BUSINESS. 2914 01:42:22,803 --> 01:42:25,272 BUT IT CAN BE DONE SAFELILY AND 2915 01:42:25,339 --> 01:42:26,073 SUCCESSFULLY AS LONG AS THE 2916 01:42:26,139 --> 01:42:28,675 PLANNERS AND OPERATORS REMAIN 2917 01:42:28,742 --> 01:42:29,276 FOCUSED, PROFESSIONAL AND 2918 01:42:29,343 --> 01:42:32,312 DISCIPLINED. 2919 01:42:32,379 --> 01:42:33,614 AS THE FLIGHT RATE OF COMMERCIAL 2920 01:42:33,680 --> 01:42:35,048 CREW INCREASES WHICH IT NEEDS TO 2921 01:42:35,115 --> 01:42:36,650 BE ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE, WE 2922 01:42:36,717 --> 01:42:37,951 NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT WHEN WE 2923 01:42:38,018 --> 01:42:40,654 MOVE FROM A TEST VEHICLE TO AN 2924 01:42:40,721 --> 01:42:41,889 OPERATIONAL VEHICLE, AND THIS 2925 01:42:41,955 --> 01:42:43,690 INCLUDES THE FLIGHTS CARRYING 2926 01:42:43,757 --> 01:42:45,292 TOURISTS, SUBORBITAL AND 2927 01:42:45,359 --> 01:42:45,526 ORBITAL. 2928 01:42:45,592 --> 01:42:47,594 DO YOU THIS WITH THE GUIDANCE OF 2929 01:42:47,661 --> 01:42:52,466 YOUR FLIGHT TEST PLAN. 2930 01:42:52,533 --> 01:42:54,668 WHILE COST AND SCHEDULE ARE 2931 01:42:54,735 --> 01:42:55,869 ALWAYS OUR FOCUS AS THEY NEED TO 2932 01:42:55,936 --> 01:42:57,571 BE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH TOO 2933 01:42:57,638 --> 01:42:59,439 HARD AND TOO FAST NOT CONSISTENT 2934 01:42:59,506 --> 01:43:01,108 WITH OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 2935 01:43:01,174 --> 01:43:02,242 FINALLY, HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT WILL 2936 01:43:02,309 --> 01:43:05,445 NEVER BE 100% SAFE. 2937 01:43:05,512 --> 01:43:06,847 THERE ALWAYS WILL BE RISK. 2938 01:43:06,914 --> 01:43:08,448 BUT GREATNESS WAS NEVER ACHIEVED 2939 01:43:08,515 --> 01:43:09,783 BY DOING THE SAME THINGS OVER 2940 01:43:09,850 --> 01:43:12,486 AND OVER AGAIN. 2941 01:43:12,553 --> 01:43:14,488 GREATNESS WAS NEVER ACHIEVED BY 2942 01:43:14,555 --> 01:43:15,322 AVOIDING RISK. 2943 01:43:15,389 --> 01:43:16,957 SO THIS YEAR THE UNITED STATES 2944 01:43:17,024 --> 01:43:18,025 WILL BE ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING 2945 01:43:18,091 --> 01:43:21,361 NEW AND EXCITING, LAUNCHING OUR 2946 01:43:21,428 --> 01:43:24,765 ASTRONAUTS TO OUR SPACE STATION 2947 01:43:24,831 --> 01:43:25,766 IN NEXT GENERATION SPACECRAFT, 2948 01:43:25,832 --> 01:43:27,200 DEVELOPED BY GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY 2949 01:43:27,267 --> 01:43:29,202 WORKING TOGETHER IN A NEW AND 2950 01:43:29,269 --> 01:43:30,203 MORE EFFICIENT WAY. 2951 01:43:30,270 --> 01:43:32,139 I BELIEVE WE CAN AND WILL DO IT 2952 01:43:32,205 --> 01:43:32,339 SAFER. 2953 01:43:32,406 --> 01:43:32,873 THANK YOU. 2954 01:43:32,940 --> 01:43:40,614 [ Applause ] 2955 01:43:40,681 --> 01:43:41,848 >> THANK YOU, COLONEL COLLINS, 2956 01:43:41,915 --> 01:43:45,319 THANK YOU FOR THOSE INSPIRING 2957 01:43:45,385 --> 01:43:49,623 WORDS AND ADMONITIONS. 2958 01:43:49,690 --> 01:43:52,526 WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU 2959 01:43:52,593 --> 01:43:53,460 ABOUT RISK MANAGEMENT WHEN WE 2960 01:43:53,527 --> 01:43:55,262 GET TO QUESTIONS. 2961 01:43:55,329 --> 01:44:00,100 GENERAL LES LILES IS RECOGNIZED. 2962 01:44:00,167 --> 01:44:01,301 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND 2963 01:44:01,368 --> 01:44:02,202 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 2964 01:44:02,269 --> 01:44:02,803 LEADERSHIP ROLE. 2965 01:44:02,869 --> 01:44:03,537 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 2966 01:44:03,604 --> 01:44:05,939 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 2967 01:44:06,006 --> 01:44:07,140 VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE SAID 2968 01:44:07,207 --> 01:44:09,176 THERE'S NO LESSON LEARNED, NEVER 2969 01:44:09,242 --> 01:44:10,978 FOLLOWING AN ASTRONAUT WHEN 2970 01:44:11,044 --> 01:44:12,012 YOU'RE GIVING A PRESENTATION, 2971 01:44:12,079 --> 01:44:13,113 LET ALONE TWO OF THEM. 2972 01:44:13,180 --> 01:44:14,314 I HAVE THAT DUBIOUS HONOR RIGHT 2973 01:44:14,381 --> 01:44:14,615 NOW. 2974 01:44:14,681 --> 01:44:16,650 IT'S JUST GREAT TO BE ON THIS 2975 01:44:16,717 --> 01:44:18,151 PARTICULAR PANEL. 2976 01:44:18,218 --> 01:44:20,320 VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE, MEMBERS OF 2977 01:44:20,387 --> 01:44:21,455 THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, I'M 2978 01:44:21,521 --> 01:44:23,056 HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS 2979 01:44:23,123 --> 01:44:24,591 HISTORIC MOMENT AS THE UNITED 2980 01:44:24,658 --> 01:44:27,928 STATES CONTINUES TO RETURN TO 2981 01:44:27,995 --> 01:44:30,230 SPACE PREEMINENCE AND BEGINS AN 2982 01:44:30,297 --> 01:44:31,598 AGGRESSIVE NEW JOURNEY TO 2983 01:44:31,665 --> 01:44:33,834 INSPIRE, TO INNOVATE AND TO 2984 01:44:33,900 --> 01:44:34,101 DISCOVER. 2985 01:44:34,167 --> 01:44:35,769 SOME IN THE AUDIENCE MAY 2986 01:44:35,836 --> 01:44:36,670 RECOGNIZE THAT LAST STATEMENT 2987 01:44:36,737 --> 01:44:39,439 WAS A TITLE OF A JUNE 2004 2988 01:44:39,506 --> 01:44:41,375 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT'S 2989 01:44:41,441 --> 01:44:43,910 COMMISSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 2990 01:44:43,977 --> 01:44:45,612 THE UNITED STATES SPACE 2991 01:44:45,679 --> 01:44:46,046 EXPLORATION POLICY. 2992 01:44:46,113 --> 01:44:47,748 THAT REPORT ALSO HAD A SUBTITLE 2993 01:44:47,814 --> 01:44:50,684 WHICH WAS MOON, MARS AND BEYOND. 2994 01:44:50,751 --> 01:44:51,685 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A 2995 01:44:51,752 --> 01:44:54,354 MEMBER OF THAT COMMISSION WHICH 2996 01:44:54,421 --> 01:44:57,224 WAS CREATED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE 2997 01:44:57,290 --> 01:45:01,728 W. BUSH IN JANUARY 2004 AND LED 2998 01:45:01,795 --> 01:45:03,130 BY FORMER SECRETARY OF THE FORCE 2999 01:45:03,196 --> 01:45:04,197 PETE ALDRIDGE. 3000 01:45:04,264 --> 01:45:06,266 OTHERS INCLUDED FORMER 3001 01:45:06,333 --> 01:45:07,968 CONGRESSMAN BOB WALKER, 3002 01:45:08,035 --> 01:45:10,003 Dr. NEIL DEGRASSI TYSON, THE 3003 01:45:10,070 --> 01:45:16,610 FORMER CEO OF HEWLETT-PACKARD 3004 01:45:16,677 --> 01:45:17,711 AND SEVERAL NOTED SPACE 3005 01:45:17,778 --> 01:45:19,346 SCIENTISTS AND EXPERTS. 3006 01:45:19,413 --> 01:45:25,886 IN CONTEMPLATING READY TO FLY, 3007 01:45:25,952 --> 01:45:26,987 REVISITING THE RECOMMENDATIONS 3008 01:45:27,054 --> 01:45:28,288 IN THE 2004 REPORT, ALL OF WHICH 3009 01:45:28,355 --> 01:45:30,891 HAVE BEEN EMBRACED IN FULL OR 3010 01:45:30,957 --> 01:45:33,727 PARTIALLY BY NASA OVER THE 3011 01:45:33,794 --> 01:45:34,928 INTERVENING YEARS AND THEY'RE 3012 01:45:34,995 --> 01:45:36,263 CERTAINLY CODIFIED BY THE 3013 01:45:36,329 --> 01:45:38,865 VISIONARY NEW SPACE POLICY AND 3014 01:45:38,932 --> 01:45:40,367 DIRECTIVES, SPACE POLICY ONE, 3015 01:45:40,434 --> 01:45:42,169 TWO, THREE, FOUR FROM YOU AND 3016 01:45:42,235 --> 01:45:44,504 FROM THE PRESIDENT. 3017 01:45:44,571 --> 01:45:47,708 THE TRANSMITTAL 2004 REPORT BY 3018 01:45:47,774 --> 01:45:49,109 THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND 3019 01:45:49,176 --> 01:45:50,811 COMMISSION STATED, QUOTE: A 3020 01:45:50,877 --> 01:45:52,446 JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION WILL 3021 01:45:52,512 --> 01:45:53,947 SUSTAIN VITAL NATIONAL 3022 01:45:54,014 --> 01:45:55,582 OBJECTIVES HERE ON EARTH. 3023 01:45:55,649 --> 01:45:57,384 IT WILL PROVIDE INSPIRATION FOR 3024 01:45:57,451 --> 01:46:02,122 OUR YOUTH TO INTERENTER ENTER TL 3025 01:46:02,189 --> 01:46:02,956 FIELDS, IT WILL GENERATE 3026 01:46:03,023 --> 01:46:05,025 ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO OUR NATION 3027 01:46:05,092 --> 01:46:06,326 THROUGH THE CREATION OF 3028 01:46:06,393 --> 01:46:07,227 ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL JOBS, IT 3029 01:46:07,294 --> 01:46:08,261 WILL IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS 3030 01:46:08,328 --> 01:46:09,663 OF OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE IN THE 3031 01:46:09,730 --> 01:46:12,566 WORLD MARKETPLACE, IT WILL 3032 01:46:12,632 --> 01:46:14,301 PROVIDE CLEAR RECOGNITION OF 3033 01:46:14,367 --> 01:46:15,802 AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP AND IMPROVE 3034 01:46:15,869 --> 01:46:17,404 PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE 3035 01:46:17,471 --> 01:46:21,141 FOR ALL AMERICANS, UNQUOTE. 3036 01:46:21,208 --> 01:46:24,044 I THINK BACK SIMILAR TO TODAY ON 3037 01:46:24,111 --> 01:46:25,579 NEW U.S. SPACE AGENDA ADVANCED 3038 01:46:25,645 --> 01:46:27,047 BY OUR SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVES 3039 01:46:27,114 --> 01:46:28,415 AND THE NEW GOAL YOU HAVE GIVEN 3040 01:46:28,482 --> 01:46:30,417 US TODAY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP 3041 01:46:30,484 --> 01:46:33,653 THE UNITED STATES PROTECT ITS 3042 01:46:33,720 --> 01:46:35,188 TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP, ITS 3043 01:46:35,255 --> 01:46:38,058 ECONOMIC VITALITY AND SECURITY. 3044 01:46:38,125 --> 01:46:39,493 THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND 3045 01:46:39,559 --> 01:46:40,994 COMMISSION OF 2004 MADE ONE 3046 01:46:41,061 --> 01:46:42,763 MAJOR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE 3047 01:46:42,829 --> 01:46:44,698 UNITED STATES SPACE EXPLORATION 3048 01:46:44,765 --> 01:46:48,435 PROGRAM SHOULD BE MANAGED AS A 3049 01:46:48,502 --> 01:46:49,269 SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL PRIORITY, 3050 01:46:49,336 --> 01:46:50,937 WITH CLEAR COMMITMENT AND 3051 01:46:51,004 --> 01:46:53,173 LEADERSHIP FROM THE PRESIDENT, 3052 01:46:53,240 --> 01:46:55,809 FROM THE CONGRESS, AND FROM THE 3053 01:46:55,876 --> 01:46:56,877 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 3054 01:46:56,943 --> 01:46:59,279 THE COMMISSION ADVISED THAT TO 3055 01:46:59,346 --> 01:47:00,714 ENSURE SUCH COMMITMENT, THE U.S. 3056 01:47:00,781 --> 01:47:02,149 SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM MUST 3057 01:47:02,215 --> 01:47:04,017 BE SUSTAINABLE, IT MUST BE 3058 01:47:04,084 --> 01:47:05,218 AFFORDABLE, AND IT MUST BE 3059 01:47:05,285 --> 01:47:07,220 CREDIBLE. 3060 01:47:07,287 --> 01:47:10,991 AND TO DEFINE, IT STATED THAT 3061 01:47:11,057 --> 01:47:12,392 SUSTAINABLE MEANS OVER MULTIPLE 3062 01:47:12,459 --> 01:47:13,860 GOVERNMENT CYCLES NECESSITATING 3063 01:47:13,927 --> 01:47:15,929 THAT ITS VALUE IS ALWAYS CLEARLY 3064 01:47:15,996 --> 01:47:17,230 DEMONSTRATED AND ARTICULATED 3065 01:47:17,297 --> 01:47:18,532 PARTICULARLY TO THE PUBLIC. 3066 01:47:18,598 --> 01:47:20,167 IT MUST BE SUSTAINABLE BY HAVING 3067 01:47:20,233 --> 01:47:22,736 A CLEAR SET OF OBJECTIVES AND 3068 01:47:22,803 --> 01:47:24,671 GOALS, SUSTAINABLE BY HAVING AN 3069 01:47:24,738 --> 01:47:27,107 ARCHITECTURE THAT IS SCALABLE TO 3070 01:47:27,174 --> 01:47:29,209 ADDRESS ALL ELEMENTS OF 3071 01:47:29,276 --> 01:47:30,443 EXPLORATION FROM THE MOON TO 3072 01:47:30,510 --> 01:47:33,246 MARS AND BEYOND. 3073 01:47:33,313 --> 01:47:35,248 AFFORDABLE BY STAYING ON COST 3074 01:47:35,315 --> 01:47:38,185 AND SCHEDULE AND WE ARTICULATED 3075 01:47:38,251 --> 01:47:39,119 A NEW TERMINOLOGY. 3076 01:47:39,186 --> 01:47:40,187 WE STATED THAT THE PROGRAM 3077 01:47:40,253 --> 01:47:42,389 SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO 3078 01:47:42,455 --> 01:47:45,192 ALLOW A GO AS YOU PAY SORT OF 3079 01:47:45,258 --> 01:47:45,992 APPROACH. 3080 01:47:46,059 --> 01:47:49,396 THAT IS IS, IF BUDGETS DO 3081 01:47:49,462 --> 01:47:51,431 FLUBBINGIVE FLUCTUATE, WE WOULD 3082 01:47:51,498 --> 01:47:53,800 NEVER STRAY FROM OUR GOALS AND 3083 01:47:53,867 --> 01:47:54,801 OBJECTIVES AND WE WOULD ALWAYS 3084 01:47:54,868 --> 01:47:56,069 MAKE PROGRESS REGARDLESS OF WHAT 3085 01:47:56,136 --> 01:47:59,606 THE BUDGET FLUXATIONS MAY SAY. 3086 01:47:59,673 --> 01:48:04,778 THE PROGRAM MUST BE CREDIBLE, 3087 01:48:04,845 --> 01:48:06,012 DIVERSE, INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, 3088 01:48:06,079 --> 01:48:07,647 SPACE INNOVATORS BOTH FOR SPACE 3089 01:48:07,714 --> 01:48:08,448 OPERATIONS AND SPACE SERVICES 3090 01:48:08,515 --> 01:48:11,051 AND FINALLY, CREDIBLE BY 3091 01:48:11,117 --> 01:48:12,886 EXHIBITING AND HAVING A 3092 01:48:12,953 --> 01:48:16,590 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE WITH CLEAR 3093 01:48:16,656 --> 01:48:17,891 STREAMLINED AUTHORITIES AND 3094 01:48:17,958 --> 01:48:19,392 CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITIES. 3095 01:48:19,459 --> 01:48:21,828 THESE THREE PRINCIPLES: 3096 01:48:21,895 --> 01:48:25,866 SUSTAINABILITY, AFFORDABILITY 3097 01:48:25,932 --> 01:48:28,268 AND CREDIBILITY ARE MUCH 3098 01:48:28,335 --> 01:48:30,070 IMPORTANT TODAY AND REALLY APPLY 3099 01:48:30,136 --> 01:48:31,438 TO CURRENT SPACE EXPLORATION, 3100 01:48:31,504 --> 01:48:33,506 VISION AND POLICY. 3101 01:48:33,573 --> 01:48:34,207 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, ALL OF 3102 01:48:34,274 --> 01:48:37,310 THEM WERE ADDRESSED IN SOME FORM 3103 01:48:37,377 --> 01:48:40,647 OR ANOTHER BY THE NEW BOLD SPACE 3104 01:48:40,714 --> 01:48:42,182 POLICY YOU CLEARLY ARTICULATED 3105 01:48:42,249 --> 01:48:43,250 TOUTS THIS MORNING. 3106 01:48:43,316 --> 01:48:44,684 WHILE THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND 3107 01:48:44,751 --> 01:48:48,088 COMMISSION DID NOT FOCUS ON 3108 01:48:48,154 --> 01:48:48,588 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE 3109 01:48:48,655 --> 01:48:50,891 INITIATIVES MOST OF THE 3110 01:48:50,957 --> 01:48:54,327 RECOMMENDATIONS WERE EQUAL TO 3111 01:48:54,394 --> 01:48:57,931 THE SPACE ENTERPRISE. 