1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:16,015 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:55,922 --> 00:00:58,057 >> JOIN US, AS NASA HONORS... 3 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:06,833 WELCOME. 4 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:08,568 I'M DR. CHRISTYL JOHNSON. 5 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:10,136 I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF 6 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:11,738 NASA'S WOMEN'S EQUALITY 7 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:13,506 DAY CELEBRATION. 8 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:14,374 THIS YEAR MARKS 9 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:16,676 THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 10 00:01:16,676 --> 00:01:17,911 OF THE RATIFICATION OF 11 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:19,779 THE 19th AMENDMENT GIVING 12 00:01:19,779 --> 00:01:21,981 WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. 13 00:01:21,981 --> 00:01:23,483 WE'VE COME A LONG WAY 14 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:24,918 OVER THE PAST CENTURY, 15 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:27,053 AND NASA CONTINUES TO WORK 16 00:01:27,053 --> 00:01:28,655 TO ELEVATE WOMEN AND GIRLS 17 00:01:28,655 --> 00:01:30,223 IN THE STEM FIELDS. 18 00:01:30,223 --> 00:01:31,524 WE NEED TO NOT ONLY EQUIP 19 00:01:31,524 --> 00:01:33,092 WOMEN WITH THE SKILLS, 20 00:01:33,092 --> 00:01:34,861 BUT ALSO ENCOURAGEMENT, 21 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:36,830 INSPIRATION, AND THE CHANCE 22 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:38,364 TO TELL THEIR STORIES. 23 00:01:38,364 --> 00:01:39,666 SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, 24 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:40,233 I JUST WANT TO 25 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:41,267 SHARE WITH YOU WHO WE'RE 26 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:42,869 GONNA BE TALKING TO TODAY. 27 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:44,537 SO FIRST, WE HAVE CLARA MA. 28 00:01:44,537 --> 00:01:46,072 HI, CLARA! 29 00:01:46,072 --> 00:01:48,208 >> HEY. 30 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:49,209 >> SO CLARA WAS THE WINNER 31 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:51,010 OF NASA'S CURIO-- CURIOSITY 32 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:53,112 ROVER NAMING CONTEST AND WE'RE 33 00:01:53,112 --> 00:01:54,180 HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US 34 00:01:54,180 --> 00:01:55,748 HERE, CLARA, TODAY. 35 00:01:55,748 --> 00:01:57,050 ALSO WE HAVE ASTRONAUT 36 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:58,218 STEPHANIE WILSON. 37 00:01:58,218 --> 00:02:00,487 HEY THERE, STEPHANIE! 38 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:02,589 >> HELLO! 39 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:03,690 >> STEPHANIE IS A VETERAN 40 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:05,325 OF THREE SPACE FLIGHTS 41 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:06,092 AND HAS LOGGED MORE THAN 42 00:02:06,092 --> 00:02:08,962 42 DAYS IN SPACE! 43 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:09,662 I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 44 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:10,730 LOTS OF QUESTIONS FOR 45 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:11,998 STEPHANIE AND I CAN'T WAIT 46 00:02:11,998 --> 00:02:13,433 FOR US TO GET SOME INSIGHT 47 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:15,435 FROM HER AND HEAR HER THOUGHTS 48 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:16,569 ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE 49 00:02:16,569 --> 00:02:18,605 LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF SPACE! 50 00:02:18,605 --> 00:02:19,539 AND ALSO WE HAVE 51 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,140 CHARLIE BLACKWELL-THOMPSON. 52 00:02:21,140 --> 00:02:22,742 HI, CHARLIE! 53 00:02:22,742 --> 00:02:25,945 >> HI! 54 00:02:25,945 --> 00:02:26,779 >> SO CHARLIE IS 55 00:02:26,779 --> 00:02:28,214 THE ARTEMIS LAUNCH DIRECTOR 56 00:02:28,214 --> 00:02:29,415 IN NASA'S EXPLORATION 57 00:02:29,415 --> 00:02:31,050 GROUND SYSTEM PROGRAM. 58 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:31,684 AND THAT'S BASED AT 59 00:02:31,684 --> 00:02:32,886 KENNEDY SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 60 00:02:32,886 --> 00:02:33,953 IN FLORIDA. 61 00:02:33,953 --> 00:02:35,889 HEY THERE! 62 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:36,322 ALL RIGHT, 63 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,457 SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK TO 64 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:38,791 EVERYONE IN JUST A MOMENT. 65 00:02:38,791 --> 00:02:40,059 BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, 66 00:02:40,059 --> 00:02:40,827 LET'S HEAR A WORD FROM 67 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:42,729 OUR NASA ADMINISTRATOR, 68 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:44,898 JIM BRIDENSTINE. 69 00:02:44,898 --> 00:02:46,065 >> I AM HAPPY TO BE PART OF 70 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:47,834 NASA'S WOMEN'S EQUALITY 71 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,469 DAY CELEBRATION. 72 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:50,003 TODAY MARKS 73 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,337 THE 100th ANNIVERSARY 74 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:52,071 OF THE PASSAGE OF THE 75 00:02:52,071 --> 00:02:54,107 19th AMENDMENT GUARANTEEING 76 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:55,174 AND PROTECTING WOMEN'S 77 00:02:55,174 --> 00:02:57,844 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE. 78 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,245 OUR PROGRAM TODAY REFLECTS 79 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:00,446 UPON THE CONTRIBUTIONS 80 00:03:00,446 --> 00:03:01,981 OF WOMEN PIONEERS 81 00:03:01,981 --> 00:03:02,949 BY USING THE PURPLE, 82 00:03:02,949 --> 00:03:03,983 WHITE, AND GOLD 83 00:03:03,983 --> 00:03:05,785 SUFFRAGETTE COLORS. 84 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:06,786 WE ALSO CELEBRATE 85 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:09,022 THE FIRSTS OF WOMEN IN SPACE, 86 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:11,190 NASA WOMEN TODAY, AND THE NEXT 87 00:03:11,190 --> 00:03:13,159 GENERATION OF EXPLORERS. 88 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:15,094 ETCHED IN NASA'S HISTORY 89 00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:16,462 ARE HARDWORKING WOMEN WHOSE 90 00:03:16,462 --> 00:03:17,697 CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE HELPED 91 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:19,499 ADVANCE EVERY FIELD OF 92 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:21,434 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 93 00:03:21,434 --> 00:03:22,869 THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM'S 94 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:24,704 WOMAN ON THE MOON IMAGE 95 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:26,372 SEEKS TO HONOR THESE WOMEN, 96 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:27,807 PAST AND PRESENT, 97 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:28,841 AND INSPIRE THE WOMEN 98 00:03:28,841 --> 00:03:29,709 OF THE FUTURE TO 99 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:32,612 SEE THEMSELVES IN HER. 100 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:34,147 I HAVE A YOUNG DAUGHTER, 101 00:03:34,147 --> 00:03:36,416 AND I WANT HER TO SEE HERSELF 102 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:38,084 AS HAVING THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES 103 00:03:38,084 --> 00:03:39,986 I SAW MYSELF AS HAVING 104 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:41,988 WHEN I WAS HER AGE. 105 00:03:41,988 --> 00:03:43,523 WITH FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON, 106 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:44,857 I GREW UP KNOWING THAT 107 00:03:44,857 --> 00:03:47,126 THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT. 108 00:03:47,126 --> 00:03:48,761 AND IN A FEW SHORT YEARS, 109 00:03:48,761 --> 00:03:49,629 WHEN THE FIRST WOMAN 110 00:03:49,629 --> 00:03:51,164 STEPS ONTO THE MOON, 111 00:03:51,164 --> 00:03:52,632 MY HOPE IS THAT MY DAUGHTER 112 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:54,500 WILL RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED 113 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,869 HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO EXPLORING 114 00:03:56,869 --> 00:03:59,906 OUR SOLAR SYSTEM JUST AS MUCH. 115 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:02,408 RECENTLY, WE ADDED INCLUSION 116 00:04:02,408 --> 00:04:03,710 AS ONE OF OUR AGENCY'S 117 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,011 CORE VALUES. 118 00:04:05,011 --> 00:04:07,246 INCLUSION OF ALL IS 119 00:04:07,246 --> 00:04:09,248 PARAMOUNT TO INNOVATION. 120 00:04:09,248 --> 00:04:10,650 NASA'S ABILITY TO PRODUCE 121 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:12,385 NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE, 122 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:13,853 TECHNOLOGY, AND LAND 123 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:15,121 THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE NEXT MAN 124 00:04:15,121 --> 00:04:17,090 ON THE MOON BY 2024 125 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,658 DEPEND ON OUR SUCCESS 126 00:04:18,658 --> 00:04:20,994 TO EMPOWER ALL OF AMERICA 127 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:22,629 TO COME WITH US. 128 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:23,830 THE TALENTED WOMEN AND MEN 129 00:04:23,830 --> 00:04:25,398 OF NASA TODAY FILL ME WITH 130 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:27,266 CONFIDENCE AND HOPE THAT 131 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:28,067 WE WILL NOT ONLY 132 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:29,569 ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION, 133 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:31,270 BUT ALSO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS 134 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:32,905 OF ALL BACKGROUNDS 135 00:04:32,905 --> 00:04:34,941 TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. 