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because the next frontier is not just

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and it's for

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you for everything we still dream about

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good morning

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i'm vanessa weich deputy director of

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nasa's johnson space center

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i'm excited to kick off the graduation

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celebration this morning

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we have a great day ahead of us and

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2020 i want to point out the tremendous

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and historic year that is ahead for

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for the first time in nine years we will

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our commercial partners and our nasa

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and that we will launch our astronauts

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2020 is going to be exciting and the

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celebration starts today

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so please allow me to introduce the

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director of nasa's johnson space center

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thank you thank you vanessa you know and

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welcome everyone what a great day this

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is indeed a big day for the johnson

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houston and the nation

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johnson space center has led the world

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in human space flight for more than 55

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we take responsibility for the welfare

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astronauts and we take that very

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through our work at jsc american and

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a few of our very distinguished guests

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texas representative dennis paul

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so two years ago two years ago this

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group of new astronauts arrived here at

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impressive resumes but now they have

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become part of an elite group

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elite group of people qualified for

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space flight and ready to train for the

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of our family the nasa and johnson space

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center family we're proud of them and

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excited for them and they really deserve

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they are beginning a journey that will

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take them on voyages of exploration like

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first johnson space center deputy

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chief of the nasa astronaut office pat

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introduce nasa administrator jim

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you for the amazing work you're doing

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work mark and so many others and of

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nasa is making a significant comeback

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it is my pleasure to be here today to

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honor our newest class of astronauts

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this is a very exciting day

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and for in fact all of humanity

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today 13 men and women from nasa

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and our partners at the canadian space

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agency are graduating from their basic

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artemis generation astronauts i want to

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this is the artemis generation and this

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artemis is a bold new vision in space

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exploration uniting the international

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community in addition to expeditions on

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the international space station these

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program and perhaps one of them could be

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their trailblazing triumphs will

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transform humanity's presence in our

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solar system and forever change life

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they represent the best of humanity and

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what a year for them to join the corps

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the title of astronaut has always

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carried a sense of sweeping excellence

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this excellence is earned every day

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through a rare combination of meticulous

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our graduates today have demonstrated

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uncommon commitment and dedication

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during the last two years of very

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intense training

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exploration is unforgiving and it and

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propel humanity into the vast unknown

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taking us farther than ever before

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astronauts as well as two canadian

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astronauts who have trained alongside

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their nasa counterparts the entire way

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the integration of u.s and canadian

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astronauts exemplifies the strength that

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will ultimately prove the artemis

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generation successful we are proud to

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work with all of our international

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partners in low earth orbit and we are

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these partnerships to the moon

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interestingly these astronauts here

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were selected from more than 18 000

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classmates they are the best

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they are highly qualified and very

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diverse and they represent all of

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by receiving their pins today

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these astronauts are eligible

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these are all programs that are managed

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senators cruz and cornyn for your strong

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support not only in authorization but

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so when we think about the future

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there is no shortage of opportunities

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um so this is a historic graduation

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home of the astronaut corps and so many

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technical expertise and skilled

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background of nasa employees

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at johnson and across the agency is

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unmatched right here we are running

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moon to mars and beyond and johnson

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with amazing astronauts but we're going

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to the moon robotically with scientific

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nasa has also recruited numerous

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commercial and international partners to

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help propel us to a new era of human

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space exploration we can expect even

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greater progress in 2020 and of course

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there is a whole lot more more momentum

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coming in the years ahead remember this

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in the year 2024

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we are going to take not only the next

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man but the first woman to the surface

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of the moon by direction of the

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the significance of being the first

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class in the artemis generation cannot

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be

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understated

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artemis

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in greek mythology

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is the goddess of the moon

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she is also called the torchbringer and

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we think about the light that you are

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going to bring not just to the united

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states of america but to all of the

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world we think about something

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absolutely significant and important and

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when we think about artemis as a as

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as the name of a program

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the goddess of the moon this time when

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we go to the moon we go with a very

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diverse highly qualified astronaut corps

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that includes women and we are so proud

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of what you guys are going to achieve

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we will use the gateway our space

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station in lunar orbit to give us access

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to more parts of the moon than ever

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before the gateway is in fact a space

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station around the moon the orion crew

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capsule managed right here at johnson is

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how our astronauts are going to get to

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the moon and of course they're going to

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launch there on the sls rocket the most

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powerful rocket ever built which by the

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way is now core stage complete it is on

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a barge heading to the stennis space

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center for green run testing there is

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going to be fire and smoke coming out of

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the back end of that thing very soon and

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i use your nasa administrator i'm very

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so i want to extend my heartfelt

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congratulations to our newest astronaut

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class the turtles i am confident that

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part of the astronaut generation

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you will bring scientific and

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technological

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advantages and new things to this nation

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and in fact to the world that right now

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we can't even imagine

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and now i'd like to introduce my friend

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reid wiseman who is an astronaut who

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spent 165 days on the international

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space station he's done hundreds of

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science experiments on the international

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space station and i will say even more

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important than 165 days on the space

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station

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reed and i are both naval aviators and

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we spent

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long more than 165 days on the uss

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abraham lincoln back in 2003 so welcome

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thanks jim i appreciate that

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uh

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i don't really need to set the audience

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this is a great day there's a lot of

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motivation out there there's a lot of

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love and support from the families of

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the turtles you're here turtles a lot

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that's our that's our class name for

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these fine 13 and uh and it brings us

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joy to say that word turtle so i'll say

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we're happy to share this event with

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everyone here today i love seeing the

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pictures from the school kids that you

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were holding up earlier hopefully we'll

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see more of those later so relax have

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fun enjoy this this should be a jovial

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fun experience so a little over two

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years ago we brought in these these 13

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outstanding individuals from the

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absolute tops of their professions and

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the video behind me is going to show a

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recap of their two years of training

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this training was not meant to change

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who they are

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rather it was meant to make them

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competent

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in their new profession

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to give them an understanding of the

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many missions of our great space agency

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and to hone their team skills for

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long-duration spaceflight that's going

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to be pretty important

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it's demanding at times and it's

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extremely broad in material the turtles

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learn how to work together flying the

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t-38

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they've learned space walking skills

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underwater in our neutral buoyancy lab

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just right up the road they've learned

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about the international space station

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they've studied the building blocks of

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artemis the orion

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space launch system and the gateway

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and of course

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they've learned how to operate the

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canadian robotic arm

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they visited all 10 nasa field centers

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across the country and learned about the

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role of each of our critical centers and

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how they play in nasa's missions

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aeronautics rovers on mars satellites

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studying the earth the moon the sun

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missions reaching the furthest corners

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of our solar system and even beyond

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they completed wilderness and water

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survival training as a team

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they counted on each other time and

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again both professional and personal

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throughout these past two years

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this foundation is going to prepare them

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for living and working in space to be a

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part of the artemis generation and to

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contribute to our common goal of

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advancing humanity

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and continued research in low earth

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orbit a sustained presence on the moon

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and then one day on mars

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turtles

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we love you you are a great great group

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of humans

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we welcome your enthusiasm you will all

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see that today i promise

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we welcome your passion and most of all

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we absolutely welcome your hunger for

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exploration knowledge it is infectious

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and we feel it every day here

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and now

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i have the personal privilege to welcome

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to the podium a three-time shuttle

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astronaut and truly the finest leader i

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thanks reed

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it is indeed an honor

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and

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most days a joy to lead the astronaut

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court

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[Applause]

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i know our focus today is on this group

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that's on the stage but i can't go any

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farther without recognizing

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my colleagues

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the astronauts that are here you can

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identify them by their blue flight

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jackets because they're the ones that

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have carried this torch

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this far as we bring new people into the

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office i will tell you that when we go

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out and share what it's like to fly in

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space with people we love that but

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that's just to share the experience

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through words maybe sometimes some

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pictures or videos but it is so much fun

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when we bring a new group into the

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astronaut office and we know we're going

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to be able to

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share those actual experiences with them

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as we see them go to space

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it was probably just over 21 years ago

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when i was sitting in a seat just like

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that at my own graduation and there were

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a lot of similarities to that period of

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time as there are now we were

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kind of on the cusp of the next big

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thing

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the international space station and i

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remember there was no shortage of

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pictures

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artists rendering of what the space

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station would look like all around the

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johnson space center

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in cubicles and above desk

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of most of the employees and i remember

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looking at that picture and going

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man i don't know if we can really build

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this amazing thing in space

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and now

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20 years later we are celebrating

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the actual

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human presence on that space station for

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almost 20 years

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and the reason i tell that story is

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because we are now on the cusp of

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something big with artemis and going to

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the moon and for some people it may seem

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like it's something that can't be done

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but i promise you

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that in 20 years one of you is going to

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be standing up here telling of the

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adventures of going to the surface of

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the moon of having those experiences and

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sharing those with the next generation

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and i look forward to that it really can

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happen if you just stay the course

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now one of the things they wanted me to

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talk about was the pin that this the

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turtles are going to receive today it's

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got quite a history

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all the way back into the early 60s with

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the original mercury astronauts

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a individual pin that just represented

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the mercury astronauts and then as we

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moved into gemini and apollo it was

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decided and we brought more people into

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the office it was decided that we needed

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a pin that would represent everybody in

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the astronaut corps and you can see a

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picture of it there

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when we complete our training

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successfully we get a silver pin

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once an astronaut has flown in space

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that is exchanged for a gold pin now

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just to give you a little history about

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that pen it goes all the way back to

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it's stayed relatively the same since

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1963.

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there's one exception i think people

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know dick slayton in the first class

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that was medically disqualified from

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flying and he became the first chief of

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the astronaut office uh after the apollo

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one fire the the uh the wives the

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spouses of those astronauts

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decided to uh do something for him and

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they gave him an astronaut pin a gold

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pin representing

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the fact that

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you know representing flown space flight

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and

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in place of the star or in the center of

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the star was a diamond and they flew it

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on apollo 11 and then presented it to

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him that's been the only exception since

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then of what the pins look like i'll

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tell one other brief story and it is

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with apollo 12

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alan bean had replaced cece williams on

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that flight after cece williams was

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killed in a t-38 accident

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and

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threw those in a crater before leaving

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so i will tell you if one of you are on

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the surface of the moon and you do find

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one of those pins if you would leave it

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there

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we would appreciate it you'll get your

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i want to close with a quote

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by thomas payne back in 1776

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and it goes something like this that

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which is obtained cheaply

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we esteem lightly i hope when you

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receive your pin today with everything

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you've done to earn it that you esteem

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it greatly

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and now i get to turn the podium over to

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jeremy hansen it's really an honor to do

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that he was the mentor and the

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supervisor of this class there's a lot

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of people out here in the audience that

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had a lot to do with training this class

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we are very good at teaching people how

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to fly in space but there's one other

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important component that's very

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important to me and that's character

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and the person that gets to lead a brand

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new astronaut class in

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is somebody that we trust to instill

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character in those individuals and i

571
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can't think of anyone that could have

572
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thank you pat those are generous words

573
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indeed let me start uh this morning just

574
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by saying a few words on behalf of the

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canadian space agency president sylvain

576
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laporte he truly intended to be here

577
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:28,159
today but some travel complications

578
00:25:32,070 --> 00:25:30,080
prevented that and i know he'd want me

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to start by welcoming all our canadian

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00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:34,159
space agency employees that are watching

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00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:36,320
online right now so thanks for joining

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00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:38,400
us today

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00:25:42,710 --> 00:25:40,799
avenue slay canadian can you end on ling

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orgy

585
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in fact today we're continuing a

586
00:25:48,549 --> 00:25:46,880
long-standing tradition

587
00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:48,559
so josh and jenny are canadian

588
00:25:52,549 --> 00:25:50,640
astronauts on the stage are the fourth

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class that canada has hired as

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astronauts and thanks to the tremendous

591
00:25:59,750 --> 00:25:57,840
relationship we've had with nasa all of

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those astronauts all of those classes

593
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have trained right here at the johnson

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space center starting by dating back to

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1983.