3112 01:48:57,998 --> 01:48:59,065 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, 3113 01:48:59,132 --> 01:49:00,166 CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE. 3114 01:49:00,233 --> 01:49:01,668 IN 2007 A DIFFERENT COMMISSION, 3115 01:49:01,735 --> 01:49:05,138 THE ALLARD COMMISSION NAMED 3116 01:49:05,205 --> 01:49:05,739 AFTER FORMER COLORADO SENATOR 3117 01:49:05,805 --> 01:49:07,007 WAYNE ALLARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO 3118 01:49:07,073 --> 01:49:08,608 MAKE AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT 3119 01:49:08,675 --> 01:49:10,410 OF THE ORGANIZATION AND 3120 01:49:10,477 --> 01:49:12,112 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY 3121 01:49:12,178 --> 01:49:12,846 SPACE PROGRAMS. 3122 01:49:12,913 --> 01:49:15,916 TO SUM UP VERY QUICKLY, THE 3123 01:49:15,982 --> 01:49:17,350 COMMISSION OF 2007 MADE A COUPLE 3124 01:49:17,417 --> 01:49:19,452 OF MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS. 3125 01:49:19,519 --> 01:49:20,854 NUMBER ONE WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO 3126 01:49:20,921 --> 01:49:23,189 RETURN TO HAVING A NATIONAL 3127 01:49:23,256 --> 01:49:23,690 SPACE COUNCIL. 3128 01:49:23,757 --> 01:49:24,991 OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS BEEN DONE. 3129 01:49:25,058 --> 01:49:26,393 IT ALSO MAKES A RECOMMENDATION 3130 01:49:26,459 --> 01:49:29,162 THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A COHESIVE 3131 01:49:29,229 --> 01:49:30,664 VERY STRONG NATIONAL SECURITY 3132 01:49:30,730 --> 01:49:32,966 SET OF SPACE ACTIVITIES IN 3133 01:49:33,033 --> 01:49:33,266 LEADERSHIP. 3134 01:49:33,333 --> 01:49:35,001 THAT TO ME IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE 3135 01:49:35,068 --> 01:49:41,308 WITH THE NEW SPACE FORCE. 3136 01:49:41,374 --> 01:49:42,642 WE ARE SETTING THE STAGE FOR 3137 01:49:42,709 --> 01:49:44,044 EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO IN THE 3138 01:49:44,110 --> 01:49:44,277 FUTURE. 3139 01:49:44,344 --> 01:49:46,079 THESE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS ARE 3140 01:49:46,146 --> 01:49:47,380 PERHAPS EXAMPLESSOR OF THE OLD 3141 01:49:47,447 --> 01:49:50,083 SAYING THE PAST IS PROLONGED 3142 01:49:50,150 --> 01:49:51,685 BUT TODAY WE CLEARLY HAVE THE 3143 01:49:51,751 --> 01:49:53,219 RIGHT POLICIES, WE HAVE THE 3144 01:49:53,286 --> 01:49:54,120 RIGHT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, 3145 01:49:54,187 --> 01:49:56,723 WE HAVE THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP, WE 3146 01:49:56,790 --> 01:49:59,159 HAVE THE RIGHT GOALS AND AS YOU 3147 01:49:59,225 --> 01:50:01,728 SEE FROM THE PEOPLE BESIDE ME, 3148 01:50:01,795 --> 01:50:03,596 WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE 3149 01:50:03,663 --> 01:50:05,598 INVOLVED AND I CLEARLY CAN SAY 3150 01:50:05,665 --> 01:50:07,133 WITHOUT ANY PUN INTENDED, ALL 3151 01:50:07,200 --> 01:50:08,034 THE STARS ARE ALIGNED. 3152 01:50:08,101 --> 01:50:10,136 FOR ME, Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, AS 3153 01:50:10,203 --> 01:50:13,573 A MEMBER OF BOTH THE MOON, MARS 3154 01:50:13,640 --> 01:50:15,075 AND BEYOND COMMISSION AND THE 3155 01:50:15,141 --> 01:50:16,676 ALLARD COMMISSION, I CAN TELL 3156 01:50:16,743 --> 01:50:19,612 YOU I'M EXCITED, I'M 3157 01:50:19,679 --> 01:50:20,080 ENTHUSIASTIC, I'M VERY 3158 01:50:20,146 --> 01:50:21,314 OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF 3159 01:50:21,381 --> 01:50:26,152 THE U.S. SPACE ENTERPRISE AND IN 3160 01:50:26,219 --> 01:50:29,522 MY OPINION, WE ARE READY TO FLY. 3161 01:50:29,589 --> 01:50:29,923 >> THANK YOU. 3162 01:50:29,990 --> 01:50:34,327 [ Applause ] 3163 01:50:34,394 --> 01:50:36,596 >> THANK YOU, GENERAL. 3164 01:50:36,663 --> 01:50:39,332 THANK YOU FOR THOSE GREAT 3165 01:50:39,399 --> 01:50:39,632 REMARKS. 3166 01:50:39,699 --> 01:50:41,368 I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE 3167 01:50:41,434 --> 01:50:41,568 PANEL. 3168 01:50:41,634 --> 01:50:43,370 WE'RE GOING TO ROLL THROUGH SOME 3169 01:50:43,436 --> 01:50:46,606 QUESTIONS FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT A 3170 01:50:46,673 --> 01:50:50,110 COUPLE OF QUESTIONS INITIALLY 3171 01:50:50,176 --> 01:50:51,211 BASED ON YOUR TESTIMONY. 3172 01:50:51,277 --> 01:50:53,813 I'LL GO IN THE REVERSE ORDER, 3173 01:50:53,880 --> 01:50:56,649 GENERAL LILES, SO THE MOON, MARS 3174 01:50:56,716 --> 01:50:58,752 AND BEYOND COMMISSION 2004, MANY 3175 01:50:58,818 --> 01:51:00,120 OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESIDENT 3176 01:51:00,186 --> 01:51:01,588 TRUMP HAS PUT INTO EFFECT 3177 01:51:01,654 --> 01:51:06,926 THROUGH SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVES, 3178 01:51:06,993 --> 01:51:10,130 WHAT DO YOU THINK IS CATALYZING 3179 01:51:10,196 --> 01:51:12,399 AND I KNOW HOW GRATEFUL YOU ARE 3180 01:51:12,465 --> 01:51:14,934 FOR THE LEADERSHIP THE PRESIDENT 3181 01:51:15,001 --> 01:51:15,668 AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE 3182 01:51:15,735 --> 01:51:22,242 BROUGHT TO THIS BUT THE 15-YEAR 3183 01:51:22,308 --> 01:51:26,112 GAP, DO YOU SENSE THAT OUR 3184 01:51:26,179 --> 01:51:26,679 BURGEONING COMMERCIAL SPACE 3185 01:51:26,746 --> 01:51:29,682 INDUSTRY WHICH WAS NOT IN 3186 01:51:29,749 --> 01:51:31,651 EVIDENCE 15 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE A 3187 01:51:31,718 --> 01:51:33,253 SENSE OF THE ENTHUSIASM ALL 3188 01:51:33,319 --> 01:51:34,687 ACROSS THE BOARD AND STIPULATING 3189 01:51:34,754 --> 01:51:37,190 THAT THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR 3190 01:51:37,257 --> 01:51:38,091 RENEWED AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN 3191 01:51:38,158 --> 01:51:39,292 SPACE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE, 3192 01:51:39,359 --> 01:51:41,928 WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK IS 3193 01:51:41,995 --> 01:51:43,630 DIFFERENT TODAY THAN 15 YEARS 3194 01:51:43,696 --> 01:51:45,231 AGO WHEN MANY OF THESE SAME 3195 01:51:45,298 --> 01:51:49,369 IDEAS CAME FORWARD BUT WEREN'T 3196 01:51:49,436 --> 01:51:49,869 ACTED UPON. 3197 01:51:49,936 --> 01:51:52,205 >> VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE, CLEARLY 3198 01:51:52,272 --> 01:51:53,673 I CAN'T DISCOUNT LEADERSHIP AND 3199 01:51:53,740 --> 01:51:55,408 HOW MUCH THAT REALLY HAS MADE A 3200 01:51:55,475 --> 01:51:57,010 DIFFERENCE RELATIVE TO WHERE WE 3201 01:51:57,077 --> 01:51:57,243 ARE. 3202 01:51:57,310 --> 01:51:58,244 BUT I GUESS PROBABLY ANOTHER 3203 01:51:58,311 --> 01:52:02,248 STRONG WORD IS COMMITMENT. 3204 01:52:02,315 --> 01:52:04,784 THAT HAVE BEEN SEVERAL 3205 01:52:04,851 --> 01:52:06,586 ITERATIONS. 3206 01:52:06,653 --> 01:52:08,688 MANY PANEL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL 3207 01:52:08,755 --> 01:52:12,025 KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL 3208 01:52:12,092 --> 01:52:13,560 ITERATIONS STARTING COMMERCIAL 3209 01:52:13,626 --> 01:52:14,661 SPACE ACTIVITIES. 3210 01:52:14,727 --> 01:52:16,329 THEY FALTERED IN SOME FORM OR 3211 01:52:16,396 --> 01:52:17,664 ANOTHER BECAUSE OF LACK OF 3212 01:52:17,730 --> 01:52:18,364 COMMITMENT INCLUDING WITH 3213 01:52:18,431 --> 01:52:18,865 RESOURCES. 3214 01:52:18,932 --> 01:52:20,300 THE TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECT HAS 3215 01:52:20,366 --> 01:52:21,601 CERTAINLY GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY 3216 01:52:21,668 --> 01:52:23,803 BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AS 3217 01:52:23,870 --> 01:52:24,737 SOMEBODY SAID EARLIER ON THE 3218 01:52:24,804 --> 01:52:26,306 PRECIPICE OF HAVING THAT ABILITY 3219 01:52:26,372 --> 01:52:29,442 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT 3220 01:52:29,509 --> 01:52:30,243 TECHNOLOGY HERE IN THE UNITED 3221 01:52:30,310 --> 01:52:30,477 STATES. 3222 01:52:30,543 --> 01:52:34,347 TO ME, THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS 3223 01:52:34,414 --> 01:52:34,914 FULL COMMITMENT OF EVERYBODY 3224 01:52:34,981 --> 01:52:35,782 THAT REALLY THIS IS SOMETHING WE 3225 01:52:35,849 --> 01:52:36,649 NEED TO DO. 3226 01:52:36,716 --> 01:52:38,885 I CAN'T DISCOUNT THE THREAT, 3227 01:52:38,952 --> 01:52:40,320 OBVIOUSLY, PERHAPS THAT'S AN 3228 01:52:40,386 --> 01:52:42,222 UNDERLYING CATALYST THAT REALLY 3229 01:52:42,288 --> 01:52:44,190 HAS HELPED STEP UP THE GAME, IF 3230 01:52:44,257 --> 01:52:45,125 YOU WILL BUT THE LEADERSHIP AND 3231 01:52:45,191 --> 01:52:47,861 THE COMMITMENT HAS REALLY MADE 3232 01:52:47,927 --> 01:52:48,228 THE DIFFERENCE. 3233 01:52:48,294 --> 01:52:48,695 >> THANK YOU. 3234 01:52:48,761 --> 01:52:52,098 NAUT SANDY MAGNUS, YOU MADE THE 3235 01:52:52,165 --> 01:52:55,735 COMMENT THAT IN THE INTERVENING 3236 01:52:55,802 --> 01:52:59,839 EIGHT YEARS, WE LOST A LOT, INCG 3237 01:52:59,906 --> 01:53:00,273 CRITICAL PERSONNEL. 3238 01:53:00,340 --> 01:53:02,275 WITH THE GOAL THE PRESIDENT PUT 3239 01:53:02,342 --> 01:53:05,712 FORWARD TODAY, CAN YOU EXPRESS 3240 01:53:05,778 --> 01:53:08,314 WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE 3241 01:53:08,381 --> 01:53:11,251 ABOUT THE ABILITY OF NASA AND 3242 01:53:11,317 --> 01:53:13,486 OUR CONTRACTING COMMUNITY TO 3243 01:53:13,553 --> 01:53:15,088 ATTRACT THE PERSONNEL TO MEET 3244 01:53:15,155 --> 01:53:20,226 THIS OBJECTIVE AND BEYOND. 3245 01:53:20,293 --> 01:53:22,162 CAN WE CATCH UP? 3246 01:53:22,228 --> 01:53:23,329 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 3247 01:53:23,396 --> 01:53:25,398 I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT LAYERS 3248 01:53:25,465 --> 01:53:26,399 OF PROBLEMS TO TACKLE BUT I 3249 01:53:26,466 --> 01:53:27,400 THINK IT'S GOOD, FIRST OF ALL TO 3250 01:53:27,467 --> 01:53:29,102 HAVE A DEFINITE OKAY, NO 3251 01:53:29,169 --> 01:53:30,436 KIDDING, THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD 3252 01:53:30,503 --> 01:53:33,373 BE DOING AND THAT THE SPACE 3253 01:53:33,439 --> 01:53:34,807 COMMUNITY IS VERY GOOD AT 3254 01:53:34,874 --> 01:53:35,775 SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS. 3255 01:53:35,842 --> 01:53:36,743 THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 3256 01:53:36,809 --> 01:53:38,211 I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT 3257 01:53:38,278 --> 01:53:39,212 LAYERS TO THIS PARTICULAR 3258 01:53:39,279 --> 01:53:41,314 CHALLENGE THAT HAVE TO BE 3259 01:53:41,381 --> 01:53:42,315 ACCESSED AND THERE'S THE ONE 3260 01:53:42,382 --> 01:53:44,784 THAT I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT 3261 01:53:44,851 --> 01:53:46,986 IS THE TECHNOLOGICAL LAYER TO 3262 01:53:47,053 --> 01:53:48,788 MAKE SURE AS WE LOOK AT THESE 3263 01:53:48,855 --> 01:53:49,889 SYSTEMS AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE 3264 01:53:49,956 --> 01:53:51,424 THE GOAL THAT YOU SET FORTH 3265 01:53:51,491 --> 01:53:53,726 TODAY THAT WE MAKE SURE WE 3266 01:53:53,793 --> 01:53:55,962 TACKLE THE TECHNOLOGY PART 3267 01:53:56,029 --> 01:53:57,163 INTELLIGENTLY AND SMARTLY AND 3268 01:53:57,230 --> 01:53:59,098 SEVERAL TIMES PEOPLE HAVE 3269 01:53:59,165 --> 01:54:00,099 MENTIONED SMART FAILURES, I 3270 01:54:00,166 --> 01:54:00,900 THINK THAT'S REALLY KEY. 3271 01:54:00,967 --> 01:54:02,001 I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS TO 3272 01:54:02,068 --> 01:54:03,636 FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH BEING ABLE 3273 01:54:03,703 --> 01:54:04,037 TO FAIL. 3274 01:54:04,103 --> 01:54:05,672 WE HAVE IN THE SPACE COMMUNITY, 3275 01:54:05,738 --> 01:54:07,774 WHAT WE DO IS REALLY HARD AND 3276 01:54:07,840 --> 01:54:09,776 OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE WORRY 3277 01:54:09,842 --> 01:54:10,810 ABOUT FAILING BECAUSE THEY'RE 3278 01:54:10,877 --> 01:54:11,711 WORRIED ABOUT THE COMMITMENT TO 3279 01:54:11,778 --> 01:54:14,714 THE PROGRAM IN THE LONG TERM. 3280 01:54:14,781 --> 01:54:15,248 KNOWING THERE'S LONG-TERM 3281 01:54:15,315 --> 01:54:16,349 COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM WILL 3282 01:54:16,416 --> 01:54:18,184 OPEN UP THE APERTURE FOR FAILURE 3283 01:54:18,251 --> 01:54:18,952 A LITTLE BIT INTELLIGENTLY. 3284 01:54:19,018 --> 01:54:21,187 I THINK THE OTHER PART OF THE 3285 01:54:21,254 --> 01:54:23,056 PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE TACKLED 3286 01:54:23,122 --> 01:54:24,824 IS HOW WE MANAGE THESE KINDS OF 3287 01:54:24,891 --> 01:54:25,825 PROGRAMS AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO 3288 01:54:25,892 --> 01:54:27,460 WORK THROUGH THE BUREAUCRATIC 3289 01:54:27,527 --> 01:54:29,963 ISSUES THAT YOU SO ADEQUATELY 3290 01:54:30,029 --> 01:54:30,830 ADDRESSED EARLIER. 3291 01:54:30,897 --> 01:54:32,265 I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS UP FOR 3292 01:54:32,332 --> 01:54:33,566 IT. 3293 01:54:33,633 --> 01:54:35,435 I THINK IT WILL BE CHALLENGING 3294 01:54:35,501 --> 01:54:38,338 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING 3295 01:54:38,404 --> 01:54:39,839 SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY PARTS AS 3296 01:54:39,906 --> 01:54:41,674 WE GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE WANT TO 3297 01:54:41,741 --> 01:54:42,775 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT 3298 01:54:42,842 --> 01:54:46,246 SAFELY AS WELL. 3299 01:54:46,312 --> 01:54:46,713 >> THANK YOU. 3300 01:54:46,779 --> 01:54:47,647 GREAT INSIGHT. 3301 01:54:47,714 --> 01:54:50,083 I JUST THOUGHT THAT WHOLE NOTION 3302 01:54:50,149 --> 01:54:50,850 OF HUMAN CAPITAL. 3303 01:54:50,917 --> 01:54:54,087 BUT I LOVE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT 3304 01:54:54,153 --> 01:54:57,257 THIS COMMUNITY, THAT THEY'RE 3305 01:54:57,323 --> 01:54:58,224 PROBLEM SOLVERS. 3306 01:54:58,291 --> 01:54:59,826 NOW WE HAVE A GOAL AND WE CAN 3307 01:54:59,892 --> 01:55:01,127 WORK BACKWARDS FROM THE GOAL 3308 01:55:01,194 --> 01:55:03,062 ABOUT HOW WE ACCOMPLISH IT ON 3309 01:55:03,129 --> 01:55:03,263 TIME. 3310 01:55:03,329 --> 01:55:04,597 EVERY CONFIDENCE JUST AS YOU DO. 3311 01:55:04,664 --> 01:55:06,399 LET ME ASK ONE LAST QUESTION 3312 01:55:06,466 --> 01:55:13,139 THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO 3313 01:55:13,206 --> 01:55:14,173 Dr. DROGOMIRE AND A COUPLE 3314 01:55:14,240 --> 01:55:16,409 MEMBERS OF THE PANEL TO TAKE ONE 3315 01:55:16,476 --> 01:55:17,577 QUESTION, IF YOU CAN, WE'LL STAY 3316 01:55:17,644 --> 01:55:21,114 ON TIME BUT EILEEN COLLINS, YOU 3317 01:55:21,180 --> 01:55:22,415 MENTIONED THIS VERY HUMBLY BUT 3318 01:55:22,482 --> 01:55:24,017 YOU WERE A COMMANDER OF 3319 01:55:24,083 --> 01:55:25,485 DISCOVERY WHICH WAS THE FIRST 3320 01:55:25,551 --> 01:55:27,854 FLIGHT BACK AFTER THE COLUMBIA 3321 01:55:27,920 --> 01:55:32,625 TRAGEDY. 