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feedback mechanism that is delayed but

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cooling effect so here's what we know we

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know that there is a whole lot more to

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learn about each of the systems that

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and of course dr mike frylick has been

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activities one of my first interactions

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the global ag summit it was out in

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um and i called dr mike frylick and i

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how earth science is affecting ag what

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is nasa doing to feed more of the world

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than ever before and of course he came

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he he ran the whole earth science

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copernicus program is one of those

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a lot of these activities that became

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this global initiative to understand our

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changing earth and ultimately

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that demonstrates what sentinel 6 is who

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all is involved and what we can expect

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ottoboon germany at this iagb clean room

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sentinel 6 is ready for final testing

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after which the satellite will be

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shipped to the us for launch in 2020

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like all the sentinel satellites

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sentinel 6 is part of the european

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union's copernicus program

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but for this satellite issa and the eu

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noaa benefiting from each other's

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the sentinel 6 mission will consist of

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two identical satellites that are

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they each carry a radar altimeter to

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provide high precision measurements of

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ocean topography on a global scale

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sentinel 6's lifespan is limited to 5

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data for over a decade it will continue

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the long-term data sets on sea surface

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height that have been gathered since the

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effects of sea level rise

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monitoring our oceans with sentinel-6

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bureaucracy of any big government agency

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bureaucracy it got through the noaa

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space agency umetsat of course dealing

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with congress dealing with um

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politicians in general i can say that

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you push for them and all the roadblocks

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you get those roadblocks gone and you

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that's what mike freilick did

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in helping move these programs forward

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in a meaningful way and i just want to

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say we're grateful for your service

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you guys have all been champions of this

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your help

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his help and that's why

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this is such a meaningful long-term

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dealing with all of the bureaucracies

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countries around the world is even

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tougher

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what you've been able to accomplish as

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the head of the earth science division

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dr mike freilich so with that i'd like

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european space agency thank you for

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it is a very special moment to be here

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very kind words said by nasa

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administrator jim feinstein on the good

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cooperation we have we have between

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because this is a very special moment

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and i'm very pleased and very honored

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to announce the renaming

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of sentinel 6 which is a joint european

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us mission within the kubernetes program

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but with a very strong american

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contribution which is equal to that of

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europe i'm very pleased to rename

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in the future to be called sentinel 6

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i'm very honored to do this renaming on

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behalf of not only myself

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but many of us in europe of these member

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states i've consulted 22 of our member

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states which we have and they agree and

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they send their regards and best wishes

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i've also closely coordinated obviously

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with the european commission in brussels

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we have a representative here today and

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with elevate your med satu is also

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speaking later on and this is really

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coming from all our heart it is to your

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central six would not exist without mike

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fili's contribution mike has been

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instrumental in ring fencing and making

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materializing and is coming over the

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many years such a program preparation

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it takes a long time and a lot of effort

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to get programs to the various

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administrations and believe me in europe

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not easier than here in the us we have

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our hurdles to take

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this collaboration was always that we

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can trust america that we can trust the

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u.s contribution to come and this

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through the person of mike friley who

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we're at the final stage with a very

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important event in uh close to munich

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where the satellite was shown to the

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press and we will launch it later this

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thanks to the contribution of the united

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we have been working with mike and with

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nasa earth science for many many years

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planning group which is a formal

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mechanism where we meet formally once a

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cooperation activities and mike and my

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important one towards the end of the

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year but we are also entering into the

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next phase of copernicus we have had a

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important and successful ministerial

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conference in november last year and we

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got new money new commitments from our

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member states from our politicians to

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start the next phase and the expansion

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discussion on some concrete missions and

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some concrete activities and i hope that

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we continue the strong cooperation which

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me very proud that we have been able to

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work together mike has been a driving

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force in doing that mike has been

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extremely gentle nice and strong in this

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cooperation with america with uh sorry

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blocks actually at the global level and

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in the international sphere through ceos

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stronger visibility and much more force

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really owe you a lot also in issa you

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have taught us a lot nasa is always a

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happening

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and how you're doing it and we have

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learned a lot from you and i thank you

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for all the lessons and all the elements

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you have been teaching us directly and

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indirectly and this is very much

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appreciated

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so i'm here really to convey these

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things on behalf of a large community

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and i'd like to also personally thank

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you as a friend as a colleague but not

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only myself i have

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announced of course that i'm coming here

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to this occasion and many of my

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colleagues in essa but also in our

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member states have asked me to convey my

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your greeting their greetings to you

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through me and making sure that they are

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reaching you and i really would like to

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say on behalf of all our colleagues in

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this earth observation and many other

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colleagues in nissa thank you very much

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what you have done over the last few

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years this is really a small gesture

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which we can do in order to honor you on

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only your contribution to us thank you

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very much mike

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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i was so excited

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to receive a letter

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by the european space agency in the

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european commission proposing

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that senal 6a

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should be

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sentinel 6 mike freilich having a

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satellite named after you is pretty

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remarkable it's not something we do in

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earth science very often it's not only

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isa it's europe who wishes to honor mike