136 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:36,609 TODAY, LET'S CELEBRATE 137 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,344 THE WOMEN OF THE PAST, 138 00:04:38,344 --> 00:04:39,946 RECOGNIZE THE TALENTED, 139 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:41,114 IRREPLACEABLE WOMEN 140 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,448 WORKING AMONG US, 141 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:44,150 AND RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO 142 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:45,551 HELP YOUNG WOMEN OF THE FUTURE 143 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:48,521 REACH FOR THE STARS. 144 00:04:48,521 --> 00:04:49,922 >> SO TODAY'S CELEBRATION 145 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:50,823 NOT ONLY COMMEMORATES 146 00:04:50,823 --> 00:04:51,524 THE PASSAGE OF 147 00:04:51,524 --> 00:04:52,659 THE 19th AMENDMENT, 148 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:54,927 BUT ALSO CALLS ATTENTION TO 149 00:04:54,927 --> 00:04:56,596 WOMEN CONTINUING THE EFFORTS 150 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:58,598 TOWARDS FULL EQUALITY. 151 00:04:58,598 --> 00:05:00,199 UM, IT REALLY WARMS MY HEART 152 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:01,834 TO HEAR THE WORDS THAT YOU JUST 153 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:03,436 HEARD FROM OUR ADMINISTRATOR, 154 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:05,738 OUR LEADER OF OUR AGENCY. 155 00:05:05,738 --> 00:05:07,340 UM, OUR AGENCY HAS- 156 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:09,075 HAS DONE A GREAT JOB 157 00:05:09,075 --> 00:05:11,611 IN WORKING TOWARDS DIVERSITY 158 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:14,380 AND INCLUSION FOR WOMEN AND ALL. 159 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:15,848 AND THAT MAKES THIS PLACE 160 00:05:15,848 --> 00:05:17,450 A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE AS WE 161 00:05:17,450 --> 00:05:19,352 GET EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE 162 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:21,287 OF OUR AGENCY'S MISSION. 163 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:22,989 UM, WE HAVE SO MANY EXAMPLES 164 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,857 TO CELEBRATE IN TERMS OF 165 00:05:24,857 --> 00:05:26,526 FIRSTS FOR WOMEN, UH, 166 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:28,027 WITHIN OUR AGENCY. 167 00:05:28,027 --> 00:05:29,095 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW 168 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:30,730 OF THOSE HERE TODAY. 169 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:32,131 JUST SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, 170 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:33,533 THIS DIALOGUE AND THIS 171 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:34,634 PANEL DISCUSSION THAT 172 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:35,902 WE'RE GONNA HAVE HERE, 173 00:05:35,902 --> 00:05:37,270 THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OF YOU 174 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:38,104 OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN 175 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:40,640 EXCITED TO GIVE US QUESTIONS. 176 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,874 AND SO THE DIALOGUE 177 00:05:41,874 --> 00:05:42,942 THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE-- 178 00:05:42,942 --> 00:05:43,776 YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE 179 00:05:43,776 --> 00:05:45,511 ASKING QUESTIONS OF OUR 180 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:46,746 PANEL MEMBERS HERE 181 00:05:46,746 --> 00:05:47,714 FROM THE OUTSIDE 182 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:48,881 AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF US 183 00:05:48,881 --> 00:05:50,783 BEING ABLE TO SHARE AS WELL. 184 00:05:50,783 --> 00:05:52,218 SO I'M SO EXCITED 185 00:05:52,218 --> 00:05:53,986 TO BE HERE AS A PART OF THIS 186 00:05:53,986 --> 00:05:54,921 TO COMMEMORATE, 187 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:55,955 TO CELEBRATE THE PAST 188 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:57,724 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN THAT 189 00:05:57,724 --> 00:05:59,525 HAVE HELPED US GET HERE TODAY, 190 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:00,526 HEAR FROM OUR PANELISTS THEIR 191 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:02,795 STORIES ABOUT WHO AND WHAT 192 00:06:02,795 --> 00:06:04,630 INSPIRED THEM, AND LISTEN TO 193 00:06:04,630 --> 00:06:05,898 THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT 194 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:07,734 WILL GET US TO THE FUTURE. 195 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:08,735 AND SO FIRST, WE'RE GONNA 196 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:09,869 START BY THINKING ABOUT 197 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:12,071 THE PAST AND REFLECTING ON 198 00:06:12,071 --> 00:06:13,706 WHERE WE HAVE BEEN TO GET US 199 00:06:13,706 --> 00:06:15,408 TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 200 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:16,509 UM, A FEW OF THE FIRSTS 201 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,277 THAT WE'VE CELEBRATED, 202 00:06:18,277 --> 00:06:19,545 MARY W. JACKSON 203 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:21,247 WAS THE FIRST NASA 204 00:06:21,247 --> 00:06:23,549 BLACK FEMALE ENGINEER. 205 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:24,717 AND FOR ME, THAT'S VERY, 206 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:26,285 VERY EXCITING BECAUSE AS 207 00:06:26,285 --> 00:06:27,987 A BLACK FEMALE ENGINEER, 208 00:06:27,987 --> 00:06:28,988 I WOULD NEVER HAVE 209 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:30,189 BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE 210 00:06:30,189 --> 00:06:31,991 WHERE I'VE GOTTEN TODAY 211 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:34,427 HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MARY JACKSON 212 00:06:34,427 --> 00:06:35,862 TAKING THAT FIRST STEP 213 00:06:35,862 --> 00:06:37,263 AND GETTING OUR WOMEN 214 00:06:37,263 --> 00:06:38,564 TO THAT PLACE. 215 00:06:38,564 --> 00:06:39,966 ALSO, WE HAD ASTRONAUT 216 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:41,234 PEGGY WHITSON BEING 217 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:43,069 THE FIRST FEMALE COMMANDER OF 218 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:44,871 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 219 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:45,872 AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO 220 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:47,140 COMMAND THE INTERNATIONAL 221 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:49,108 SPACE STATION TWICE. 222 00:06:49,108 --> 00:06:50,209 SHE'S THE OLDEST WOMAN 223 00:06:50,209 --> 00:06:52,812 TO GO TO SPACE AT AGE 56. 224 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:54,213 AND DR. ELLEN OCHOA, 225 00:06:54,213 --> 00:06:55,248 WHO WAS THE FIRST HISPANIC 226 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:57,383 WOMAN TO GO TO SPACE. 227 00:06:57,383 --> 00:06:59,285 UM, WE ALSO HAD SHANNON WALKER, 228 00:06:59,285 --> 00:07:00,219 WHO WAS THE FIRST FEMALE 229 00:07:00,219 --> 00:07:01,821 ASTRONAUT TO VOTE FROM 230 00:07:01,821 --> 00:07:04,023 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 231 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:06,659 AND ASTRONAUT MAE JEMISON 232 00:07:06,659 --> 00:07:08,294 WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN 233 00:07:08,294 --> 00:07:09,962 TO TRAVEL INTO SPACE. 234 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:10,797 AND I WOULD LOVE TO 235 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:12,298 HEAR FROM YOU, STEPHANIE, 236 00:07:12,298 --> 00:07:14,066 WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU 237 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:14,967 IN TERMS OF HAVING 238 00:07:14,967 --> 00:07:17,003 SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN. 239 00:07:17,003 --> 00:07:18,070 >> WELL, THANK YOU, CHRISTYL. 240 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:19,572 IT'S, UH, AWESOME THAT, 241 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:21,007 UH, WOMEN ARE PLAYING 242 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:22,375 SUCH A LARGER ROLE, 243 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:23,910 UH, HERE AT NASA. 244 00:07:23,910 --> 00:07:25,444 UM, CERTAINLY, UH, 245 00:07:25,444 --> 00:07:26,279 I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 246 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:27,847 TO FLY WITH, UH, 247 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:29,315 DR. PEGGY WHITSON, 248 00:07:29,315 --> 00:07:31,150 UM, ON HER, UH-- 249 00:07:31,150 --> 00:07:32,418 AS PART OF HER COMMAND OF 250 00:07:32,418 --> 00:07:34,153 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 251 00:07:34,153 --> 00:07:35,154 BOTH SHE AND MY 252 00:07:35,154 --> 00:07:36,189 SHUTTLE COMMANDER, UH, 253 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:38,257 PAMELA MELROY WERE, UH, 254 00:07:38,257 --> 00:07:39,659 THE FIRST WOMEN TO JOINTLY 255 00:07:39,659 --> 00:07:40,860 COMMAND A SPACE STATION 256 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:43,129 AND SHUTTLE A CREW, UH, 257 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:44,430 FOR, UH, STS-- 258 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:46,632 OVER STS-120 WE BROUGHT 259 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:47,767 THE [ INDISTINCT ] TO 260 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,502 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 261 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:50,403 AND IT WAS WONDERFUL 262 00:07:50,403 --> 00:07:51,871 TO SEE THEIR LEADERSHIP, 263 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:52,772 HOW THEY JOINTLY BROUGHT 264 00:07:52,772 --> 00:07:54,173 THE CREWS TOGETHER, 265 00:07:54,173 --> 00:07:55,174 AND HOW WE WERE ABLE TO 266 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:57,310 DO A CONTINGENCY SPACEWALK 267 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:58,344 AND, UH, WORK TOGETHER WITH 268 00:07:58,344 --> 00:08:00,346 THE MISSION CONTROL TEAM TO, 269 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:01,314 UH, DO THE PROBLEM SOLVING 270 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:02,381 FOR THAT. 271 00:08:02,381 --> 00:08:03,249 AND, UH, OF COURSE, 272 00:08:03,249 --> 00:08:04,684 UH, DR. ELLEN OCHOA 273 00:08:04,684 --> 00:08:06,319 HAS A WONDERFUL, UH, 274 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:08,120 TRACK RECORD AT NASA. 275 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,088 UH, WHEN I CAME INTO 276 00:08:09,088 --> 00:08:10,156 THE OFFICE, UH, 277 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:11,991 SHE WAS IN THE OFFICE AS WELL, 278 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:13,226 AND I WORKED WITH HER, 279 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:15,628 UH, AS SHE WAS THE CHIEF 280 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:16,963 OF THE [ INDISTINCT ] BRANCH. 