3322 01:55:32,692 --> 01:55:33,726 I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PERSONAL 3323 01:55:33,793 --> 01:55:35,461 COURAGE AND THAT OF YOUR FELLOW 3324 01:55:35,528 --> 01:55:38,031 ASTRONAUTS AT THAT TIME. 3325 01:55:38,097 --> 01:55:39,732 IT IS GREATLY TO YOUR CREDIT 3326 01:55:39,799 --> 01:55:43,236 THAT YOU TALK TODAY ALREADY 3327 01:55:43,303 --> 01:55:45,838 ABOUT RECOGNIZING RISK. 3328 01:55:45,905 --> 01:55:51,277 IF YOU HAD ONE MESSAGE, AND YOU 3329 01:55:51,344 --> 01:55:55,715 SPOKE ABOUT ARE CONTRACTORS 3330 01:55:55,782 --> 01:55:56,716 LISTENING, YOU SAID IT'S A 3331 01:55:56,783 --> 01:55:57,950 SERIOUS BUSINESS, IT'S A 3332 01:55:58,017 --> 01:55:59,052 DANGEROUS BUSINESS, PRIVATE 3333 01:55:59,118 --> 01:56:01,154 INDUSTRY, LISTENING IN, IS IS 3334 01:56:01,220 --> 01:56:04,791 THERE ANY ADDITIONAL MESSAGE? 3335 01:56:04,857 --> 01:56:05,925 BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO SUPPORT 3336 01:56:05,992 --> 01:56:07,126 THIS PROGRAM SUPPORT THE 3337 01:56:07,193 --> 01:56:09,062 PRESIDENT'S VISION, WE'RE 3338 01:56:09,128 --> 01:56:10,229 LOOKING FOR COURAGEOUS AMERICANS 3339 01:56:10,296 --> 01:56:11,364 IN THIS GENERATION OF ASTRONAUTS 3340 01:56:11,431 --> 01:56:13,199 TO DO WHAT YOU HAD THE COURAGE 3341 01:56:13,266 --> 01:56:14,367 TO DO. 3342 01:56:14,434 --> 01:56:17,236 WE WANT TO DO IT SAFELY. 3343 01:56:17,303 --> 01:56:20,740 CAN YOU JUST SPEAK ABOUT ANY -- 3344 01:56:20,807 --> 01:56:22,041 AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING ON, PEOPLE 3345 01:56:22,108 --> 01:56:23,843 ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING 3346 01:56:23,910 --> 01:56:26,679 THIS UNDER JIM BRIDENSTINE'S 3347 01:56:26,746 --> 01:56:27,580 DIRECTION, ANY FURTHER WORD. 3348 01:56:27,647 --> 01:56:28,214 >> YES, SIR. 3349 01:56:28,281 --> 01:56:28,881 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE 3350 01:56:28,948 --> 01:56:31,584 QUESTION. 3351 01:56:31,651 --> 01:56:33,353 THERE'S ACTUALLY SO MANY BUT TO 3352 01:56:33,419 --> 01:56:34,987 BOIL IT DOWN, HAVING TRUST IN 3353 01:56:35,054 --> 01:56:36,589 YOUR PEOPLE, LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO 3354 01:56:36,656 --> 01:56:38,991 BE HUMBLE, OPEN-MINDED, IT 3355 01:56:39,058 --> 01:56:40,093 DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE DONE 3356 01:56:40,159 --> 01:56:42,061 THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE. 3357 01:56:42,128 --> 01:56:43,096 WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE IN THE 3358 01:56:43,162 --> 01:56:45,365 WAY WE'RE THINKING AND JUST AS 3359 01:56:45,431 --> 01:56:47,567 I'LL USE ONE EXAMPLE, THERE IS A 3360 01:56:47,633 --> 01:56:50,903 TERM CALLED NORMALIZATION OF 3361 01:56:50,970 --> 01:56:52,939 DEVIANCE AND IT WAS COINED BY A 3362 01:56:53,005 --> 01:56:53,873 SOCIOLOGIST WHO WROTE A BOOK ON 3363 01:56:53,940 --> 01:56:55,108 THE CHALLENGER ACCIDENT SO A 3364 01:56:55,174 --> 01:56:57,276 SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO WORK A 3365 01:56:57,343 --> 01:56:59,178 CERTAIN WAY AND THEN YOU START 3366 01:56:59,245 --> 01:57:01,214 FLYING AND IT'S NOT DOING WHAT 3367 01:57:01,280 --> 01:57:05,017 YOU EXPECTED IT TO BE DOING, FOR 3368 01:57:05,084 --> 01:57:06,252 EXAMPLE, O-RINGS ARE BURNING 3369 01:57:06,319 --> 01:57:08,521 THROUGH OR FOAM IS FALLING OFF 3370 01:57:08,588 --> 01:57:09,689 THE EXTERNAL TANK. 3371 01:57:09,756 --> 01:57:10,823 YOU KEEP FLYING AND ALL OF A 3372 01:57:10,890 --> 01:57:14,827 SUDDEN WELL, THAT'S OKAY, IT'S 3373 01:57:14,894 --> 01:57:15,828 NORMALIZATION OF DEVIANS. 3374 01:57:15,895 --> 01:57:17,630 THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK 3375 01:57:17,697 --> 01:57:18,364 OUT FOR. 3376 01:57:18,431 --> 01:57:19,932 I THINK ESPECIALLY IN COLUMBIA 3377 01:57:19,999 --> 01:57:20,900 IT WAS VERY SUBTLE. 3378 01:57:20,967 --> 01:57:22,902 IT WAS SOMETHING THAT EVEN THE 3379 01:57:22,969 --> 01:57:24,804 SMARTEST PEOPLE MISSED. 3380 01:57:24,871 --> 01:57:27,907 I DO WANT TO SAY, I HAD 3381 01:57:27,974 --> 01:57:30,343 WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM NASA, YOU 3382 01:57:30,410 --> 01:57:37,750 MY WHOLE CREW, THE ASTRONAUT REN 3383 01:57:37,817 --> 01:57:38,684 TO FLIGHT PERIOD AND IT WAS 3384 01:57:38,751 --> 01:57:40,720 PRETTY MUCH A BIG SHOCK THAT GOT 3385 01:57:40,787 --> 01:57:44,657 US BACK TO FLYING SAFELY AGAIN. 3386 01:57:44,724 --> 01:57:46,192 IF WE REMEMBER THESE CULTURAL 3387 01:57:46,259 --> 01:57:49,562 LESSONS, CREATIVITY, HUMILITY, 3388 01:57:49,629 --> 01:57:49,962 OPEN-MINDEDNESS. 3389 01:57:50,029 --> 01:57:51,831 WE'RE IN A DANGEROUS BUSINESS. 3390 01:57:51,898 --> 01:57:53,433 LEARN FROM THE PAST LESSONS SO 3391 01:57:53,499 --> 01:57:55,568 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 3392 01:57:55,635 --> 01:57:58,404 >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE VERY 3393 01:57:58,471 --> 01:58:00,907 INSIGHTFUL ANSWER. 3394 01:58:00,973 --> 01:58:02,942 THE PRESIDENT WANTS US TO RENEW 3395 01:58:03,009 --> 01:58:04,444 AMERICAN COMMITMENT TO HUMAN 3396 01:58:04,510 --> 01:58:05,912 SPACE EXPLORATION. 3397 01:58:05,978 --> 01:58:06,779 YOU ASTRONAUTS ARE HEROES 3398 01:58:06,846 --> 01:58:11,317 BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THE RISK. 3399 01:58:11,384 --> 01:58:13,019 OUR JOB ON THE GROUND IS TO 3400 01:58:13,085 --> 01:58:14,821 MINIMIZE THAT RISK TO THE 3401 01:58:14,887 --> 01:58:15,555 GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE AND YOU 3402 01:58:15,621 --> 01:58:17,957 HAVE OUR PROMISE TO DO THAT. 3403 01:58:18,024 --> 01:58:19,192 WE'LL INTERNALIZE THE LESSONS 3404 01:58:19,258 --> 01:58:23,596 AND THE COUNCIL COUNSEL YOU OFE 3405 01:58:23,663 --> 01:58:24,497 TODAY GOING FORWARD. 3406 01:58:24,564 --> 01:58:26,933 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3407 01:58:26,999 --> 01:58:31,771 LET ME GO -- WE'RE GOING TO MOVE 3408 01:58:31,838 --> 01:58:32,605 QUICKLY THROUGH QUESTIONS 3409 01:58:32,672 --> 01:58:35,107 THROUGH MEMBERS OF THE SPACE 3410 01:58:35,174 --> 01:58:35,808 COUNCIL. 3411 01:58:35,875 --> 01:58:36,042 DOCTOR. 3412 01:58:36,108 --> 01:58:37,210 >> THANK YOU, VICE-PRESIDENT 3413 01:58:37,276 --> 01:58:37,610 PENCE. 3414 01:58:37,677 --> 01:58:40,146 WE OFTEN TIMES HEAR ABOUT A NEED 3415 01:58:40,213 --> 01:58:41,380 FOR A SPUTNIK MOMENT. 3416 01:58:41,447 --> 01:58:42,315 THIS TRULY IS. 3417 01:58:42,381 --> 01:58:43,583 WE ARE AT AN INFLECTION MOMENT 3418 01:58:43,649 --> 01:58:45,585 IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION 3419 01:58:45,651 --> 01:58:46,419 REALLY PROPELLING US FORWARD 3420 01:58:46,486 --> 01:58:47,620 INTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF WHAT 3421 01:58:47,687 --> 01:58:48,955 WE EXPERIENCED WHEN WE WERE 3422 01:58:49,021 --> 01:58:51,257 YOUNG, INSPIRING PEOPLE TO JUST 3423 01:58:51,324 --> 01:58:52,492 GET INTO SCIENCE AND GET EXCITED 3424 01:58:52,558 --> 01:58:56,095 AND DO GREAT THINGS. 3425 01:58:56,162 --> 01:58:57,263 IT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY. 3426 01:58:57,330 --> 01:59:02,468 MY QUEST QUESTION IS, AS WE THIK 3427 01:59:02,535 --> 01:59:04,003 ABOUT TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES 3428 01:59:04,070 --> 01:59:05,705 FOR EXPLORATION RESEARCH, MOON 3429 01:59:05,771 --> 01:59:07,507 AND BEYOND TO MARS, THERE'S ALL 3430 01:59:07,573 --> 01:59:09,308 KINDS OF THINGS, BIOLOGICAL 3431 01:59:09,375 --> 01:59:10,943 RESEARCH, GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 3432 01:59:11,010 --> 01:59:13,546 HUMAN AND HEALTH RESEARCH, 3433 01:59:13,613 --> 01:59:14,514 MANUFACTURING IN LOW-GRAVITY, 3434 01:59:14,580 --> 01:59:16,649 WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE SCIENCE 3435 01:59:16,716 --> 01:59:18,551 FRONTIERS REALLY WE COULD 3436 01:59:18,618 --> 01:59:20,920 CAPTURE AS A NATION TO EXPLORE 3437 01:59:20,987 --> 01:59:22,555 THE UNKNOWN? 3438 01:59:22,622 --> 01:59:24,757 WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES YOU SEE? 3439 01:59:24,824 --> 01:59:26,092 THIS IS SOMETHING WE AS A 3440 01:59:26,158 --> 01:59:27,894 GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR 3441 01:59:27,960 --> 01:59:28,461 COLLECTIVELY NEED TO THINK 3442 01:59:28,528 --> 01:59:29,095 ABOUT. 3443 01:59:29,161 --> 01:59:32,698 WHAT ARE THE GREAT FRONTIERS WE 3444 01:59:32,765 --> 01:59:34,033 SHOULD BE PUSHING FORWARD TO? 3445 01:59:34,100 --> 01:59:35,868 >> ARE YOU REFERRING TO MAINLY 3446 01:59:35,935 --> 01:59:38,704 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT OR SCIENCE IN 3447 01:59:38,771 --> 01:59:38,938 GENERAL? 3448 01:59:39,005 --> 01:59:40,206 >> REALLY SCIENCE IN GENERAL BUT 3449 01:59:40,273 --> 01:59:40,806 ESPECIALLY CHA CAN BE 3450 01:59:40,873 --> 01:59:41,741 ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR MISSIONS TO 3451 01:59:41,807 --> 01:59:43,543 THE MOON AND THEN TO MARS. 3452 01:59:43,609 --> 01:59:44,744 >> CERTAINLY I THINK WE WENT TO 3453 01:59:44,810 --> 01:59:46,679 THE MOON BEFORE. 3454 01:59:46,746 --> 01:59:48,981 AND WE BROUGHT SAMPLES BACK. 3455 01:59:49,048 --> 01:59:51,384 AND WE HAVE ANALYZED THE SAMPLES 3456 01:59:51,450 --> 01:59:52,919 BUT WE ONLY REALLY WENT TO PART 3457 01:59:52,985 --> 01:59:54,554 OF THE MOON AND I THINK THERE'S 3458 01:59:54,620 --> 01:59:56,389 SOME INTERESTING DATA WE'VE 3459 01:59:56,455 --> 01:59:57,657 DISCOVERED SINCE THOSE DECADES 3460 01:59:57,723 --> 01:59:58,958 AGO OF THINGS WE SHOULD GO 3461 01:59:59,025 --> 02:00:01,093 INVESTIGATE AT THE POLES, FOR 3462 02:00:01,160 --> 02:00:02,328 EXAMPLE, AS VICE-PRESIDENT 3463 02:00:02,395 --> 02:00:03,429 MENTIONED EARLIER, INTERESTING 3464 02:00:03,496 --> 02:00:04,330 PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO. 3465 02:00:04,397 --> 02:00:05,398 WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT 3466 02:00:05,464 --> 02:00:06,265 TECHNOLOGIES NOW. 3467 02:00:06,332 --> 02:00:07,967 AND SO I THINK NOT JUST ONLY 3468 02:00:08,034 --> 02:00:10,102 FROM A SCIENCE VIEWPOINT BUT 3469 02:00:10,169 --> 02:00:12,405 FROM A UTILIZATION AND 3470 02:00:12,471 --> 02:00:13,239 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINT 3471 02:00:13,306 --> 02:00:14,273 WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE MOON AND 3472 02:00:14,340 --> 02:00:15,241 OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE THAT 3473 02:00:15,308 --> 02:00:17,276 WHOLE CONVERSATION AND GO TO 3474 02:00:17,343 --> 02:00:21,213 MARS AND HAVE THAT SAME SORT OF 3475 02:00:21,280 --> 02:00:22,682 EXPLORATORY LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN 3476 02:00:22,748 --> 02:00:24,617 DO WITH USING THE PLANET. 3477 02:00:24,684 --> 02:00:26,452 SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY 3478 02:00:26,519 --> 02:00:28,654 KIND OF A MIX OF SCIENCE AND 3479 02:00:28,721 --> 02:00:29,388 TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT JUST 3480 02:00:29,455 --> 02:00:30,890 SCIENCE BUT IF YOU ARE SPEAKING 3481 02:00:30,957 --> 02:00:31,891 ABOUT EXCITING THE YOUTH AND 3482 02:00:31,958 --> 02:00:32,825 EXCITING THE COUNTRY ABOUT WHAT 3483 02:00:32,892 --> 02:00:33,926 WE'RE DOING, I THINK THOSE ARE 3484 02:00:33,993 --> 02:00:35,161 THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WOULD DO 3485 02:00:35,227 --> 02:00:35,895 THAT. 3486 02:00:35,962 --> 02:00:37,597 >> THANK YOU. 3487 02:00:37,663 --> 02:00:41,901 ANY OTHER STATEMENTS FROM 3488 02:00:41,968 --> 02:00:42,301 PANELISTS? 3489 02:00:42,368 --> 02:00:44,904 >> I'M JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON 3490 02:00:44,971 --> 02:00:46,539 THE KEPLER SATELLITE WHICH IS 3491 02:00:46,606 --> 02:00:47,940 NOW NOT WORKING ANYMORE, THE 3492 02:00:48,007 --> 02:00:50,076 PURPOSE WAS TO FIND EARTH-LIKE 3493 02:00:50,142 --> 02:00:51,277 PLANETS OUTSIDE OF OUR SOLAR 3494 02:00:51,344 --> 02:00:51,577 SYSTEM. 3495 02:00:51,644 --> 02:00:54,313 I FOUND THIS TO BE INCREDIBLY 3496 02:00:54,380 --> 02:00:57,316 INSPIRING, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG 3497 02:00:57,383 --> 02:00:57,984 PEOPLE AND PEOPLE THAT WANT TO 3498 02:00:58,050 --> 02:00:58,751 KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. 3499 02:00:58,818 --> 02:01:00,686 THE KEPLER SATELLITE LOOKED AT A 3500 02:01:00,753 --> 02:01:02,488 VERY SMALL PIECE OF THE SKY AND 3501 02:01:02,555 --> 02:01:04,290 THEY FOUND MAYBE 2,000 3502 02:01:04,357 --> 02:01:05,725 POTENTIALLY EARTH-LIKE PLANETS. 3503 02:01:05,791 --> 02:01:07,093 THE NUMBER KEEPS CHANGING. 3504 02:01:07,159 --> 02:01:10,363 IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT PIECE OF 3505 02:01:10,429 --> 02:01:11,664 SKY AND GO ALL THE WAY AROUND 3506 02:01:11,731 --> 02:01:13,199 THE SPHERE WITH IT, THEY SAY 3507 02:01:13,265 --> 02:01:14,867 THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE 3508 02:01:14,934 --> 02:01:15,368 POTENTIALLY 10 BILLION 3509 02:01:15,434 --> 02:01:16,636 EARTH-LIKE PLANETS AND I FIND 3510 02:01:16,702 --> 02:01:17,937 THAT INCREDIBLY INSPIRING FROM 3511 02:01:18,004 --> 02:01:19,639 THE SCIENCE SIDE AND NOW THE 3512 02:01:19,705 --> 02:01:22,375 TEST SATELLITE IS UP THERE DOING 3513 02:01:22,441 --> 02:01:26,312 A SIMILAR MISSION TO THE KEPLER. 3514 02:01:26,379 --> 02:01:28,214 >> DOCTOR, I THINK ONE OF THE 3515 02:01:28,280 --> 02:01:30,149 ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION IS 3516 02:01:30,216 --> 02:01:30,750 ADDRESSED BY THE INTERNATIONAL 3517 02:01:30,816 --> 02:01:32,752 SPACE STATION TODAY. 3518 02:01:32,818 --> 02:01:35,187 IT IS A NATIONAL LABORATORY. 3519 02:01:35,254 --> 02:01:36,822 AND PROBABLY THE GREATEST USER 3520 02:01:36,889 --> 02:01:40,326 IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL PURPOSES 3521 02:01:40,393 --> 02:01:41,160 ARE FARMER COMPANIES. 