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freidich mike freili here

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has been instrumental in making sentinel

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6 a satellite that measures with very

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high precision sea level of ice the

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sentinel missions are something that

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mike was very involved in it really

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epitomizes the the role that mike has

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played over the years as championing

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partnerships championing collaborative

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investigation of the earth names are

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reserved for the greats you don't name

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after a satellite after somebody who

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just does the job it's the second

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mission ever named after a person who's

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alive it's a huge honor and i couldn't

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be more excited through this we want to

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pay tribute to a unique cooperation

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between the u.s and europe

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and a unique personality mike freilich

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dr mike freilich is a world-renowned

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ocean scientist who after a successful

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career in academia came to nasa and for

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a dozen years

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led all of her signs it is really

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brought nasa back on the international

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stage the partnerships that we forged

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are beyond a business transaction

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they are the about friendship and it

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might do just that working with our

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international partners working with our

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interagency partners and mike brought

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that community together in a way that

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was really unprecedented mike freilich's

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legacy

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is being able to build the coalitions

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that are necessary for us to get as much

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understanding of our planet as possible

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there is not another person more

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deserving of this honor than mike

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you know when i first found out that

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when i first found out that mike had

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cancer i got a call from thomas zurbukin

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so i called up

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the administrator and told him about it

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immediately and he shared with me kind

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of what was going on and and i asked him

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i said we've got to do something

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quickly i want him to know that

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all the work he's done is extremely

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meaningful

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mike is a leader to all of us and a

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mentor

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and a person who has really advanced

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earth science for the entire world what

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is unique with mike is his commitment to

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science and cooperation but also his

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resilience

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and sense of humor and i believe

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these are two facets of the same coin is

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unapologetically excellent i am much

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better because of what i learned from

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him and because i had the opportunity to

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work with him it's just been

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very rewarding

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not just for me but for the

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people in my organization to have had

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the privilege really of being his

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colleague in front he was absolutely

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committed to dispassionately following

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the science he had high standards for

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himself

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and everyone around him mike had a very

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big

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very full

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red pen everybody was always afraid of

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that then his

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pretty intense energy

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one of the characteristics was the

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bouncy knee which you never missed and

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it was always there and you could kind

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of gauge the way the medium is going by

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the pace of the bounce i have a lot of

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hilarious emails on my smartphone

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exchange with mike which i keep as a

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treasurer and thank you mike for being

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such a wonderful partner a trusted

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partner who has built up this

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relationship over many years without you

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mike or without mike filey this would

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not have happened it is a no-brainer

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that uh

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that we all came together and and that

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they were able to to really rally around

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and and allow

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the name renaming of sentinel 6a after

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mike when i got that letter the first

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thing i did is frankly i called mike

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and said i received this letter

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it would be an honor for all of us if

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you could name that spacecraft after you

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would you accept that

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and it said

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i knew in

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10th grade

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that i wanted to be a near-shore

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oceanographer what has driven me

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is

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understanding how

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nature works i got a call from dr jack

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kay

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here at nasa headquarters

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i might be interested in

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running the earth science division

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here at nasa

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we made dramatic progress in the last 13

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years

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with our

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really substantive

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mission and analysis international

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collaborations to bring together

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people who have expertise in many

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different disciplines to work for long

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periods of time on problems

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that none of them individually

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could solve but together

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could

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earth system science is bigger than any

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particular agency it's bigger than any

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single nation it's bigger than any

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single continent

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and i surely hope because humanity

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requires it

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that we make some significant progress

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[Applause]

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we all see that mike is a very special

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person and

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allow me to

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hand over a small gift to you or two

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small gifts which

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my colleagues asked me to bring

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to the united states

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one of them is a model of sentinel six

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now called center six michael friely

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we have to change the engraving uh

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and one is a small box here which mike

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will unwrap back home i assume and this

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comes from our project team in aztec

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giro liverini and the center six project

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managers they heard that i'm going here

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and they stopped me on the way out when

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i was there uh last week and they said

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joseph we hear you're going to the u.s

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to meet mike freilich and there's this

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ceremony could you please hand over a

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small personal gift from us because we

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really miss him we appreciate his work

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and this comes from guido pierrick and

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all his team

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and now it is my pleasure and also honor

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to introduce and to ask

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thomas dr thomas super to come on stage

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associate administrator of the science

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thank you josef and thanks for your

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friendship

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as expressed through this general this

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generous

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action

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that came from you and your colleagues

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all over europe

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but of course here at nasa

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in an agency that seeks like no other

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agency to leave this planet

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we're going to places to the moon we

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want to go to mars with humans we want

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to send missions that look

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at the vastness of space and other

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planets explore places that we've never

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seen

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but what's really exciting and one of

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the benefits of working here i've talked

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to many individuals who've been in space

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when they're in space they tell me the

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most impressive part

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is to look back

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at our earth our earth that has been

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from the beginning part of what nasa

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does

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investigating it understanding

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the most complex planet

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we know and at this moment in time the

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only planet

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where there's life

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a planet that is so beautiful that my