281 00:08:16,963 --> 00:08:18,798 SO I HAD MY TRAINING TO WORK 282 00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:20,266 IN MISSION CONTROL, UH, 283 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:21,500 UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, 284 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:22,368 AND THEN SHE WENT ON 285 00:08:22,368 --> 00:08:23,536 TO BE BOTH DEPUTY 286 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:24,704 AND DIRECTOR OF OUR 287 00:08:24,704 --> 00:08:25,671 FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS 288 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:27,440 DIRECTORATE AT THAT TIME. 289 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,208 AND THEN DEPUTY AND DIRECTOR 290 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:30,776 OF JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 291 00:08:30,776 --> 00:08:31,644 SO SHE WAS A WONDERFUL 292 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:32,578 MENTOR TO ME, 293 00:08:32,578 --> 00:08:34,247 SHE GAVE GREAT ADVICE. 294 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,215 UH, GREAT OPPORTUNITY ALSO. 295 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:37,316 UH, I'M VERY EXCITED 296 00:08:37,316 --> 00:08:39,151 TO SEE HER CAREER, 297 00:08:39,151 --> 00:08:40,853 UH, THROUGH NASA. 298 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:41,787 SO IT'S A WONDERFUL 299 00:08:41,787 --> 00:08:43,890 TESTAMENT TO, UH, THE WORK, 300 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:44,957 UH, THAT WOMEN ARE DOING 301 00:08:44,957 --> 00:08:45,725 TO CONTRIBUTE TO 302 00:08:45,725 --> 00:08:48,227 THE TEAM HERE AT NASA. 303 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:49,929 >> VERY, VERY STRONG 304 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:51,597 AND DYNAMIC WOMEN. 305 00:08:51,597 --> 00:08:52,698 SO GLAD THAT-- TO HAVE-- 306 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:54,901 TO BE A PART OF THIS NASA TEAM. 307 00:08:54,901 --> 00:08:56,135 AND MORE RECENTLY, 308 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:57,703 WE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT 309 00:08:57,703 --> 00:08:59,438 MILESTONE WITH KATHY LUEDERS, 310 00:08:59,438 --> 00:09:00,106 THE FIRST WOMAN 311 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:01,374 CHOSEN TO LEAD NASA'S 312 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:03,843 HUMAN EXPLORATION PROGRAM. 313 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:04,677 KATHY WANTED TO SHARE 314 00:09:04,677 --> 00:09:06,112 A FEW WORDS OF INSPIRATION 315 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:07,947 WITH US ALL. 316 00:09:07,947 --> 00:09:08,948 >> SO I'M STRUCK HERE, 317 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:11,918 FIRST DAY IN MY NEW OFFICE. 318 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:14,553 FIRST DAY IN 319 00:09:14,553 --> 00:09:15,521 THE NEW OFFICE IN 320 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:18,324 THE MARY W. JACKSON BUILDING. 321 00:09:18,324 --> 00:09:19,859 AND I'M STRUCK BY 322 00:09:19,859 --> 00:09:22,161 THE SHOULDERS OF THE PEOPLE 323 00:09:22,161 --> 00:09:24,163 THAT I'M STANDING ON THAT HAVE 324 00:09:24,163 --> 00:09:26,832 BROUGHT ME TO THIS BUILDING. 325 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:27,700 YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 326 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:28,701 MARY W. JACKSON 327 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:30,436 IS-IS ONE OF THOSE. 328 00:09:30,436 --> 00:09:31,437 OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF THE OTHER 329 00:09:31,437 --> 00:09:32,705 FOLKS THAT HAVE SERVED 330 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:35,107 IN THIS-- IN THIS OFFICE 331 00:09:35,107 --> 00:09:36,575 ARE THOSE TOO. 332 00:09:36,575 --> 00:09:38,044 AND I'M STRUCK AT, 333 00:09:38,044 --> 00:09:39,412 AS I SIT HERE 334 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:41,347 LOOKING BACK ON MY CAREER, 335 00:09:41,347 --> 00:09:43,182 AND ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE 336 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:43,783 THAT HAVE LET ME 337 00:09:43,783 --> 00:09:45,718 STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS. 338 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:47,586 YOU KNOW? 339 00:09:47,586 --> 00:09:49,088 THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE 340 00:09:49,088 --> 00:09:50,523 THAT HAVE REACHED DOWN 341 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:52,158 AND PULLED ME UP 342 00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:52,825 AND ARE THE REASON 343 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:55,695 THAT I'M HERE TODAY. 344 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:57,196 AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? 345 00:09:57,196 --> 00:09:58,364 THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 346 00:09:58,364 --> 00:10:00,900 WE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS. 347 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:01,901 THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, 348 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,202 TO SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS. 349 00:10:03,202 --> 00:10:04,103 IT'S THE COOLEST THING-- 350 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:05,171 I THINK IT'S THE COOLEST THING 351 00:10:05,171 --> 00:10:06,539 ABOUT THIS AGENCY IS THAT 352 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:09,842 WE GET TO SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS. 353 00:10:09,842 --> 00:10:11,744 BUT TO SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS, 354 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:14,780 WE NEED LOTS OF BIG SHOULDERS. 355 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:15,481 SO WE'RE GONNA NEED 356 00:10:15,481 --> 00:10:17,583 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU 357 00:10:17,583 --> 00:10:20,353 TO REACH OUT AND LOOK AT 358 00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:21,721 PULLING SOMEBODY UP. 359 00:10:21,721 --> 00:10:22,355 SOMEBODY THAT MAY NOT 360 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:23,656 LOOK LIKE YOU. 361 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:24,490 SOMEBODY THAT MAY NOT 362 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:26,258 THINK LIKE YOU. 363 00:10:26,258 --> 00:10:28,094 BECAUSE THROUGH US BUILDING 364 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:30,262 THIS HUMAN PYRAMID, 365 00:10:30,262 --> 00:10:33,666 WE WILL REACH THE STARS. 366 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:35,601 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 367 00:10:35,601 --> 00:10:37,169 PROVIDING SOME STRUCTURE 368 00:10:37,169 --> 00:10:38,371 IN THAT PYRAMID THAT 369 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:39,972 GETS US THERE. 370 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:43,075 THANK YOU. 371 00:10:43,075 --> 00:10:44,410 >> WOW, GREAT WORDS 372 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:45,578 FROM KATHY. 373 00:10:45,578 --> 00:10:47,313 SPEAKING OF PEOPLE 374 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:48,147 THAT SHE'S STANDING ON 375 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:50,149 THEIR SHOULDERS, CHARLIE, 376 00:10:50,149 --> 00:10:51,150 YOU'RE THE FIRST FEMALE 377 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:52,618 LAUNCH DIRECTOR, 378 00:10:52,618 --> 00:10:54,186 SO WHAT DOES TODAY MEAN 379 00:10:54,186 --> 00:10:55,187 TO YOU IN TERMS OF 380 00:10:55,187 --> 00:10:57,189 WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY 381 00:10:57,189 --> 00:10:58,391 AND HOW HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE 382 00:10:58,391 --> 00:10:59,392 BEING THE FIRST FEMALE 383 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:00,359 LAUNCH DIRECTOR SHAPED 384 00:11:00,359 --> 00:11:04,096 HOW YOU VIEW THE WORLD? 385 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:06,966 >> WELL FIRST, CHRISTYL, 386 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:08,501 JUST LET ME SAY, YOU KNOW, 387 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,903 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TODAY 388 00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:12,571 TO BE HERE WITH YOU LADIES. 389 00:11:12,571 --> 00:11:15,074 UM, TO BE WITH SUCH TALENTED, 390 00:11:15,074 --> 00:11:17,276 UM, IMPACTFUL WOMEN. 391 00:11:17,276 --> 00:11:18,177 THE PASSAGE OF 392 00:11:18,177 --> 00:11:20,146 THE 19th AMENDMENT... 393 00:11:20,146 --> 00:11:21,080 YOU KNOW, 394 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,415 IT NOT ONLY GAVE WOMEN 395 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:23,482 THE RIGHT TO VOTE, 396 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:24,750 BUT IT REALLY ENABLED 397 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:26,886 THE PATH THAT, EVENTUALLY, 398 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:27,620 ALL OF US WERE 399 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,021 ABLE TO WALK DOWN. 400 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:29,922 AND SO, YOU KNOW, 401 00:11:29,922 --> 00:11:31,757 I THINK ABOUT MYSELF 402 00:11:31,757 --> 00:11:33,759 AND I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 403 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:35,428 WHERE WOULD I BE TODAY 404 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:36,829 IF THAT HADN'T HAPPENED 405 00:11:36,829 --> 00:11:38,664 100 YEARS AGO? 406 00:11:38,664 --> 00:11:39,098 YOU KNOW, 407 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:40,666 AND I-I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY 408 00:11:40,666 --> 00:11:41,500 THAT I WOULD BE IN 409 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:42,401 A POSITION TO BE 410 00:11:42,401 --> 00:11:43,736 THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR TODAY. 