3522 02:01:41,227 --> 02:01:42,261 THEY'RE DOING BIOLOGICAL AND 3523 02:01:42,328 --> 02:01:43,129 MEDICAL RESEARCH YOU COULDN'T 3524 02:01:43,195 --> 02:01:45,564 EVEN BEGIN TO ADDRESS OR THINK 3525 02:01:45,631 --> 02:01:48,100 ABOUT HERE ON EARTH AND THAT'S 3526 02:01:48,167 --> 02:01:49,201 ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED TO 3527 02:01:49,268 --> 02:01:51,303 MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN A 3528 02:01:51,370 --> 02:01:52,505 LOW-EARTH ORBIT PRESENCE AND 3529 02:01:52,571 --> 02:01:54,240 MAINTAIN SOMETHING LIKE THE 3530 02:01:54,306 --> 02:01:55,074 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO 3531 02:01:55,141 --> 02:01:56,676 CONTINUE TO FIND OUT THINGS WE 3532 02:01:56,742 --> 02:01:59,178 CAN'T LEARN HERE ON EARTH. 3533 02:01:59,245 --> 02:01:59,612 >> GREAT. 3534 02:01:59,679 --> 02:02:01,914 SECRETARY CHAO. 3535 02:02:01,981 --> 02:02:03,182 >> I THINK THE QUESTIONS HAVE 3536 02:02:03,249 --> 02:02:07,653 BEEN REALLY INSPIRING. 3537 02:02:07,720 --> 02:02:10,990 I AM JUST SO IN AWE OF THE 3538 02:02:11,057 --> 02:02:11,257 PANELISTS. 3539 02:02:11,323 --> 02:02:14,894 THE TWO FEMALE ASTRONAUTS, THE 3540 02:02:14,960 --> 02:02:18,464 FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD THE SHUTTLE 3541 02:02:18,531 --> 02:02:19,965 MISSION COMMANDER. 3542 02:02:20,032 --> 02:02:24,203 I'M TOTALLY IN AWE AND I'M 3543 02:02:24,270 --> 02:02:26,305 LEARNING SO MUCH. 3544 02:02:26,372 --> 02:02:26,839 >> SO ARE WE. 3545 02:02:26,906 --> 02:02:29,842 [ Applause ] 3546 02:02:29,909 --> 02:02:30,976 JIM BRIDENSTINE. 3547 02:02:31,043 --> 02:02:35,081 SOMETHING QUICK. 3548 02:02:35,147 --> 02:02:37,216 THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 3549 02:02:37,283 --> 02:02:37,416 PANEL. 3550 02:02:37,483 --> 02:02:38,851 >> I'LL BE QUICK. 3551 02:02:38,918 --> 02:02:39,752 GENERAL LILES, YOU KNOW YOU OF 3552 02:02:39,819 --> 02:02:41,087 COURSE HAD A VERY DISTINGUISHED 3553 02:02:41,153 --> 02:02:42,588 CAREER IN THE AIR FORCE. 3554 02:02:42,655 --> 02:02:44,090 THERE ARE PROCUREMENT 3555 02:02:44,156 --> 02:02:46,659 AUTHORITIES THAT EXIST IN THE 3556 02:02:46,726 --> 02:02:48,828 AIR FORCE DX PROCUREMENT 3557 02:02:48,894 --> 02:02:49,095 AUTHORITY. 3558 02:02:49,161 --> 02:02:50,663 WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WITH THE 3559 02:02:50,730 --> 02:02:52,364 PANEL WHAT THAT IS AND HOW IT 3560 02:02:52,431 --> 02:02:54,934 WORKS AND IF NASA COULD BENEFIT 3561 02:02:55,000 --> 02:02:55,468 FROM IT. 3562 02:02:55,534 --> 02:02:57,336 >> THATHANK YOU, ADMINISTRATOR. 3563 02:02:57,403 --> 02:02:58,671 ONE OF THE KEY THINGS I THINK IS 3564 02:02:58,738 --> 02:03:00,239 GOING TO LEAD TO HELP ADDRESS 3565 02:03:00,306 --> 02:03:01,807 SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING 3566 02:03:01,874 --> 02:03:03,075 TO DO PARTICULARLY VERY QUICKLY 3567 02:03:03,142 --> 02:03:07,913 IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE 3568 02:03:07,980 --> 02:03:09,281 AUTHORITIES -- TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 3569 02:03:09,348 --> 02:03:11,350 ALL THE AUTHORITIES AVAILABLE. 3570 02:03:11,417 --> 02:03:13,252 DX AUTHORITIES, SECTION 804 3571 02:03:13,319 --> 02:03:15,187 AUTHORITIES FROM THE NATIONAL 3572 02:03:15,254 --> 02:03:20,025 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, RCO 3573 02:03:20,092 --> 02:03:23,462 RAPID CAPABILITY, THE GENERAL, 3574 02:03:23,529 --> 02:03:25,064 THEY KNOW THEM VERY WELL. 3575 02:03:25,131 --> 02:03:26,365 THE RULES EITHER ALREADY ALLOW 3576 02:03:26,432 --> 02:03:28,734 US TO DO THINGS IN A STREAMLINED 3577 02:03:28,801 --> 02:03:30,002 MANNER BUT WE DON'T TAKE 3578 02:03:30,069 --> 02:03:32,037 ADVANTAGE OF IT OR WE NEEDED TO 3579 02:03:32,104 --> 02:03:33,539 HAVE SOME WAYS TO GET AROUND 3580 02:03:33,606 --> 02:03:34,840 SOME OF THE RULES TO ALLOW US TO 3581 02:03:34,907 --> 02:03:36,876 DO THINGS QUICKLY. 3582 02:03:36,942 --> 02:03:38,377 I'M HOPING AND COMMIT TO YOU 3583 02:03:38,444 --> 02:03:40,613 THAT NASA TAKE A VERY CLOSE LOOK 3584 02:03:40,679 --> 02:03:41,781 WITH ALL THE EXAMPLES IN THE 3585 02:03:41,847 --> 02:03:42,848 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND IT 3586 02:03:42,915 --> 02:03:43,783 WON'T TAKE VERY LONG BECAUSE 3587 02:03:43,849 --> 02:03:45,651 THEY'RE DOING IT EVERY DAY TO 3588 02:03:45,718 --> 02:03:47,787 SEE THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN 3589 02:03:47,853 --> 02:03:51,190 USE LIKEWISE TO STREAMLINE THE 3590 02:03:51,257 --> 02:03:53,359 EFFORTS YOU'RE WORKING ON. 3591 02:03:53,425 --> 02:03:57,930 [ Applause ] 3592 02:03:57,997 --> 02:03:59,732 >> WITH THAT, JOIN ME IN 3593 02:03:59,799 --> 02:04:02,301 THANKING THIS REALLY OUTSTANDING 3594 02:04:02,368 --> 02:04:04,603 PANEL FOR THEIR INSIGHTS TODAY 3595 02:04:04,670 --> 02:04:06,906 AND THANK YOU FOR THEIR 3596 02:04:06,972 --> 02:04:07,640 EXTRAORDINARY CAREERS OF 3597 02:04:07,706 --> 02:04:07,907 SERVICE. 3598 02:04:07,973 --> 02:04:08,908 WELL DONE. 3599 02:04:08,974 --> 02:04:10,843 WE'LL INVITE OUR SECOND OF TWO 3600 02:04:10,910 --> 02:04:12,244 PANELS TO COME FORWARD. 3601 02:04:12,311 --> 02:04:15,948 FOR THOSE LOOKING ON, IN 3602 02:04:16,015 --> 02:04:17,783 ATTENDANCE, WE WILL THEN ACCEPT 3603 02:04:17,850 --> 02:04:18,984 RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE FORWARDED 3604 02:04:19,051 --> 02:04:21,921 TO THE PRESIDENT AND WE'LL 3605 02:04:21,987 --> 02:04:23,322 COMPLETE OUR WORK BUT AGAIN 3606 02:04:23,389 --> 02:04:24,824 THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR THOSE 3607 02:04:24,890 --> 02:04:26,525 GREAT, GREAT WORDS. 3608 02:04:26,592 --> 02:04:29,261 TODAY'S SECOND PANEL FEATURES 3609 02:04:29,328 --> 02:04:41,841 THREE EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCE 3610 02:04:41,907 --> 02:04:43,175 COMMUNITY, INCREDIBLE CAREERS 3611 02:04:43,242 --> 02:04:44,043 RUNNING MAJOR PROGRAMS AND ARE 3612 02:04:44,109 --> 02:04:45,044 GOING TO FOCUS ON A THEME OF 3613 02:04:45,110 --> 02:04:46,645 READY ARE TO EXPLORE. 3614 02:04:46,712 --> 02:04:50,015 OUR FIRST PANELIST, Dr. JACK 3615 02:04:50,082 --> 02:04:51,217 BARNES, PROFESSOR OF ASTRO 3616 02:04:51,283 --> 02:04:52,284 SCIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF 3617 02:04:52,351 --> 02:04:53,185 COLORADO BOULDER. 3618 02:04:53,252 --> 02:04:56,655 HE WAS AWARDED MASTER OF SCIENCE 3619 02:04:56,722 --> 02:04:59,091 PH.D. OF COURSE AT INDIANA 3620 02:04:59,158 --> 02:05:02,661 UNIVERSITY. 3621 02:05:02,728 --> 02:05:04,864 HE'S A VERY DISTINGUISHED 3622 02:05:04,930 --> 02:05:07,099 SCHOLAR. 3623 02:05:07,166 --> 02:05:10,302 DAN DUMBOKE, THE EXECUTIVE 3624 02:05:10,369 --> 02:05:11,637 DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE 3625 02:05:11,704 --> 02:05:17,643 OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS. 3626 02:05:17,710 --> 02:05:21,280 HE WAS DIRECTORATE FOR '07 TO 3627 02:05:21,347 --> 02:05:21,614 '14. 3628 02:05:21,680 --> 02:05:24,917 DAN DID RECEIVE HIS MBA FROM 3629 02:05:24,984 --> 02:05:27,920 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BUT A BA 3630 02:05:27,987 --> 02:05:29,855 FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY. 3631 02:05:29,922 --> 02:05:37,196 PICKING UP A THEME, IT'S REAL. 3632 02:05:37,263 --> 02:05:42,735 WANDA SEGER, 38-YEAR CAREER AT 3633 02:05:42,801 --> 02:05:43,569 LOCKHEED MARTIN. 3634 02:05:43,636 --> 02:05:44,737 SHE'S VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE 3635 02:05:44,803 --> 02:05:45,838 CIVIL SPACE SYSTEM. 3636 02:05:45,905 --> 02:05:47,573 SHE OVERSAW SOME OF THE MOST 3637 02:05:47,640 --> 02:05:49,575 PROLIFIC HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND 3638 02:05:49,642 --> 02:05:50,576 SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS. 3639 02:05:50,643 --> 02:05:52,111 JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THIS 3640 02:05:52,177 --> 02:05:54,013 OUTSTANDING PANEL. 3641 02:05:54,079 --> 02:05:55,948 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR 3642 02:05:56,015 --> 02:05:56,215 COMMENTS. 3643 02:05:56,282 --> 02:05:56,615 [ Applause ] 3644 02:05:56,682 --> 02:05:57,449 THANK YOU. 3645 02:05:57,516 --> 02:05:58,951 Dr. JACK BARNES IS RECOGNIZED 3646 02:05:59,018 --> 02:06:01,020 AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS 3647 02:06:01,086 --> 02:06:02,187 AFTER YOUR BRIEF OPENING 3648 02:06:02,254 --> 02:06:02,454 STATEMENT. 3649 02:06:02,521 --> 02:06:02,821 >> THANK YOU, 3650 02:06:02,888 --> 02:06:04,056 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 3651 02:06:04,123 --> 02:06:05,691 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 3652 02:06:05,758 --> 02:06:05,991 COUNCIL. 3653 02:06:06,058 --> 02:06:08,560 I'M HONORED TO JOIN YOU ALL THIS 3654 02:06:08,627 --> 02:06:09,295 AFTERNOON. 3655 02:06:09,361 --> 02:06:10,329 Dr. MAGNUS AND I WERE 3656 02:06:10,396 --> 02:06:12,631 PRIVILEGED TO BE MEMBERS OF THE 3657 02:06:12,698 --> 02:06:14,667 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION LANDING 3658 02:06:14,733 --> 02:06:16,769 TEAM AND WE FOUND IN OUR 3659 02:06:16,835 --> 02:06:18,370 ANALYSIS THAT AMERICA IS READY 3660 02:06:18,437 --> 02:06:20,673 TO EXPLORE AGAIN, AND SHOULD 3661 02:06:20,739 --> 02:06:23,008 LEAD THE WORLD IN THESE NEW 3662 02:06:23,075 --> 02:06:24,310 VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY BY AMONG 3663 02:06:24,376 --> 02:06:26,745 OTHER THINGS DEMONSTRATING A 3664 02:06:26,812 --> 02:06:29,048 PREEMINENCE IN SPACE BY RAPIDLY 3665 02:06:29,114 --> 02:06:30,749 EXPANDING HUMANITY INTO THE 3666 02:06:30,816 --> 02:06:32,985 SOLAR SYSTEM, INCORPORATING 3667 02:06:33,052 --> 02:06:35,321 PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND AS I LIKE TO 3668 02:06:35,387 --> 02:06:37,089 ADD ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS. 3669 02:06:37,156 --> 02:06:41,026 THIS GOAL IS INCORPORATED IN THE 3670 02:06:41,093 --> 02:06:41,527 PRESIDENT'S SPACE POLICY 3671 02:06:41,593 --> 02:06:42,061 DIRECTIVE ONE AND IN THE 3672 02:06:42,127 --> 02:06:43,562 CHALLENGE WE HEARD FROM THE 3673 02:06:43,629 --> 02:06:44,363 VICE-PRESIDENT TODAY. 3674 02:06:44,430 --> 02:06:46,999 BUT TO CARRY OUT THIS VISIONARY 3675 02:06:47,066 --> 02:06:48,701 PROGRAM, NASA MUST HAVE ADEQUATE 3676 02:06:48,767 --> 02:06:50,102 RESOURCES. 3677 02:06:50,169 --> 02:06:54,840 WE MUST BE REALISTIC IN 3678 02:06:54,907 --> 02:06:56,075 RECOGNIZING AS WAS TRUE WITH THE 3679 02:06:56,141 --> 02:06:56,976 EARLY AIRLINE AND COMPUTER 3680 02:06:57,042 --> 02:06:57,676 INDUSTRIES THAT THE FEDERAL 3681 02:06:57,743 --> 02:06:59,678 GOVERNMENT WILL BE THE ANCHOR 3682 02:06:59,745 --> 02:07:03,282 TENANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3683 02:07:03,349 --> 02:07:04,316 LUNAR SPACE OVER THE NEXT DECADE 3684 02:07:04,383 --> 02:07:05,317 OR SO BUT THOSE INVESTMENTS 3685 02:07:05,384 --> 02:07:07,019 TODAY WILL ENABLE ENTREPRENEURS 3686 02:07:07,086 --> 02:07:08,387 TO CLOSE THEIR BUSINESS PLANS 3687 02:07:08,454 --> 02:07:10,122 FOR THE FUTURE. 3688 02:07:10,189 --> 02:07:13,759 THE MOON IS THE PRACTICAL 3689 02:07:13,826 --> 02:07:14,593 DESTINATION FOR SPACE 3690 02:07:14,660 --> 02:07:15,995 EXPLORATION IN THE NEXT FEW 3691 02:07:16,061 --> 02:07:16,362 YEARS. 3692 02:07:16,428 --> 02:07:18,697 HOWEVER, BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE 3693 02:07:18,764 --> 02:07:20,232 NEED TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE THE 3694 02:07:20,299 --> 02:07:22,234 REASONS FOR GOING TO THE MOON 3695 02:07:22,301 --> 02:07:24,436 AND TO CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC 3696 02:07:24,503 --> 02:07:26,372 WILL EMBRACE THIS GOAL. 3697 02:07:26,438 --> 02:07:28,774 PIECES OF THIS PLAN EXIST 3698 02:07:28,841 --> 02:07:30,576 CURRENTLY BUT IT ALSO LACKS 3699 02:07:30,642 --> 02:07:32,144 COHESION. 3700 02:07:32,211 --> 02:07:33,612 THOSE COMPONENTS INCLUDE THINGS 3701 02:07:33,679 --> 02:07:35,014 LIKE THE COMMERCIAL LUNAR 3702 02:07:35,080 --> 02:07:37,616 PAYLOAD SERVICES, THE ECLIPSE 3703 02:07:37,683 --> 02:07:38,617 PROGRAM WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT 3704 02:07:38,684 --> 02:07:41,153 ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO. 3705 02:07:41,220 --> 02:07:42,955 I'M PART OF THE TEAM THAT WAS 3706 02:07:43,022 --> 02:07:44,757 SELECTED AS ONE OF THOSE 3707 02:07:44,823 --> 02:07:47,893 PAYLOADS FOR THE SURFACE, A LOW 3708 02:07:47,960 --> 02:07:49,595 RADIO FREQUENCY EXPERIMENT ON 3709 02:07:49,661 --> 02:07:51,997 THE SURFACE THAT IS A PROTOTYPE 3710 02:07:52,064 --> 02:07:53,632 OF AN ARRAY WE HOPE TO PUT ON 3711 02:07:53,699 --> 02:07:57,636 THE FAR SIDE, ADMINISTRATIVE 3712 02:07:57,703 --> 02:07:59,071 BIDEN STEIN MENTIONED THIS IN 3713 02:07:59,138 --> 02:08:00,873 HIS REMARKS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO 3714 02:08:00,939 --> 02:08:03,642 AS PART OF THE BUDGET ROLLOUT 3715 02:08:03,709 --> 02:08:03,842 WEEK. 3716 02:08:03,909 --> 02:08:04,676 APPRECIATE THAT. 3717 02:08:04,743 --> 02:08:06,578 SECONDLY, BEFORE WE PUT BOOTS ON 3718 02:08:06,645 --> 02:08:08,947 THE GROUND AT THE POLES, WE 3719 02:08:09,014 --> 02:08:11,483 URGENTLY NEED A ROBOTIC WATER 3720 02:08:11,550 --> 02:08:14,053 EYES PROSPECTING MISSION TO THE 3721 02:08:14,119 --> 02:08:15,287 LUNAR POLES. 3722 02:08:15,354 --> 02:08:19,091 AS WE'VE HEARD, WATER ICE IS A 3723 02:08:19,158 --> 02:08:21,326 GAME-CHANGER, POTENTIALLY WE CAN 3724 02:08:21,393 --> 02:08:23,929 BREAK THOSE CONSTITUENTS OF 3725 02:08:23,996 --> 02:08:25,597 HYDROGEN OXYGEN AND REASSEMBLE 3726 02:08:25,664 --> 02:08:26,965 THEM INTO ROCKET FUEL, BUT IT IS 3727 02:08:27,032 --> 02:08:29,568 A VERY CHALLENGING EXERCISE. 3728 02:08:29,635 --> 02:08:30,769 THOSE PERMANENTLY SHADOWED 3729 02:08:30,836 --> 02:08:33,272 CRATERS ARE AT A TEMPERATURE OF 3730 02:08:33,338 --> 02:08:36,175 ONLY 40° ABOVE ABSOLUTE ZERO. 3731 02:08:36,241 --> 02:08:38,110 HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR HUMANS 3732 02:08:38,177 --> 02:08:40,212 AND MACHINES TO OPERATE UNDER 3733 02:08:40,279 --> 02:08:41,146 THOSE CHALLENGING CONDITIONS. 