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astronaut friends tell me takes their

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breath away because what they think

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about is that their entire history

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and all their hope

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about the future

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is on this celestial body that looks so

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incredibly beautiful a complex system of

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systems of the type the administrator

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talked about

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a system that we've learned a lot about

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in the last decades of science but a

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system

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that has all the future and hopes

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of our children and our children's

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children's right in it

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and a system that we investigate as

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partners

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mike

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has been a hero for all of us of

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investigating that very planet

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uh

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scientists are brought to work each and

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every day the discipline that it takes

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to analyze

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our planet with the tools of science

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science is very unforgiving it turns out

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very humbling most of the time we don't

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talk about that very often most of the

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time when we do science we're wrong for

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the first five times before we get it

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right

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being a scientist means you bounce back

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from that we learn we question every

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question is okay

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we answer those questions with the tools

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that we get from our satellites with

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data that's how we're advancing and

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sometimes get surprised by in fact what

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the planet is telling us about how it

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works

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and about

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the future

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now

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studying in partnership

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in true partnership not only

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domestically which is one of the

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paradigms that mike brought to work with

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noah with our cross-agency partners but

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also with our international partners has

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been something that mike stood from from

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the beginning i i too remember some of

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the first meetings with mike where he

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told me how important it is

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to take those partnerships seriously and

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i really believe just like he does that

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what we're seeing here a true

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partnership with built on genuine

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interest

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genuine alignment of values and genuine

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desire to actually help

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our population get a better

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understanding take that understanding

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and protect and improve life on earth

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that kind of partnership

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is what is being manifested here today

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00:23:21,029 --> 00:23:19,280
what i'm going to say next has

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everything to do with the personal level

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of that

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there's very few times during my work

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here

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i'm tearing up

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00:23:31,909 --> 00:23:30,400
when i got that email from josef and his

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european partners was one of those

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moments

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because you can't

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talk more about friendship

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you cannot

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talk more about

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trust

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than coming

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to

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your cross-agency partner and your

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international partner and naming your

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spacecraft that was conceived initially

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of course in europe

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after

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your international colleague

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that has my friends has never occurred

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in history in history of this agency and

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any other agency in fact this is only

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the second time

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where a mission is named after a person

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who sees that naming ceremony i'm just

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so excited

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that you're right here uh with us but

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what i'm just so excited about

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is what

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this

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about the hope and the optimism

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of us coming together

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and doing the right thing the right

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thing in partnership

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to

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really advance the understanding of this

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planet and recommit to the very values

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that mike stood for his entire career

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here

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that i learned from that many of us

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learn from and that we're committing our

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careers our lives to continue uh in this

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00:24:54,310 --> 00:24:51,600
legacy i could not be more excited to be

626
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here today and i'm so excited now to

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introduce one of those international

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partners mercedes garcia perez

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the head of global issues of the

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european union delegation thank you so

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[Applause]

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thank you dr zurbukin

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00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:23,520
it is a great pleasure and a real honor

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to represent the european commission and

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the entire european union at the

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renaming of the sentinel 6a satellite to

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honor dr mike

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freilich

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sentinel 6 is essential to the mission

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of copernicus and copernicus is

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00:25:42,470 --> 00:25:40,480
essential to the future of humanity

642
00:25:44,870 --> 00:25:42,480
this is no exaggeration

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00:25:47,430 --> 00:25:44,880
copernicus is a factor of change to

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address the greatest challenges humanity

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is faced with climate change

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and environmental degradation

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we need copernicus as a tool for

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accurate diagnosis

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00:26:01,990 --> 00:25:59,039
and in the case of satellite of this

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00:26:03,510 --> 00:26:02,000
satellite it's about sea level rise

651
00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:03,520
we need copernicus as a tool for

652
00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:05,440
monitoring the effectiveness of the

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remedies we apply

654
00:26:10,789 --> 00:26:09,600
we need it as a tool to identify new

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threats

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00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:13,200
and because we need all the data we can

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gather to understand whether our planet

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but as it has been explained before we

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cannot do this alone

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00:26:24,870 --> 00:26:23,039
because it is a global challenge

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00:26:27,590 --> 00:26:24,880
we need to work together

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00:26:29,350 --> 00:26:27,600
and indeed together is the key word

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00:26:31,909 --> 00:26:29,360
because working together is dr

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freilich's way of doing things

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it is therefore only fair that the

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sentinel-6 satellite is now

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named sentinel 6 michael freilig it is a

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gesture of friendship and a celebration

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of our joint cooperation

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dr freilich you have been instrumental

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in enabling this mission through

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significant contributions from nasa

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you let us in showing how our

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organizations can work together on

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shared projects and objectives despite

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our challenges and our differences

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00:27:04,070 --> 00:27:02,799
you created a space where collaboration

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can grow

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00:27:08,870 --> 00:27:06,480
and you nurtured it you nourished it so

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it could flourish and this is the result

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00:27:11,990 --> 00:27:10,240
today

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00:27:14,070 --> 00:27:12,000
we're so grateful