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and

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i have to tell you that canada truly

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appreciates american space leadership

599
00:26:18,149 --> 00:26:16,159
you have you have set big goals and by

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setting those big goals and inviting the

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international partners to participate we

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have accomplished incredible things

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00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:22,799
together

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and once again you're doing it you're

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leading one more time you're set a big

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00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:30,559
goal with artemis and canada is rallied

607
00:26:34,950 --> 00:26:33,279
by that and super excited and proud to

608
00:26:36,870 --> 00:26:34,960
have already fully committed to joining

609
00:26:38,870 --> 00:26:36,880
the program we're already working on a

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next generation of space robotics to

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help enable the gateway for future lunar

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exploration

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and by continuing to partner like we've

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done we're going to pursue knowledge and

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00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:48,400
we're going to bring back even greater

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benefits to humanity and we're super

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00:26:54,950 --> 00:26:53,679
proud to do that alongside of you

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and as my

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and in my role as class supervisor i

620
00:27:07,510 --> 00:27:06,559
have to say it's been just an absolute

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00:27:09,590 --> 00:27:07,520
honor

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00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:09,600
i it's been a journey for me these are

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my subordinates my colleagues and my

624
00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:13,760
friends

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and i have to i could speak at length

626
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about their their dedication their

627
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:21,919
operational competence their work ethic

628
00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:23,760
but they just truly have excelled at

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00:27:27,590 --> 00:27:25,440
everything we've asked them to do and

630
00:27:29,590 --> 00:27:27,600
we've asked a lot trust me

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00:27:31,110 --> 00:27:29,600
over the last two and a half years

632
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but what i think is most relevant to

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share with you today especially for the

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youth who are watching is

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how remarkable their work has been in

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00:27:41,269 --> 00:27:39,600
the area of team skills and it's already

637
00:27:43,269 --> 00:27:41,279
been mentioned a couple times today but

638
00:27:44,549 --> 00:27:43,279
it in my mind that is their biggest

639
00:27:47,350 --> 00:27:44,559
accomplishment

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00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:47,360
i i set out with the help of others to

641
00:27:51,510 --> 00:27:49,440
envision

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00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:51,520
opportunities for them to really invest

643
00:27:55,350 --> 00:27:53,200
in themselves and to push themselves in

644
00:27:57,430 --> 00:27:55,360
those areas and i have to tell you i'm

645
00:27:59,510 --> 00:27:57,440
so proud because they took that vision

646
00:28:02,470 --> 00:27:59,520
they embodied it but then they blew

647
00:28:04,630 --> 00:28:02,480
right past it well beyond it and in the

648
00:28:06,630 --> 00:28:04,640
end i ended up learning more from them

649
00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:06,640
than i ever intended to teach and i

650
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:08,720
think that is just an extraordinary

651
00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:11,200
compliment for the turtles

652
00:28:15,750 --> 00:28:13,679
we we here here in in the space program

653
00:28:18,789 --> 00:28:15,760
we truly value those team skills because

654
00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:18,799
we we recognize that that those high

655
00:28:22,789 --> 00:28:20,960
performing teams are what enable us to

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00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:22,799
get the job done in space whether

657
00:28:26,789 --> 00:28:24,480
astronauts are working with the ground

658
00:28:29,029 --> 00:28:26,799
teams that are making it all possible or

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00:28:31,269 --> 00:28:29,039
amongst themselves trapped in a tin can

660
00:28:35,430 --> 00:28:31,279
in the vacuum of space

661
00:28:37,190 --> 00:28:35,440
and i watch the turtles truly dig into

662
00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:37,200
excellent communication skills where

663
00:28:41,110 --> 00:28:38,960
you're you're truly trying to understand

664
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:41,120
the perspectives and the challenges of

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00:28:44,230 --> 00:28:42,320
other people that you're working with

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00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:44,240
and then using all of that being

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00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:46,640
adaptive and creating solutions

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00:28:50,630 --> 00:28:48,799
and in the end the turtles have earned

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00:28:51,909 --> 00:28:50,640
my absolute trust

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00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:51,919
and it would be nothing short of an

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00:29:04,950 --> 00:28:54,320
honor to fly with absolutely any single

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00:29:10,149 --> 00:29:06,710
so let me just end with in the final

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00:29:12,389 --> 00:29:10,159
analysis i cannot cannot imagine having

674
00:29:13,770 --> 00:29:12,399
seen anyone do it better than you

675
00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:13,780
well done turtles

676
00:29:26,230 --> 00:29:24,640
[Applause]

677
00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:26,240
i think it's time to begin the process

678
00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:33,590
one pretty historic milestone that's not

679
00:29:37,350 --> 00:29:34,880
turtle related at all that i think is

680
00:29:39,190 --> 00:29:37,360
worth sharing just real briefly uh

681
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:39,200
and pat just whispered it into my ear

682
00:29:42,549 --> 00:29:41,120
how cool it is right now that christina

683
00:29:45,669 --> 00:29:42,559
cook on the international space station

684
00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:45,679
just yesterday went to 300 days

685
00:29:59,350 --> 00:29:57,590
but why that's important at this moment

686
00:30:01,269 --> 00:29:59,360
right after what jeremy just said she's

687
00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:01,279
a rookie this is her first mission i

688
00:30:04,549 --> 00:30:03,039
mean that is amazing that is an amazing

689
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:04,559
accomplishment and uh it's a true

690
00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:06,320
testament to her team skills as well

691
00:30:09,669 --> 00:30:08,080
okay so let's uh let's start the pinning

692
00:30:12,389 --> 00:30:09,679
process i'd like to welcome back to the

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00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:12,399
stage uh chief astronaut pat forrester

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00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:14,080
uh from the canadian space agency jeremy

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00:30:18,789 --> 00:30:16,320
hanson our administrator jim breinstein

696
00:30:21,410 --> 00:30:18,799
our center director mark guyer and our

697
00:30:32,389 --> 00:30:21,420
deputy center director vanessa weiss

698
00:30:33,830 --> 00:30:32,399
[Applause]

699
00:30:35,190 --> 00:30:33,840
all right for a little bit of admin for

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00:30:37,750 --> 00:30:35,200
the audience and for those watching on

701
00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:37,760
tv as i call each of uh of our beloved

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00:30:40,389 --> 00:30:38,880
turtles up

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00:30:41,669 --> 00:30:40,399
uh

704
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:41,679
i've heard a rumor that one of your

705
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:44,240
classmates is going to tell just a

706
00:30:48,470 --> 00:30:46,640
little story about the why they want to

707
00:30:50,070 --> 00:30:48,480
explore the unknown with you and as you

708
00:30:52,070 --> 00:30:50,080
know succeeding in space requires

709
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:52,080
technical smarts to complete the mission

710
00:30:55,990 --> 00:30:54,080
to complete the research but it also

711
00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:56,000
requires those critical team skills and

712
00:31:00,710 --> 00:30:57,760
perhaps a little levity

713
00:31:01,909 --> 00:31:00,720
uh to live together off the planet in a

714
00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:01,919
secluded

715
00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:04,240
amazing environment for months or years

716
00:31:08,149 --> 00:31:05,600
in a spacecraft so i'm looking forward

717
00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:08,159
to hearing these stories a little levity

718
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,919
and we're going to welcome each new

719
00:31:12,950 --> 00:31:11,279
astronaut individually they'll come

720
00:31:15,669 --> 00:31:12,960
across to get their pins

721
00:31:17,190 --> 00:31:15,679
and unlike college graduations and high

722
00:31:21,269 --> 00:31:17,200
school graduations

723
00:31:24,070 --> 00:31:21,279
and perhaps kindergarten graduations

724
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:24,080
applause and expressions of excitement

725
00:31:53,029 --> 00:31:38,470
all right nasa family and friends our

726
00:31:57,669 --> 00:31:55,509
morning i'm jasmine mcbelly and while

727
00:32:00,310 --> 00:31:57,679
while there are many many reasons i

728
00:32:02,870 --> 00:32:00,320
would absolutely love to explore space

729
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:02,880
with kayla amongst them being i want my

730
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:05,200
roommate back

731
00:32:09,990 --> 00:32:07,200
one of the things i admire most about

732
00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:10,000
kayla is her willingness to stand up and

733
00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:12,000
speak the truth even when it's really

734
00:32:17,029 --> 00:32:14,240
difficult and when no one else wants to

735
00:32:19,350 --> 00:32:17,039
do it i think that courage and integrity

736
00:32:21,830 --> 00:32:19,360
is really important in what we do

737
00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:21,840
and so kayla whether i'm with you or not

738
00:32:25,909 --> 00:32:23,760
when you get to space i can't wait to

739
00:32:27,669 --> 00:32:25,919
see all the amazing things you're gonna

740
00:32:37,350 --> 00:32:27,679
do up there

741
00:32:54,310 --> 00:32:39,430
ladies and gentlemen our newest

742
00:32:54,320 --> 00:33:05,990
congrats kayla next we have zina cardman

743
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:08,710
good morning i'm jenny seidi gibbons

744
00:33:13,110 --> 00:33:11,200
and xena's technical ability and

745
00:33:15,190 --> 00:33:13,120
operational insight will ensure that

746
00:33:17,509 --> 00:33:15,200
she's a success no matter what mission

747
00:33:20,789 --> 00:33:17,519
she is on but the thing that excites me

748
00:33:23,029 --> 00:33:20,799
most about the idea of z flying in space

749
00:33:25,590 --> 00:33:23,039
is what she's going to share with us

750
00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:25,600
when she looks back at our own planet

751
00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:27,840
now zee has this really

752
00:33:33,590 --> 00:33:29,760
unique ability

753
00:33:34,870 --> 00:33:33,600
to talk about our earth in a way that is

754
00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:34,880
inspiring

755
00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:36,399
and poetic

756
00:33:39,980 --> 00:33:38,480
and i think that when she is in whatever

757
00:33:42,470 --> 00:33:39,990
orbit we put her in

758
00:33:45,430 --> 00:33:42,480
[Laughter]

759
00:33:47,350 --> 00:33:45,440
and she comments on our earth from her

760
00:33:49,190 --> 00:33:47,360
celestial vantage point

761
00:33:51,269 --> 00:33:49,200
she will share some of the most

762
00:34:01,430 --> 00:33:51,279
beautiful things that any of us have

763
00:34:16,790 --> 00:34:03,190
ladies and gentlemen our newest

764
00:34:30,470 --> 00:34:20,180
congrats xena next up we have raja chari

765
00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:30,480
[Applause]

766
00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:33,200
i'm jessica watkins and i would love to

767
00:34:38,069 --> 00:34:36,320
explore space with raja because you can

768
00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:38,079
always count on him

769
00:34:44,069 --> 00:34:41,200
you can count on him to get things done

770
00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:44,079
small things hard things mundane things

771
00:34:46,869 --> 00:34:45,200
alike

772
00:34:48,470 --> 00:34:46,879
and you can count on him to do them

773
00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:48,480
without being asked

774
00:34:51,270 --> 00:34:50,399
you can count on him

775
00:34:54,230 --> 00:34:51,280
to

776
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:54,240
believe in you when you need an advocate

777
00:34:56,470 --> 00:34:55,520
to

778
00:35:00,950 --> 00:34:56,480
uh

779
00:35:04,630 --> 00:35:02,630
you can

780
00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:04,640
count on him to be there for you when

781
00:35:08,630 --> 00:35:06,560
you need him you can count on him to

782
00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:08,640
volunteer for you when you need a

783
00:35:16,310 --> 00:35:14,470
but most of all you can count on grindr

784
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:16,320
to put the needs of the team above his

785
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:18,960
own every time and i truly admire him

786
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:29,829
ladies and gentlemen our newest

787
00:35:58,470 --> 00:35:46,550
[Applause]

788
00:36:02,710 --> 00:36:00,069
i'm laura o'hara

789
00:36:05,109 --> 00:36:02,720
pojo brings a lot of energy to our team

790
00:36:06,950 --> 00:36:05,119
he is always looking for ways to make

791
00:36:09,829 --> 00:36:06,960
things better for all of us and he is

792
00:36:11,349 --> 00:36:09,839
always definitely 100 percent in in

793
00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:11,359
anything he does

794
00:36:16,069 --> 00:36:13,440
he's the kind of person who when his car

795
00:36:17,750 --> 00:36:16,079
breaks gives it to two arguably novice

796
00:36:21,990 --> 00:36:17,760
mechanic friends just to give us the

797
00:36:33,829 --> 00:36:23,750
pojo you're a good friend and you make

798
00:36:38,590 --> 00:36:36,069
ladies and gentlemen our newest astro

799
00:36:51,430 --> 00:36:38,600
astronaut matthew dominic

800
00:37:04,550 --> 00:36:53,030
i'll let their hands calm down for a

801
00:37:08,790 --> 00:37:06,550
hi my name is kayla and i would love to

802
00:37:11,190 --> 00:37:08,800
explore space with farmer for a lot of

803
00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:11,200
reasons he comes to us as a t-38

804
00:37:15,910 --> 00:37:13,760
instructor pilot and i've flown with him

805
00:37:17,349 --> 00:37:15,920
a lot of times and he's proven himself

806
00:37:19,589 --> 00:37:17,359
to be an excellent pilot but more

807
00:37:21,589 --> 00:37:19,599
importantly to me a skilled and patient

808
00:37:23,349 --> 00:37:21,599
teacher to newbies and somebody who

809
00:37:25,270 --> 00:37:23,359
makes sound decisions even when things

810
00:37:27,109 --> 00:37:25,280
aren't going according to plan

811
00:37:28,710 --> 00:37:27,119
more importantly to me though he's an

812
00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:28,720
open and honest teammate who's always

813
00:37:32,630 --> 00:37:30,640
ready and willing to invest the time and

814
00:37:34,470 --> 00:37:32,640
energy needed to make sure every single

815
00:37:36,870 --> 00:37:34,480
member of our team is performing at

816
00:37:39,270 --> 00:37:36,880
their best and he's always been there to

817
00:37:41,190 --> 00:37:39,280
help us along the way as we learn

818
00:37:59,750 --> 00:37:41,200
ladies and gentlemen our newest

819
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:09,910
warren hoberg

820
00:38:13,510 --> 00:38:11,829
i'm raj achary and the reason i'd want

821
00:38:14,950 --> 00:38:13,520
to go space with woody isn't just

822
00:38:16,470 --> 00:38:14,960
because he's brilliant which he is but

823
00:38:17,750 --> 00:38:16,480
it's because he carries his brilliance

824
00:38:19,270 --> 00:38:17,760
in such a way that you don't feel like

825
00:38:20,710 --> 00:38:19,280
you're an idiot when you're around him

826
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:20,720
which

827
00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:25,680
in this room are compared to him

828
00:38:28,950 --> 00:38:27,440
uh the other great thing about woody's

829
00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:28,960
he applies that brilliance across all

830
00:38:32,230 --> 00:38:30,320
phases of his life whether it's in the

831
00:38:33,430 --> 00:38:32,240
outdoors where he basically saved half

832
00:38:35,829 --> 00:38:33,440
our class from getting severe

833
00:38:38,069 --> 00:38:35,839
hypothermia like it was no big deal

834
00:38:40,150 --> 00:38:38,079
and then uh on his very first space

835
00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:40,160
station sim nonchalantly directed the

836
00:38:43,109 --> 00:38:41,520
whole team through an emergency response

837
00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:43,119
like he done it a hundred times so i