3734 02:08:41,213 --> 02:08:43,949 WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THAT WATER 3735 02:08:44,016 --> 02:08:48,787 ICE, HOW EASY OR I DIFFICULT IST 3736 02:08:48,854 --> 02:08:49,588 TO EXTRACT. 3737 02:08:49,655 --> 02:08:50,889 WE NEED A MISSION IN THE NEXT 3738 02:08:50,956 --> 02:08:52,791 COUPLE YEARS TO GET THIS GOING. 3739 02:08:52,858 --> 02:08:54,593 WE ALSO NEED A ROBOTIC MISSION 3740 02:08:54,660 --> 02:08:57,729 TO THE LUNAR FAR SIDE TO RETURN 3741 02:08:57,796 --> 02:08:57,963 SAMPLES. 3742 02:08:58,030 --> 02:08:58,730 RECENTLY WE HEARD ABOUT THE 3743 02:08:58,797 --> 02:09:00,065 CHINESE LANDING ON THE FAR SIDE. 3744 02:09:00,132 --> 02:09:01,567 I PERSONALLY WAS GREATLY 3745 02:09:01,633 --> 02:09:04,970 DISAPPOINTED THAT THE U.S. WAS 3746 02:09:05,037 --> 02:09:06,638 NOT THE FIRST ON THE MOON. 3747 02:09:06,705 --> 02:09:08,907 THIS IS AFTER SPENDING TENS OF 3748 02:09:08,974 --> 02:09:12,111 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF NASA 3749 02:09:12,177 --> 02:09:15,047 FUNDING TO PLAN WHAT EXPLORATION 3750 02:09:15,114 --> 02:09:16,849 AND SCIENCE MISSIONS ARE BUT OF 3751 02:09:16,915 --> 02:09:17,950 COURSE THERE'S STILL MUCH TO BE 3752 02:09:18,016 --> 02:09:18,784 DONE FROM THE FAR SIDE. 3753 02:09:18,851 --> 02:09:23,589 THE FAR SIDE CONTAINS THE 3754 02:09:23,655 --> 02:09:26,558 OLDEST, DEEPEST, LARGEST IMPACT 3755 02:09:26,625 --> 02:09:28,127 BASIN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM CALLED 3756 02:09:28,193 --> 02:09:31,563 THE SOUTH POLE BASIN. 3757 02:09:31,630 --> 02:09:32,564 WE CONSIDER THAT REGION TO BE 3758 02:09:32,631 --> 02:09:33,866 THE HISTORY BOOK OF THE EARLY 3759 02:09:33,932 --> 02:09:34,566 SOLAR SYSTEM. 3760 02:09:34,633 --> 02:09:37,803 HOLDING THE SECRETS OF THE 3761 02:09:37,870 --> 02:09:38,437 BOMBARDMENT HISTORY THAT SHAPED 3762 02:09:38,504 --> 02:09:41,306 THE EARTH AND ALSO DURING THAT 3763 02:09:41,373 --> 02:09:45,744 TIME PERIOD LED TO THE FIRST 3764 02:09:45,811 --> 02:09:47,146 FORMATION OF LIFE ON OUR PLANET. 3765 02:09:47,212 --> 02:09:50,549 LASTLY A SUSTAINABLE LUNAR 3766 02:09:50,616 --> 02:09:51,350 PROGRAM MUST INCLUDE HUMANS ON 3767 02:09:51,416 --> 02:09:52,684 THE SURFACEMENT AS THE 3768 02:09:52,751 --> 02:09:53,685 VICE-PRESIDENT SAID BY THE 3769 02:09:53,752 --> 02:09:56,622 MIDDLE OF THIS DECADE BY 2024, 3770 02:09:56,688 --> 02:09:58,123 NOT THE END OF THE DECADE AS 3771 02:09:58,190 --> 02:09:59,925 WE'VE HEARD ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. 3772 02:09:59,992 --> 02:10:01,994 TODAY WE CAN DO RAPID 3773 02:10:02,060 --> 02:10:02,961 PROTOTYPING AND DEVELOPMENT OF 3774 02:10:03,028 --> 02:10:05,764 THE HUMAN LANDER THAT REUSES 3775 02:10:05,831 --> 02:10:07,966 SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY FROM 3776 02:10:08,033 --> 02:10:09,835 ORIGIN, FROM THE ORION, RATHER, 3777 02:10:09,902 --> 02:10:11,703 THE CURIOSITY, AND THE MARS 3778 02:10:11,770 --> 02:10:12,604 INSIGHT LANDER. 3779 02:10:12,671 --> 02:10:14,773 LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING 3780 02:10:14,840 --> 02:10:15,641 ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 3781 02:10:15,707 --> 02:10:16,508 FINALLY, IF THIS STRATEGIC 3782 02:10:16,575 --> 02:10:18,177 VISION FOR LUNAR DEVELOPMENT IS 3783 02:10:18,243 --> 02:10:20,679 TO SUCCEED, WE MUST CHANGE OUR 3784 02:10:20,746 --> 02:10:21,380 TOLERANCE FOR RISK. 3785 02:10:21,446 --> 02:10:23,682 AND THAT'S NOT JUST THE AGENCY. 3786 02:10:23,749 --> 02:10:25,717 THAT'S ALSO THE CONGRESS AND THE 3787 02:10:25,784 --> 02:10:26,718 AMERICAN PUBLIC. 3788 02:10:26,785 --> 02:10:28,820 THIS WILL REQUIRE A CULTURE 3789 02:10:28,887 --> 02:10:30,722 CHANGE WHERE FAILURE IS NOT A 3790 02:10:30,789 --> 02:10:32,758 FAULT BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY 3791 02:10:32,824 --> 02:10:35,827 TO LEARN AND TO IMPROVE. 3792 02:10:35,894 --> 02:10:38,063 EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS STABILITY. 3793 02:10:38,130 --> 02:10:39,798 STABILITY OF NATIONAL 3794 02:10:39,865 --> 02:10:41,934 LEADERSHIP, STABILITY OF OUR 3795 02:10:42,000 --> 02:10:44,603 GOALS FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM WERE 3796 02:10:44,670 --> 02:10:46,738 LONG-TERM TARGETS AND PROPER 3797 02:10:46,805 --> 02:10:49,541 FUNDING ARE MAINTAINED GIVEN US 3798 02:10:49,608 --> 02:10:53,345 THE BEST THE OPPORTUNITY TO 3799 02:10:53,412 --> 02:10:53,612 SUCCEED. 3800 02:10:53,679 --> 02:10:56,014 THANK YOU, Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 3801 02:10:56,081 --> 02:10:56,715 >> THANK YOU, PROFESSOR. 3802 02:10:57,416 --> 02:10:57,115 WELL DONE. 3803 02:10:57,482 --> 02:11:02,054 [ Applause ] 3804 02:11:02,120 --> 02:11:08,594 WITH THAT, LET ME RECOGNIZE OUR 3805 02:11:08,660 --> 02:11:10,262 NEXT PANELIST. 3806 02:11:10,329 --> 02:11:14,967 AND GET TO MY QUESTIONS. 3807 02:11:15,033 --> 02:11:16,301 DAN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 3808 02:11:16,368 --> 02:11:19,137 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF 3809 02:11:19,204 --> 02:11:21,173 AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS, 3810 02:11:21,240 --> 02:11:22,441 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 3811 02:11:22,507 --> 02:11:23,942 >> THANK YOU, VICE-PRESIDENT, 3812 02:11:24,009 --> 02:11:26,678 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 3813 02:11:26,745 --> 02:11:27,346 COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 3814 02:11:27,412 --> 02:11:28,013 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 3815 02:11:28,080 --> 02:11:28,447 ADDRESS YOU TODAY. 3816 02:11:28,513 --> 02:11:31,283 TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF 3817 02:11:31,350 --> 02:11:33,552 SPD1, WE MUST MOVE DELIBERATELY 3818 02:11:33,619 --> 02:11:34,586 AND EXPEDITIOUSLY. 3819 02:11:34,653 --> 02:11:35,654 IT IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR NATION 3820 02:11:35,721 --> 02:11:36,888 AND THAT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED 3821 02:11:36,955 --> 02:11:38,457 TODAY. 3822 02:11:38,523 --> 02:11:39,791 THE UNITED STATES MUST REMAIN 3823 02:11:39,858 --> 02:11:42,094 THE LEADER AND DRIVE THE 3824 02:11:42,160 --> 02:11:42,794 EVOLUTION OF THE RULES OF THE 3825 02:11:42,861 --> 02:11:44,129 ROAD AS WE PROGRESS FURTHER INTO 3826 02:11:44,196 --> 02:11:45,097 SPACE. 3827 02:11:45,163 --> 02:11:46,798 LET US NOT FORGET THAT IT WAS 3828 02:11:46,865 --> 02:11:48,934 THE UNITED STATES THAT LED THE 3829 02:11:49,001 --> 02:11:50,769 DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND 3830 02:11:50,836 --> 02:11:52,070 MILITARY AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHING 3831 02:11:52,137 --> 02:11:53,272 AND SUSTAINING THE AVIATION 3832 02:11:53,338 --> 02:11:56,275 MARKETPLACE OF TODAY. 3833 02:11:56,341 --> 02:11:58,910 OUR CHALLENGE FOR ALL 3834 02:11:58,977 --> 02:12:00,412 STAKEHOLDERS IN THE EXECUTIVE 3835 02:12:00,479 --> 02:12:01,913 BRANCH, CONGRESS, NASA, AND 3836 02:12:01,980 --> 02:12:04,316 INDUSTRY IS TO ASSESS AND ACCEPT 3837 02:12:04,383 --> 02:12:06,752 A RISK TO ACCOMPLISH OUR 3838 02:12:06,818 --> 02:12:07,686 DIFFICULT GOALS. 3839 02:12:07,753 --> 02:12:08,854 IT IS ABSOLUTELY PROPER THAT WE 3840 02:12:08,920 --> 02:12:10,155 SHOULD LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES 3841 02:12:10,222 --> 02:12:12,391 AND FAILURES OF THE PAST. 3842 02:12:12,457 --> 02:12:13,992 HOWEVER, WE CANNOT ALLOW THE 3843 02:12:14,059 --> 02:12:16,795 STAR TISSUE TO BIND US UP TO THE 3844 02:12:16,862 --> 02:12:18,730 POINT OF BEING UNABLE TO ACHIEVE 3845 02:12:18,797 --> 02:12:18,997 PROGRESS. 3846 02:12:19,064 --> 02:12:21,066 WE KNOW AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED 3847 02:12:21,133 --> 02:12:22,734 THAT THE BENEFIT OF EXPLORATION 3848 02:12:22,801 --> 02:12:25,470 IS WORTH THE RISK. 3849 02:12:25,537 --> 02:12:27,339 BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, I WOULD 3850 02:12:27,406 --> 02:12:29,808 LIKE TO SUMMARIZE FIVE 3851 02:12:29,875 --> 02:12:31,810 ACTIONABLE AND CRUCIAL 3852 02:12:31,877 --> 02:12:32,110 SUGGESTIONS. 3853 02:12:32,177 --> 02:12:35,047 NUMBER ONE, THE STRATEGY, 3854 02:12:35,113 --> 02:12:35,947 OBJECTIVES AND NECESSARY FUNDING 3855 02:12:36,014 --> 02:12:37,582 MUST BE CLOSELY COORDINATED 3856 02:12:37,649 --> 02:12:39,584 ACROSS THE EXECUTIVE AND 3857 02:12:39,651 --> 02:12:41,887 LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES. 3858 02:12:41,953 --> 02:12:43,422 CONSTANT DEBATE OVER BUDGETS, 3859 02:12:43,488 --> 02:12:45,023 APPROACHES, GOALS AND PROGRAM 3860 02:12:45,090 --> 02:12:47,826 PLANS IMPEDE PROGRESS AND ADDS 3861 02:12:47,893 --> 02:12:50,262 UNNECESSARY RISK TO AN ALREADY 3862 02:12:50,329 --> 02:12:52,164 CHALLENGING EFFORT. 3863 02:12:52,230 --> 02:12:53,899 TWO, NASA SHOULD ALLOW PROGRAM 3864 02:12:53,965 --> 02:12:55,567 AND PROJECT MANAGERS WITH THE 3865 02:12:55,634 --> 02:12:57,302 ESSENTIAL INPUT OF TECHNICAL AND 3866 02:12:57,369 --> 02:12:58,670 SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS TO ACCEPT 3867 02:12:58,737 --> 02:13:00,372 MORE RISK AND MAKE DECISIONS 3868 02:13:00,439 --> 02:13:01,540 MORE QUICKLY. 3869 02:13:01,606 --> 02:13:03,642 THE TEAM MUST BE ALLOWED TO 3870 02:13:03,709 --> 02:13:05,677 ASSESS OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS, 3871 02:13:05,744 --> 02:13:07,779 BE BOLD IN PURSUING THE 3872 02:13:07,846 --> 02:13:08,680 BENEFICIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND 3873 02:13:08,747 --> 02:13:09,981 MANAGE THE RISK TOWARDS 3874 02:13:10,048 --> 02:13:12,784 ACHIEVING THE PROGRAM GOALS. 3875 02:13:12,851 --> 02:13:14,519 THREE, THERE NEEDS TO BE CLEAR 3876 02:13:14,586 --> 02:13:16,421 ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE TOP OF THE 3877 02:13:16,488 --> 02:13:17,556 AGENCY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3878 02:13:17,622 --> 02:13:19,091 THE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES 3879 02:13:19,157 --> 02:13:20,625 NEEDED FOR NASA'S IMPORTANT 3880 02:13:20,692 --> 02:13:21,993 ACTIVITIES. 3881 02:13:22,060 --> 02:13:23,595 THIS TEAM SHOULD HAVE DIRECT 3882 02:13:23,662 --> 02:13:25,630 ACCESS TO AGENCY LEADERSHIP AND 3883 02:13:25,697 --> 02:13:28,133 TIMELY ACCESS TO EXTERNAL 3884 02:13:28,200 --> 02:13:28,834 STAKEHOLDERS. 3885 02:13:28,900 --> 02:13:30,635 FOUR, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE 3886 02:13:30,702 --> 02:13:32,237 BUREAUCRACY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 3887 02:13:32,304 --> 02:13:33,739 TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS AND 3888 02:13:33,805 --> 02:13:35,240 STRATEGY AND NOT IMPEDE 3889 02:13:35,307 --> 02:13:36,208 PROGRESS. 3890 02:13:36,274 --> 02:13:38,009 THE TEAM EXECUTING THE PROGRAM 3891 02:13:38,076 --> 02:13:39,211 SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE HELD 3892 02:13:39,277 --> 02:13:41,413 ACCOUNTABLE TO ACHIEVE THE PLAN 3893 02:13:41,480 --> 02:13:42,647 AND THE TEAM SHOULD BE ALLOWED 3894 02:13:42,714 --> 02:13:44,683 TO WORK WITH MINIMAL 3895 02:13:44,750 --> 02:13:47,753 INTERFERENCE. 3896 02:13:47,819 --> 02:13:48,987 FIVE, TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST ARE 3897 02:13:49,054 --> 02:13:51,590 ESSENTIAL AND MUST BE 3898 02:13:51,656 --> 02:13:52,691 ESTABLISHED FOR THE LONG TERM. 3899 02:13:52,758 --> 02:13:54,426 EXPLORATION AND RESULTING 3900 02:13:54,493 --> 02:13:55,093 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRE 3901 02:13:55,160 --> 02:13:58,930 ALL STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE BY 3902 02:13:58,997 --> 02:14:00,999 REGULARLY CONVENING STAKEHOLDERS 3903 02:14:01,066 --> 02:14:02,267 FROM ACROSS INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA 3904 02:14:02,334 --> 02:14:04,269 AND GOVERNMENT FOR FREQUENT 3905 02:14:04,336 --> 02:14:06,104 COMMUNICATION, PROBLEMS CAN BE 3906 02:14:06,171 --> 02:14:07,272 ANTICIPATED EARLY AND POTENTIAL 3907 02:14:07,339 --> 02:14:08,907 SOLUTIONS CAN BE IDENTIFIED. 3908 02:14:08,974 --> 02:14:11,743 IT IS TIME FOR US TO EXTEND THE 3909 02:14:11,810 --> 02:14:14,513 HUMAN NEIGHBORHOOD, FIRST TO THE 3910 02:14:14,579 --> 02:14:16,882 MOON IN 2024 AND THEN BEYOND. 3911 02:14:16,948 --> 02:14:18,083 THE UNITED STATES MUST LEAD, WE 3912 02:14:18,150 --> 02:14:21,119 MUST ACT QUICKLY, DECISIVELY, 3913 02:14:21,186 --> 02:14:23,288 PURPOSEFULLY, TO MAINTAIN THIS 3914 02:14:23,355 --> 02:14:23,622 LEADERSHIP. 3915 02:14:23,688 --> 02:14:24,856 I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE UP TO 3916 02:14:24,923 --> 02:14:26,425 THE CHALLENGE. 3917 02:14:26,491 --> 02:14:27,626 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE 3918 02:14:27,692 --> 02:14:28,727 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE 3919 02:14:28,794 --> 02:14:29,428 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. 3920 02:14:29,494 --> 02:14:30,462 I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR 3921 02:14:30,529 --> 02:14:31,797 QUESTIONS. 3922 02:14:31,863 --> 02:14:32,998 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAN. 3923 02:14:33,064 --> 02:14:33,498 WELL DONE. 3924 02:14:33,565 --> 02:14:42,908 [ Applause ] 3925 02:14:42,974 --> 02:14:50,081 WANDA SEEING AURE A NEARLY 3926 02:14:50,148 --> 02:14:52,083 40-YEAR CAREER FOR THE LOCKHEED 3927 02:14:52,150 --> 02:14:52,317 MARTIN. 3928 02:14:52,384 --> 02:14:55,120 AT THE CENTER OF THE SPACE 3929 02:14:55,187 --> 02:14:55,420 ENTERPRISE. 3930 02:14:55,487 --> 02:14:56,988 WE LOOK!ty FORWARD TO YOUR REM. 3931 02:14:57,055 --> 02:14:59,758 >> THANK YOU, VICE-PRESIDENT, 3932 02:14:59,825 --> 02:15:00,725 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE 3933 02:15:00,792 --> 02:15:01,493 COUNCIL, I'M HONORED TO ADDRESS 3934 02:15:01,560 --> 02:15:02,360 YOU TODAY. 3935 02:15:02,427 --> 02:15:03,695 FIVE AMERICAN FLAGS STAND ON THE 3936 02:15:03,762 --> 02:15:06,097 MOON TODAY. 