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00:27:16,710 --> 00:27:14,080
and this is not all you also change the

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discipline of earth science in a

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profound way

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00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:19,919
combining science and technology to

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understand our beautiful planet

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00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:25,840
you did good dr freilich for all of us

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and for that we're all very grateful

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00:27:32,870 --> 00:27:31,120
let me now hand over to dr steele volts

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noah's assistant administrator for

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[Applause]

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00:27:49,110 --> 00:27:47,279
thank you madam garcia perez for the

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introduction and for your words

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00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:50,960
it's really an honor and a privilege to

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00:27:54,549 --> 00:27:52,880
be here with friends and colleagues to

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to pay tribute to michael freilich's

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career his significant contributions to

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earth science and satellite altimetry

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specifically

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isa the commission and yumezah's

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00:28:06,149 --> 00:28:03,679
generous

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00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:06,159
offer decision to rename the satellite

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00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:08,720
is a suitable tren suitable recognition

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00:28:13,350 --> 00:28:11,200
of dr freilich's career and lifetime of

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00:28:15,669 --> 00:28:13,360
contributions not just to altimetry but

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00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:15,679
to earth science in general and and the

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collective objective that we all have

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you've heard about the importance of

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00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:21,120
this mission from climate sea level rise

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00:28:24,389 --> 00:28:23,279
and the like from the noaa perspective

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and i imagine from you mets that

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00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:26,080
perspective as well it's not just what's

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happening years from now as a sea level

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rise but we use these in the information

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00:28:34,310 --> 00:28:32,640
the satellite daily as we might monitor

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00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:34,320
storms and how hurricanes are formed and

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00:28:37,990 --> 00:28:36,159
how they're created so the impact of

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00:28:40,070 --> 00:28:38,000
these missions and this and many others

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00:28:41,590 --> 00:28:40,080
is not just in understanding the planet

721
00:28:43,510 --> 00:28:41,600
but it's actually adapting to it and

722
00:28:44,870 --> 00:28:43,520
mitigating the impacts of the um of the

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weather and the events that occur on

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00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,600
this planet so it is it is a a set of

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00:28:51,350 --> 00:28:49,360
data and information that is used daily

726
00:28:53,430 --> 00:28:51,360
and and by all of us around the planet

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00:28:55,350 --> 00:28:53,440
and we all benefit from this

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00:28:56,789 --> 00:28:55,360
but i would say at the center of today's

729
00:28:58,950 --> 00:28:56,799
discussion is about partnerships and

730
00:29:00,630 --> 00:28:58,960
about joint ventures and and jim

731
00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:00,640
breidenstein opened up the conversation

732
00:29:04,389 --> 00:29:02,000
talking about how bureaucracies are

733
00:29:05,669 --> 00:29:04,399
difficult to work with and work through

734
00:29:07,110 --> 00:29:05,679
i'll give you a different perspective

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00:29:09,269 --> 00:29:07,120
bureaucracies are what make this

736
00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:09,279
possible this mission and the others we

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00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:11,600
do which involve billions and billions

738
00:29:15,590 --> 00:29:13,760
of euros and dollars could never be done

739
00:29:18,149 --> 00:29:15,600
by an individual with an idea they're

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00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:18,159
done by a collective by a community of

741
00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:20,559
people with a common idea and it takes

742
00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:22,399
work to get those communities to work

743
00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:24,640
together all of us and michael in

744
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:26,399
particular understood the trust that we

745
00:29:30,470 --> 00:29:29,360
had to use citizens money to invest in

746
00:29:33,909 --> 00:29:30,480
earth understanding and earth

747
00:29:36,389 --> 00:29:33,919
observations so the bureaucracy was not

748
00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:36,399
an enemy but a tool it was a mechanism

749
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:38,720
that which we had to work when dr k

750
00:29:41,669 --> 00:29:40,559
asked mike was he willing to come here

751
00:29:43,269 --> 00:29:41,679
it wasn't a question is if you're

752
00:29:45,430 --> 00:29:43,279
obviously good or bad is can i have an

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00:29:47,909 --> 00:29:45,440
impact and mike came in with an admit

754
00:29:50,149 --> 00:29:47,919
with a message and a mission to have an

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00:29:51,909 --> 00:29:50,159
impact to make a difference in using and

756
00:29:53,350 --> 00:29:51,919
working with the people he he had with

757
00:29:54,950 --> 00:29:53,360
us here

758
00:29:56,950 --> 00:29:54,960
and i think it goes without saying that

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00:29:58,630 --> 00:29:56,960
um having worked with mike for 12 years

760
00:29:59,590 --> 00:29:58,640
here at earth science and as i'm over at

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00:30:01,990 --> 00:29:59,600
noaa

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00:30:04,149 --> 00:30:02,000
he has the ability to make a change to

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00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:04,159
up upgrade the performance of every

764
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:05,840
group he works with

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00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:07,760
and that's in a very singular phrylic

766
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:08,399
way

767
00:30:11,590 --> 00:30:09,919
it's not coming in and telling everybody

768
00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:11,600
what they're doing wrong or how they can