838
00:38:47,270 --> 00:38:44,800
can't wait to be assigned with you woody

839
00:39:02,870 --> 00:38:47,280
and ladies and gentlemen our next newest

840
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:14,470
johnny kim

841
00:39:17,990 --> 00:39:16,150
good morning everyone i'm joshua kutrick

842
00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:18,000
of canada and as i was thinking about

843
00:39:21,910 --> 00:39:20,160
johnny it occurred to me that as a child

844
00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:21,920
dreaming about how a nasa astronaut

845
00:39:26,630 --> 00:39:23,839
might live their life out i think i was

846
00:39:29,030 --> 00:39:26,640
probably thinking of johnny uh to me he

847
00:39:31,430 --> 00:39:29,040
is the perfect manifestation of service

848
00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:31,440
above self of service to one's country

849
00:39:35,430 --> 00:39:33,760
of service to the operational mission uh

850
00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:35,440
he's relentless in his pursuit of

851
00:39:39,829 --> 00:39:37,680
self-study and preparation and training

852
00:39:41,190 --> 00:39:39,839
he's very quick to put others needs

853
00:39:43,589 --> 00:39:41,200
above his own

854
00:39:45,670 --> 00:39:43,599
and importantly he's always been the

855
00:39:47,190 --> 00:39:45,680
calm in the storm he's always been the

856
00:39:49,510 --> 00:39:47,200
cool and the collected voice and some of

857
00:39:51,190 --> 00:39:49,520
the more stressful and chaotic training

858
00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:51,200
situations that were placed in as a

859
00:39:56,510 --> 00:39:53,680
group so i would trust my life to him

860
00:40:09,349 --> 00:39:56,520
and i'm very proud to call my friend

861
00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:09,359
[Applause]

862
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:11,119
ladies and gentlemen the newest nasa

863
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:31,750
from the canadian space agency josh

864
00:40:45,349 --> 00:40:42,790
[Music]

865
00:40:47,030 --> 00:40:45,359
i'm xena cardman josh was my first and

866
00:40:48,950 --> 00:40:47,040
most frequent partner in spacewalk

867
00:40:50,550 --> 00:40:48,960
training and in that as in all of our

868
00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:50,560
training he makes it look easy with a

869
00:40:54,550 --> 00:40:52,880
calm competence i think we'd be lucky to

870
00:40:57,430 --> 00:40:54,560
fly with him for his technical skills

871
00:40:59,589 --> 00:40:57,440
alone but josh also has a special talent

872
00:41:02,470 --> 00:40:59,599
for making his crewmates really feel

873
00:41:04,790 --> 00:41:02,480
empowered he listens deeply and makes

874
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:04,800
you feel truly heard

875
00:41:08,950 --> 00:41:06,640
i think i trust him with my life just as

876
00:41:11,910 --> 00:41:08,960
i trust him to catch the most subtle

877
00:41:13,510 --> 00:41:11,920
jokes getting to see

878
00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:13,520
getting to see that twinkle in josh

879
00:41:17,430 --> 00:41:15,359
kutric's eye really feels like the

880
00:41:19,030 --> 00:41:17,440
greatest tomlin ever

881
00:41:20,550 --> 00:41:19,040
josh congratulations you're excellent

882
00:41:28,309 --> 00:41:20,560
and i'm lucky to call you a friend and a

883
00:41:37,190 --> 00:41:30,390
ladies and gentlemen our newest

884
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:47,120
uh

885
00:41:54,309 --> 00:41:50,150
[Applause]

886
00:41:54,319 --> 00:42:05,109
jasmine mcbelly

887
00:42:08,470 --> 00:42:07,270
i'm johnny kim

888
00:42:09,990 --> 00:42:08,480
dependable

889
00:42:11,270 --> 00:42:10,000
compassionate

890
00:42:12,550 --> 00:42:11,280
intelligent

891
00:42:14,150 --> 00:42:12,560
resilient

892
00:42:16,790 --> 00:42:14,160
and fierce

893
00:42:19,430 --> 00:42:16,800
for all these reasons and more is why

894
00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:19,440
jaws is the perfect crewmate i'd go and

895
00:42:23,589 --> 00:42:21,760
devoid a space with

896
00:42:26,470 --> 00:42:23,599
but the main reason jaws

897
00:42:28,950 --> 00:42:26,480
why i'd go to space with you

898
00:42:31,430 --> 00:42:28,960
is because of your unwavering loyalty

899
00:42:47,030 --> 00:42:31,440
and integrity

900
00:43:05,750 --> 00:42:49,109
ladies and gentlemen your newest

901
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:17,030
laura o'hara

902
00:43:20,550 --> 00:43:19,030
i'm frank rubio and i would love to go

903
00:43:22,390 --> 00:43:20,560
to space with laurel i've been fortunate

904
00:43:24,150 --> 00:43:22,400
enough to do some really tough training

905
00:43:25,510 --> 00:43:24,160
with her and i can tell you that she is

906
00:43:27,990 --> 00:43:25,520
incredibly smart

907
00:43:30,069 --> 00:43:28,000
she is strong

908
00:43:31,670 --> 00:43:30,079
tough as nails and she can run any of us

909
00:43:33,349 --> 00:43:31,680
into the ground

910
00:43:35,190 --> 00:43:33,359
intellectually and physically she's as

911
00:43:37,750 --> 00:43:35,200
good as it gets but what you really need

912
00:43:39,270 --> 00:43:37,760
to know about laurel is that she's kind

913
00:43:42,470 --> 00:43:39,280
she's caring

914
00:43:44,069 --> 00:43:42,480
and she laughs and smiles very easily

915
00:43:45,829 --> 00:43:44,079
she has a heart of gold and she's an

916
00:43:47,109 --> 00:43:45,839
incredible teammate

917
00:44:07,589 --> 00:43:47,119
ladies and gentlemen your newest

918
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:17,990
frank rubio

919
00:44:22,309 --> 00:44:20,550
my name is bob hines i frank and i had

920
00:44:23,670 --> 00:44:22,319
probably 80 of our training events

921
00:44:26,470 --> 00:44:23,680
together so i got to know frank pretty

922
00:44:27,190 --> 00:44:26,480
well over the last couple years and uh

923
00:44:30,950 --> 00:44:27,200
he

924
00:44:32,150 --> 00:44:30,960
reliable and honest people that you'll

925
00:44:34,069 --> 00:44:32,160
ever meet

926
00:44:35,910 --> 00:44:34,079
and probably little known fact other

927
00:44:38,470 --> 00:44:35,920
than to those of us up here on stage is

928
00:44:40,470 --> 00:44:38,480
that he is a friend to all animals

929
00:44:43,190 --> 00:44:40,480
the general population of ducks and

930
00:44:45,190 --> 00:44:43,200
pelicans in the area is uh owns a lot of

931
00:44:46,470 --> 00:44:45,200
their lives in no small part to frank

932
00:44:48,790 --> 00:44:46,480
and his family

933
00:44:50,630 --> 00:44:48,800
for all the rescues that they do so

934
00:44:59,109 --> 00:44:50,640
on behalf of the animal kingdom we thank

935
00:45:03,829 --> 00:45:02,069
but frank is truly a a wonderful person

936
00:45:05,270 --> 00:45:03,839
he is a great american and even better

937
00:45:06,950 --> 00:45:05,280
human being and he's going to make an

938
00:45:08,790 --> 00:45:06,960
awesome astronaut

939
00:45:10,069 --> 00:45:08,800
and i really look forward and hope i get

940
00:45:11,349 --> 00:45:10,079
the chance to go to space with him one

941
00:45:13,190 --> 00:45:11,359
day

942
00:45:29,589 --> 00:45:13,200
ladies and gentlemen our newest

943
00:45:40,950 --> 00:45:31,589
from the canadian space agency jenny

944
00:45:44,069 --> 00:45:42,550
i'm woody hoberg

945
00:45:45,510 --> 00:45:44,079
i would love to go to space to jenny

946
00:45:47,750 --> 00:45:45,520
because she has this infectious

947
00:45:49,990 --> 00:45:47,760
curiosity about the world around her

948
00:45:51,589 --> 00:45:50,000
it's been i have so many fond memories

949
00:45:53,430 --> 00:45:51,599
from trips with jenny and our

950
00:45:55,910 --> 00:45:53,440
engineering discussions whether it's

951
00:45:57,430 --> 00:45:55,920
looking at a rocket and wondering why is

952
00:45:59,430 --> 00:45:57,440
that beam there

953
00:46:01,829 --> 00:45:59,440
or standing in an ice cream line

954
00:46:02,630 --> 00:46:01,839
calculating vortex shedding frequency or

955
00:46:04,790 --> 00:46:02,640
just

956
00:46:06,710 --> 00:46:04,800
really seeing the optimism and all the

957
00:46:10,069 --> 00:46:06,720
small things in life

958
00:46:12,230 --> 00:46:10,079
jenny is an outrageously effective crew

959
00:46:13,910 --> 00:46:12,240
member she's outrageously smart she's

960
00:46:15,910 --> 00:46:13,920
outrageously fun to be around and she's

961
00:46:17,829 --> 00:46:15,920
just going to be a fantastic crewmate

962
00:46:37,750 --> 00:46:17,839
ladies and gentlemen our newest

963
00:46:49,349 --> 00:46:39,490
jessica watkins

964
00:46:51,109 --> 00:46:49,359
[Applause]

965
00:46:53,829 --> 00:46:51,119
i'm matthew dominic

966
00:46:55,910 --> 00:46:53,839
would i crawl into a small spacecraft

967
00:46:57,349 --> 00:46:55,920
for months at a time with wadi

968
00:47:00,550 --> 00:46:57,359
absolutely

969
00:47:03,349 --> 00:47:00,560
and i knew it on day one

970
00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:03,359
i was running my mouth about something

971
00:47:08,550 --> 00:47:06,400
and she immediately called me out for it

972
00:47:09,910 --> 00:47:08,560
and i knew right then and there she was

973
00:47:11,510 --> 00:47:09,920
going to be an incredible teammate and

974
00:47:13,910 --> 00:47:11,520
colleague and friend

975
00:47:16,470 --> 00:47:13,920
nothing beats honest feedback on a team

976
00:47:17,670 --> 00:47:16,480
she's talented she's a natural operator

977
00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:17,680
she's tough

978
00:47:21,030 --> 00:47:18,880
she's not only the person you want to

979
00:47:22,870 --> 00:47:21,040
hang out with on a friday night

980
00:47:24,870 --> 00:47:22,880
i trust her with my life on the most

981
00:47:26,390 --> 00:47:24,880
daring of space flights

982
00:48:37,109 --> 00:47:26,400
ladies and gentlemen

983
00:48:46,069 --> 00:48:39,829
now that you are astronauts is there

984
00:48:49,510 --> 00:48:47,750
sure so there's been a lot of clapping

985
00:48:50,870 --> 00:48:49,520
for us today but we wanted to make sure

986
00:48:52,630 --> 00:48:50,880
on behalf of the turtles that we we

987
00:48:54,630 --> 00:48:52,640
clapped for those who really deserved it

988
00:48:56,710 --> 00:48:54,640
uh so first i want to thank those who

989
00:48:58,470 --> 00:48:56,720
put today together uh anyone who's put

990
00:49:00,309 --> 00:48:58,480
together ceremonies like this knows they

991
00:49:01,910 --> 00:49:00,319
don't just happen magically there's a

992
00:49:02,790 --> 00:49:01,920
lot of hard work that goes on beyond the

993
00:49:04,710 --> 00:49:02,800
scenes

994
00:49:06,230 --> 00:49:04,720
so you know steph castillo lori wheaton

995
00:49:07,829 --> 00:49:06,240
brandy and megan were just a handful of

996
00:49:09,990 --> 00:49:07,839
people who've been answering emails and

997
00:49:11,510 --> 00:49:10,000
phone calls way later than they should

998
00:49:13,349 --> 00:49:11,520
but i walked in yesterday before the

999
00:49:15,190 --> 00:49:13,359
rehearsal and there was a

1000
00:49:16,549 --> 00:49:15,200
group photo of the external relations

1001
00:49:18,150 --> 00:49:16,559
team that was being taken for the people

1002
00:49:19,670 --> 00:49:18,160
who put this together and filled this

1003
00:49:21,750 --> 00:49:19,680
entire stage

1004
00:49:23,190 --> 00:49:21,760
so to those of you who helped do that

1005
00:49:33,430 --> 00:49:23,200
thank you for making this a special day

1006
00:49:37,109 --> 00:49:35,510
uh next i want to thank the instructors

1007
00:49:38,950 --> 00:49:37,119
uh the first kind of instructors are

1008
00:49:40,549 --> 00:49:38,960
technical instructors so we are the ones

1009
00:49:42,549 --> 00:49:40,559
on the stage and they get to launch but

1010
00:49:45,109 --> 00:49:42,559
we're just symbols uh symbols for you at

1011
00:49:46,630 --> 00:49:45,119
jsc the nasa centers and really around

1012
00:49:47,990 --> 00:49:46,640
the world

1013
00:49:49,589 --> 00:49:48,000
we're not up here because we were

1014
00:49:51,910 --> 00:49:49,599
amazing we're up here because you were

1015
00:49:53,750 --> 00:49:51,920
amazing there's not a fastener that gets

1016
00:49:55,510 --> 00:49:53,760
turned on the station without you a

1017
00:49:57,829 --> 00:49:55,520
flight in the t-38 that happens without

1018
00:50:00,230 --> 00:49:57,839
you a spacewalk that doesn't happen with

1019
00:50:02,470 --> 00:50:00,240
years of training in the nbl without you

1020
00:50:05,750 --> 00:50:02,480
or even conversations in russian which

1021
00:50:07,910 --> 00:50:05,760
are frustratingly difficult without you

1022
00:50:10,150 --> 00:50:07,920
uh so if you are one of the folks that

1023
00:50:11,270 --> 00:50:10,160
instructed taught or interact with us in

1024
00:50:12,870 --> 00:50:11,280
this past two and a half years if you

1025
00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:12,880
could please stand up so we can