411 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:45,337 SO-SO TODAY IS A VERY SPECIAL 412 00:11:45,337 --> 00:11:47,907 DAY FOR SO MANY REASONS. 413 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:49,075 BEING THE FIRST WOMAN 414 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:51,010 LAUNCH DIRECTOR IS 415 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,312 AN INCREDIBLE HONOR. 416 00:11:53,312 --> 00:11:54,847 UM, SOMETIMES IT'S-IT'S 417 00:11:54,847 --> 00:11:55,781 HARD FOR ME TO EVEN 418 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:57,783 REALLY PUT INTO WORDS. 419 00:11:57,783 --> 00:11:59,018 UM, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP 420 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:01,053 IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA. 421 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,855 AND SO IF SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME 422 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:04,423 GROWING UP, "CHARLIE, 423 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:05,758 ONE DAY YOU'RE GONNA WORK 424 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:07,560 ON AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM 425 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,096 AND YOU'RE GONNA, UM, 426 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:10,663 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE 427 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:12,131 PART OF LAUNCH TEAM, 428 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:14,200 AND YOU'RE GONNA LEAD AS WE PLAN 429 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,103 TO-TO PUT THE FIRST WOMAN 430 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:18,871 AND THE NEXT MAN ON THE MOON," 431 00:12:18,871 --> 00:12:19,939 THAT WOULD BE REALLY HARD 432 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:21,841 FOR ME TO HAVE WRAPPED MY MIND 433 00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:23,943 AROUND AS A YOUTH GROWING UP. 434 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:25,478 AND SO HAVING THIS ROLE, 435 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:26,612 WHAT IT HAS TAUGHT ME 436 00:12:26,612 --> 00:12:27,813 AND HOPEFULLY WHAT IT SAYS 437 00:12:27,813 --> 00:12:29,215 TO YOUNG PEOPLE IS, 438 00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:31,517 DON'T LIMIT YOUR EXPECTATIONS. 439 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:32,985 DON'T LIMIT YOUR GOALS, 440 00:12:32,985 --> 00:12:37,323 BECAUSE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 441 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:38,390 >> THANK YOU. 442 00:12:38,390 --> 00:12:39,125 AND NOW, I'D LIKE TO 443 00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:39,892 GO TO ONE OF 444 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:42,027 THE ONLINE VIDEO QUESTIONS. 445 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:43,729 THIS FIRST QUESTION IS 446 00:12:43,729 --> 00:12:45,764 FROM A SENATOR FROM THE GREAT 447 00:12:45,764 --> 00:12:47,399 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, 448 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:50,936 SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO. 449 00:12:50,936 --> 00:12:52,438 >> WHO OR WHAT INSPIRED YOU 450 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:55,508 TO PURSUE A CAREER IN STEM? 451 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:56,942 >> SO CLARA, CAN WE GET YOU 452 00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:59,912 TO ANSWER THAT FIRST QUESTION? 453 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:03,015 >> YES, SO, UH, 454 00:13:03,015 --> 00:13:04,383 FIRST CAN I JUST SAY ALSO 455 00:13:04,383 --> 00:13:05,918 THAT IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO 456 00:13:05,918 --> 00:13:07,319 BE INVITED TO SPEAK HERE 457 00:13:07,319 --> 00:13:09,321 ALONGSIDE THREE REALLY 458 00:13:09,321 --> 00:13:10,156 ACCOMPLISHED WOMEN THAT 459 00:13:10,156 --> 00:13:11,357 I REALLY ADMIRE. 460 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:12,158 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH 461 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:13,359 FOR HAVING ME HERE. 462 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:14,560 BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, 463 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,328 I THINK FOR ME IT WAS 464 00:13:16,328 --> 00:13:18,330 ABOUT BEING LUCKY ENOUGH TO 465 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:20,266 FIND A PROBLEM THAT 466 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:21,834 I REALLY CARED ABOUT SOLVING 467 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:22,902 FROM A REALLY YOUNG AGE, 468 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,303 AND THAT WAS CLIMATE CHANGE 469 00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:26,172 AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. 470 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:28,040 UM, I ALSO HAD REALLY SUPPORTIVE 471 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,842 TEACHERS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 472 00:13:29,842 --> 00:13:31,110 THAT PUSHED ME TO ASK QUESTIONS 473 00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:33,479 AND TO EXPLORE MATERIAL BEYOND 474 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:34,547 WHAT WOULD BE ON THE TEST 475 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:35,548 AND TO CHALLENGE MYSELF. 476 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:36,448 AND-AND THOSE WERE MY 477 00:13:36,448 --> 00:13:37,249 FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE 478 00:13:37,249 --> 00:13:38,918 TEACHERS ESPECIALLY. 479 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:40,419 AND, UM, I KNOW 480 00:13:40,419 --> 00:13:41,187 ALL OF THAT IS MORE 481 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:41,954 THAN TEN YEARS AGO NOW. 482 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:42,555 BUT THERE ARE 483 00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:43,589 THINGS THEY TAUGHT ME 484 00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:44,757 AND INSPIRED IN ME 485 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:46,525 THAT I STILL CARRY 486 00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:48,093 WITH ME TODAY. 487 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:49,595 UM, AND I'D ALSO BE REMISS 488 00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:50,629 TO NOT MENTION 489 00:13:50,629 --> 00:13:52,798 THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT 490 00:13:52,798 --> 00:13:54,266 MY EXPERIENCE WITH NASA 491 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:55,234 HAD ON ME AS WELL. 492 00:13:55,234 --> 00:13:56,869 LIKE, TRULY I-I STARTED OUT 493 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:58,204 AS THIS VERY SHY, 494 00:13:58,204 --> 00:13:59,138 VERY ANTI-SOCIAL, 495 00:13:59,138 --> 00:14:00,406 VERY AWKWARD GIRL. 496 00:14:00,406 --> 00:14:01,307 AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE 497 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:02,508 I HAD A VOICE THAT 498 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:04,109 WAS WORTH LISTENING TO. 499 00:14:04,109 --> 00:14:07,012 AND NASA CHANGED ALL OF THAT. 500 00:14:07,012 --> 00:14:08,314 GETTING TO SPEAK AT EVENTS 501 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:09,848 AND-AND DO INTERVIEWS 502 00:14:09,848 --> 00:14:11,450 AND-AND TALK TO STUDENTS 503 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:12,785 AND TEACHERS AND REPORTERS, 504 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:13,419 I HAD TO GET OVER THAT 505 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:15,287 SHYNESS PRETTY QUICKLY. 506 00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:17,723 UM, AND BEFORE VISITING JPL, 507 00:14:17,723 --> 00:14:19,291 I'D NEVER SEEN SO MANY 508 00:14:19,291 --> 00:14:20,759 WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS 509 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:22,061 ALL IN THE SAME PLACE 510 00:14:22,061 --> 00:14:23,128 AND-AND IN POSITIONS 511 00:14:23,128 --> 00:14:24,163 OF LEADERSHIP TOO. 512 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:25,064 AND-AND GETTING TO BE 513 00:14:25,064 --> 00:14:25,831 AROUND THEM, HAVING 514 00:14:25,831 --> 00:14:27,499 CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, 515 00:14:27,499 --> 00:14:28,334 IT MADE ME SEE-- 516 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:30,102 AND-AND REALLY SEE THAT 517 00:14:30,102 --> 00:14:31,270 THAT WAS SOMETHING 518 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:33,138 I COULD BE SOMEDAY TOO. 519 00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:34,206 I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT 520 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:35,674 THING THAT WE NEED TO DO 521 00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:36,875 AND THAT NASA NEEDS TO DO 522 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:39,144 IS JUST TO KEEP EXPLORING AND 523 00:14:39,144 --> 00:14:40,879 TO DO SO IN AN INCLUSIVE WAY. 524 00:14:40,879 --> 00:14:42,248 UM, THE EXCITEMENT 525 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:43,315 THAT'S GENERATED BY 526 00:14:43,315 --> 00:14:44,950 SPACE EXPLORATION I'VE SEEN 527 00:14:44,950 --> 00:14:46,385 FIRST HAND HOW IT ATTRACTS 528 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:48,554 YOUNG PEOPLE TO CAREERS IN STEM. 529 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:49,521 [ CHUCKLING ] 530 00:14:49,521 --> 00:14:51,724 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU! 531 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:52,324 SO STEPHANIE, 532 00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:53,492 WHAT INSPIRED YOU? 533 00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:54,360 DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO 534 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,363 BE AN ASTRONAUT? 