3937 02:15:06,164 --> 02:15:08,600 REMINDERS OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE, 3938 02:15:08,667 --> 02:15:12,838 THEY'RE SEEN BY THE LUNAR 3939 02:15:12,904 --> 02:15:13,939 RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER, WE ARE 3940 02:15:14,005 --> 02:15:16,141 ALL CHILDREN OF THE APOLLO 3941 02:15:16,208 --> 02:15:16,374 MISSION. 3942 02:15:16,441 --> 02:15:20,111 IF WE CAN PUT A MAN ON THE MOON, 3943 02:15:20,178 --> 02:15:22,914 WHY CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING THAT 3944 02:15:22,981 --> 02:15:26,618 YOU CAN IMAGINE. 3945 02:15:26,685 --> 02:15:27,419 APOLLO ENERGIZED A GENERATION 3946 02:15:27,486 --> 02:15:29,454 NOT JUST IN THE UNITED STATES 3947 02:15:29,521 --> 02:15:30,055 BUT AROUND THE WORLD. 3948 02:15:30,121 --> 02:15:32,157 EVERYONE WANTS TO PLAY IN 3949 02:15:32,224 --> 02:15:35,594 EXPLORATION AND THEY ARE. 3950 02:15:35,660 --> 02:15:37,896 IF AMERICA IS TO LEAD THE HUMAN 3951 02:15:37,963 --> 02:15:39,464 EXPLORATION ENDEAVOR, THE SPACE 3952 02:15:39,531 --> 02:15:41,099 OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IS IMPORTANT. 3953 02:15:41,166 --> 02:15:44,603 OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, NASA 3954 02:15:44,669 --> 02:15:46,838 AND OUR CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY 3955 02:15:46,905 --> 02:15:47,506 HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AMAZING 3956 02:15:47,572 --> 02:15:47,839 THINGS. 3957 02:15:47,906 --> 02:15:50,141 THE ENERGY OF THE SPACE START-UP 3958 02:15:50,208 --> 02:15:51,276 COMMUNITY IS PALPABLE. 3959 02:15:51,343 --> 02:15:54,579 MUCH OF IT IS DRIVEN BY NASA'S 3960 02:15:54,646 --> 02:15:56,314 COMMERCIAL PAYLOAD LUNAR 3961 02:15:56,381 --> 02:15:58,116 SERVICES CONTRACT AND OTHER 3962 02:15:58,183 --> 02:15:59,851 CONTRACTS THAT USE 3963 02:15:59,918 --> 02:16:01,253 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 3964 02:16:01,319 --> 02:16:02,821 I'M AWARE OF SEVERAL NEW 3965 02:16:02,888 --> 02:16:03,088 START-UPS. 3966 02:16:03,154 --> 02:16:05,457 THEY'RE BRINGING VENTURE CAPITAL 3967 02:16:05,524 --> 02:16:06,591 FUNDING INTO EXPLORATION. 3968 02:16:06,658 --> 02:16:08,193 ALL OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY THESE 3969 02:16:08,260 --> 02:16:10,595 NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 3970 02:16:10,662 --> 02:16:12,931 FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGE, I HAVE 3971 02:16:12,998 --> 02:16:13,698 SEEN RECENT STUDIES THAT 3972 02:16:13,765 --> 02:16:15,133 REEXAMINE THE HUMAN EXPLORATION 3973 02:16:15,200 --> 02:16:17,035 ARCHITECTURE WITH A VIEW TOWARDS 3974 02:16:17,102 --> 02:16:18,370 ACCELERATION, WITHOUT 3975 02:16:18,436 --> 02:16:20,272 SACRIFICING SAFETY, OR MAJOR 3976 02:16:20,338 --> 02:16:21,673 FUNCTIONALITY. 3977 02:16:21,740 --> 02:16:23,174 AND OF COURSE THE SPECIFICS WILL 3978 02:16:23,241 --> 02:16:28,113 BE ARGUABLE BUT THE LOGIC IS 3979 02:16:28,179 --> 02:16:28,713 CONSISTENT. 3980 02:16:28,780 --> 02:16:31,650 WE EXAMINE ACCEPTABLE RISK, 3981 02:16:31,716 --> 02:16:33,952 BALANCE EXECUTION AND SAFETY. 3982 02:16:34,019 --> 02:16:35,053 LEVERAGE EXISTING SYSTEMS AND 3983 02:16:35,120 --> 02:16:36,555 DEVELOP ONLY WHAT IS CRITICAL 3984 02:16:36,621 --> 02:16:39,090 WHILE SHEDDING UNNECESSARY 3985 02:16:39,157 --> 02:16:42,594 CHANGES AND UPGRADES. 3986 02:16:42,661 --> 02:16:44,629 LEVERAGE SIMPLER AND OPTIMIZED 3987 02:16:44,696 --> 02:16:48,333 GROUND TESTING. 3988 02:16:48,400 --> 02:16:49,968 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AS A 3989 02:16:50,035 --> 02:16:52,671 BASIS FOR ENABLES REDUCED PUBLIC 3990 02:16:52,737 --> 02:16:55,473 INVESTMENT ARE A PROVEN 3991 02:16:55,540 --> 02:16:57,108 METHODOLOGY BUT NONETHELESS, 3992 02:16:57,175 --> 02:16:58,310 SUCCESS WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT 3993 02:16:58,376 --> 02:16:59,110 FUNDING, MANAGEMENT AND CAREFUL 3994 02:16:59,177 --> 02:17:02,247 PLANNING. 3995 02:17:02,314 --> 02:17:03,748 OUR TERRESTRIAL EXPERIENCES WITH 3996 02:17:03,815 --> 02:17:06,918 SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC-PRIVATE 3997 02:17:06,985 --> 02:17:07,986 PARTNERSHIPS SERVICE AND MODELS 3998 02:17:08,053 --> 02:17:11,623 FOR EXPLORATION AND NASA'S 3999 02:17:11,690 --> 02:17:12,257 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS HAVE 4000 02:17:12,324 --> 02:17:14,125 HAD A HISTORY OF SUCCESS AND 4001 02:17:14,192 --> 02:17:15,627 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BUT 4002 02:17:15,694 --> 02:17:18,363 INCENTIVIZING THE END MARKETS OF 4003 02:17:18,430 --> 02:17:19,064 COMMERCIALIZATION SHOULD ALSO BE 4004 02:17:19,130 --> 02:17:20,966 CONSIDERED AS A TOOL FOR 4005 02:17:21,032 --> 02:17:21,299 ACCELERATION. 4006 02:17:21,366 --> 02:17:23,768 EXAMPLES INCLUDE PROVIDING DATA 4007 02:17:23,835 --> 02:17:24,703 ON GUARANTEED GOVERNMENT 4008 02:17:24,769 --> 02:17:26,404 PROCURED SERVICES. 4009 02:17:26,471 --> 02:17:28,807 FOR EXAMPLE, ADVERTISING 4010 02:17:28,873 --> 02:17:31,042 PROCURED OXYGEN, BOTH PRICE AND 4011 02:17:31,109 --> 02:17:33,044 QUANTITY, OR PERHAPS FUEL OR 4012 02:17:33,111 --> 02:17:36,081 BANDWIDTH OR IMAGERY OR DATA 4013 02:17:36,147 --> 02:17:36,982 ANALYTICS, THEY'RE ALL 4014 02:17:37,048 --> 02:17:39,084 INCENTIVES THAT MIGHT BE USED TO 4015 02:17:39,150 --> 02:17:42,787 FUEL BUSINESS CASES. 4016 02:17:42,854 --> 02:17:44,623 IN CLOSING, I LOOK FORWARD TO 4017 02:17:44,689 --> 02:17:46,291 THE DAY WHEN LANDERS, HABITATS 4018 02:17:46,358 --> 02:17:47,225 AND COMMERCIAL ROVERS WILL JOIN 4019 02:17:47,292 --> 02:17:48,460 THE FIVE STANDING AMERICAN FLAGS 4020 02:17:48,526 --> 02:17:50,061 ON THE MOON. 4021 02:17:50,128 --> 02:17:50,462 THANK YOU. 4022 02:17:50,528 --> 02:17:56,801 [ Applause ] 4023 02:17:56,868 --> 02:17:57,902 >> I'M GOING TO GO TO SECRETARY 4024 02:17:57,969 --> 02:18:00,805 ROSS FOR THE OPENING QUESTION. 4025 02:18:00,872 --> 02:18:02,807 BUT LET ME THANK PROFESSOR 4026 02:18:02,874 --> 02:18:04,242 BARNES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL 4027 02:18:04,309 --> 02:18:05,744 FOR ADEQUATE RESOURCES. 4028 02:18:05,810 --> 02:18:07,979 IT IS AN ADMONITION AND I HOPE 4029 02:18:08,046 --> 02:18:11,282 YOU HAVE GOT AN SENSE THAT WE 4030 02:18:11,349 --> 02:18:13,018 GET THAT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 4031 02:18:13,084 --> 02:18:14,719 I WANT THE PEOPLE HERE AT 4032 02:18:14,786 --> 02:18:18,223 MARSHALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS 4033 02:18:18,289 --> 02:18:19,591 PRESIDENT, THIS ADMINISTRATION 4034 02:18:19,658 --> 02:18:21,026 IS DETERMINED TO WORK WITH THE 4035 02:18:21,092 --> 02:18:22,127 LEADERS IN CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE 4036 02:18:22,193 --> 02:18:23,828 WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT 4037 02:18:23,895 --> 02:18:25,163 THE OBJECTIVES AND DAN, THANK 4038 02:18:25,230 --> 02:18:28,900 YOU FOR THAT ELOQUENT COMMENT 4039 02:18:28,967 --> 02:18:30,101 ABOUT NOT ALLOWING THE SCAR 4040 02:18:30,168 --> 02:18:31,436 TISSUE OF THE PAST TO BIND UP 4041 02:18:31,503 --> 02:18:34,639 OUR PROGRESS. 4042 02:18:34,706 --> 02:18:36,307 THAT IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT BUT 4043 02:18:36,374 --> 02:18:39,077 LET ME DIRECT MY QUESTION TO 4044 02:18:39,144 --> 02:18:42,080 WANDA IF I CAN. 4045 02:18:42,147 --> 02:18:43,448 YOU SAID YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 4046 02:18:43,515 --> 02:18:43,982 IN THIS FOR A WHILE. 4047 02:18:44,049 --> 02:18:45,250 YOU'RE WATCHING VENTURE CAPITAL 4048 02:18:45,316 --> 02:18:46,718 NOW FLOWING INTO COMMERCIAL 4049 02:18:46,785 --> 02:18:49,154 SPACE ENTERPRISE, BUT BY THE 4050 02:18:49,220 --> 02:18:50,855 WAY, I THINK FIVE AMERICAN FLAGS 4051 02:18:50,922 --> 02:18:52,090 WOULD BE A GREAT TITLE OF A 4052 02:18:52,157 --> 02:18:52,791 BOOK. 4053 02:18:52,857 --> 02:18:56,361 [ Laughter ] 4054 02:18:56,428 --> 02:18:57,495 IT'S TIME FOR THE SIXTH, 4055 02:18:57,562 --> 02:18:59,831 SEVENTH, EIGHTH, AND NINTH 4056 02:18:59,898 --> 02:19:00,832 AMERICAN FLAG TO BE ON THE MOON. 4057 02:19:00,899 --> 02:19:04,135 [ Applause ] 4058 02:19:05,637 --> 02:19:04,803 VERY ELOQUENT. 4059 02:19:05,704 --> 02:19:07,072 YOU SAID THE PACE OF 4060 02:19:07,138 --> 02:19:08,273 ACCOMPLISHMENT IS IMPORTANT, AND 4061 02:19:08,339 --> 02:19:12,811 THE PRESIDENT HAS SET OUT A VERY 4062 02:19:12,877 --> 02:19:15,380 CLEAR GOAL FOR PUTTING AN 4063 02:19:15,447 --> 02:19:16,715 AMERICAN ASTRONAUT BACK ON THE 4064 02:19:16,781 --> 02:19:20,652 MOON WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 4065 02:19:20,719 --> 02:19:21,653 CAN YOU UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT 4066 02:19:21,720 --> 02:19:22,454 FOR THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT 4067 02:19:22,520 --> 02:19:26,491 SEEMED TO ME YOU WERE AFFIRMING 4068 02:19:26,558 --> 02:19:29,627 THE NEED FOR US TO BE MOVING OUT 4069 02:19:29,694 --> 02:19:31,229 AND MOVING RAPIDLY. 4070 02:19:31,296 --> 02:19:32,897 >> YES, SIR, 4071 02:19:32,964 --> 02:19:33,364 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 4072 02:19:33,431 --> 02:19:35,133 ABSOLUTELY. 4073 02:19:35,200 --> 02:19:38,770 I AM FOOT STOMPING THE 4074 02:19:38,837 --> 02:19:40,572 PRESIDENT'S MANDATE FOR BOOTS ON 4075 02:19:40,638 --> 02:19:42,273 THE MOON BY 2025. 4076 02:19:42,340 --> 02:19:44,042 I HAVE SEEN STUDIES THAT SHOW IT 4077 02:19:44,109 --> 02:19:47,112 IS POSSIBLE TO PUT A LANDER BY 4078 02:19:47,178 --> 02:19:49,647 2022. 4079 02:19:49,714 --> 02:19:51,549 AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH 4080 02:19:51,616 --> 02:19:54,652 CERTAIN PACE TO SUPPORT 4081 02:19:54,719 --> 02:19:58,623 ACCELERATED LANDING. 4082 02:19:58,690 --> 02:20:00,091 UNPACKING IT WOULD REQUIRE 4083 02:20:00,158 --> 02:20:02,127 PROBABLY MANY OF THE STEPS THAT 4084 02:20:02,193 --> 02:20:03,528 NASA IS ALREADY UNDERTAKING AND 4085 02:20:03,595 --> 02:20:05,630 LOOKING AT THE EXECUTION 4086 02:20:05,697 --> 02:20:06,464 MILESTONES THAT EXIST, BUT SOME 4087 02:20:06,531 --> 02:20:10,301 OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE 4088 02:20:10,368 --> 02:20:12,370 CONSIDERED WOULD BE PERHAPS AN 4089 02:20:12,437 --> 02:20:14,305 EARLY LUNAR GATEWAY, THAT WAS 4090 02:20:14,372 --> 02:20:15,206 CONSIDERED TO BE SOMETHING THAT 4091 02:20:15,273 --> 02:20:16,608 FIRST OF ALL THE GATEWAY IS 4092 02:20:16,674 --> 02:20:17,408 ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED. 4093 02:20:17,475 --> 02:20:18,810 THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM IS 4094 02:20:18,877 --> 02:20:20,044 ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED BUT HOW WE 4095 02:20:20,111 --> 02:20:21,446 EXECUTE AND WHAT WE CONSIDER TO 4096 02:20:21,513 --> 02:20:25,183 BE MANDATORY ELEMENTS OF THAT 4097 02:20:25,250 --> 02:20:26,084 PROGRAM COULD PROBABLY STAND A 4098 02:20:26,151 --> 02:20:29,287 BIT MORE RE-EXAMATION AND THE 4099 02:20:29,354 --> 02:20:31,289 VALUATION OF THE TOTAL CRITICAL 4100 02:20:31,356 --> 02:20:33,057 PATH OF THE TASK, FOR WHAT'S 4101 02:20:33,124 --> 02:20:34,125 ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED FOR THAT 4102 02:20:34,192 --> 02:20:37,228 FIVE OF SIX-YEAR TARGET, 4103 02:20:37,295 --> 02:20:38,363 BREAKING DOWN AND ASSESSING WHAT 4104 02:20:38,429 --> 02:20:40,064 ARE SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS 4105 02:20:40,131 --> 02:20:41,266 THAT WILL BE BUILT AND USED WILL 4106 02:20:41,332 --> 02:20:42,600 BE PART OF THE STORY THAT ALLOWS 4107 02:20:42,667 --> 02:20:46,905 FOR SUCCESS. 4108 02:20:46,971 --> 02:20:48,807 THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO REUSE 4109 02:20:48,873 --> 02:20:49,841 SOME OF THE DESIGN PERHAPS 4110 02:20:49,908 --> 02:20:50,809 ASSOCIATED WITH THINGS WE'VE 4111 02:20:50,875 --> 02:20:52,710 ALREADY DEMONSTRATED. 4112 02:20:52,777 --> 02:20:55,146 THE LUNAR LANDER COULD LOOK VERY 4113 02:20:55,213 --> 02:20:57,916 SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY 4114 02:20:57,982 --> 02:20:58,750 DEMONSTRATED WITH INSIGHT ON 4115 02:20:58,817 --> 02:21:01,986 MARS, FOR EXAMPLE, USING THE 4116 02:21:02,053 --> 02:21:04,689 PROPULSION, THE PPE, THE 4117 02:21:04,756 --> 02:21:05,523 PROPULSION ELEMENT THAT'S GOING 4118 02:21:05,590 --> 02:21:07,225 TO BE BUILT BY NASA COULD BE 4119 02:21:07,292 --> 02:21:09,961 PART OF AN OVERLANDING 4120 02:21:10,028 --> 02:21:10,795 CONFIGURATION, FOR EXAMPLE. 4121 02:21:10,862 --> 02:21:12,363 THERE ARE MEANS FOR US TO REUSE 4122 02:21:12,430 --> 02:21:14,332 WHAT IS ALREADY IN OUR ARSENAL, 4123 02:21:14,399 --> 02:21:15,800 BOTH KNOWLEDGE AND HARDWARE. 4124 02:21:15,867 --> 02:21:16,401 >> GREAT. 4125 02:21:16,467 --> 02:21:19,904 THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER. 4126 02:21:19,971 --> 02:21:21,306 MAYBE, JIM, WE COULD GET HER TO 4127 02:21:21,372 --> 02:21:23,308 WRITE THAT UP ONCE WE GET THE 4128 02:21:23,374 --> 02:21:26,878 TRANSCRIPT. 4129 02:21:26,945 --> 02:21:28,479 BUT VERY JUST INSPIRING WORDS. 4130 02:21:28,546 --> 02:21:30,381 LET ME GO TO SECRETARY ROSS AND 4131 02:21:30,448 --> 02:21:34,219 WE'LL BE VERY SENSITIVE TO TIME 4132 02:21:34,285 --> 02:21:34,485 HERE. 4133 02:21:34,552 --> 02:21:36,688 FOR EVERYONE LOOKING ON, WE'RE 4134 02:21:36,754 --> 02:21:38,089 GOING TO MOVE THROUGH A COUPLE 4135 02:21:38,156 --> 02:21:39,624 QUESTIONS REALLY QUICKLY THROUGH 4136 02:21:39,691 --> 02:21:41,326 RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL WRAP 4137 02:21:41,392 --> 02:21:42,260 UP. 4138 02:21:42,327 --> 02:21:42,493 WILBUR. 4139 02:21:42,560 --> 02:21:44,562 >> THANK YOU. 4140 02:21:44,629 --> 02:21:45,897 I'M FASCINATED AT THE IDEA OF 4141 02:21:45,964 --> 02:21:51,803 THE MOON AS AS A REFUELING 4142 02:21:51,870 --> 02:21:52,036 STATION. 4143 02:21:52,103 --> 02:21:55,540 I'M CURIOUS, Dr. BARNES, ABOUT 4144 02:21:55,607 --> 02:21:57,642 WHAT IS A THEORETICAL APPROACH. 