1026
00:50:32,230 --> 00:50:30,150
and jeremy you're a special kind of

1027
00:50:35,430 --> 00:50:32,240
instructor uh you're

1028
00:50:37,270 --> 00:50:35,440
in in a friendly way uh

1029
00:50:39,190 --> 00:50:37,280
you've been a mentor to all of us a role

1030
00:50:41,190 --> 00:50:39,200
model and a friend and i think we can

1031
00:50:42,950 --> 00:50:41,200
all honestly say i know for myself i

1032
00:50:44,069 --> 00:50:42,960
will never end a debrief ever in the

1033
00:50:48,069 --> 00:50:44,079
rest of my life without thinking to

1034
00:50:52,710 --> 00:50:51,030
uh and finally and most importantly uh

1035
00:50:54,390 --> 00:50:52,720
the the other kind of instructors that

1036
00:50:56,150 --> 00:50:54,400
we have are life instructors and so for

1037
00:50:57,430 --> 00:50:56,160
all the folks uh here in the family

1038
00:50:59,270 --> 00:50:57,440
section in the red seats and those

1039
00:51:00,549 --> 00:50:59,280
watching at home actually if the folks

1040
00:51:03,349 --> 00:51:00,559
in the red the red section wants to

1041
00:51:05,030 --> 00:51:03,359
stand up so we can we can talk about you

1042
00:51:19,990 --> 00:51:05,040
that's you in this

1043
00:51:24,069 --> 00:51:22,870
so we we all would not be here if it

1044
00:51:26,790 --> 00:51:24,079
wasn't for you we wouldn't have started

1045
00:51:28,069 --> 00:51:26,800
this program without you and uh it's

1046
00:51:29,430 --> 00:51:28,079
even more important that we wouldn't

1047
00:51:30,549 --> 00:51:29,440
have finished this program even more so

1048
00:51:31,430 --> 00:51:30,559
than with the technical instructors we

1049
00:51:34,309 --> 00:51:31,440
definitely wouldn't have finished

1050
00:51:37,030 --> 00:51:34,319
without you um you guys definitely have

1051
00:51:39,109 --> 00:51:37,040
the harder job than us and we know we

1052
00:51:41,270 --> 00:51:39,119
nasa the the world will not go to the

1053
00:51:43,829 --> 00:51:41,280
moon and beyond uh without your guys's

1054
00:51:45,670 --> 00:51:43,839
continued support um like i said you've

1055
00:51:47,349 --> 00:51:45,680
had the harder job than any of us on

1056
00:51:48,950 --> 00:51:47,359
this stage whether it was raising and

1057
00:51:51,030 --> 00:51:48,960
supporting us to be the people we are

1058
00:51:53,190 --> 00:51:51,040
today whether it's siblings who kept us

1059
00:51:54,870 --> 00:51:53,200
in line along the way or whether it's

1060
00:51:56,710 --> 00:51:54,880
families who've lived with us being our

1061
00:51:58,470 --> 00:51:56,720
better halves all this time or probably

1062
00:51:59,190 --> 00:51:58,480
even harder the families living without

1063
00:52:02,549 --> 00:51:59,200
us

1064
00:52:05,430 --> 00:52:02,559
decades whether it's flying living

1065
00:52:07,430 --> 00:52:05,440
underwater combat deployments uh

1066
00:52:10,470 --> 00:52:07,440
month-long expeditions to the antarctic

1067
00:52:11,990 --> 00:52:10,480
yosemite uh volcanoes or wherever we

1068
00:52:15,030 --> 00:52:12,000
hatched up some scheme that we thought

1069
00:52:17,510 --> 00:52:15,040
would be a great idea to go for a while

1070
00:52:19,750 --> 00:52:17,520
so while we had go on expeditions that

1071
00:52:21,430 --> 00:52:19,760
made us better our jobs you guys made us

1072
00:52:22,950 --> 00:52:21,440
better at our lives and being better

1073
00:52:33,610 --> 00:52:22,960
people so thank you very much for that

1074
00:52:43,349 --> 00:52:41,030
[Applause]

1075
00:52:44,390 --> 00:52:43,359
so we now have a very special message

1076
00:52:46,790 --> 00:52:44,400
from

1077
00:52:49,750 --> 00:52:46,800
some folks that were not able to be with

1078
00:52:53,190 --> 00:52:49,760
us here today so let's uh let's roll the

1079
00:52:58,150 --> 00:52:55,510
hello turtles and congratulations on

1080
00:52:59,510 --> 00:52:58,160
this momentous milestone for all of you

1081
00:53:00,950 --> 00:52:59,520
we're sorry we couldn't be there to

1082
00:53:02,950 --> 00:53:00,960
celebrate this achievement with you in

1083
00:53:04,630 --> 00:53:02,960
person today but we've been busy up here

1084
00:53:06,710 --> 00:53:04,640
on the international space station

1085
00:53:08,950 --> 00:53:06,720
getting it ready for you guys to arrive

1086
00:53:11,589 --> 00:53:08,960
and continue doing lots of science space

1087
00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:11,599
walks and upgrades you're going to love