535 00:14:57,363 --> 00:14:58,697 >> CHRISTYL, I DID. 536 00:14:58,697 --> 00:15:01,467 I, UM, ALSO WAS VERY 537 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,235 FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UH, 538 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:04,536 VERY SUPPORTIVE PARENTS 539 00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:05,638 WHO, UM-- TO WHOM 540 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:07,306 EDUCATION WAS VERY IMPORTANT 541 00:15:07,306 --> 00:15:08,707 AND VERY SUPPORTIVE TEACHERS 542 00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:11,877 AS CLARA, UH, UH, MENTIONED. 543 00:15:11,877 --> 00:15:13,145 IN, UH, EIGHTH GRADE-- 544 00:15:13,145 --> 00:15:14,146 IT WAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 545 00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:16,215 WHEN I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE. 546 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:16,815 BUT I TOOK 547 00:15:16,815 --> 00:15:18,150 A CAREER AWARENESS CLASS 548 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:19,385 AND THE TEACHER THERE 549 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:21,287 GAVE THE CLASS, UM, 550 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:22,421 AN ASSIGNMENT TO INTERVIEW 551 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:23,422 SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN 552 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:25,424 AN INTERESTING CAREER FIELD. 553 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:26,025 AT THE TIME, 554 00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:28,160 I WAS INTERESTED IN ASTRONOMY. 555 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:29,161 I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN 556 00:15:29,161 --> 00:15:30,296 IN MASSACHUSETTS. 557 00:15:30,296 --> 00:15:31,430 AND, UH, SINCE IT WAS 558 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:32,298 SUCH A SMALL TOWN, 559 00:15:32,298 --> 00:15:33,465 THERE WERE NOT 560 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:34,667 VERY MANY CITY LIGHTS. 561 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:35,668 AND SO THE NIGHT SKY 562 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:37,069 WAS VERY VISIBLE. 563 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:38,203 AND I INTERVIEWED 564 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:39,071 AN ASTRONOMY PROFESSOR 565 00:15:39,071 --> 00:15:41,006 AT A LOCAL AREA COLLEGE 566 00:15:41,006 --> 00:15:42,875 AND WAS FASCINATED BY HIS WORK. 567 00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:44,176 HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO 568 00:15:44,176 --> 00:15:46,011 TRAVEL ACROSS A WORLD 569 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:48,080 TO OBSERVE DIFFERENT, UH, 570 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,782 UM, ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. 571 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:51,116 HE WAS A TEACHER, 572 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:53,185 A PROFESSOR AT A UNIVERSITY, 573 00:15:53,185 --> 00:15:55,120 UM, DID RESEARCH, 574 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,155 WORKED WITH STUDENTS. 575 00:15:56,155 --> 00:15:57,022 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS 576 00:15:57,022 --> 00:15:58,490 A WONDERFUL, UH, 577 00:15:58,490 --> 00:16:00,259 WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN STEM 578 00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:01,927 AND TO BECOME A SCIENTIST. 579 00:16:01,927 --> 00:16:03,929 I HAD A BIT OF A CONFLICT, UH, 580 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:05,531 WITH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 581 00:16:05,531 --> 00:16:06,832 I LOVED TO UNDERSTAND 582 00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:07,933 HOW COMPONENTS AND DEVICES 583 00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:09,401 ARE PUT TOGETHER. 584 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:10,769 AND, UH, I'M REALLY 585 00:16:10,769 --> 00:16:12,471 INTERESTED IN DESIGN. 586 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:14,073 I EVENTUALLY DID DECIDE TO 587 00:16:14,073 --> 00:16:15,307 STUDY ENGINEERING AND THOUGHT 588 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:16,975 THAT AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 589 00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:18,277 WOULD BE A GOOD COMBINATION OF 590 00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:19,545 MY INTEREST IN SPACE AND MY 591 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:21,180 INTEREST IN ENGINEERING. 592 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:23,182 UM, BUT, UH, IF I HAD 593 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:24,917 AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER 594 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,152 WORKING ON A SPACECRAFT TO, 595 00:16:27,152 --> 00:16:28,854 UH, FLY ABOARD A SPACECRAFT 596 00:16:28,854 --> 00:16:30,055 INTO SPACE, THEN THAT WOULD 597 00:16:30,055 --> 00:16:32,124 JUST BE ICING ON THE CAKE. 598 00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:33,792 SO, UH, BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT 599 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:36,695 WAS ALWAYS AN INTEREST OF MINE. 600 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:37,896 >> THAT'S EXCITING! 601 00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:38,330 AND CHARLIE, 602 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:41,433 WHAT INSPIRED YOU? 603 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:42,868 >> UM, SO MY STORY'S 604 00:16:42,868 --> 00:16:44,870 A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, 605 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:47,005 UH-- THAN MAYBE 606 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:48,640 OUR OTHER TWO PANELISTS. 607 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:49,942 UM, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T 608 00:16:49,942 --> 00:16:50,576 KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO 609 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:51,710 DO IN HIGH SCHOOL. 610 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:53,979 I-I-I HAD-- YOU KNOW, 611 00:16:53,979 --> 00:16:55,147 HAD ALL KINDS OF INTERESTS. 612 00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:57,983 AND FOR ME, IT WAS A TEACHER. 613 00:16:57,983 --> 00:16:59,551 AND MY PHYSICS TEACHER IN 614 00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:01,320 HIGH SCHOOL ASKED ME, 615 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:01,754 YOU KNOW, "HEY, 616 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:02,488 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO STUDY 617 00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:03,789 WHEN YOU GO OFF TO SCHOOL?" 618 00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:04,823 AND-AND I WAS STILL 619 00:17:04,823 --> 00:17:06,558 MAKING UP MY MIND AND, 620 00:17:06,558 --> 00:17:07,359 YOU KNOW, MAYBE I WANT TO 621 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:08,560 DO THIS OR THAT. 622 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,629 AND, UM-- AND HE SAID, 623 00:17:10,629 --> 00:17:11,096 "YOU KNOW, 624 00:17:11,096 --> 00:17:13,766 YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING, 625 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:16,268 UH-- OR STUDYING ENGINEERING?" 626 00:17:16,268 --> 00:17:18,437 AND-AND I THOUGHT, 627 00:17:18,437 --> 00:17:20,739 WELL, NOT-NOT REALLY. 628 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:22,641 I SAID-- AND I SAID TO HIM-- 629 00:17:22,641 --> 00:17:25,043 WHICH I THINK HOW WISE HE WAS. 630 00:17:25,043 --> 00:17:25,644 BUT AT THE TIME, 631 00:17:25,644 --> 00:17:27,179 THE ANSWER HE GAVE ME 632 00:17:27,179 --> 00:17:28,213 WAS SORT OF PERPLEXING. 633 00:17:28,213 --> 00:17:29,348 HE SAID-- I SAID, 634 00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:30,983 "WELL, WHAT WOULD I DO WITH 635 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:32,184 AN ENGINEERING DEGREE? 636 00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:33,018 LIKE, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS 637 00:17:33,018 --> 00:17:34,286 COULD I DO?" 638 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:34,987 AND HE LOOKS AT ME 639 00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:38,290 AND HE SAYS, "CHARLIE, 640 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:39,057 WHAT KINDS OF THINGS 641 00:17:39,057 --> 00:17:40,225 COULDN'T YOU DO WITH 642 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:41,794 AN ENGINEERING DEGREE?" 643 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:43,662 AND AT THE TIME I'M THINKING, 644 00:17:43,662 --> 00:17:44,229 WELL, THAT'S NOT 645 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,130 ALL THAT HELPFUL. 646 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:45,831 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 647 00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:48,667 HE WAS SO WISE BECAUSE IT HAS 648 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:51,136 OPENED SO MANY DOORS FOR ME. 649 00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:52,504 AND-AND, YOU KNOW, 650 00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:53,806 ALLOWED ME TO EXPERIENCE 651 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:54,840 SO MANY THINGS. 652 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,609 AND SO I AM-- I HAVE SUCH A-- 653 00:17:57,609 --> 00:18:00,446 SO MUCH GRATITUDE TO HIM FOR 654 00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:02,147 KIND OF GIVING ME THAT NUDGE. 655 00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:02,881 YOU KNOW? 656 00:18:02,881 --> 00:18:05,117 THAT ONE-ON-ONE NUDGE TO SAY, 657 00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:06,018 "HEY, WHY DON'T YOU THINK 658 00:18:06,018 --> 00:18:07,686 ABOUT STUDYING ENGINEERING?" 659 00:18:07,686 --> 00:18:08,887 AND I-- YOU KNOW, 660 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:09,955 "THERE'S SO MANY THINGS 661 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:11,890 YOU CAN DO WITH THAT DEGREE." 