769
00:30:15,669 --> 00:30:13,760
do it better it's coming in and adding

770
00:30:18,070 --> 00:30:15,679
value to the mission adding value to the

771
00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:18,080
conversation asking the right questions

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00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:19,840
that sometimes we look at and ignore or

773
00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:22,000
we don't even realize are there asking

774
00:30:25,669 --> 00:30:24,000
how how and why we're doing something a

775
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:25,679
particular way and how we can do it

776
00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:27,760
better with the we as the operative part

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00:30:32,870 --> 00:30:30,720
here i'll give one specific example

778
00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:32,880
mike sat through hundreds and hundreds

779
00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:34,720
of program management council meetings

780
00:30:38,549 --> 00:30:36,640
here in science in the in mass of the

781
00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:38,559
science directorate maybe a quarter of

782
00:30:42,470 --> 00:30:40,080
those were earth science the others were

783
00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:42,480
astrophysics planetary science and the

784
00:30:47,590 --> 00:30:44,880
like and and every one of those he

785
00:30:49,990 --> 00:30:47,600
participated he asked he made everybody

786
00:30:51,029 --> 00:30:50,000
else start to ask those same questions

787
00:30:52,710 --> 00:30:51,039
he made

788
00:30:54,149 --> 00:30:52,720
the pro it was not about personal

789
00:30:56,389 --> 00:30:54,159
performance but it was about what are we

790
00:30:58,549 --> 00:30:56,399
trying to achieve and i think in that ro

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00:31:00,070 --> 00:30:58,559
and that role here and in other areas

792
00:31:02,149 --> 00:31:00,080
we're able to raise the bar of what we

793
00:31:04,310 --> 00:31:02,159
can expect from ourselves from our

794
00:31:06,389 --> 00:31:04,320
partners and from our own and and from

795
00:31:08,230 --> 00:31:06,399
our larger global community and which is

796
00:31:10,470 --> 00:31:08,240
where the global part was really the

797
00:31:13,990 --> 00:31:10,480
essential part that make brought in so i

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00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:14,000
i'll end with a personal note um mike

799
00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:15,919
the characterization of helping the

800
00:31:20,950 --> 00:31:18,799
group work better was epitomized by

801
00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:20,960
an observation the mentoring task mike

802
00:31:23,990 --> 00:31:22,960
gave me once he said never ask for

803
00:31:25,909 --> 00:31:24,000
information you're not going to do

804
00:31:27,909 --> 00:31:25,919
something with don't ask for something

805
00:31:30,310 --> 00:31:27,919
just because you can just because it's

806
00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:30,320
interesting understand that in asking a

807
00:31:33,509 --> 00:31:32,000
question you're asking somebody else to

808
00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:33,519
do a lot of work and that definitely

809
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:35,120
happens in a position of power which

810
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:36,799
mike had and i've learned in the one i

811
00:31:39,909 --> 00:31:38,240
have you don't ask for something for

812
00:31:41,990 --> 00:31:39,919
interest you ask because you need it

813
00:31:43,509 --> 00:31:42,000
it's necessary and it's essential now

814
00:31:45,990 --> 00:31:43,519
why is that important the message that

815
00:31:47,909 --> 00:31:46,000
sends back is i'm respectful of other

816
00:31:49,750 --> 00:31:47,919
people's time and effort i don't do

817
00:31:51,110 --> 00:31:49,760
something because i can i do something

818
00:31:52,950 --> 00:31:51,120
because it's important and it's

819
00:31:54,789 --> 00:31:52,960
necessary and that was the message mike

820
00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:54,799
constantly brought across we were doing

821
00:31:58,630 --> 00:31:56,880
this for a greater purpose not just to

822
00:32:00,149 --> 00:31:58,640
aggrandize a particular organization a

823
00:32:01,909 --> 00:32:00,159
particular mission but because the

824
00:32:04,070 --> 00:32:01,919
mission is part of a whole which is

825
00:32:06,470 --> 00:32:04,080
necessary for for all of us to thrive

826
00:32:08,870 --> 00:32:06,480
and i appreciate mike your mentoring and

827
00:32:11,269 --> 00:32:08,880
teaching so we can do that i think it

828
00:32:13,669 --> 00:32:11,279
really is is an epitome to mike's

829
00:32:15,909 --> 00:32:13,679
character and his contributions it is

830
00:32:17,509 --> 00:32:15,919
respectful of mission and of people

831
00:32:18,710 --> 00:32:17,519
respectful of the purpose and

832
00:32:19,990 --> 00:32:18,720
understanding of the greater goal which

833
00:32:22,389 --> 00:32:20,000
we only accomplish by working well

834
00:32:24,870 --> 00:32:22,399
together so mike you've done that and uh

835
00:32:26,789 --> 00:32:24,880
you've you've this tribute here is a

836
00:32:28,070 --> 00:32:26,799
testimony to what that's been able to do

837
00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:28,080
and what we will continue to follow