1088
00:53:18,069 --> 00:53:13,200
the view looking down at our beautiful

1089
00:53:21,670 --> 00:53:19,670
we know that all of the training needed

1090
00:53:23,430 --> 00:53:21,680
to become an astronaut isn't easy so

1091
00:53:25,589 --> 00:53:23,440
take a moment to be proud of yourselves

1092
00:53:27,910 --> 00:53:25,599
and how far you've come we are certainly

1093
00:53:32,790 --> 00:53:27,920
proud of you we can tell you for sure

1094
00:53:36,309 --> 00:53:34,470
we're excited for you to officially join

1095
00:53:38,630 --> 00:53:36,319
us as we work together to accomplish

1096
00:53:40,549 --> 00:53:38,640
amazing things fly new spacecraft and

1097
00:53:42,470 --> 00:53:40,559
prepare to head back to the moon

1098
00:53:44,309 --> 00:53:42,480
congratulations again and enjoy this

1099
00:53:46,870 --> 00:53:44,319
special time with your families and this

1100
00:53:49,190 --> 00:53:46,880
unmatched team look beside you your

1101
00:53:52,069 --> 00:53:49,200
fellow classmates are also your future

1102
00:54:08,150 --> 00:53:52,079
crewmates the sky and the stars lie

1103
00:54:11,990 --> 00:54:10,470
we also have two very special guests

1104
00:54:14,549 --> 00:54:12,000
with us here today

1105
00:54:17,270 --> 00:54:14,559
two people that are critically important

1106
00:54:19,750 --> 00:54:17,280
to the success of nasa the success of

1107
00:54:21,190 --> 00:54:19,760
the johnson space center in texas we're

1108
00:54:23,750 --> 00:54:21,200
thrilled that they're here with us

1109
00:54:25,270 --> 00:54:23,760
senators cornyn and cruz and we're going

1110
00:54:27,190 --> 00:54:25,280
to give them an opportunity to come up

1111
00:54:28,870 --> 00:54:27,200
and say a few words we'll start with

1112
00:54:30,309 --> 00:54:28,880
senator cornyn i just want to say thank

1113
00:54:32,710 --> 00:54:30,319
you for your leadership on

1114
00:54:34,309 --> 00:54:32,720
appropriations and authorization i also

1115
00:54:36,950 --> 00:54:34,319
want to thank you

1116
00:54:39,990 --> 00:54:36,960
for the advancing human space flight act

1117
00:54:42,870 --> 00:54:40,000
which is bipartisan introduced last year

1118
00:54:44,630 --> 00:54:42,880
and it is focused on improving and and

1119
00:54:47,589 --> 00:54:44,640
benefiting the international space

1120
00:54:49,750 --> 00:54:47,599
station and of course uh human space

1121
00:54:52,150 --> 00:54:49,760
suits and of course human spacesuits are

1122
00:55:08,390 --> 00:54:52,160
managed where right here at the johnson

1123
00:55:12,710 --> 00:55:11,270
well good morning everyone um ambassador

1124
00:55:14,230 --> 00:55:12,720
breidenstein

1125
00:55:17,109 --> 00:55:14,240
thank you for that introduction thank

1126
00:55:18,470 --> 00:55:17,119
you for your hospitality uh it is more

1127
00:55:21,270 --> 00:55:18,480
than an honor

1128
00:55:23,109 --> 00:55:21,280
for me and senator cruz and i and our

1129
00:55:24,390 --> 00:55:23,119
colleagues to join you today in this

1130
00:55:29,589 --> 00:55:24,400
incredible

1131
00:55:31,349 --> 00:55:29,599
i know there's some

1132
00:55:33,270 --> 00:55:31,359
times in our lives that we will never

1133
00:55:34,950 --> 00:55:33,280
forget that sort of seem to be those

1134
00:55:36,549 --> 00:55:34,960
landmarks in our

1135
00:55:38,630 --> 00:55:36,559
in our

1136
00:55:40,710 --> 00:55:38,640
long life hopefully

1137
00:55:43,109 --> 00:55:40,720
that we will never forget one for me of

1138
00:55:44,470 --> 00:55:43,119
course as for many of you

1139
00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:44,480
was in

1140
00:55:49,190 --> 00:55:46,720
1969

1141
00:55:50,549 --> 00:55:49,200
when neil armstrong and buzz aldrin went

1142
00:55:53,030 --> 00:55:50,559
to the moon

1143
00:55:53,990 --> 00:55:53,040
and uttered the famous phrase one small

1144
00:55:57,990 --> 00:55:54,000
step

1145
00:56:01,190 --> 00:55:58,000
for man one giant leap for mankind

1146
00:56:02,710 --> 00:56:01,200
and inspired us all

1147
00:56:06,069 --> 00:56:02,720
well i know this isn't the first

1148
00:56:07,670 --> 00:56:06,079
graduation for uh these astronauts and

1149
00:56:10,630 --> 00:56:07,680
some of for some of you apparently it's

1150
00:56:12,710 --> 00:56:10,640
not your second or third graduation uh

1151
00:56:14,390 --> 00:56:12,720
you've got a lot more than that

1152
00:56:16,950 --> 00:56:14,400
but suffice it to say this is an

1153
00:56:18,710 --> 00:56:16,960
incredibly smart group of

1154
00:56:20,950 --> 00:56:18,720
individuals and

1155
00:56:23,109 --> 00:56:20,960
who spent the last two years gaining the

1156
00:56:25,670 --> 00:56:23,119
skills and knowledge to lead human space

1157
00:56:28,950 --> 00:56:25,680
exploration into the future

1158
00:56:32,150 --> 00:56:28,960
i think i can speak for all of us here

1159
00:56:35,030 --> 00:56:32,160
and uh and saying how proud we are of of

1160
00:56:36,630 --> 00:56:35,040
all of you and what you will accomplish

1161
00:56:39,430 --> 00:56:36,640
we heard earlier about the training

1162
00:56:40,390 --> 00:56:39,440
program that these astronauts have been

1163
00:56:43,910 --> 00:56:40,400
through

1164
00:56:45,910 --> 00:56:43,920
it reminds me of a great quote from the

1165
00:56:49,109 --> 00:56:45,920
movie the right stuff

1166
00:56:50,950 --> 00:56:49,119
when alan shepard responds to a nasa

1167
00:56:52,390 --> 00:56:50,960
recruiting pitch saying

1168
00:56:55,589 --> 00:56:52,400
sounds dangerous

1169
00:57:00,470 --> 00:56:57,910
well to me the the amazing thing about

1170
00:57:01,670 --> 00:57:00,480
our space program is is its capacity to

1171
00:57:04,390 --> 00:57:01,680
inspire

1172
00:57:06,549 --> 00:57:04,400
all of us young and old and in between

1173
00:57:09,270 --> 00:57:06,559
and i remember what president ronald

1174
00:57:10,870 --> 00:57:09,280
reagan said following the challenger

1175
00:57:12,630 --> 00:57:10,880
tragedy and the

1176
00:57:14,789 --> 00:57:12,640
amazing speech but

1177
00:57:16,470 --> 00:57:14,799
the uplifting part of that

1178
00:57:17,670 --> 00:57:16,480
was when he said we've grown used to

1179
00:57:19,109 --> 00:57:17,680
wonders

1180
00:57:22,069 --> 00:57:19,119
in this century

1181
00:57:24,549 --> 00:57:22,079
it's hard to dazzle us

1182
00:57:27,190 --> 00:57:24,559
but for 25 years the united states space

1183
00:57:30,630 --> 00:57:27,200
program has been doing just that

1184
00:57:31,750 --> 00:57:30,640
we've grown used to the idea of space

1185
00:57:34,630 --> 00:57:31,760
and for

1186
00:57:36,230 --> 00:57:34,640
and perhaps we forget that we've only

1187
00:57:41,190 --> 00:57:36,240
just begun

1188
00:57:44,309 --> 00:57:42,950
well i know these astronauts share that

1189
00:57:47,109 --> 00:57:44,319
same

1190
00:57:49,030 --> 00:57:47,119
conviction and enthusiasm

1191
00:57:50,870 --> 00:57:49,040
and i think the excitement we're all

1192
00:57:53,510 --> 00:57:50,880
feeling today is only matched by our

1193
00:57:55,510 --> 00:57:53,520
high expectations for all of them

1194
00:57:57,190 --> 00:57:55,520
and minister breidenstein everybody here

1195
00:57:58,069 --> 00:57:57,200
at the johnson space center and of

1196
00:57:59,510 --> 00:57:58,079
course

1197
00:58:02,069 --> 00:57:59,520
to the

1198
00:58:04,230 --> 00:58:02,079
president trump and vice president

1199
00:58:06,390 --> 00:58:04,240
pence none of them have been shy about

1200
00:58:10,069 --> 00:58:06,400
pointing to the stars and setting lofty

1201
00:58:12,069 --> 00:58:10,079
goals for america's space exploration

1202
00:58:13,670 --> 00:58:12,079
program and the artemis program is just

1203
00:58:15,349 --> 00:58:13,680
part of that

1204
00:58:17,670 --> 00:58:15,359
folks used to tell kids when i was

1205
00:58:20,549 --> 00:58:17,680
growing up reach for the moon

1206
00:58:22,390 --> 00:58:20,559
but that's not the objective anymore

1207
00:58:24,230 --> 00:58:22,400
now we've got to revise it to

1208
00:58:26,069 --> 00:58:24,240
reach for mars

1209
00:58:27,750 --> 00:58:26,079
because that's what our space program is

1210
00:58:31,109 --> 00:58:27,760
doing and there's a good chance that at

1211
00:58:32,789 --> 00:58:31,119
least one of you will take us there

1212
00:58:34,309 --> 00:58:32,799
just as your predecessors have done

1213
00:58:36,710 --> 00:58:34,319
before you each of you will help fill

1214
00:58:38,870 --> 00:58:36,720
the pages of history with human

1215
00:58:40,870 --> 00:58:38,880
achievements in space

1216
00:58:42,390 --> 00:58:40,880
for generations the united states has

1217
00:58:45,030 --> 00:58:42,400
been the world leader in space

1218
00:58:47,910 --> 00:58:45,040
exploration in the johnson space center

1219
00:58:50,309 --> 00:58:47,920
will always be the heart and the home

1220
00:58:52,549 --> 00:58:50,319
of human space flight after all the

1221
00:58:53,510 --> 00:58:52,559
first words spoken on the moon's surface

1222
00:58:55,990 --> 00:58:53,520
were

1223
00:58:57,750 --> 00:58:56,000
was houston

1224
00:58:59,589 --> 00:58:57,760
this is where you'll find thousands of

1225
00:59:01,750 --> 00:58:59,599
dedicated public servants and

1226
00:59:04,630 --> 00:59:01,760
contractors willing to do the work to

1227
00:59:07,109 --> 00:59:04,640
get our astronauts into safe into space

1228
00:59:08,789 --> 00:59:07,119
and most importantly to bring them home

1229
00:59:11,030 --> 00:59:08,799
safely

1230
00:59:12,870 --> 00:59:11,040
i'm in absolute awe

1231
00:59:15,270 --> 00:59:12,880
of the work being done by the folks here

1232
00:59:17,109 --> 00:59:15,280
at johnson space center every day and

1233
00:59:18,710 --> 00:59:17,119
the commitment to maintaining our place

1234
00:59:20,150 --> 00:59:18,720
in the forefront of human space

1235
00:59:22,870 --> 00:59:20,160
exploration

1236
00:59:25,589 --> 00:59:22,880
this community makes our nation proud

1237
00:59:28,069 --> 00:59:25,599
and inspires millions of young students

1238
00:59:30,789 --> 00:59:28,079
like those here today among us

1239
00:59:33,109 --> 00:59:30,799
to know that the impossible

1240
00:59:35,430 --> 00:59:33,119
can be possible

1241
00:59:37,109 --> 00:59:35,440
the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11

1242
00:59:39,270 --> 00:59:37,119
mission last summer was a reminder of

1243
00:59:42,390 --> 00:59:39,280
just how far our space missions have

1244
00:59:44,309 --> 00:59:42,400
come since that first small step

1245
00:59:47,270 --> 00:59:44,319
and buzz aldrin is still around telling

1246
00:59:48,630 --> 00:59:47,280
us all about it 50 years later

1247
00:59:51,349 --> 00:59:48,640
the fact that we've just heard from

1248
00:59:53,030 --> 00:59:51,359
colleagues of yours who are orbiting 220

1249
00:59:55,990 --> 00:59:53,040
miles above us in the international

1250
00:59:58,710 --> 00:59:56,000
space station is proof of that

1251
01:00:00,470 --> 00:59:58,720
i have no doubt that these newly minted

1252
01:00:02,309 --> 01:00:00,480
astronauts in front of us are going to

1253
01:00:04,630 --> 01:00:02,319
accomplish accomplish some incredible

1254
01:00:06,309 --> 01:00:04,640
things so that our children

1255
01:00:09,030 --> 01:00:06,319
our grandchildren and maybe even our

1256
01:00:11,750 --> 01:00:09,040
great grandkids will have a lot more to

1257
01:00:14,470 --> 01:00:11,760
celebrate in the next 50 years once

1258
01:00:25,780 --> 01:00:14,480
again congratulations astronauts and

1259
01:00:30,950 --> 01:00:29,109
[Applause]

1260
01:00:32,950 --> 01:00:30,960
we have another senator from the great

1261
01:00:34,630 --> 01:00:32,960
state of texas somebody who is a leader

1262
01:00:37,430 --> 01:00:34,640
in the senate on space issues and of

1263
01:00:39,750 --> 01:00:37,440
course i saw him firsthand work very

1264
01:00:42,470 --> 01:00:39,760
hard to create bipartisan legislation

1265
01:00:43,990 --> 01:00:42,480
the nasa transition authorization act to

1266
01:00:45,910 --> 01:00:44,000
make sure that we had

1267
01:00:48,630 --> 01:00:45,920
continuity of purpose as we go from one

1268
01:00:50,390 --> 01:00:48,640
administration to the next and of course

1269
01:00:51,750 --> 01:00:50,400
he's also the chairman of the space

1270
01:00:54,230 --> 01:00:51,760
subcommittee

1271
01:00:56,549 --> 01:00:54,240
in the senate i would also say

1272
01:00:59,510 --> 01:00:56,559
he has a very personal connection to

1273
01:01:00,789 --> 01:00:59,520
nasa and maybe even before nasa existed

1274
01:01:02,069 --> 01:01:00,799
his mother

1275
01:01:04,230 --> 01:01:02,079
was in fact

1276
01:01:07,270 --> 01:01:04,240
working at the time for the smithsonian

1277
01:01:09,589 --> 01:01:07,280
institute as a human calculator

1278
01:01:11,430 --> 01:01:09,599
when sputnik got launched and she was

1279
01:01:13,190 --> 01:01:11,440
responsible for making sure the united

1280
01:01:15,109 --> 01:01:13,200
states of america knew

1281
01:01:16,470 --> 01:01:15,119
what this little thing was doing out in

1282
01:01:17,510 --> 01:01:16,480
space

1283
01:01:19,750 --> 01:01:17,520
so

1284
01:01:24,390 --> 01:01:19,760
even better than that his mom

1285
01:01:27,829 --> 01:01:24,400
is an is a mighty rice owl

1286
01:01:29,630 --> 01:01:27,839
i'm a little biased hoot

1287
01:01:41,510 --> 01:01:29,640
senator ted cruz

1288
01:01:46,470 --> 01:01:41,520
[Applause]

1289
01:01:51,510 --> 01:01:49,109
this is exciting

1290
01:01:54,069 --> 01:01:51,520
this is really exciting

1291
01:01:55,670 --> 01:01:54,079
look i was here two years ago

1292
01:01:57,829 --> 01:01:55,680
when the turtle started when y'all were

1293
01:01:59,670 --> 01:01:57,839
first announced when you were beginning

1294
01:02:01,029 --> 01:01:59,680
the training i remember visiting with

1295
01:02:02,230 --> 01:02:01,039
each of you when you were getting

1296
01:02:05,430 --> 01:02:02,240
started

1297
01:02:07,430 --> 01:02:05,440
to be the first artemis class

1298
01:02:08,950 --> 01:02:07,440
and i gotta say i was blown away then

1299
01:02:10,870 --> 01:02:08,960
and just sitting listening to the

1300
01:02:13,589 --> 01:02:10,880
presentation you know there's a

1301
01:02:24,950 --> 01:02:13,599
technical term for these men and women

1302
01:02:29,910 --> 01:02:27,670
i i suspect i was not the only one as

1303
01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:29,920
you were listening to their backgrounds