662 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:13,091 AND HE WAS RIGHT! 663 00:18:13,091 --> 00:18:14,359 >> WOW, THAT'S AWESOME. 664 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:14,860 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 665 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:15,861 SO MANY WOMEN THAT ARE 666 00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:16,628 LISTENING TO THIS 667 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:18,163 AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT 668 00:18:18,163 --> 00:18:18,997 ARE LISTENING TO THIS 669 00:18:18,997 --> 00:18:20,999 THAT HAVE YOUR SAME STORY? 670 00:18:20,999 --> 00:18:22,334 NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT 671 00:18:22,334 --> 00:18:23,469 IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO DO. 672 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:25,103 AND IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR US 673 00:18:25,103 --> 00:18:26,638 TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF THOSE 674 00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:28,607 YOUNG GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN 675 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:29,908 TO PURSUE STEM CAREERS. 676 00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:31,510 EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, 677 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:31,844 YOU KNOW, 678 00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:33,545 GOOD AT MATH IN THE PAST. 679 00:18:33,545 --> 00:18:34,480 SO-SO THANK YOU 680 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:35,247 FOR SHARING THAT. 681 00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:36,482 THAT'S AWESOME. 682 00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:36,915 SO LET'S TAKE 683 00:18:36,915 --> 00:18:38,217 THE NEXT QUESTION. 684 00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:39,485 THIS NEXT QUESTION, 685 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:41,286 EMILY CALANDRELLI. 686 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:42,120 >> WHAT ARE SOME FIRSTS 687 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:43,388 BY WOMEN AT NASA THAT ARE 688 00:18:43,388 --> 00:18:44,156 THE MOST PERSONALLY 689 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:45,591 MEANINGFUL TO YOU? 690 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:46,425 >> ALL RIGHT CLARA, LET'S-- 691 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,360 LET'S GO BACK TO YOU AGAIN. 692 00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:52,130 >> UM, SO DR. JOHNSON, 693 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:53,732 YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH-- 694 00:18:53,732 --> 00:18:54,666 THAT SHANNON WALKER WAS 695 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,168 THE FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT 696 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:57,603 TO VOTE FROM THE ISS, 697 00:18:57,603 --> 00:18:59,004 AND I JUST THINK THAT'S 698 00:18:59,004 --> 00:19:00,839 SO AMAZING AND A GOOD EXAMPLE 699 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:02,107 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. 700 00:19:02,107 --> 00:19:03,041 LIKE, IF SHANNON WALKER 701 00:19:03,041 --> 00:19:03,942 CAN DO IT FROM SPACE, 702 00:19:03,942 --> 00:19:06,578 THEN WE CAN DO IT HERE ON EARTH. 703 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:08,046 [ LAUGHING ] 704 00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:11,383 >> THANK YOU, AND CHARLIE? 705 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:12,317 >> I WOULD SAY 706 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:15,153 A FIRST FOR ME IS, UM-- 707 00:19:15,153 --> 00:19:16,355 UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S-IT'S 708 00:19:16,355 --> 00:19:17,890 REALLY HARD TO PICK ONE. 709 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:19,691 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY 710 00:19:19,691 --> 00:19:21,026 AMAZING WOMEN WHO HAVE DONE 711 00:19:21,026 --> 00:19:24,096 SO MANY THINGS AND-AND THOSE 712 00:19:24,096 --> 00:19:25,264 FIRSTS ARE IMPORTANT 713 00:19:25,264 --> 00:19:26,865 BECAUSE THEY TELL US THAT 714 00:19:26,865 --> 00:19:28,267 THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN, 715 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,034 IS NOT THE WAY THAT 716 00:19:29,034 --> 00:19:30,903 THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE. 717 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:32,938 UM, BUT-BUT ONE THAT'S 718 00:19:32,938 --> 00:19:34,339 VERY PERSONAL FOR ME 719 00:19:34,339 --> 00:19:36,008 IS, UM, YOU KNOW, 720 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:39,511 JOANN MORGAN WAS THE ONE WOMAN 721 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:40,746 THAT WAS IN THE FIRING ROOM, 722 00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:42,681 ONE OF 400 THAT WERE 723 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:43,815 IN THE FIRING ROOM 724 00:19:43,815 --> 00:19:45,484 WHEN APOLLO 11 LAUNCHED. 725 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:46,018 SO WHEN THAT 726 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:48,554 HISTORIC MISSION LIFTED OFF, 727 00:19:48,554 --> 00:19:50,522 SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN THAT 728 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:52,424 WAS PART OF THE LAUNCH TEAM. 729 00:19:52,424 --> 00:19:54,626 AND SO I THINK ABOUT-- 730 00:19:54,626 --> 00:19:56,929 I WALK IN FIRING ROOM ONE 731 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:57,496 ALL THE TIME. 732 00:19:57,496 --> 00:19:58,096 THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA 733 00:19:58,096 --> 00:19:59,231 LAUNCH ARTEMIS FROM. 734 00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:00,999 THE VERY SAME FIRING ROOM 735 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:01,767 THAT WE HAD LAUNCHED 736 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,635 APOLLO 11 FROM. 737 00:20:03,635 --> 00:20:05,270 AND IT IS NEVER LOST ON ME 738 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:06,972 WHEN I WALK IN THERE. 739 00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:09,007 UM, THE WOMEN THAT HAVE 740 00:20:09,007 --> 00:20:10,375 PAVED THE WAY, 741 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:12,444 UH, THAT-- YOU KNOW, 742 00:20:12,444 --> 00:20:13,712 THAT CAME BEFORE ME 743 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:14,379 AND CAME BEFORE 744 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:16,181 MANY OF US, UM, 745 00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:17,449 THAT REALLY ENABLED 746 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:20,485 THE WORK THAT WE DO TODAY. 747 00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:21,753 >> THANK YOU. 748 00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:23,388 ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT QUESTION 749 00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:26,024 IS FROM OUR CONGRESS WOMAN 750 00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:26,792 FROM THE GREAT STATE 751 00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:29,828 OF NEW YORK, GRACE MENG. 752 00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:32,030 >> WHAT IS A FIRST FOR WOMEN 753 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:33,632 IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT THAT 754 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:36,535 INSPIRES YOUR WORK TODAY? 755 00:20:36,535 --> 00:20:37,436 >> UH, PROBABLY THE ONE 756 00:20:37,436 --> 00:20:38,170 THAT'S NEAREST AND DEAREST 757 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:40,439 TO MY HEART IS WHEN, UM, 758 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:41,340 THE JOINT COMMANDERS 759 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:42,674 BETWEEN DR. PEGGY WHITSON 760 00:20:42,674 --> 00:20:44,509 AND PAMELA MELROY WERE, UH, 761 00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:45,877 COMMANDING THE INTERNATIONAL 762 00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:47,312 SPACE STATION AND THE S-- 763 00:20:47,312 --> 00:20:49,348 UH, SHUTTLE DISCOVERY, 764 00:20:49,348 --> 00:20:50,749 UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY. 765 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:52,718 THAT WAS DEFINITELY A FIRST, 766 00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:54,853 UH, THAT, UH, IS NEAR AND DEAR 767 00:20:54,853 --> 00:20:55,921 TO MY HEART. 768 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:56,722 AND I THINK WAS VERY 769 00:20:56,722 --> 00:20:59,491 INSPIRATIONAL TO, UH-- 770 00:20:59,491 --> 00:21:02,027 TO YOUNG GIRLS. 771 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:04,162 >> WHAT FIRSTS IN REPRESENTATION 772 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:05,797 ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT SEEING 773 00:21:05,797 --> 00:21:07,366 BE ACHIEVED IN NASA 774 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:09,601 SPACE PROGRAMS? 775 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:12,137 >> I-- WELL, I THINK IT WOULD 776 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:14,172 BE REALLY AMAZING TO SEE 777 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:16,041 THE FIRST, UH, WOMAN 778 00:21:16,041 --> 00:21:17,576 WALK ON MARS SOMEDAY. 779 00:21:17,576 --> 00:21:18,143 UM, AND I HOPE 780 00:21:18,143 --> 00:21:19,177 I'LL BE ALIVE TO SEE THAT. 781 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:20,345 BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, 782 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:21,113 BEYOND FIRSTS, 783 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:22,147 IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE 784 00:21:22,147 --> 00:21:23,048 SURE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE 785 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:24,616 FOLLOWING THOSE WOMEN WHO- 786 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:25,150 WHO ARE THE FIRST 787 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:25,617 TO DO SOMETHING, 788 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:26,718 WHO CAN BLAZE THAT TRAIL. 