838
00:32:31,830 --> 00:32:30,080
through with as we've learned from you

839
00:32:34,070 --> 00:32:31,840
with that i'd like to introduce dr elan

840
00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:34,080
ratier the director general of gemetsat

841
00:32:40,270 --> 00:32:35,600
my partner in weather and earth

842
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:46,789
[Applause]

843
00:32:50,710 --> 00:32:48,470
thank you steve

844
00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:50,720
i think our presence today

845
00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:52,320
reflects our commitment to a

846
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:54,080
long-standing and very special

847
00:32:57,909 --> 00:32:55,360
partnership

848
00:33:00,230 --> 00:32:57,919
for ocean and sea level monitoring

849
00:33:02,789 --> 00:33:00,240
nasa and nest started with the topex

850
00:33:05,990 --> 00:33:02,799
poseidon and json missions

851
00:33:07,509 --> 00:33:06,000
you met satan noah joined with jason ii

852
00:33:10,389 --> 00:33:07,519
the european commission joined with

853
00:33:13,029 --> 00:33:10,399
jason iii it's not known but it's true

854
00:33:14,549 --> 00:33:13,039
and isa with sentinel 6

855
00:33:16,789 --> 00:33:14,559
taking the lead on the satellite

856
00:33:19,509 --> 00:33:16,799
development and today

857
00:33:22,070 --> 00:33:19,519
we all stand as one

858
00:33:24,710 --> 00:33:22,080
this is a very special partnership and

859
00:33:26,630 --> 00:33:24,720
it started under the best

860
00:33:29,190 --> 00:33:26,640
transatlantic hospices

861
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:29,200
believe it or not but the jason program

862
00:33:33,509 --> 00:33:30,640
was approved

863
00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:33,519
by the kness board of governors on the

864
00:33:44,070 --> 00:33:41,190
i remember

865
00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:44,080
we were close to renaming topex poseidon

866
00:33:49,190 --> 00:33:46,080
the name of laplace

867
00:33:52,789 --> 00:33:49,200
a famous french scientist who put tied

868
00:33:55,110 --> 00:33:52,799
ocean tides into equations emerged

869
00:33:57,509 --> 00:33:55,120
but it sounded a bit too french and

870
00:34:00,789 --> 00:33:57,519
nobody had met laplace

871
00:34:03,110 --> 00:34:00,799
so this time it was much easier to

872
00:34:04,549 --> 00:34:03,120
rename our next satellite sentinel 6

873
00:34:07,350 --> 00:34:04,559
michael frielek

874
00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:07,360
even if the european commission is a new

875
00:34:10,629 --> 00:34:09,280
exact had to agree on the copernicus

876
00:34:13,589 --> 00:34:10,639
side

877
00:34:16,149 --> 00:34:13,599
and yes jim we did not need an mou this

878
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:16,159
time we had no bureaucracy

879
00:34:20,710 --> 00:34:18,240
because we all wish to communicate the

880
00:34:22,950 --> 00:34:20,720
value and resilience of our

881
00:34:25,190 --> 00:34:22,960
transatlantic cooperation and pay

882
00:34:26,550 --> 00:34:25,200
tribute to the unique personality of

883
00:34:28,950 --> 00:34:26,560
mike freilich

884
00:34:30,950 --> 00:34:28,960
mike feilik's commitment to earth system

885
00:34:33,430 --> 00:34:30,960
science with no borders and to

886
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:33,440
cooperation is unrivaled

887
00:34:39,589 --> 00:34:36,720
and we in europe are delighted to honor

888
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:39,599
a true american who is also a citizen of

889
00:34:44,470 --> 00:34:41,520
the world

890
00:34:46,790 --> 00:34:44,480
this is the best introduction i found

891
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:46,800
for dr michael frylick

892
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:49,119
and but i'm sure he will introduce

893
00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:12,560
[Applause]

894
00:35:20,470 --> 00:35:17,829
well thanks if i'm going to do my

895
00:35:22,470 --> 00:35:20,480
45-minute lecture on altimetry we have

896
00:35:24,310 --> 00:35:22,480
to get going

897
00:35:27,910 --> 00:35:24,320
seriously i'm

898
00:35:28,950 --> 00:35:27,920
more than humbled by this great honor

899
00:35:33,109 --> 00:35:28,960
thank you

900
00:35:36,790 --> 00:35:33,119
so much from the bottom of my heart

901
00:35:39,349 --> 00:35:36,800
now decadal scale trends in regional and

902
00:35:42,950 --> 00:35:39,359
global sea level

903
00:35:46,069 --> 00:35:42,960
are perhaps the most robust evidence

904
00:35:48,950 --> 00:35:46,079
that earth's climate is changing

905
00:35:50,950 --> 00:35:48,960
and that's why humanity

906
00:35:53,030 --> 00:35:50,960
not one agency

907
00:35:56,790 --> 00:35:53,040
not one country

908
00:35:58,950 --> 00:35:56,800
not one continent but why humanity has

909
00:36:03,270 --> 00:35:58,960
been monitoring global sea level from

910
00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:03,280
space with exquisite accuracy for more