1304
01:02:35,910 --> 01:02:33,760
who felt horribly horribly inadequate

1305
01:02:37,190 --> 01:02:35,920
i did turn to john cornyn and say what

1306
01:02:38,710 --> 01:02:37,200
the heck have we been doing with our

1307
01:02:39,829 --> 01:02:38,720
lives

1308
01:02:41,190 --> 01:02:39,839
i mean

1309
01:02:43,270 --> 01:02:41,200
johnny

1310
01:02:45,190 --> 01:02:43,280
you're a navy seal

1311
01:02:46,789 --> 01:02:45,200
with a degree from harvard medical

1312
01:02:50,870 --> 01:02:46,799
school

1313
01:03:04,789 --> 01:02:52,950
i mean he can kill you and then bring

1314
01:03:04,799 --> 01:03:08,710
and do it all in space

1315
01:03:13,029 --> 01:03:10,069
you know there are a lot of young people

1316
01:03:14,789 --> 01:03:13,039
who are here who are watching at home

1317
01:03:17,029 --> 01:03:14,799
you think about when young people

1318
01:03:19,029 --> 01:03:17,039
envision what do i want to do in life

1319
01:03:20,950 --> 01:03:19,039
get kids sitting around and some may say

1320
01:03:23,190 --> 01:03:20,960
i want to be a fireman

1321
01:03:24,950 --> 01:03:23,200
others might say i want to be a doctor

1322
01:03:29,109 --> 01:03:24,960
i want to be a scientist i want to be a

1323
01:03:32,390 --> 01:03:29,119
ballerina i want to be a superhero

1324
01:03:35,109 --> 01:03:32,400
and the answer that trumps all of those

1325
01:03:37,910 --> 01:03:35,119
is i want to be an astronaut

1326
01:03:39,109 --> 01:03:37,920
because these guys with these training

1327
01:03:39,990 --> 01:03:39,119
they're going to have to do every bit of

1328
01:03:42,549 --> 01:03:40,000
that

1329
01:03:47,029 --> 01:03:42,559
every one of those whether it is dancing

1330
01:03:50,950 --> 01:03:49,190
dealing with a disaster

1331
01:03:53,510 --> 01:03:50,960
which unfortunately in the harsh

1332
01:03:55,510 --> 01:03:53,520
realities of space disaster is one of

1333
01:03:58,069 --> 01:03:55,520
the things you count on

1334
01:04:01,190 --> 01:03:58,079
potentially saving the lives of your

1335
01:04:03,109 --> 01:04:01,200
crew members think how many of them

1336
01:04:05,029 --> 01:04:03,119
when talking about

1337
01:04:06,470 --> 01:04:05,039
their colleagues said i would trust my

1338
01:04:08,710 --> 01:04:06,480
life to them

1339
01:04:10,309 --> 01:04:08,720
in most walks of life

1340
01:04:12,470 --> 01:04:10,319
you don't have to worry about that too

1341
01:04:13,910 --> 01:04:12,480
much in most jobs

1342
01:04:15,349 --> 01:04:13,920
look frankly

1343
01:04:16,870 --> 01:04:15,359
the senate the only thing i have to

1344
01:04:19,750 --> 01:04:16,880
worry about is someone giving me a paper

1345
01:04:24,230 --> 01:04:22,309
but for these guys trusting your life to

1346
01:04:26,549 --> 01:04:24,240
the men and women next to you is exactly

1347
01:04:28,390 --> 01:04:26,559
what they're doing

1348
01:04:30,150 --> 01:04:28,400
and i have to say these men and women

1349
01:04:33,430 --> 01:04:30,160
embody

1350
01:04:35,109 --> 01:04:33,440
the hopes and future

1351
01:04:38,470 --> 01:04:35,119
think about little boys little girls

1352
01:04:40,390 --> 01:04:38,480
going back from the dawn of time

1353
01:04:43,029 --> 01:04:40,400
before we had airplanes before we had

1354
01:04:47,910 --> 01:04:43,039
automobiles before we discovered the

1355
01:04:51,750 --> 01:04:49,589
little boys little girls stared up at

1356
01:04:53,430 --> 01:04:51,760
the sky

1357
01:04:55,430 --> 01:04:53,440
looked at the stars looked at the moon

1358
01:04:58,230 --> 01:04:55,440
said what's out there

1359
01:05:00,710 --> 01:04:58,240
who's out there what is in the great

1360
01:05:01,990 --> 01:05:00,720
beyond

1361
01:05:03,910 --> 01:05:02,000
that's what these men and women are

1362
01:05:05,750 --> 01:05:03,920
charged with

1363
01:05:11,270 --> 01:05:05,760
it's almost like you could reach out and

1364
01:05:20,309 --> 01:05:13,109
by the way your toys are a lot better

1365
01:05:23,670 --> 01:05:22,309
but those hopes and dreams you know

1366
01:05:25,750 --> 01:05:23,680
there are young people watching this

1367
01:05:28,069 --> 01:05:25,760
today that you too

1368
01:05:29,190 --> 01:05:28,079
could be an astronaut

1369
01:05:31,190 --> 01:05:29,200
you too

1370
01:05:33,589 --> 01:05:31,200
can explore the great frontier let me

1371
01:05:34,829 --> 01:05:33,599
just say as a final thing

1372
01:05:37,670 --> 01:05:34,839
you know i do

1373
01:05:39,670 --> 01:05:37,680
enjoy the power of space to bring people

1374
01:05:41,109 --> 01:05:39,680
together

1375
01:05:43,589 --> 01:05:41,119
to

1376
01:05:45,670 --> 01:05:43,599
cause my dear friend jim bridenstine a

1377
01:05:50,309 --> 01:05:45,680
die-hard okie to stand up here and

1378
01:05:55,670 --> 01:05:51,990
there's something deeply beautiful about

1379
01:06:00,309 --> 01:05:58,390
to bring together look this is a crazy

1380
01:06:02,630 --> 01:06:00,319
political time lots of partisan

1381
01:06:04,150 --> 01:06:02,640
divisions and yet for the six years i've

1382
01:06:06,710 --> 01:06:04,160
chaired the space subcommittee in the

1383
01:06:08,630 --> 01:06:06,720
senate we've seen bipartisan cooperation

1384
01:06:10,470 --> 01:06:08,640
when it comes to space we've seen

1385
01:06:20,390 --> 01:06:10,480
republicans and democrats working

1386
01:06:26,870 --> 01:06:23,589
and i want to say where we are right now

1387
01:06:29,670 --> 01:06:26,880
my hometown of houston

1388
01:06:34,950 --> 01:06:29,680
all of texas but especially houston has

1389
01:06:37,990 --> 01:06:34,960
a special and a deep connection to space

1390
01:06:41,589 --> 01:06:38,000
it was just a few miles away

1391
01:06:43,589 --> 01:06:41,599
at rice university where john f kennedy

1392
01:06:45,349 --> 01:06:43,599
stood and promised

1393
01:06:47,109 --> 01:06:45,359
within a decade

1394
01:06:49,349 --> 01:06:47,119
we will send a man to the moon and bring

1395
01:06:53,270 --> 01:06:49,359
him back safely

1396
01:06:54,870 --> 01:06:53,280
by the way kennedy in that same speech

1397
01:06:57,990 --> 01:06:54,880
he said

1398
01:06:59,670 --> 01:06:58,000
why do we do so we do so for the same

1399
01:07:03,029 --> 01:06:59,680
reason that rice

1400
01:07:08,630 --> 01:07:05,750
not because it is easy but because it is

1401
01:07:11,990 --> 01:07:10,470
you look at the city of houston our

1402
01:07:14,390 --> 01:07:12,000
sports teams

1403
01:07:17,270 --> 01:07:14,400
celebrate space we have the rockets we

1404
01:07:19,589 --> 01:07:17,280
have the astros

1405
01:07:22,150 --> 01:07:19,599
as john mentioned one of the very first

1406
01:07:24,390 --> 01:07:22,160
words said on the surface of the moon

1407
01:07:26,710 --> 01:07:24,400
was houston

1408
01:07:28,870 --> 01:07:26,720
the eagle has landed

1409
01:07:30,309 --> 01:07:28,880
and what i'm so excited going forward

1410
01:07:33,029 --> 01:07:30,319
with artemis

1411
01:07:34,630 --> 01:07:33,039
is that when the next astronaut lands on

1412
01:07:36,549 --> 01:07:34,640
the moon maybe one of these men and

1413
01:07:38,309 --> 01:07:36,559
women and by the way as the father of

1414
01:07:41,029 --> 01:07:38,319
two daughters i could not be more

1415
01:08:05,430 --> 01:07:41,039
excited that we will land a woman on the

1416
01:08:10,470 --> 01:08:08,069
but when that that next astronaut lands

1417
01:08:13,430 --> 01:08:10,480
on the moon once again one of the very

1418
01:08:15,829 --> 01:08:13,440
first words spoken will be houston

1419
01:08:18,550 --> 01:08:15,839
and when that next astronaut lands on

1420
01:08:20,630 --> 01:08:18,560
the surface of the red planet mars once

1421
01:08:23,030 --> 01:08:20,640
again that for one of those first words

1422
01:08:25,349 --> 01:08:23,040
spoken will be houston and the city of

1423
01:08:27,749 --> 01:08:25,359
houston the state of texas the entire

1424
01:08:30,149 --> 01:08:27,759
country and the entire world will be at

1425
01:08:44,599 --> 01:08:30,159
your back congratulations

1426
01:08:51,590 --> 01:08:49,349
[Applause]

1427
01:08:54,870 --> 01:08:51,600
okay

1428
01:08:56,550 --> 01:08:54,880
why does rice play texas

1429
01:08:58,070 --> 01:08:56,560
i'm going to tell you why

1430
01:08:59,749 --> 01:08:58,080
because we win

1431
01:09:03,349 --> 01:08:59,759
that's why

1432
01:09:07,189 --> 01:09:03,359
i was on the sidelines in 1994

1433
01:09:08,390 --> 01:09:07,199
and it was 19 to 17 rights over texas

1434
01:09:10,070 --> 01:09:08,400
might have been a little bit after that

1435
01:09:13,829 --> 01:09:10,080
speech you just mentioned but we got it

1436
01:09:27,510 --> 01:09:16,550
okay so we are joined here today with

1437
01:09:31,030 --> 01:09:29,110
and some of them have come with

1438
01:09:32,229 --> 01:09:31,040
questions for our astronauts and then

1439
01:09:34,309 --> 01:09:32,239
we're going to actually go to social

1440
01:09:37,430 --> 01:09:34,319
media and ask a few questions from

1441
01:09:38,789 --> 01:09:37,440
social media so today we have and if you

1442
01:09:40,229 --> 01:09:38,799
would when i call your name if you would

1443
01:09:42,630 --> 01:09:40,239
stand up and then i'll go ahead and get

1444
01:09:51,749 --> 01:09:42,640
to your question we have sienna a fourth

1445
01:09:55,430 --> 01:09:53,030
we have

1446
01:10:01,669 --> 01:09:55,440
derek a fourth grader from wesley

1447
01:10:11,510 --> 01:10:04,470
and we have julian an eighth grader from

1448
01:10:17,270 --> 01:10:14,229
okay so the question from sienna fourth

1449
01:10:20,470 --> 01:10:17,280
grader from davila elementary school

1450
01:10:23,830 --> 01:10:20,480
number one she says congrats to nasa on

1451
01:10:26,070 --> 01:10:23,840
the first all-female spacewalk

1452
01:10:29,030 --> 01:10:26,080
how do the new women astronauts here

1453
01:10:30,709 --> 01:10:29,040
today feel about that momentous occasion

1454
01:10:36,950 --> 01:10:30,719
and what are you most looking forward to

1455
01:10:40,149 --> 01:10:38,229
all right thank you sienna for the

1456
01:10:41,110 --> 01:10:40,159
congratulations as well

1457
01:10:42,950 --> 01:10:41,120
um

1458
01:10:45,189 --> 01:10:42,960
so i think jessica and christina's space

1459
01:10:46,870 --> 01:10:45,199
walk a couple months ago was was pretty

1460
01:10:49,430 --> 01:10:46,880
meaningful to

1461
01:10:51,350 --> 01:10:49,440
everyone on this stage i mean

1462
01:10:53,510 --> 01:10:51,360
at the very least there was two

1463
01:10:54,870 --> 01:10:53,520
outstanding astronauts doing their job

1464
01:10:57,189 --> 01:10:54,880
incredibly well which is always

1465
01:10:59,030 --> 01:10:57,199
wonderful to see but i know that we all

1466
01:11:00,070 --> 01:10:59,040
also recognize the significance of that

1467
01:11:03,430 --> 01:11:00,080
moment

1468
01:11:04,630 --> 01:11:03,440
both in the context of our space program

1469
01:11:07,350 --> 01:11:04,640
but also

1470
01:11:08,550 --> 01:11:07,360
i think as a sign of the incredible

1471
01:11:10,229 --> 01:11:08,560
progress

1472
01:11:12,229 --> 01:11:10,239
that you can make when you include

1473
01:11:13,590 --> 01:11:12,239
everyone in your mission and you back at

1474
01:11:15,350 --> 01:11:13,600
100

1475
01:11:16,790 --> 01:11:15,360
so i think that was that was powerful

1476
01:11:18,630 --> 01:11:16,800
for everyone who was sitting here but

1477
01:11:19,830 --> 01:11:18,640
also powerful for everyone watching i

1478
01:11:21,669 --> 01:11:19,840
don't know if sienna if you watched that

1479
01:11:23,030 --> 01:11:21,679
space walk all the boys and all the

1480
01:11:24,830 --> 01:11:23,040
girls at home who watched i think that

1481
01:11:28,229 --> 01:11:24,840
that was

1482
01:11:29,750 --> 01:11:28,239
meaningful so looking forward at our own

1483
01:11:32,310 --> 01:11:29,760
space flight i think we're going to take

1484
01:11:34,149 --> 01:11:32,320
that motivation and that inspiration and

1485
01:11:36,470 --> 01:11:34,159
i can say the thing i'm most excited for

1486
01:11:38,790 --> 01:11:36,480
is to be able to be in a crew with some

1487
01:11:40,229 --> 01:11:38,800
of my hopefully some of these amazing

1488
01:11:42,229 --> 01:11:40,239
people with me on this stage my

1489
01:11:44,470 --> 01:11:42,239
incredible classmates incredible people

1490
01:11:46,470 --> 01:11:44,480
who are in our office already

1491
01:11:48,310 --> 01:11:46,480
and we just look forward to making a

1492
01:11:50,390 --> 01:11:48,320
contribution like jessica and christina

1493
01:11:51,970 --> 01:11:50,400
did and the rest of that that wonderful

1494
01:12:01,030 --> 01:11:51,980
expedition

1495
01:12:03,270 --> 01:12:01,040
[Applause]

1496
01:12:05,830 --> 01:12:03,280
derek a fourth grader from wesley

1497
01:12:07,669 --> 01:12:05,840
elementary school asks how long will

1498
01:12:10,709 --> 01:12:07,679
astronauts be on the surface of the moon

1499
01:12:11,590 --> 01:12:10,719
during the artemis missions

1500
01:12:15,189 --> 01:12:11,600
derek

1501
01:12:16,390 --> 01:12:15,199
i'm matt and i really like that question

1502
01:12:18,310 --> 01:12:16,400
because

1503
01:12:19,430 --> 01:12:18,320
i think you'll find the answer really

1504
01:12:21,350 --> 01:12:19,440
cool

1505
01:12:22,709 --> 01:12:21,360
artemis is going

1506
01:12:24,149 --> 01:12:22,719
to stay

1507
01:12:25,669 --> 01:12:24,159
the administrator talked a little bit

1508
01:12:27,910 --> 01:12:25,679
about the infrastructure we're building

1509
01:12:30,070 --> 01:12:27,920
to make that happen but how can you not

1510
01:12:32,470 --> 01:12:30,080
see this moon up here all day

1511
01:12:34,070 --> 01:12:32,480
and want to walk all over it

1512
01:12:35,750 --> 01:12:34,080
so we're building a space station that's

1513
01:12:37,350 --> 01:12:35,760
going to orbit the moon

1514
01:12:39,030 --> 01:12:37,360
that will allow us to go to the surface

1515
01:12:40,950 --> 01:12:39,040
and back to that gateway

1516
01:12:43,669 --> 01:12:40,960
that's an outpost that also provides the

1517
01:12:45,910 --> 01:12:43,679
stepping stone to get us to mars but

1518
01:12:48,390 --> 01:12:45,920
we're going to stay we're building the

1519
01:12:50,229 --> 01:12:48,400
sustainable infrastructure to make that

1520
01:12:52,950 --> 01:12:50,239
happen derek and that should be really

1521
01:12:54,950 --> 01:12:52,960
cool but it's not going to be easy

1522
01:12:56,149 --> 01:12:54,960
it's going to take two things it's going

1523
01:12:57,830 --> 01:12:56,159
to take a lot of hard work and the

1524
01:13:00,229 --> 01:12:57,840
things that your teachers talk about all

1525
01:13:01,510 --> 01:13:00,239
the time science technology engineering

1526
01:13:04,229 --> 01:13:01,520
mathematics

1527
01:13:06,950 --> 01:13:04,239
americans and international partners in

1528
01:13:09,669 --> 01:13:06,960
those fields working hard together to

1529
01:13:11,510 --> 01:13:09,679
reach those goals and we'll tell the

1530
01:13:14,070 --> 01:13:11,520
same story that nasa has told for

1531
01:13:16,709 --> 01:13:14,080
decades when we work hard

1532
01:13:19,430 --> 01:13:16,719
we achieve new heights and new goals

1533
01:13:22,310 --> 01:13:19,440
we develop new solutions

1534
01:13:23,270 --> 01:13:22,320
new new new technologies for everyone on

1535
01:13:24,950 --> 01:13:23,280
earth

1536
01:13:26,709 --> 01:13:24,960
and the second part is we need the

1537
01:13:28,310 --> 01:13:26,719
resources and we make a really cool team

1538
01:13:29,750 --> 01:13:28,320
when we put these two things together

1539
01:13:31,750 --> 01:13:29,760
americans international partners working

1540
01:13:33,990 --> 01:13:31,760
hard together with resources from our

1541
01:13:44,310 --> 01:13:34,000
elected officials we come together and

1542
01:13:47,990 --> 01:13:45,669
i'm getting goosebumps thinking about

1543
01:13:50,390 --> 01:13:48,000
walking around on this thing

1544
01:13:51,830 --> 01:13:50,400
but derek this is exciting for you this

1545
01:13:53,510 --> 01:13:51,840
is exciting for you because if i stood

1546
01:13:55,830 --> 01:13:53,520
up here right now and told you we were

1547
01:13:59,110 --> 01:13:55,840
only gonna go for a couple days you're

1548
01:14:00,630 --> 01:13:59,120
in fourth grade and you'd miss it

1549
01:14:02,790 --> 01:14:00,640
but what i'm telling you is we're going

1550
01:14:04,550 --> 01:14:02,800
to stay and what that means is after you

1551
01:14:16,390 --> 01:14:04,560
work hard in school you're going to join

1552
01:14:19,910 --> 01:14:18,229
matthew you just became not just one of

1553
01:14:23,900 --> 01:14:19,920
our newest astronauts but you're also

1554
01:14:27,189 --> 01:14:25,030
[Applause]