789 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:28,220 AND SO I'M-I'M 790 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:28,954 REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 791 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:31,223 TO SEEING WOMEN, YOU KNOW, 792 00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:33,091 IN PLACES OF LEADERSHIP 793 00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:34,860 AT EVERY NASA CENTER. 794 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:35,927 UM, AT HEADQUARTERS. 795 00:21:35,927 --> 00:21:37,829 UM, JUST ACROSS THE AGENCY, 796 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:38,697 I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT 797 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:40,432 AND, UM, CHARLIE IS SUCH 798 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:41,967 A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. 799 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,268 AND-AND I HOPE THAT SHE CAN 800 00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:45,637 INSPIRE MORE PEOPLE TO- 801 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:47,039 TO FOLLOW THAT AND THAT-THAT, 802 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:48,206 UM, THE ENVIRONMENT CAN BE 803 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:50,375 VERY INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE. 804 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:50,976 >> SO LADIES, 805 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,110 LET'S NOW TALK A LITTLE BIT 806 00:21:52,110 --> 00:21:54,012 ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 807 00:21:54,012 --> 00:21:54,946 WE HAVE THIS WHOLE 808 00:21:54,946 --> 00:21:56,214 NEW GENERATION OF FEMALE 809 00:21:56,214 --> 00:21:57,849 EXPLORERS AND SCIENTISTS 810 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:58,884 AND WE HAVE NASA'S 811 00:21:58,884 --> 00:22:00,352 ARTEMIS PROGRAM 812 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:01,219 THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO LAND 813 00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:02,721 THE FIRST WOMAN 814 00:22:02,721 --> 00:22:03,789 AND THE NEXT MAN 815 00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:04,423 ON THE SURFACE OF 816 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:06,758 THE MOON BY 2024. 817 00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:08,326 WITH THIS ARTEMIS PROGRAM, 818 00:22:08,326 --> 00:22:09,161 THERE'S SO MUCH 819 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:10,696 EXCITEMENT AROUND IT. 820 00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:12,130 AND SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY 821 00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:14,199 AND POSSIBILITY FOR ALL. 822 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:15,200 WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT 823 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,402 HAVING A SUSTAINED PRESENCE 824 00:22:17,402 --> 00:22:18,303 ON THE MOON. 825 00:22:18,303 --> 00:22:20,072 SO, GOING TO THE MOON 826 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:20,939 AND TESTING OUT 827 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:22,674 TECHNOLOGIES AND CAPABILITIES 828 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:24,209 AND-AND GETTING US READY 829 00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:25,811 SO THAT WE CAN GO EVEN FURTHER, 830 00:22:25,811 --> 00:22:28,280 GO BEYOND TO MARS. 831 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,748 SUCH AN EXCITING TIME. 832 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:30,549 AND WE JUST LAUNCHED 833 00:22:30,549 --> 00:22:33,051 THE PERSEVERANCE ROVERS TO MARS. 834 00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:33,819 SO NOW LET'S TAKE 835 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:34,886 ANOTHER QUESTION BY 836 00:22:34,886 --> 00:22:36,855 SENATOR CAPITO. 837 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:37,756 >> I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT 838 00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:38,757 THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM 839 00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:39,491 THAT WILL SEND 840 00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:41,326 THE FIRST WOMAN TO THE MOON. 841 00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:41,893 WHAT WILL THAT MOMENT 842 00:22:41,893 --> 00:22:43,395 MEAN TO YOU? 843 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:45,363 >> SO I THINK BY GETTING 844 00:22:45,363 --> 00:22:46,131 TO TALK TO NASA 845 00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:47,199 SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, 846 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:48,200 A LOT OF THEM ARE REALLY 847 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,968 INSPIRED BY, UH, 848 00:22:49,968 --> 00:22:50,669 WHEN NEIL ARMSTRONG 849 00:22:50,669 --> 00:22:51,603 FIRST LANDED ON THE MOON 850 00:22:51,603 --> 00:22:52,704 IN 1969. 851 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:54,673 AND I THINK, UM, 852 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:55,941 TO HAVE A WOMAN ON THERE 853 00:22:55,941 --> 00:22:57,175 AND TO HAVE A MOMENT 854 00:22:57,175 --> 00:22:58,143 LIKE THAT FOR- 855 00:22:58,143 --> 00:22:58,877 FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE, 856 00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:00,345 THAT'S GOING TO BE-- YOU KNOW, 857 00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:01,413 THAT'S GONNA INSPIRE SO MANY 858 00:23:01,413 --> 00:23:02,881 LITTLE KIDS TO-TO 859 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:06,651 WANT TO DO THE SAME THING. 860 00:23:06,651 --> 00:23:08,220 >> HOW IS NASA PREPARING 861 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,354 THE CURRENT GENERATION 862 00:23:09,354 --> 00:23:10,756 OF WOMEN ASTRONAUTS 863 00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:13,592 FOR DEEP SPACE FLIGHT? 864 00:23:13,592 --> 00:23:14,760 >> WE, UH, OF COURSE 865 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,528 ARE SUPPORTING NOW THE, UH, 866 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:18,196 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 867 00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:20,198 UH, WE HAVE FLIGHTS, UH, 868 00:23:20,198 --> 00:23:21,933 ABOARD THE, UH, SOYUZ VEHICLE. 869 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:22,901 AND NOW WE'RE VERY EXCITED 870 00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:24,770 THAT THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 871 00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:25,670 HAS BROUGHT TO US 872 00:23:25,670 --> 00:23:27,672 THE, UH, CREW DRAGON. 873 00:23:27,672 --> 00:23:29,941 UH, VIA THE SPACEX, UH, 874 00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:31,543 SPACE EXPLORATION COMPANY. 875 00:23:31,543 --> 00:23:32,878 AND THE, UH, BOEING COMPANY 876 00:23:32,878 --> 00:23:34,179 IS ALSO PROVIDING THE, UH, 877 00:23:34,179 --> 00:23:36,114 STARLINER VEHICLE TO TAKE US TO 878 00:23:36,114 --> 00:23:37,816 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 879 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:38,750 WHERE WE CONDUCT, UH, 880 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:39,818 THE WONDERFUL RESEARCH 881 00:23:39,818 --> 00:23:40,819 ABOARD THAT, UH, 882 00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:42,921 INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY. 883 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:44,856 UH, WE CONTINUE ALSO, UH, 884 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:46,691 DEVELOPING THE ARTEMIS MISSION, 885 00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:47,459 WHERE LOCKHEED MARTIN 886 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:49,261 IS DEVELOPING THE ORION, 887 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:50,529 UH, VEHICLE, UH, 888 00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:51,630 ON BOARD THE, UH, NASA, 889 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:53,665 UH, PROVIDED AND DEVELOPED 890 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:55,267 SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, 891 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:56,168 UH, FOR THE ARTEMIS 892 00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:57,803 MISSIONS TO THE MOON. 893 00:23:57,803 --> 00:23:59,638 AND, UH, WE ARE STARTING, 894 00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:00,806 UH, TO WORK ON 895 00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:01,940 THOSE PROGRAMS NOW. 896 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:03,909 WORKING ON THE LANDER PROGRAM 897 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:06,144 AND, UH, AS WE LOOK, UH, 898 00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:07,846 ACROSS THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS, 899 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:09,481 OF COURSE OUR WONDERFUL, 900 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:11,082 UH, ROBOTIC MISSIONS, 901 00:24:11,082 --> 00:24:13,151 UH, MUCH AS THE-THE MARS 902 00:24:13,151 --> 00:24:14,820 2020 PERSEVERANCE WITH 903 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,321 THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER, 904 00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:18,190 UH, GIVES US WONDERFUL, UH, 905 00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:19,391 INFORMATION AND INSIGHT 906 00:24:19,391 --> 00:24:21,760 INTO THE, UH, UH, 907 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,295 MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT 908 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:24,462 SUCH THAT WE CAN PREPARE 909 00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:26,064 FOR DEEP SPACE MISSIONS, 910 00:24:26,064 --> 00:24:27,332 UH, ONTO MARS. 911 00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:28,300 AND SO THOSE, UH, 912 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,534 PROGRAMS ARE ONGOING, 913 00:24:29,534 --> 00:24:31,002 AND THOSE PREPARATIONS AND, 914 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:32,971 UH, INITIAL ASSESSMENTS ARE, 915 00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:34,639 UH-- ARE UNDER WAY AND, 916 00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:36,208 UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED 917 00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:37,342 ABOUT THE, UH, FUTURE WORK 918 00:24:37,342 --> 00:24:40,378 IN THOSE PROGRAMS. 