911
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:06,079
than 28 years

912
00:36:11,510 --> 00:36:08,480
like the sentinel 6 missions

913
00:36:14,710 --> 00:36:11,520
that we've heard about today each one of

914
00:36:17,750 --> 00:36:14,720
the previous precision nader altimetry

915
00:36:20,950 --> 00:36:17,760
missions has involved essential

916
00:36:24,710 --> 00:36:20,960
international collaboration between

917
00:36:27,670 --> 00:36:24,720
european and u.s agencies

918
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:27,680
and based on my research at least if you

919
00:36:33,510 --> 00:36:30,640
take all the altimeter missions together

920
00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:33,520
the continuous altimeter mission set

921
00:36:37,790 --> 00:36:36,240
represents the longest and most

922
00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:37,800
successful

923
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:41,000
multinational and intercontinental

924
00:36:48,710 --> 00:36:43,760
collaborative earth remote sensing

925
00:36:58,540 --> 00:36:48,720
program that our species has achieved

926
00:37:02,950 --> 00:37:00,150
[Applause]

927
00:37:05,109 --> 00:37:02,960
as we've evolved our instrument and our

928
00:37:06,230 --> 00:37:05,119
spacecraft designs

929
00:37:09,190 --> 00:37:06,240
so too

930
00:37:12,069 --> 00:37:09,200
have we strengthened and broadened our

931
00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:12,079
transatlantic collaborations

932
00:37:16,630 --> 00:37:14,000
i actually thought that you know as sea

933
00:37:20,069 --> 00:37:16,640
level rises and the ocean deepens

934
00:37:21,589 --> 00:37:20,079
we have deepened our collaborations as

935
00:37:23,670 --> 00:37:21,599
well

936
00:37:26,470 --> 00:37:23,680
but make no mistake

937
00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:26,480
our ability to do precision altimetry

938
00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:28,240
over the decades

939
00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:31,200
and to implement sentinel 6 now

940
00:37:38,470 --> 00:37:34,800
is possible only because of the vision

941
00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:38,480
and the contributions of many thousands

942
00:37:41,670 --> 00:37:39,920
thousands

943
00:37:43,750 --> 00:37:41,680
of scientists

944
00:37:45,510 --> 00:37:43,760
engineers

945
00:37:48,390 --> 00:37:45,520
managers

946
00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:48,400
and yeah diplomats

947
00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:50,800
from both sides of the atlantic

948
00:37:54,470 --> 00:37:53,280
and from academia

949
00:37:55,829 --> 00:37:54,480
government

950
00:37:58,950 --> 00:37:55,839
and industry

951
00:38:02,230 --> 00:37:58,960
each and every one of those thousands of

952
00:38:04,870 --> 00:38:02,240
contributors deserves to have their name

953
00:38:08,150 --> 00:38:04,880
associated with this mission and i

954
00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:08,160
personally salute you all

955
00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:10,480
thank you administer administrator

956
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:12,000
bridenstine

957
00:38:14,950 --> 00:38:13,760
thank you joseph

958
00:38:16,150 --> 00:38:14,960
thomas

959
00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:16,160
alain

960
00:38:21,030 --> 00:38:17,680
mercedes

961
00:38:23,829 --> 00:38:21,040
and steve for your kind words and your

962
00:38:25,190 --> 00:38:23,839
strong support over the years and the

963
00:38:26,710 --> 00:38:25,200
decades

964
00:38:29,349 --> 00:38:26,720
speaking to you

965
00:38:32,150 --> 00:38:29,359
and to everyone who contributed to the

966
00:38:34,950 --> 00:38:32,160
successful development of sentinel 6

967
00:38:36,790 --> 00:38:34,960
it's been a privilege to work with you

968
00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:36,800
to learn from you

969
00:38:40,950 --> 00:38:38,960
and to be able to call you

970
00:38:43,670 --> 00:38:40,960
friends

971
00:38:47,349 --> 00:38:43,680
the entire world is expecting great

972
00:38:49,910 --> 00:38:47,359
things from sentinel 6 and i know

973
00:38:52,370 --> 00:38:49,920
that you will deliver

974
00:39:03,829 --> 00:38:52,380
go sentinel 6.

975
00:39:23,510 --> 00:39:05,600
so

976
00:39:31,430 --> 00:39:23,520
[Applause]

977
00:39:36,390 --> 00:39:33,030
what i'm gonna do

978
00:39:37,829 --> 00:39:36,400
is close off this uh really exciting

979
00:39:39,990 --> 00:39:37,839
event

980
00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:40,000
of course today is all about earth

981
00:39:44,790 --> 00:39:42,400
science the life of our planet

982
00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:44,800
and our desire to understand it

983
00:39:47,430 --> 00:39:46,160
it's about

984
00:39:48,550 --> 00:39:47,440
international

985
00:39:50,150 --> 00:39:48,560
partnership

986
00:39:52,069 --> 00:39:50,160
and friendship

987
00:39:53,829 --> 00:39:52,079
and it's about quote a unique

988
00:39:58,069 --> 00:39:53,839
personality

989
00:40:00,870 --> 00:39:58,079
mike freilich our friend and his impact

990
00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:00,880
in this uh really in this desire to