4145 02:21:57,709 --> 02:21:59,978 YOU SAID TAKING ABSOLUTE ZERO 4146 02:22:00,044 --> 02:22:01,613 PLUS 40 OR MAKING IT EITHER INTO 4147 02:22:01,679 --> 02:22:02,881 WATER OR BREAKING IT DOWN INTO 4148 02:22:02,947 --> 02:22:05,116 THE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN. 4149 02:22:05,183 --> 02:22:06,618 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, 4150 02:22:06,684 --> 02:22:07,619 SECRETARY ROSS AND A LOT ABOUT 4151 02:22:07,685 --> 02:22:08,853 THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 4152 02:22:08,920 --> 02:22:10,054 FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T 4153 02:22:10,121 --> 02:22:15,026 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WATER ICE 4154 02:22:15,093 --> 02:22:16,227 LOOKS LIKE BELOW THE SURFACE. 4155 02:22:16,294 --> 02:22:20,698 IS IT MIXED FINELY WITH THE 4156 02:22:20,765 --> 02:22:28,907 LUNARRIN REGALIF OR IS IT IN BLS 4157 02:22:28,973 --> 02:22:29,474 OF EYES. 4158 02:22:29,540 --> 02:22:30,074 BOTH REQUIRE DIFFERENT 4159 02:22:30,141 --> 02:22:31,075 TECHNIQUES TO EXTRACT. 4160 02:22:31,142 --> 02:22:32,877 NUMBER TWO, THE WAY WE MAKE 4161 02:22:32,944 --> 02:22:33,711 ROCKET FUEL TODAY ON THE GROUND 4162 02:22:33,778 --> 02:22:34,879 IS NOT FROM WATER. 4163 02:22:34,946 --> 02:22:37,015 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A 4164 02:22:37,081 --> 02:22:37,715 FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT 4165 02:22:37,782 --> 02:22:38,416 APPROACH. 4166 02:22:38,483 --> 02:22:40,351 SO INDEED THERE'S A LOT OF 4167 02:22:40,418 --> 02:22:42,253 EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL, 4168 02:22:42,320 --> 02:22:45,556 PARTICULARLY ECONOMIC POTENTIAL, 4169 02:22:45,623 --> 02:22:46,691 FOR DEVELOPING FUEL MINED FROM 4170 02:22:46,758 --> 02:22:49,594 THE MOON BUT THERE'S MUCH WE 4171 02:22:49,661 --> 02:22:50,595 NEED TO UNDERSTAND FIRST. 4172 02:22:50,662 --> 02:22:52,297 AND SO THAT'S WHY AS I WAS 4173 02:22:52,363 --> 02:22:54,032 SAYING A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE 4174 02:22:54,098 --> 02:22:57,135 NEED TO BEGIN QUICKLY WITH A 4175 02:22:57,201 --> 02:22:59,270 ROBOTIC MISSION TO UNDERSTAND 4176 02:22:59,337 --> 02:23:02,307 THE NATURE OF THAT WATER ICE. 4177 02:23:02,373 --> 02:23:04,309 >> THANK YOU. 4178 02:23:04,375 --> 02:23:07,712 >> THANK YOU, Mr. SECRETARY. 4179 02:23:07,779 --> 02:23:10,615 JIM, THEY BROUGHT UP BUDGETING. 4180 02:23:10,682 --> 02:23:13,318 YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR 4181 02:23:13,384 --> 02:23:16,788 THE PANEL FROM OFFICE MANAGER 4182 02:23:16,854 --> 02:23:17,989 FOR THE BUDGET. 4183 02:23:18,056 --> 02:23:19,123 >> COMMERCIALIZATION HAS BEEN 4184 02:23:19,190 --> 02:23:21,793 MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE 4185 02:23:21,859 --> 02:23:23,027 PANELISTS, BY REMARKS OF MEMBERS 4186 02:23:23,094 --> 02:23:23,861 OF THE SPACE COUNCIL. 4187 02:23:23,928 --> 02:23:26,431 COULD YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA ON 4188 02:23:26,497 --> 02:23:28,333 WHERE YOU SEE THE NEXT BIG 4189 02:23:28,399 --> 02:23:29,233 OPPORTUNITY FOR 4190 02:23:29,300 --> 02:23:29,867 COMMERCIALIZATION AND 4191 02:23:29,934 --> 02:23:40,411 PARTNERSHIPS IN SPACE. 4192 02:23:40,478 --> 02:23:43,815 >> I THINK THE NEXT BIG 4193 02:23:43,881 --> 02:23:45,917 OPPORTUNITIES FROM MY 4194 02:23:45,984 --> 02:23:46,551 PERSPECTIVE, PERSONAL OPINION, 4195 02:23:46,617 --> 02:23:48,753 IS GOING TO BE HELPING WITH THE 4196 02:23:48,820 --> 02:23:49,554 LOGISTICS TRAIN THAT FOLLOWS AS 4197 02:23:49,620 --> 02:23:51,956 WE MOVED AND EXTEND OUT, THERE 4198 02:23:52,023 --> 02:23:54,158 ARE SERVICES REQUIRED IN TERMS 4199 02:23:54,225 --> 02:23:56,728 OF TRANSPORTATION AND OPERATIONS 4200 02:23:56,794 --> 02:24:00,331 THAT CAN BE FULFILLED BY THE 4201 02:24:00,398 --> 02:24:01,232 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE 4202 02:24:01,299 --> 02:24:03,634 SYSTEM AND WE OUGHT TO ALLOW 4203 02:24:03,701 --> 02:24:05,269 THAT TO HAPPEN AND WE OUGHT TO 4204 02:24:05,336 --> 02:24:07,071 AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE APPROACH 4205 02:24:07,138 --> 02:24:08,906 THIS AND MOVE FURTHER OUT WE 4206 02:24:08,973 --> 02:24:11,676 OUGHT TO LOOK FOR THOSE 4207 02:24:11,743 --> 02:24:13,111 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN MAKE 4208 02:24:13,177 --> 02:24:14,612 AND GET COMMERCIAL PRIVATE 4209 02:24:14,679 --> 02:24:15,313 ENTERPRISE TO PARTICIPATE IN 4210 02:24:15,380 --> 02:24:17,181 THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF 4211 02:24:17,248 --> 02:24:23,855 AT THIS POINT. 4212 02:24:23,921 --> 02:24:28,426 >> -- SEEMS ONE THAT'S ALREADY 4213 02:24:28,493 --> 02:24:28,993 BEING DEMONSTRATED BY NASA. 4214 02:24:29,060 --> 02:24:30,595 THE ECLIPSE PROGRAM AS I 4215 02:24:30,661 --> 02:24:32,330 MENTIONED EARLIER IS ONE THAT 4216 02:24:32,397 --> 02:24:33,331 SPOKE TO CAPABILITY FOR A NUMBER 4217 02:24:33,398 --> 02:24:34,932 OF FOLKS IN THE COMMERCIAL 4218 02:24:34,999 --> 02:24:36,167 ARENAS TO PULL TOGETHER 4219 02:24:36,234 --> 02:24:38,870 SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL LANDERS. 4220 02:24:38,936 --> 02:24:42,006 THE ACCELERATION OF PROCUREMENT 4221 02:24:42,073 --> 02:24:43,708 ACTIVITIES SEEMS TO BE JUST AS 4222 02:24:43,775 --> 02:24:44,709 ENERGIZING AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 4223 02:24:44,776 --> 02:24:45,710 PLAY. 4224 02:24:45,777 --> 02:24:49,047 SO A CONTINUATION WITH PERHAPS 4225 02:24:49,113 --> 02:24:50,948 OPPORTUNITIES TO BID ON 4226 02:24:51,015 --> 02:24:52,717 CERTAINLY HUMAN LANDERS ARE OUT 4227 02:24:52,784 --> 02:24:54,685 THERE NOW BUT MEDIUM-SIZED 4228 02:24:54,752 --> 02:24:57,088 LANDERS, ALL THE HARDWARE THAT 4229 02:24:57,155 --> 02:25:01,926 HAS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A 4230 02:25:01,993 --> 02:25:03,327 POTENTIAL SEAT ON THE MOON 4231 02:25:03,394 --> 02:25:05,029 SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS 4232 02:25:05,096 --> 02:25:06,130 POSSIBLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR 4233 02:25:06,197 --> 02:25:08,966 PEOPLE WITH VARIED IDEAS AND 4234 02:25:09,033 --> 02:25:10,301 SOLUTIONS TO PERHAPS IF NOT 4235 02:25:10,368 --> 02:25:16,507 DEVELOP A BID ON THEIR OWN, FORM 4236 02:25:16,574 --> 02:25:17,442 CONSORTIUMS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE 4237 02:25:17,508 --> 02:25:18,109 A SOLUTION. 4238 02:25:18,176 --> 02:25:20,745 >> THANK YOU. 4239 02:25:20,812 --> 02:25:21,179 >> VERY GOOD. 4240 02:25:21,245 --> 02:25:23,748 ADMINISTRATOR BRIDENSTINE. 4241 02:25:23,815 --> 02:25:24,682 >> YES, SIR, 4242 02:25:24,749 --> 02:25:25,116 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT. 4243 02:25:25,183 --> 02:25:26,250 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 4244 02:25:26,317 --> 02:25:26,484 OKAY. 4245 02:25:26,551 --> 02:25:28,419 GOOD. 4246 02:25:28,486 --> 02:25:29,854 COUPLE OF THINGS. 4247 02:25:29,921 --> 02:25:34,025 I GUESS FOR DAN TO START, YOU'RE 4248 02:25:34,092 --> 02:25:36,294 A PROGRAM MANAGER HISTORICALLY 4249 02:25:36,360 --> 02:25:38,062 FOR NASA. 4250 02:25:38,129 --> 02:25:38,963 YOUR REPUTATION IS EXCEPTIONAL 4251 02:25:39,030 --> 02:25:39,764 IF THAT AREA. 4252 02:25:39,831 --> 02:25:41,799 COULD YOU SHARE WITH US KIND OF 4253 02:25:41,866 --> 02:25:44,102 HOW A LARGE PROJECT HAS A 4254 02:25:44,168 --> 02:25:47,004 SPENDING CYCLE AND ULTIMATELY 4255 02:25:47,071 --> 02:25:49,240 HOW MULTI-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS OR 4256 02:25:49,307 --> 02:25:51,042 MORE THAN TWO-YEAR 4257 02:25:51,109 --> 02:25:52,076 APPROPRIATIONS COULD BE HELPFUL 4258 02:25:52,143 --> 02:25:53,678 AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE 4259 02:25:53,744 --> 02:25:54,879 VICE-PRESIDENT IN HIS SPEECH 4260 02:25:54,946 --> 02:25:58,282 EARLIER, HE SAID BY ANY MEANS 4261 02:25:58,349 --> 02:26:00,418 NECESSARY, AND TO ME, THAT MEANS 4262 02:26:00,485 --> 02:26:02,320 SOME OF THE CAPABILITIES THAT 4263 02:26:02,386 --> 02:26:04,455 ARE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF 4264 02:26:04,522 --> 02:26:06,057 DEFENSE WE NEED TO CONSIDER 4265 02:26:06,124 --> 02:26:07,158 BRINGING IN TO NASA. 4266 02:26:07,225 --> 02:26:09,260 SO IF YOU COULD JUST TALK FOR A 4267 02:26:09,327 --> 02:26:13,698 SECOND ABOUT THE SPENDING FLOWS 4268 02:26:13,764 --> 02:26:18,302 FOR A LARGE PROJECT AND HOW 4269 02:26:18,369 --> 02:26:20,805 MULTI-YEAR PROCUREMENT OR 4270 02:26:20,872 --> 02:26:22,273 APPROPRIATIONS COULD BE HELPFUL. 4271 02:26:22,340 --> 02:26:24,075 >> I HAVE LONG SOUGHT THE ANSWER 4272 02:26:24,142 --> 02:26:25,409 FOR THIS. 4273 02:26:25,476 --> 02:26:27,512 DURING THE TYPICAL PROGRAM LIFE 4274 02:26:27,578 --> 02:26:29,547 CYCLE YOU HAVE THE EARLY 4275 02:26:29,614 --> 02:26:30,748 REQUIREMENTS, CONCEPT 4276 02:26:30,815 --> 02:26:32,250 DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING, AND AS 4277 02:26:32,316 --> 02:26:34,952 YOU PROCEED INTO FULL-SCALE 4278 02:26:35,019 --> 02:26:37,088 DETAILED DESIGN, THE WORK FORCE 4279 02:26:37,155 --> 02:26:38,689 INCREASES, THE HARDWARE 4280 02:26:38,756 --> 02:26:39,824 INCREASES, THEREFORE THE COST 4281 02:26:39,891 --> 02:26:40,124 INCREASES. 4282 02:26:40,191 --> 02:26:42,593 THEN AS YOU GET INTO TESTS, THEN 4283 02:26:42,660 --> 02:26:43,394 IT TAILS OFF. 4284 02:26:43,461 --> 02:26:44,896 THE CHALLENGE ON THESE MAJOR 4285 02:26:44,962 --> 02:26:46,998 PROGRAMS IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE 4286 02:26:47,064 --> 02:26:48,633 DEALING WITH ANNUAL 4287 02:26:48,699 --> 02:26:51,736 APPROPRIATION CYCLES, YOU GET 4288 02:26:51,802 --> 02:26:54,772 INTO ANNUAL REPLANS, CONSTANT 4289 02:26:54,839 --> 02:26:56,174 PLANNING, CONSTANT REPLANNING, 4290 02:26:56,240 --> 02:26:58,176 PARTICULARLY AS YOU GET INTO THE 4291 02:26:58,242 --> 02:27:00,211 CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS AND ALL 4292 02:27:00,278 --> 02:27:02,513 THOSE KINDS OF FUN THINGS. 4293 02:27:02,580 --> 02:27:05,316 THE POINT HERE IS THAT WITH 4294 02:27:05,383 --> 02:27:06,851 OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER MODELS 4295 02:27:06,918 --> 02:27:09,453 THAT EXIST, THAT PROVIDE FUNDING 4296 02:27:09,520 --> 02:27:11,689 LIKE WAS DONE FOR THE ENDEAVOUR 4297 02:27:11,756 --> 02:27:14,192 ORBITER AS WE CLAIM OUT OF 4298 02:27:14,258 --> 02:27:15,693 COLUMBIA OR CAME OUT OF 4299 02:27:15,760 --> 02:27:16,861 CHALLENGER WAS THE AGENCY WAS 4300 02:27:16,928 --> 02:27:18,095 PROVIDED THE FUNDING TO GO 4301 02:27:18,162 --> 02:27:20,031 EXECUTE THAT ORBITER. 4302 02:27:20,097 --> 02:27:24,235 WE CALLED IT NO YOUR FUNDING AND 4303 02:27:24,302 --> 02:27:27,672 THEN WE WERE ALLOWED TO GO 4304 02:27:27,738 --> 02:27:28,673 EXECUTE AND THE PROGRAM FUNDING 4305 02:27:28,739 --> 02:27:29,674 WAS ALLOWED TO MAKE THE TRADES 4306 02:27:29,740 --> 02:27:31,609 WE NEEDED TO MAKE, IT GAVE THEM 4307 02:27:31,676 --> 02:27:32,810 SOME MARGIN BOTH IN TERMS OF 4308 02:27:32,877 --> 02:27:34,011 TIMING AND IN TERMS OF FUNDING 4309 02:27:34,078 --> 02:27:35,213 AVAILABILITY TO GO DO WHAT WE 4310 02:27:35,279 --> 02:27:36,714 NEEDED TO GO DO. 4311 02:27:36,781 --> 02:27:38,649 THAT KIND OF MODEL WOULD BE 4312 02:27:38,716 --> 02:27:39,850 EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR THE 4313 02:27:39,917 --> 02:27:41,352 PROGRAM MANAGERS. 4314 02:27:41,419 --> 02:27:44,689 IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PUT A PLAN 4315 02:27:44,755 --> 02:27:48,893 IN PLACE, GET THE RIGHT BUY-OFF 4316 02:27:48,960 --> 02:27:50,628 ON THE PLAN AND EXECUTE THE 4317 02:27:50,695 --> 02:27:50,828 PLAN. 4318 02:27:50,895 --> 02:27:52,330 THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY 4319 02:27:52,396 --> 02:27:55,833 BENEFICIAL AND MAKE IT MUCH LESS 4320 02:27:55,900 --> 02:27:58,069 RISKY, FRANKLY, IT WOULD TAKE 4321 02:27:58,135 --> 02:27:59,870 SOME RISK OUT OF THE EQUATION 4322 02:27:59,937 --> 02:28:01,706 AND ALLOWS HIGHER PROBABILITY OF 4323 02:28:01,772 --> 02:28:03,741 SUCCESS ON ACHIEVING THE PROGRAM 4324 02:28:03,808 --> 02:28:04,642 GOALS. 4325 02:28:04,709 --> 02:28:10,348 [ Applause ] 4326 02:28:10,414 --> 02:28:15,386 >> GO AHEAD, JIM. 4327 02:28:15,453 --> 02:28:16,087 >> Dr. BARNES, ONE THING THAT 4328 02:28:16,153 --> 02:28:18,189 I THINK IS IMPORTANT, WE'VE 4329 02:28:18,256 --> 02:28:19,323 LEARNED PAINFUL LESSONS IN 4330 02:28:19,390 --> 02:28:19,590 HISTORY. 4331 02:28:19,657 --> 02:28:22,827 ONE OF THOSE LESSONS, I SAY THIS 4332 02:28:22,893 --> 02:28:25,229 BECAUSE I KNOW JIM HERS IS HERE 4333 02:28:25,296 --> 02:28:26,564 AND I WANT TO YOU HEAR THIS. 4334 02:28:26,631 --> 02:28:27,865 ONE OF THE LESSONS IS WHEN WE 4335 02:28:27,932 --> 02:28:28,966 HAVE A BIG OBJECTIVE THAT WE'RE 4336 02:28:29,033 --> 02:28:32,803 TRYING TO ACHIEVE, AND IN ORDER 4337 02:28:32,870 --> 02:28:35,506 TO ACHIEVE IT, WE CANNIBALIZE 4338 02:28:35,573 --> 02:28:37,041 OTHER PARTS OF THE AGENCY, 4339 02:28:37,108 --> 02:28:39,076 NAMELY THE SCIENCE MISSION 4340 02:28:39,143 --> 02:28:39,944 DIRECTORATE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE 4341 02:28:40,011 --> 02:28:42,880 THE EXPLORATION AGENDA, IT 4342 02:28:42,947 --> 02:28:44,081 DOESN'T WORK OUT. 4343 02:28:44,148 --> 02:28:46,284 CAN YOU SHARE WITH US KIND OF 4344 02:28:46,350 --> 02:28:47,184 THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT 4345 02:28:47,251 --> 02:28:48,919 ACTIVITY. 4346 02:28:48,986 --> 02:28:49,186 >> YEAH. 4347 02:28:49,253 --> 02:28:52,857 THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 4348 02:28:52,923 --> 02:28:54,558 BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE 4349 02:28:54,625 --> 02:28:56,360 ISSUE AMONG MY SCIENCE 4350 02:28:56,427 --> 02:28:58,162 COLLEAGUES THAT I'M OFTEN ASKED 4351 02:28:58,229 --> 02:28:59,563 ABOUT THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE 4352 02:28:59,630 --> 02:29:04,402 HUMAN PROGRAM AND THE SCIENCE 4353 02:29:04,468 --> 02:29:06,404 PROGRAM, AND WE LIKE TO THINK 4354 02:29:06,470 --> 02:29:07,638 ABOUT IN MOVING FORWARD NOW, 4355 02:29:07,705 --> 02:29:08,939 PARTICULARLY TO THE MOON THAT 4356 02:29:09,006 --> 02:29:15,980 THERE IS IS A SYNERGY BETWEEN E 4357 02:29:16,047 --> 02:29:17,281 TWO WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED 4358 02:29:17,348 --> 02:29:17,515 BEFORE. 