1555
01:14:29,510 --> 01:14:27,199
julian eighth grade

1556
01:14:31,030 --> 01:14:29,520
dd middle school wants to know

1557
01:14:32,390 --> 01:14:31,040
was there ever a time you doubted

1558
01:14:33,830 --> 01:14:32,400
yourselves

1559
01:14:36,149 --> 01:14:33,840
take that one is there every time you

1560
01:14:38,070 --> 01:14:36,159
doubted yourselves and if you say no

1561
01:14:40,830 --> 01:14:38,080
well matthew probably would say no

1562
01:14:47,590 --> 01:14:40,840
nobody else would say no

1563
01:14:52,310 --> 01:14:49,910
hi julian i'm johnny and i'd love to

1564
01:14:54,229 --> 01:14:52,320
answer that question it's a great one

1565
01:14:55,590 --> 01:14:54,239
everyone standing before you today on

1566
01:14:57,750 --> 01:14:55,600
this stage

1567
01:15:01,990 --> 01:14:57,760
has had self-doubt

1568
01:15:03,669 --> 01:15:02,000
it is very human to doubt yourself

1569
01:15:05,590 --> 01:15:03,679
the greatest

1570
01:15:08,310 --> 01:15:05,600
self-doubt i had was when i showed up to

1571
01:15:10,709 --> 01:15:08,320
seal training and i didn't know if i had

1572
01:15:13,750 --> 01:15:10,719
what it took to become a navy seal

1573
01:15:15,750 --> 01:15:13,760
but because of my teammates

1574
01:15:18,630 --> 01:15:15,760
we made it through

1575
01:15:20,229 --> 01:15:18,640
and that opened up my eyes

1576
01:15:22,149 --> 01:15:20,239
that

1577
01:15:24,470 --> 01:15:22,159
you julian

1578
01:15:25,830 --> 01:15:24,480
everyone in this auditorium everyone

1579
01:15:27,030 --> 01:15:25,840
watching

1580
01:15:28,630 --> 01:15:27,040
is capable

1581
01:15:32,790 --> 01:15:28,640
of so much more

1582
01:15:36,630 --> 01:15:35,110
so when we showed up here we all had our

1583
01:15:38,630 --> 01:15:36,640
doubts

1584
01:15:41,750 --> 01:15:38,640
but we knew we had each other

1585
01:15:43,270 --> 01:15:41,760
the support of our friends our families

1586
01:15:44,550 --> 01:15:43,280
our teachers

1587
01:15:55,990 --> 01:15:44,560
and that's why we're standing before you

1588
01:16:00,310 --> 01:15:58,470
would you be willing to share um i know

1589
01:16:01,910 --> 01:16:00,320
you guys are called the turtles and gals

1590
01:16:03,910 --> 01:16:01,920
are called the turtles where did that

1591
01:16:08,310 --> 01:16:03,920
name come from and what does that

1592
01:16:12,630 --> 01:16:10,550
so when we were announced by vice

1593
01:16:15,030 --> 01:16:12,640
president pence a couple years ago

1594
01:16:16,870 --> 01:16:15,040
he made a metaphor that if you see a

1595
01:16:25,830 --> 01:16:16,880
turtle on a fence post

1596
01:16:31,110 --> 01:16:28,550
and that's what we are here today

1597
01:16:32,950 --> 01:16:31,120
every person on stage here

1598
01:16:35,510 --> 01:16:32,960
is a symbol

1599
01:16:37,750 --> 01:16:35,520
of all the love and support that we've

1600
01:16:39,270 --> 01:16:37,760
had from our friends

1601
01:16:40,950 --> 01:16:39,280
our mentors

1602
01:16:43,110 --> 01:16:40,960
our teachers

1603
01:16:44,790 --> 01:16:43,120
we wouldn't be here without all that

1604
01:16:54,470 --> 01:16:44,800
love and support

1605
01:16:58,950 --> 01:16:55,750
okay now we're going to go to some

1606
01:17:02,070 --> 01:16:58,960
social media questions sam on twitter

1607
01:17:03,510 --> 01:17:02,080
asks how have your families been with

1608
01:17:05,830 --> 01:17:03,520
your plans

1609
01:17:07,990 --> 01:17:05,840
are they supportive

1610
01:17:09,270 --> 01:17:08,000
they're all here so you're gonna

1611
01:17:11,910 --> 01:17:09,280
um

1612
01:17:14,830 --> 01:17:11,920
did they think you were crazy uh who

1613
01:17:21,510 --> 01:17:18,070
most okay well that's a great great um

1614
01:17:23,350 --> 01:17:21,520
multi-part question um

1615
01:17:24,709 --> 01:17:23,360
and you know sam is actually my

1616
01:17:31,270 --> 01:17:24,719
husband's name so i'm starting to

1617
01:17:34,470 --> 01:17:33,510
so you know johnny actually just talked

1618
01:17:36,550 --> 01:17:34,480
about

1619
01:17:38,310 --> 01:17:36,560
our name the turtles and while behind

1620
01:17:41,510 --> 01:17:38,320
the scenes it incites a lot of jokes

1621
01:17:44,070 --> 01:17:41,520
about us being slow it it is really

1622
01:17:46,229 --> 01:17:44,080
about all those people who supported us

1623
01:17:48,630 --> 01:17:46,239
for me personally

1624
01:17:52,310 --> 01:17:48,640
um my parents might you know my dad's

1625
01:17:54,070 --> 01:17:52,320
here today my mom's watching on tv

1626
01:17:56,470 --> 01:17:54,080
they've always believed in me and

1627
01:17:58,790 --> 01:17:56,480
they've always showed me

1628
01:18:01,030 --> 01:17:58,800
uh what you can accomplish through hard

1629
01:18:03,350 --> 01:18:01,040
work and

1630
01:18:04,790 --> 01:18:03,360
for me having my parents believe i could

1631
01:18:06,390 --> 01:18:04,800
do something

1632
01:18:07,910 --> 01:18:06,400
that convinced me i was like well if

1633
01:18:09,910 --> 01:18:07,920
they think i can do it i can do it i

1634
01:18:10,709 --> 01:18:09,920
think it was so important now were there

1635
01:18:12,470 --> 01:18:10,719
ever

1636
01:18:15,189 --> 01:18:12,480
people that doubted me absolutely there

1637
01:18:17,750 --> 01:18:15,199
were um you know when when i decided to

1638
01:18:19,590 --> 01:18:17,760
join the marine corps

1639
01:18:21,350 --> 01:18:19,600
after graduating from mit

1640
01:18:23,910 --> 01:18:21,360
[Music]