991
00:40:04,790 --> 00:40:03,280
understand our planet better i want to

992
00:40:06,950 --> 00:40:04,800
thank you jim

993
00:40:08,470 --> 00:40:06,960
uh breinstein and your team uh what's

994
00:40:11,349 --> 00:40:08,480
really important to me

995
00:40:13,430 --> 00:40:11,359
is whether we're in front of cameras or

996
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:13,440
in a room by ourselves at eight o'clock

997
00:40:17,750 --> 00:40:15,760
at night you've always been consistent

998
00:40:19,990 --> 00:40:17,760
about your support

999
00:40:21,910 --> 00:40:20,000
and uh of earth signs enough

1000
00:40:23,589 --> 00:40:21,920
partnerships and so i just really want

1001
00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:23,599
to thank you for being here today in

1002
00:40:27,990 --> 00:40:25,920
fact i want to thank you for actually

1003
00:40:29,750 --> 00:40:28,000
recommending as the first person that we

1004
00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:29,760
should really consider on aiming a

1005
00:40:33,670 --> 00:40:31,440
mission of our mike and we will always

1006
00:40:35,670 --> 00:40:33,680
have that credit uh from where i'm at

1007
00:40:36,790 --> 00:40:35,680
you you were the first one who brought

1008
00:40:38,470 --> 00:40:36,800
that up i want to thank the

1009
00:40:41,430 --> 00:40:38,480
representatives from centers dennis

1010
00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:41,440
andreuzik the senate director i gotta

1011
00:40:45,349 --> 00:40:43,920
representatives from jpl of course where

1012
00:40:47,030 --> 00:40:45,359
a lot of this work

1013
00:40:47,829 --> 00:40:47,040
will happen there's still a lot of work

1014
00:40:49,109 --> 00:40:47,839
to do

1015
00:40:51,349 --> 00:40:49,119
with sentinel

1016
00:40:52,630 --> 00:40:51,359
6 michael freilich and i want to thank

1017
00:40:55,589 --> 00:40:52,640
the international partners who have

1018
00:40:57,430 --> 00:40:55,599
spoken here already mentioned their name

1019
00:40:59,430 --> 00:40:57,440
i want to thank all the colleagues who

1020
00:41:00,710 --> 00:40:59,440
took time out of their day you're all

1021
00:41:03,349 --> 00:41:00,720
busy i know

1022
00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:03,359
and to celebrate with us

1023
00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:04,640
both mike

1024
00:41:11,270 --> 00:41:08,240
but also this important event and i want

1025
00:41:16,150 --> 00:41:11,280
to thank mike and sushana for being here

1026
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:19,589
november 10th 2020. i want to see all of

1027
00:41:23,270 --> 00:41:20,880
you again

1028
00:41:25,349 --> 00:41:23,280
mike and everybody else we're going to

1029
00:41:27,030 --> 00:41:25,359
be in vandenberg together

1030
00:41:29,190 --> 00:41:27,040
and we're going to look

1031
00:41:31,670 --> 00:41:29,200
at this rocket that stands there with

1032
00:41:34,790 --> 00:41:31,680
that spacecraft on top of it ready to

1033
00:41:36,309 --> 00:41:34,800
launch having the hopes and work of all

1034
00:41:37,349 --> 00:41:36,319
these thousands of

1035
00:41:41,910 --> 00:41:37,359
colleagues

1036
00:41:43,990 --> 00:41:41,920
ready to launch

1037
00:41:46,710 --> 00:41:44,000
i'm going to be very nervous

1038
00:41:49,990 --> 00:41:46,720
as will be yourself it's not because we

1039
00:41:52,069 --> 00:41:50,000
don't trust the amazing industry that

1040
00:41:54,230 --> 00:41:52,079
has over many years successfully put

1041
00:41:56,950 --> 00:41:54,240
these spacecraft up it's wait that

1042
00:41:59,430 --> 00:41:56,960
moment occurs where we lift out

1043
00:42:02,390 --> 00:41:59,440
of away from this planet it's a historic

1044
00:42:04,470 --> 00:42:02,400
moment any time a moment that you laugh

1045
00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:04,480
every time i know i sat next to you for

1046
00:42:08,230 --> 00:42:05,599
one of them

1047
00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:08,240
and uh and we've celebrated and we're

1048
00:42:11,109 --> 00:42:09,760
all going to be there

1049
00:42:12,550 --> 00:42:11,119
and we're going to shout i'm going to

1050
00:42:15,190 --> 00:42:12,560
tell you what i'm going to say and i

1051
00:42:17,430 --> 00:42:15,200
want to have you repeat after me before

1052
00:42:20,230 --> 00:42:17,440
we close off i'm going to say there

1053
00:42:23,670 --> 00:42:20,240
go sentinel 6 michael freilich

1054
00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:23,680
go sentinel 6 microflip

1055
00:42:27,710 --> 00:42:58,450
[Applause]