4359 02:29:17,581 --> 02:29:19,116 IN ORDER TO EXPLORE THE MOON YOU 4360 02:29:19,183 --> 02:29:20,284 HAVE TO BRING SCIENTISTS, YOU 4361 02:29:20,351 --> 02:29:21,719 HAVE TO BRING A SCIENCE AGENDA 4362 02:29:21,786 --> 02:29:25,823 BUT IN THE PAST, WHEN FUNDS HAVE 4363 02:29:25,890 --> 02:29:28,059 BEEN REALLOCATED FROM SCIENCE TO 4364 02:29:28,125 --> 02:29:28,626 EXPLORATION AND THEY HAVE 4365 02:29:28,693 --> 02:29:29,994 HAPPENED A FEW TIMES IN THE 4366 02:29:30,061 --> 02:29:33,931 PAST, IT'S BEEN DEVASTATING. 4367 02:29:33,998 --> 02:29:37,335 AND WE LOOK AT THE DECADAL 4368 02:29:37,401 --> 02:29:39,570 SURVEY IN ASTROPHYSICS, 4369 02:29:39,637 --> 02:29:42,073 PLANETARY SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE 4370 02:29:42,139 --> 02:29:43,674 AND HELIOPHYSICS AS REALLY OUR 4371 02:29:43,741 --> 02:29:44,675 GUIDE TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 4372 02:29:44,742 --> 02:29:45,876 IN THE LAST DECADE, FOR EXAMPLE, 4373 02:29:45,943 --> 02:29:49,213 WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE 4374 02:29:49,280 --> 02:29:50,848 MUCH OF WHAT WAS IN THE DECADAL 4375 02:29:50,915 --> 02:29:55,052 SURVEY. 4376 02:29:55,119 --> 02:29:55,653 THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE 4377 02:29:55,720 --> 02:29:57,755 WHICH IS GETTING CLOSE TO 4378 02:29:57,822 --> 02:29:59,990 LAUNCH, IS WELL OVER BUDGET FROM 4379 02:30:00,057 --> 02:30:02,093 WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AND 4380 02:30:02,159 --> 02:30:02,693 OVER TIME. 4381 02:30:02,760 --> 02:30:04,095 AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS 4382 02:30:04,161 --> 02:30:05,830 MORE MODEST THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN 4383 02:30:05,896 --> 02:30:06,731 MADE AVAILABLE. 4384 02:30:06,797 --> 02:30:08,366 SO AMONG THE THINGS THAT OUR 4385 02:30:08,432 --> 02:30:09,233 SCIENCE COLLEAGUES ARE DOING IS 4386 02:30:09,300 --> 02:30:11,569 THIS NEXT SET OF DECADAL SURVEYS 4387 02:30:11,635 --> 02:30:14,872 IS ARE THERE MORE MODEST FEWER 4388 02:30:14,939 --> 02:30:17,408 FLAGSHIPS AND MORE INDIVIDUAL 4389 02:30:17,475 --> 02:30:18,709 MISSIONS THAT WE CAN DO THAT 4390 02:30:18,776 --> 02:30:20,711 WILL ADVANCE THE SCIENCE WITHOUT 4391 02:30:20,778 --> 02:30:21,812 BUSTING THE BUDGET, SO WE'RE 4392 02:30:21,879 --> 02:30:23,481 LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF THINGS 4393 02:30:23,547 --> 02:30:27,017 THAT WILL HELP TO BUDGETTARILY 4394 02:30:27,084 --> 02:30:29,153 AS WELL AS EXPLORATION-WISE TO 4395 02:30:29,220 --> 02:30:30,621 ADVANCE BOTH SCIENCE AND 4396 02:30:30,688 --> 02:30:34,091 EXPLORATION MOVING OUTWARD. 4397 02:30:34,158 --> 02:30:39,096 >> THATHATHANK YOU, Dr. BARNES. 4398 02:30:39,163 --> 02:30:40,164 I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN 4399 02:30:40,231 --> 02:30:42,833 WE CANNIBALIZE SCIENCE FOR HUMAN 4400 02:30:42,900 --> 02:30:44,535 EXPLORATION, IT BECOMES VERY 4401 02:30:44,602 --> 02:30:46,971 PARTISAN IN THE HOUSE AND THE 4402 02:30:47,037 --> 02:30:47,571 SENATE AND THEN NONE OF US GET 4403 02:30:47,638 --> 02:30:49,173 TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES WE'RE 4404 02:30:49,240 --> 02:30:51,008 TRYING TO ULTIMATE AACHIEVE ON 4405 02:30:51,075 --> 02:30:51,876 ANY SIDE OF THE AISLE. 4406 02:30:51,942 --> 02:30:53,444 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 4407 02:30:53,511 --> 02:30:54,545 VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT. 4408 02:30:54,612 --> 02:30:56,881 LAST THING IS, WANDA, THERE'S 4409 02:30:56,947 --> 02:30:58,582 ONE SENTENCE IN HERE, I'M GOING 4410 02:30:58,649 --> 02:31:02,186 TO READ THIS FOR THE NASA WORK 4411 02:31:02,253 --> 02:31:03,621 FORCE AND OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS 4412 02:31:03,687 --> 02:31:05,356 THAT ARE HERE AND THE SENTENCE 4413 02:31:05,423 --> 02:31:06,857 THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY VALUABLE, 4414 02:31:06,924 --> 02:31:08,893 ANYTHING THAT IS NOT MANDATORY 4415 02:31:08,959 --> 02:31:12,129 IS A DISTRACTION. 4416 02:31:12,196 --> 02:31:13,931 THOSE WORDS COULD NOT BE MORE 4417 02:31:13,998 --> 02:31:15,699 TRUE AND OF COURSE ON THE NEXT 4418 02:31:15,766 --> 02:31:18,335 PAGE, YOU GAVE SEVEN BULLET 4419 02:31:18,402 --> 02:31:20,671 POINTS OF ITEMS WE NEED TO 4420 02:31:20,738 --> 02:31:20,905 ACHIEVE. 4421 02:31:20,971 --> 02:31:24,408 NOT GOING TO GO INTO THOSE BUT 4422 02:31:24,475 --> 02:31:26,777 I'M PROBABLY GOING TO POST THAT 4423 02:31:26,844 --> 02:31:27,411 ON THE NASA WEBSITE AND EMAIL IT 4424 02:31:27,478 --> 02:31:29,346 OUT TO EVERYBODY AT THE NASA 4425 02:31:29,413 --> 02:31:32,183 WORK FORCE BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A 4426 02:31:32,249 --> 02:31:34,084 DIRECTIVE TO TRY TO MEET 2024 4427 02:31:34,151 --> 02:31:35,219 AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE 4428 02:31:35,286 --> 02:31:36,487 GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT. 4429 02:31:36,554 --> 02:31:38,656 THANK YOU FOR THAT TESTIMONIAL, 4430 02:31:38,722 --> 02:31:39,557 Mr. VICE-PRESIDENT, I YIELD 4431 02:31:39,623 --> 02:31:40,357 BACK. 4432 02:31:40,424 --> 02:31:41,158 >> JUST OUTSTANDING. 4433 02:31:41,225 --> 02:31:42,660 WOULD YOU ALL JOIN ME IN 4434 02:31:42,726 --> 02:31:44,695 THANKING THIS OUTSTANDING PANEL. 4435 02:31:44,762 --> 02:31:45,029 GREAT JOB. 4436 02:31:45,095 --> 02:31:46,230 [ Applause ] 4437 02:31:46,297 --> 02:31:50,134 THANK YOU. 4438 02:31:50,201 --> 02:31:52,269 WITH THAT, LET ME DIRECT MEMBERS 4439 02:31:52,336 --> 02:31:55,206 OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL TO 4440 02:31:55,272 --> 02:31:57,274 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HUMAN SPACE 4441 02:31:57,341 --> 02:31:59,810 EXPLORATION THAT ARE IN YOUR 4442 02:31:59,877 --> 02:32:00,044 FOLDER. 4443 02:32:00,110 --> 02:32:03,347 THEY REFLECT THE PRESIDENT'S 4444 02:32:03,414 --> 02:32:05,549 STATED OBJECTIVE OF RETURNING 4445 02:32:05,616 --> 02:32:08,118 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON 4446 02:32:08,185 --> 02:32:11,822 WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 4447 02:32:11,889 --> 02:32:14,024 AND ALSO A VARIETY OF REFORMS, 4448 02:32:14,091 --> 02:32:17,061 ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED 4449 02:32:17,127 --> 02:32:20,998 TODAY IN PRESENTATIONS AND IN 4450 02:32:21,065 --> 02:32:22,333 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR USER 4451 02:32:22,399 --> 02:32:23,234 ADVISORY GROUP. 4452 02:32:23,300 --> 02:32:26,337 THERE'S ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS 4453 02:32:26,403 --> 02:32:29,173 ABOUT INDUSTRY, SPACE-RELATED 4454 02:32:29,240 --> 02:32:31,008 EXPORT CONTROLS, REGULATORY AND 4455 02:32:31,075 --> 02:32:33,944 POLICY ACTIONS ALL OF WHICH HAVE 4456 02:32:34,011 --> 02:32:35,646 BEEN DEVELOPED. 4457 02:32:35,713 --> 02:32:36,847 IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION THE 4458 02:32:36,914 --> 02:32:38,148 CHAIR WOULD RECOGNIZE ANY 4459 02:32:38,215 --> 02:32:39,950 DISCUSSION FROM ANY OF THE 4460 02:32:40,017 --> 02:32:40,985 MEMBERS, I KNOW YOU HAVE HAD THE 4461 02:32:41,051 --> 02:32:46,423 OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THESE 4462 02:32:46,490 --> 02:32:49,860 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND HEARING IN 4463 02:32:49,927 --> 02:32:51,161 OBJECTION, WE WILL FORWARD THESE 4464 02:32:51,228 --> 02:32:52,696 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT 4465 02:32:52,763 --> 02:32:54,298 FROM THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 4466 02:32:54,365 --> 02:32:56,934 ON A UNANIMOUS BASIS. 4467 02:32:57,001 --> 02:32:58,435 THANK YOU. 4468 02:32:58,502 --> 02:32:58,969 VERY GOOD. 4469 02:32:59,036 --> 02:33:06,277 [ Applause ] 4470 02:33:06,343 --> 02:33:10,214 LET ME SIMPLY CLOSE BY THANKING 4471 02:33:10,281 --> 02:33:12,416 ALL THOSE PRESENT, THANK YOUING 4472 02:33:12,483 --> 02:33:14,485 THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS 4473 02:33:14,552 --> 02:33:17,354 OF OUR PANELISTS, MEMBERS OF THE 4474 02:33:17,421 --> 02:33:20,024 USER ADVISORY GROUP, AND FRANKLY 4475 02:33:20,090 --> 02:33:22,927 ALL OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEN AND 4476 02:33:22,993 --> 02:33:25,462 WOMEN HERE AT MARSHALL SPACE 4477 02:33:25,529 --> 02:33:26,463 FLIGHT CENTER. 4478 02:33:26,530 --> 02:33:27,965 IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE BEEN WITH 4479 02:33:28,032 --> 02:33:29,199 YOU ALL. 4480 02:33:29,266 --> 02:33:30,801 GOVERNOR IVY, THANK YOU SO MUCH 4481 02:33:30,868 --> 02:33:31,802 FOR YOUR PRESENCE THROUGHOUT 4482 02:33:31,869 --> 02:33:32,002 THIS. 4483 02:33:32,069 --> 02:33:35,539 I THINK IT REFLECTS NOT ONLY ONY 4484 02:33:35,606 --> 02:33:37,608 YOUR PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE 4485 02:33:37,675 --> 02:33:39,009 SPACE PROGRAM BUT THE 4486 02:33:39,076 --> 02:33:40,945 RELATIONSHIP OF HUNTSVILLE AND 4487 02:33:41,011 --> 02:33:44,848 ALABAMA TO THE AMERICAN SPACE 4488 02:33:44,915 --> 02:33:48,686 ENTERPRISE. 4489 02:33:48,752 --> 02:33:50,220 AS I CLOSE, LET ME JUST REMIND 4490 02:33:50,287 --> 02:33:53,724 YOU FOR WHAT WE'VE ALREADY 4491 02:33:53,791 --> 02:33:54,024 HEARD. 4492 02:33:54,091 --> 02:33:55,826 WE WILL CELEBRATE IN MANY WAYS 4493 02:33:55,893 --> 02:33:59,964 OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR 4494 02:34:00,030 --> 02:34:04,301 THAT ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND 4495 02:34:04,368 --> 02:34:09,873 THAT HAPPENED 50 YEARS AGO THAT 4496 02:34:09,940 --> 02:34:11,675 AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS TIME 4497 02:34:11,742 --> 02:34:13,978 FOR THE NEXT GIANT LEAP. 4498 02:34:14,044 --> 02:34:15,713 THAT NEXT GIANT LEAP IS TO 4499 02:34:15,779 --> 02:34:16,580 RETURN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO 4500 02:34:16,647 --> 02:34:18,449 THE MOON WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE 4501 02:34:18,515 --> 02:34:19,550 YEARS. 4502 02:34:19,617 --> 02:34:22,486 BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. 4503 02:34:22,553 --> 02:34:23,988 TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT 4504 02:34:24,054 --> 02:34:26,624 PRESENCE ON THE MOON AND PREPARE 4505 02:34:26,690 --> 02:34:28,025 TO PUT AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON 4506 02:34:28,092 --> 02:34:29,126 MARS. 4507 02:34:29,193 --> 02:34:32,563 THIS IS THE STATED OBJECTIVE OF 4508 02:34:32,630 --> 02:34:34,565 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 4509 02:34:34,632 --> 02:34:35,466 THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT 4510 02:34:35,532 --> 02:34:36,133 OF THE UNITED STATES. 4511 02:34:36,200 --> 02:34:37,701 I CAN ASSURE YOU WE WILL BRING 4512 02:34:37,768 --> 02:34:40,037 THE FULL RESOURCES OF THIS 4513 02:34:40,104 --> 02:34:42,039 ADMINISTRATION AND THE FEDERAL 4514 02:34:42,106 --> 02:34:43,574 GOVERNMENT BEHIND THIS EFFORT. 4515 02:34:43,641 --> 02:34:47,244 IT IS A NATIONAL PRIORITY AND SO 4516 02:34:47,311 --> 02:34:49,413 IT WILL REMAIN. 4517 02:34:49,480 --> 02:34:51,215 BUT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS AS WE'VE 4518 02:34:51,281 --> 02:34:53,317 SAID BEFORE, AND I SAY WITH THE 4519 02:34:53,384 --> 02:34:55,653 DEEPEST RESPECT AND ADMIRATION 4520 02:34:55,719 --> 02:35:02,393 FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF NASA, 4521 02:35:02,459 --> 02:35:03,927 FOR THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT 4522 02:35:03,994 --> 02:35:05,329 CENTER, FOR THE INCREDIBLE 4523 02:35:05,396 --> 02:35:07,531 LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP AND 4524 02:35:07,598 --> 02:35:08,966 INNOVATION HERE, THAT IT IS 4525 02:35:09,033 --> 02:35:10,668 TIME TO STEP UP. 4526 02:35:10,734 --> 02:35:13,003 IT'S TIME TO REDOUBLE OUR 4527 02:35:13,070 --> 02:35:14,738 EFFORTS, ACCELERATE AS YOU HAVE 4528 02:35:14,805 --> 02:35:17,141 HEARD TODAY, THE SLS PROGRAM TO 4529 02:35:17,207 --> 02:35:18,976 MEET THIS OBJECTIVE. 4530 02:35:19,043 --> 02:35:20,344 IT CAN HAPPEN BUT IT WILL NOT 4531 02:35:20,411 --> 02:35:23,080 HAPPEN UNLESS WE INCREASE THE 4532 02:35:23,147 --> 02:35:26,016 PACE OF INNOVATION AND CHANGE. 4533 02:35:26,083 --> 02:35:35,693 WE ARE A NATION OF RESTLY RESTLS 4534 02:35:35,759 --> 02:35:35,959 PIONEERS. 4535 02:35:36,026 --> 02:35:37,194 WE ARE LED BY A PRESIDENT WHO 4536 02:35:37,261 --> 02:35:40,230 BELIEVES IN GOING HIGHER, 4537 02:35:40,297 --> 02:35:42,633 FARTHER, FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE 4538 02:35:42,700 --> 02:35:44,535 AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE 4539 02:35:44,601 --> 02:35:48,706 WE RENEW AMERICA'S COMMITMENT IN 4540 02:35:48,772 --> 02:35:51,208 HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION. 4541 02:35:51,275 --> 02:35:53,744 I LEAVE YOU WITH THE 4542 02:35:53,811 --> 02:35:57,047 ADMINISTRATOR'SE ADMONITION FOCS 4543 02:35:57,114 --> 02:35:58,549 ON THE MISSION OVER THE MEANS. 4544 02:35:58,615 --> 02:35:59,683 DON'T LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE 4545 02:35:59,750 --> 02:36:01,085 WAY AND WITH SINCERE THANKS TO 4546 02:36:01,151 --> 02:36:02,419 ALL WHO PARTICIPATED HERE, I 4547 02:36:02,486 --> 02:36:04,922 WILL END THIS MEETING THE WAY 4548 02:36:04,988 --> 02:36:05,923 THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP OFTEN ENDS 4549 02:36:05,989 --> 02:36:08,959 MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE. 4550 02:36:09,026 --> 02:36:09,760 ON IMPORTANT MATTERS. 4551 02:36:09,827 --> 02:36:11,195 WHEN EVERYTHING IS TALKED ABOUT, 4552 02:36:11,261 --> 02:36:14,198 HE LOOKS AROUND THE ROOM AND 4553 02:36:14,264 --> 02:36:15,499 SAYS LET'S GO. 4554 02:36:15,566 --> 02:36:17,935 SO LET'S GO, NASA. 4555 02:36:18,001 --> 02:36:19,036 LET'S GO, AMERICAN SPACE. 4556 02:36:19,103 --> 02:36:20,437 LET'S GO BACK TO THE MOON.