1641
01:18:26,550 --> 01:18:23,920
now in a post september 11 world did my

1642
01:18:28,630 --> 01:18:26,560
parents think i was crazy yes i'm pretty

1643
01:18:31,510 --> 01:18:28,640
sure they did

1644
01:18:33,270 --> 01:18:31,520
but but once i joined they they gave me

1645
01:18:35,030 --> 01:18:33,280
absolute support

1646
01:18:38,070 --> 01:18:35,040
support from my brother came in a

1647
01:18:40,229 --> 01:18:38,080
slightly different form of

1648
01:18:42,149 --> 01:18:40,239
you know giving me a little grief

1649
01:18:44,790 --> 01:18:42,159
anytime he didn't think i was living up

1650
01:18:47,189 --> 01:18:44,800
to my potential or doing my hardest

1651
01:18:48,950 --> 01:18:47,199
um and then you know i mentioned my

1652
01:18:50,709 --> 01:18:48,960
husband sam i haven't even been married

1653
01:18:51,510 --> 01:18:50,719
three months but

1654
01:18:59,510 --> 01:18:51,520
i

1655
01:19:01,830 --> 01:18:59,520
home

1656
01:19:03,350 --> 01:19:01,840
and and it's it's because of that that

1657
01:19:07,189 --> 01:19:03,360
i'm here today and i think everyone

1658
01:19:09,430 --> 01:19:07,199
feels similarly but but that being said

1659
01:19:10,870 --> 01:19:09,440
there there will always be people out

1660
01:19:12,149 --> 01:19:10,880
there that doubt you you know when i was

1661
01:19:13,270 --> 01:19:12,159
a sixth grader and said i was going to

1662
01:19:14,470 --> 01:19:13,280
become an astronaut do you think

1663
01:19:18,470 --> 01:19:14,480
everyone was like yep she's going to

1664
01:19:22,630 --> 01:19:20,790
probably not

1665
01:19:24,950 --> 01:19:22,640
so at the end of the day you have to

1666
01:19:27,350 --> 01:19:24,960
believe that you're doing what what you

1667
01:19:28,630 --> 01:19:27,360
love doing and that will be enough to

1668
01:19:31,640 --> 01:19:28,640
get you through you're going to fail at

1669
01:19:39,910 --> 01:19:31,650
some point but just keep going

1670
01:19:44,310 --> 01:19:42,229
so bella on twitter asks what was

1671
01:19:51,350 --> 01:19:44,320
something about training that totally

1672
01:19:55,110 --> 01:19:52,950
so bella that's a great question i'm uh

1673
01:19:57,189 --> 01:19:55,120
woody hoberg i think one thing that i

1674
01:19:59,350 --> 01:19:57,199
didn't fully appreciate until i arrived

1675
01:20:01,189 --> 01:19:59,360
here at johnson was just all of the cool

1676
01:20:02,310 --> 01:20:01,199
things that we're doing in space every

1677
01:20:05,590 --> 01:20:02,320
day

1678
01:20:07,590 --> 01:20:05,600
we've been operating and living on the

1679
01:20:09,350 --> 01:20:07,600
international space station for almost

1680
01:20:11,669 --> 01:20:09,360
20 years now

1681
01:20:13,030 --> 01:20:11,679
and for most of the students

1682
01:20:15,750 --> 01:20:13,040
some are not

1683
01:20:18,790 --> 01:20:15,760
excuse me for all um probably all of the

1684
01:20:20,950 --> 01:20:18,800
students in the audience that means

1685
01:20:21,830 --> 01:20:20,960
that there has not been a day in your

1686
01:20:23,430 --> 01:20:21,840
life

1687
01:20:25,750 --> 01:20:23,440
when we have not had

1688
01:20:35,510 --> 01:20:25,760
men and women living and working in

1689
01:20:39,990 --> 01:20:37,590
i think that's just an amazing truly

1690
01:20:42,149 --> 01:20:40,000
amazing accomplishment and when i'm here

1691
01:20:45,750 --> 01:20:42,159
at johnson i still love just walking

1692
01:20:48,229 --> 01:20:45,760
into mission control any hour of any day

1693
01:20:50,950 --> 01:20:48,239
and watching our team here on the ground

1694
01:20:53,669 --> 01:20:50,960
controlling the vehicle operating it and

1695
01:21:03,669 --> 01:20:53,679
enabling the amazing science mission

1696
01:21:08,310 --> 01:21:06,550
ellie's question on twitter what thing

1697
01:21:10,470 --> 01:21:08,320
did you do during astronaut school that

1698
01:21:14,629 --> 01:21:10,480
a six-year-old like me

1699
01:21:19,350 --> 01:21:16,790
um bob hines and ellie that's a great

1700
01:21:21,910 --> 01:21:19,360
question um i would say the entire thing

1701
01:21:23,430 --> 01:21:21,920
i think other than jaws maybe

1702
01:21:25,350 --> 01:21:23,440
every single one of us would look at the

1703
01:21:26,870 --> 01:21:25,360
fact that we're on this stage back when

1704
01:21:28,470 --> 01:21:26,880
we were six years old as potentially

1705
01:21:31,189 --> 01:21:28,480
being impossible

1706
01:21:34,629 --> 01:21:31,199
back when i was six

1707
01:21:36,870 --> 01:21:34,639
that was a long time ago but i i just

1708
01:21:39,110 --> 01:21:36,880
turned six when the first space shuttle

1709
01:21:41,350 --> 01:21:39,120
launch happened and i remember watching

1710
01:21:44,149 --> 01:21:41,360
that and that being my first thing that

1711
01:21:45,990 --> 01:21:44,159
really got me interested in space and uh

1712
01:21:49,030 --> 01:21:46,000
and it just seemed

1713
01:21:50,470 --> 01:21:49,040
so big and i've told this before that if

1714
01:21:51,830 --> 01:21:50,480
anyone ever told me what i wanted or

1715
01:21:53,830 --> 01:21:51,840
asked me what i wanted to be when i was

1716
01:21:55,590 --> 01:21:53,840
young it was always a pilot because

1717
01:21:56,550 --> 01:21:55,600
being an astronaut was not even on the

1718
01:21:59,510 --> 01:21:56,560
table

1719
01:22:00,790 --> 01:21:59,520
for me for exactly that reason

1720
01:22:02,070 --> 01:22:00,800
however

1721
01:22:03,430 --> 01:22:02,080
what do you do when you encounter

1722
01:22:04,950 --> 01:22:03,440
impossible things

1723
01:22:06,310 --> 01:22:04,960
right and i think that's an important

1724
01:22:07,110 --> 01:22:06,320
question i tell it to my kids and

1725
01:22:08,390 --> 01:22:07,120
they're probably going to roll their

1726
01:22:10,149 --> 01:22:08,400
eyes over here as soon as i start

1727
01:22:11,430 --> 01:22:10,159
talking

1728
01:22:13,669 --> 01:22:11,440
but when you encounter something that

1729
01:22:15,669 --> 01:22:13,679
you think is impossible you break it

1730
01:22:17,990 --> 01:22:15,679
down into small little things and you

1731
01:22:20,070 --> 01:22:18,000
start taking and chipping away at those

1732
01:22:21,990 --> 01:22:20,080
things and suddenly it doesn't become or

1733
01:22:25,110 --> 01:22:22,000
seem so impossible

1734
01:22:26,709 --> 01:22:25,120
back in 1962 senator cruz alluded to it

1735
01:22:27,830 --> 01:22:26,719
uh when president kennedy said we're

1736
01:22:29,510 --> 01:22:27,840
going to put a man on the moon and

1737
01:22:30,950 --> 01:22:29,520
return him safely to the earth the

1738
01:22:32,470 --> 01:22:30,960
entire planet thought that was

1739
01:22:34,870 --> 01:22:32,480
impossible

1740
01:22:36,470 --> 01:22:34,880
and less than 10 years later we did

1741
01:22:37,669 --> 01:22:36,480
exactly that and now we're looking at

1742
01:22:39,990 --> 01:22:37,679
going back and we're going to put our

1743
01:22:41,270 --> 01:22:40,000
first woman and our next man on the moon

1744
01:22:43,270 --> 01:22:41,280
and we're going to do the same exact

1745
01:22:44,950 --> 01:22:43,280
thing

1746
01:22:46,310 --> 01:22:44,960
now back to these small little problems

1747
01:22:47,750 --> 01:22:46,320
and how do you break them down you break

1748
01:22:51,510 --> 01:22:47,760
them down in these small things and then

1749
01:22:53,590 --> 01:22:51,520
you try the kids back to you guys

1750
01:22:55,750 --> 01:22:53,600
you try and when you try you don't just

1751
01:22:58,790 --> 01:22:55,760
give it a half-hearted effort you try

1752
01:23:00,390 --> 01:22:58,800
your absolute best and you put your best

1753
01:23:01,990 --> 01:23:00,400
towards it the reason a lot of people

1754
01:23:03,910 --> 01:23:02,000
don't try for things is because they're

1755
01:23:05,990 --> 01:23:03,920
afraid to fail

1756
01:23:08,229 --> 01:23:06,000
we learn more from our failures than we

1757
01:23:10,470 --> 01:23:08,239
ever do from our successes some smart

1758
01:23:12,390 --> 01:23:10,480
guy said that a long time ago and it's

1759
01:23:14,390 --> 01:23:12,400
absolutely true

1760
01:23:16,870 --> 01:23:14,400
successes are great don't be afraid of

1761
01:23:18,790 --> 01:23:16,880
the failures learn what you can and then

1762
01:23:20,950 --> 01:23:18,800
each time you try and you take one of

1763
01:23:22,390 --> 01:23:20,960
those steps you take another step and

1764
01:23:24,470 --> 01:23:22,400
you take another step and what happens

1765
01:23:26,470 --> 01:23:24,480
when you put steps together they become

1766
01:23:28,390 --> 01:23:26,480
a journey and we at nasa call those

1767
01:23:30,070 --> 01:23:28,400
journeys exploration

1768
01:23:31,669 --> 01:23:30,080
and that exploration is what we're all

1769
01:23:33,669 --> 01:23:31,679
up here to do and what all the people in

1770
01:23:35,189 --> 01:23:33,679
the audience are out here to help us do

1771
01:23:36,709 --> 01:23:35,199
to accomplish these great goals that

1772
01:23:39,270 --> 01:23:36,719
we're putting in front of us

1773
01:23:41,189 --> 01:23:39,280
so just remember that no great leap has

1774
01:23:43,590 --> 01:23:41,199
ever been accomplished without first

1775
01:23:47,040 --> 01:23:43,600
taking a small step

1776
01:23:47,050 --> 01:23:53,270
[Applause]

1777
01:23:59,270 --> 01:23:57,430
bob you made a great point about 1962

1778
01:24:00,790 --> 01:23:59,280
and the audacious goal that was set

1779
01:24:03,030 --> 01:24:00,800
before the nation

1780
01:24:04,950 --> 01:24:03,040
and everybody thought it was impossible

1781
01:24:06,629 --> 01:24:04,960
including people that were surrounding

1782
01:24:09,189 --> 01:24:06,639
president kennedy at the time thought he

1783
01:24:10,629 --> 01:24:09,199
was crazy for making that audacious

1784
01:24:12,790 --> 01:24:10,639
declaration

1785
01:24:14,470 --> 01:24:12,800
in the house of representatives

1786
01:24:17,030 --> 01:24:14,480
but here's the thing we have today that

1787
01:24:19,910 --> 01:24:17,040
we didn't have in 1962. number one we've

1788
01:24:20,870 --> 01:24:19,920
got the johnson space center

1789
01:24:24,229 --> 01:24:20,880
we have

1790
01:24:29,030 --> 01:24:25,030
it's

1791
01:24:31,030 --> 01:24:29,040
infrastructure that was required to make

1792
01:24:33,110 --> 01:24:31,040
that happen didn't even exist back then

1793
01:24:34,709 --> 01:24:33,120
and yet he still declared it so and of

1794
01:24:36,550 --> 01:24:34,719
course it rallied a nation and it made

1795
01:24:37,590 --> 01:24:36,560
it happen that is in fact why dates are

1796
01:24:39,110 --> 01:24:37,600
important

1797
01:24:40,790 --> 01:24:39,120
and when we think about what we have now

1798
01:24:42,149 --> 01:24:40,800
with all of the launch infrastructure

1799
01:24:44,390 --> 01:24:42,159
and all of the mission control

1800
01:24:46,070 --> 01:24:44,400
infrastructure the great scientists and

1801
01:24:47,990 --> 01:24:46,080
the engineers and all of the know-how

1802
01:24:49,910 --> 01:24:48,000
and understanding we have today we are

1803
01:24:52,470 --> 01:24:49,920
in fact going to make this happen to

1804
01:24:55,750 --> 01:24:52,480
land the next man and the first woman on

1805
01:24:58,310 --> 01:24:55,760
the moon by 2024. i will also say that

1806
01:25:00,790 --> 01:24:58,320
this astronaut class has an opportunity

1807
01:25:02,629 --> 01:25:00,800
to fly in the very near future

1808
01:25:04,149 --> 01:25:02,639
back to the international space station

1809
01:25:12,790 --> 01:25:04,159
on american built rockets under the

1810
01:25:16,550 --> 01:25:14,470
so we think about commercial crew we

1811
01:25:18,709 --> 01:25:16,560
think about the sls system the orion

1812
01:25:20,310 --> 01:25:18,719
crew capsule the gateway and now for the

1813
01:25:23,430 --> 01:25:20,320
first time

1814
01:25:25,110 --> 01:25:23,440
since the 1960s we have funded a human

1815
01:25:26,950 --> 01:25:25,120
landing system to get from the orbit

1816
01:25:29,030 --> 01:25:26,960
around the moon down to the surface of

1817
01:25:30,470 --> 01:25:29,040
the moon to the tune of 600 million

1818
01:25:38,830 --> 01:25:30,480
dollars thank you so much to the

1819
01:25:43,669 --> 01:25:41,350
happen and all of that environmental

1820
01:25:45,830 --> 01:25:43,679
control life support system capability

1821
01:25:47,750 --> 01:25:45,840
the human to machine interface and your

1822
01:25:49,030 --> 01:25:47,760
input on those systems

1823
01:25:50,950 --> 01:25:49,040
in fact you guys are going to be

1824
01:25:52,950 --> 01:25:50,960
involved in helping design

1825
01:25:55,110 --> 01:25:52,960
those systems and we are grateful for

1826
01:25:56,550 --> 01:25:55,120
your service and that all that work on

1827
01:25:59,350 --> 01:25:56,560
those programs will be done right here

1828
01:26:01,430 --> 01:25:59,360
at the johnson space center know this

1829
01:26:03,990 --> 01:26:01,440
we have a lot under development we have

1830
01:26:06,470 --> 01:26:04,000
more under development right now at nasa

1831
01:26:08,709 --> 01:26:06,480
than at any point in nasa's history

1832
01:26:09,990 --> 01:26:08,719
and that gives you number one a lot of

1833
01:26:11,590 --> 01:26:10,000
opportunity

1834
01:26:13,510 --> 01:26:11,600
and it gives us

1835
01:26:15,669 --> 01:26:13,520
a lot of responsibility

1836
01:26:17,830 --> 01:26:15,679
um and of course our goal and i'm saying

1837
01:26:20,709 --> 01:26:17,840
this for the families we have one

1838
01:26:23,669 --> 01:26:20,719
highest priority that is over every

1839
01:26:26,229 --> 01:26:23,679
other priority and that is your safety

1840
01:26:28,229 --> 01:26:26,239
we are going to build the absolute best

1841
01:26:30,470 --> 01:26:28,239
absolute safest capability with the

1842
01:26:32,950 --> 01:26:30,480
support from our legislators to make

1843
01:26:34,550 --> 01:26:32,960
sure that not only you go to the moon or

1844
01:26:36,709 --> 01:26:34,560
to the international space station and

1845
01:26:39,189 --> 01:26:36,719
maybe one of you will go to mars

1846
01:26:41,669 --> 01:26:39,199
but you come home safely because that is

1847
01:26:43,990 --> 01:26:41,679
the ultimate objective we care about you

1848
01:26:45,990 --> 01:26:44,000
we love you to think about what you're

1849
01:26:47,990 --> 01:26:46,000
about to do to inspire this nation to

1850
01:26:49,590 --> 01:26:48,000
inspire these young folks it is

1851
01:26:51,750 --> 01:26:49,600
astonishing and we think about the

1852
01:26:53,350 --> 01:26:51,760
people that came before you

1853
01:26:55,270 --> 01:26:53,360
you know we think about

1854
01:26:56,950 --> 01:26:55,280
i'll tell you my first memory of

1855
01:26:59,350 --> 01:26:56,960
something significant that happened in

1856
01:27:00,870 --> 01:26:59,360
space i was in fifth grade and mrs

1857
01:27:02,870 --> 01:27:00,880
powers came in

1858
01:27:04,550 --> 01:27:02,880
and she was crying

1859
01:27:06,470 --> 01:27:04,560
because of the challenger incident they

1860
01:27:08,149 --> 01:27:06,480
rolled in the tvs and we all watched

1861
01:27:10,470 --> 01:27:08,159
with astonishment

1862
01:27:12,390 --> 01:27:10,480
but here's the thing i'm the first nasa

1863
01:27:14,149 --> 01:27:12,400
administrator in history

1864
01:27:17,430 --> 01:27:14,159
that wasn't alive when we put neil

1865
01:27:21,430 --> 01:27:17,440
armstrong and buzz aldrin on the moon

1866
01:27:23,510 --> 01:27:21,440
that that is a failure of this nation

1867
01:27:25,189 --> 01:27:23,520
and we cannot let another generation go

1868
01:27:27,189 --> 01:27:25,199
by where we don't have people living and

1869
01:27:29,270 --> 01:27:27,199
working on another world i want people

1870
01:27:31,270 --> 01:27:29,280
to remember exactly where they were as i

1871
01:27:32,950 --> 01:27:31,280
remember exactly where i was

1872
01:27:33,910 --> 01:27:32,960
i want people to remember exactly where

1873
01:27:36,229 --> 01:27:33,920
they were

1874
01:27:38,709 --> 01:27:36,239
when under the artemis program this

1875
01:27:40,470 --> 01:27:38,719
generation the artemis generation landed

1876
01:27:51,669 --> 01:27:40,480
the next man and the first woman on the

1877
01:27:56,470 --> 01:27:54,310
ladies and gentlemen if today

1878
01:27:57,669 --> 01:27:56,480
hasn't inspired you enough i want you to

1879
01:27:59,510 --> 01:27:57,679
know this

1880
01:28:01,590 --> 01:27:59,520
there's a lot of people watching online

1881
01:28:03,430 --> 01:28:01,600
maybe on nasa tv young folks that are

1882
01:28:05,270 --> 01:28:03,440
here in the audience

1883
01:28:07,910 --> 01:28:05,280
in the spring

1884
01:28:09,669 --> 01:28:07,920
listen to me this is going to make news

1885
01:28:12,070 --> 01:28:09,679
you need to be a part of it

1886
01:28:14,550 --> 01:28:12,080
we are going to have

1887
01:28:16,550 --> 01:28:14,560
applications being accepted for a new

1888
01:28:18,470 --> 01:28:16,560
astronaut class

1889
01:28:20,390 --> 01:28:18,480
and you guys are blazing the trail for

1890
01:28:21,830 --> 01:28:20,400
the artemis generation so if you are

1891
01:28:23,590 --> 01:28:21,840
interested

1892
01:28:29,750 --> 01:28:23,600
nasa.gov

1893
01:28:31,590 --> 01:28:29,760
how ultimately you might one day also

1894
01:28:34,390 --> 01:28:31,600
become an astronaut that announcement

1895
01:28:35,510 --> 01:28:34,400
will be coming in the spring so in

1896
01:28:37,350 --> 01:28:35,520
closing

1897
01:28:39,350 --> 01:28:37,360
thank you for what you have done

1898
01:28:41,910 --> 01:28:39,360
thank you for what you will do

1899
01:28:43,830 --> 01:28:41,920
not just me and nasa but the entire

1900
01:28:46,070 --> 01:28:43,840
nation is grateful let's come up for one

1901
01:28:47,510 --> 01:28:46,080
final picture and then we'll do it just

1902
01:28:49,510 --> 01:28:47,520
with the astronauts at first and then

1903
01:28:57,450 --> 01:28:49,520
we'll have everybody else join so come

1904
01:29:16,780 --> 01:29:06,680
[Music]

1905
01:29:17,330 --> 01:29:16,790
[Applause]

1906
01:29:19,880 --> 01:29:17,340
[Music]

1907
01:29:21,340 --> 01:29:19,890
[Applause]

1908
01:29:23,190 --> 01:29:21,350
[Music]

1909
01:29:27,060 --> 01:29:23,200
[Applause]

1910
01:29:38,020 --> 01:29:27,070
[Music]

1911
01:29:45,510 --> 01:29:38,030
[Applause]