919 00:24:40,378 --> 00:24:41,680 >> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. 920 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,081 SO THIS NEXT QUESTION 921 00:24:43,081 --> 00:24:44,082 IS A SECOND QUESTION 922 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:47,252 FROM EMILY. 923 00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:48,053 >> HOW DOES THE WORKFORCE 924 00:24:48,053 --> 00:24:49,421 AT NASA THAT'S WORKING ON 925 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:50,789 THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM LOOK 926 00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:51,489 A LITTLE DIFFERENT 927 00:24:51,489 --> 00:24:52,824 THAN THE WORKFORCE THAT 928 00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:54,993 WORKED ON THE APOLLO PROGRAM, 929 00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:58,463 AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? 930 00:24:58,463 --> 00:24:59,130 >> CHARLIE, COULD YOU 931 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:01,733 ADDRESS THAT QUESTION? 932 00:25:01,733 --> 00:25:03,068 >> I CAN. 933 00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:06,137 UM, LAST SUMMER ACTUALLY, 934 00:25:06,137 --> 00:25:06,972 WHEN WE CELEBRATED 935 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:08,240 THE 50th ANNIVERSARY 936 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,407 OF APOLLO 11, 937 00:25:09,407 --> 00:25:11,109 WE ACTUALLY INVITED THE TEAM 938 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:13,345 TO COME BACK TO FIRING ROOM ONE. 939 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,346 AND SO WHEN YOU 940 00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:15,213 LOOKED AT THE TEAM 941 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:16,481 AND YOU LOOK AT OLD PHOTOS, 942 00:25:16,481 --> 00:25:17,849 THERE WERE 400 PEOPLE-- 943 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:18,884 ABOUT 400 PEOPLE 944 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:20,118 IN FIRING ROOM ONE. 945 00:25:20,118 --> 00:25:20,652 AND THERE WAS-- 946 00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:21,453 AS I SPOKE BEFORE, 947 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:22,821 THERE WAS ONE WOMAN. 948 00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:24,522 UM, VERY LITTLE DIVERSITY 949 00:25:24,522 --> 00:25:25,724 IN THE ROOM AT ALL. 950 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:27,559 AND SO WHEN YOU COMPARE 951 00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:28,426 SORT OF WHERE WE WERE 952 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:30,362 IN APOLLO, UM, 953 00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:32,197 WHICH WAS PREDOMINANTLY MEN-- 954 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:33,765 PREDOMINANTLY WHITE MEN, 955 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:35,333 UH, TO-TO WHERE WE ARE 956 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:36,101 WITH ARTEMIS, 957 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:37,869 WHEN I LOOK ACROSS OUR TEAM 958 00:25:37,869 --> 00:25:40,071 THAT'S ABOUT 100, UM, 959 00:25:40,071 --> 00:25:42,073 BIG IN FIRING ROOM ONE, 960 00:25:42,073 --> 00:25:42,774 YOU KNOW, IT IS-- 961 00:25:42,774 --> 00:25:44,609 IT IS MUCH MORE DIVERSE, 962 00:25:44,609 --> 00:25:46,344 UM, ACROSS THE BOARD. 963 00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:48,280 IT'S REALLY A REFLECTION OF-OF 964 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,248 OUR SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN. 965 00:25:50,248 --> 00:25:52,083 AND FROM-FROM A FEMALE 966 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:54,052 PARTICIPATION, OR, UH, WOMEN 967 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:55,587 IN THESE TECHNICAL ROLES 968 00:25:55,587 --> 00:25:57,555 IN THE CONTROL CENTER, 969 00:25:57,555 --> 00:25:58,857 WE'VE DEFINITELY SEEN 970 00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:00,725 A STEADY INCREASE 971 00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:02,193 UH, FROM APOLLO WHERE WE HAD 972 00:26:02,193 --> 00:26:03,895 ONE-ONE OUT OF 400. 973 00:26:03,895 --> 00:26:06,398 SO 0.25%, 974 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,633 UM, PRETTY LOW THERE. 975 00:26:08,633 --> 00:26:10,602 UM, AND SO AFTER WE HAD 976 00:26:10,602 --> 00:26:11,269 THE TEAM OUT, 977 00:26:11,269 --> 00:26:12,570 I ACTUALLY FLIPPED THROUGH 978 00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:13,905 AN OLD SEATING CHART-- 979 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:14,806 SO DON'T TAKE THIS 980 00:26:14,806 --> 00:26:15,974 AS SCIENTIFIC DATA. 981 00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:17,175 THIS IS JUST NOTIONAL-- 982 00:26:17,175 --> 00:26:18,176 A QUICK SKIM. 983 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:19,744 BUT WHEN I WENT AND FLIPPED 984 00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:20,979 THROUGH OUR SEATING CHART 985 00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:21,479 FOR THE END OF 986 00:26:21,479 --> 00:26:22,781 THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM, 987 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:25,450 WE HAD ABOUT 200 PERSONNEL 988 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:26,384 IN THE PRIME OF 989 00:26:26,384 --> 00:26:28,153 THE LAUNCH FIRING ROOM, 990 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:31,256 AND ABOUT 30 OR SO WERE WOMEN, 991 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:32,624 GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE BIT. 992 00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:33,959 AND SO ABOUT 15%. 993 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:34,993 SO WE WENT FROM 994 00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:36,828 A REALLY SMALL NUMBER 995 00:26:36,828 --> 00:26:38,063 TO ABOUT 15%. 996 00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:39,130 AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT 997 00:26:39,130 --> 00:26:40,999 OUR TEAM TODAY, UM, 998 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:42,200 WE PROBABLY-- OUT OF 999 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,536 THE 100 ENGINEERS, UH, 1000 00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:45,270 THAT WILL SIT IN 1001 00:26:45,270 --> 00:26:46,571 THE-THE FIRING ROOM ON 1002 00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:47,973 LAUNCH DAY WE COUNT SOMEWHERE 1003 00:26:47,973 --> 00:26:49,341 IN THE 30 TO 40 RANGE. 1004 00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:52,043 SO BEING-BEING A DATA PERSON, 1005 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:53,712 I LOOK AT THAT AND I SAY, 1006 00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:54,579 YOU KNOW, THERE IS STILL 1007 00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:55,947 ROOM FOR GROWTH, RIGHT? 1008 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:57,615 SO WHEN WE GET READY FOR-- 1009 00:26:57,615 --> 00:26:59,217 UM, AS WE GO FORWARD 1010 00:26:59,217 --> 00:27:00,518 IN-IN ARTEMIS, 1011 00:27:00,518 --> 00:27:02,153 THERE-THERE IS ABSOLUTELY 1012 00:27:02,153 --> 00:27:03,655 ROOM FOR-FOR GROWTH THERE. 1013 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:05,657 BUT THE SLOPE OF OUR CURVE 1014 00:27:05,657 --> 00:27:07,359 IS DEFINITELY, UH, 1015 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,260 IN A GOOD DIRECTION. 1016 00:27:09,260 --> 00:27:10,261 >> AND AS WE THINK ABOUT 1017 00:27:10,261 --> 00:27:11,730 THE DIFFERENCE IN DIVERSITY 1018 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:13,732 FROM THE APOLLO DAYS TO TODAY 1019 00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:15,066 AND THE-THE RATIO OF 1020 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:17,102 WOMEN TO MEN AND THE FACT 1021 00:27:17,102 --> 00:27:17,702 THAT WE'RE GONNA BE 1022 00:27:17,702 --> 00:27:19,204 INCREASING MORE WOMEN, 1023 00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:20,472 YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, 1024 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:22,207 HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE 1025 00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:23,908 TO JUGGLE PRIORITIES 1026 00:27:23,908 --> 00:27:25,677 BETWEEN WORK LIFE 1027 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:27,012 AND-AND HOME LIFE 1028 00:27:27,012 --> 00:27:27,812 AND MAKING SURE THAT 1029 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:28,646 YOU'RE ESTABLISHING 1030 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:31,416 THAT-THAT BALANCE? 1031 00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:32,183 >> I WOULD SAY THAT'S 1032 00:27:32,183 --> 00:27:34,753 PROBABLY-- FOR-FOR ME, 1033 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:36,054 PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST 1034 00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:38,156 CHALLENGES, BECAUSE I-- 1035 00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:38,723 ESPECIALLY WHEN 1036 00:27:38,723 --> 00:27:40,492 MY KIDS WERE YOUNGER. 1037 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,093 UM, I HAVE A-- I HAVE 1038 00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:44,329 A FAMILY THAT I-I LOVE. 1039 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:45,397 I-- AND YOU WANT TO BE 1040 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:46,531 INVOLVED IN ALL THE THINGS 1041 00:27:46,531 --> 00:27:48,299 THAT YOUR KIDS ARE DOING. 1042 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:49,567 AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO, 1043 00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:50,735 YOU KNOW, GO WATCH 1044 00:27:50,735 --> 00:27:51,536 WHEN THEY'RE DOING 1045 00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:52,537 VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. 1046 00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:53,538 BAND, SPORTS, 1047 00:27:53,538 --> 00:27:55,106 SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. 1048 00:27:55,106 --> 00:27:56,508 AND-AND YET, I HAVE 1049 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,309 A-A JOB THAT I ALSO LOVE. 1050 00:27:58,309 --> 00:27:59,110 AND SO LEARNING TO 1051 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:01,646 BALANCE BETWEEN THEM WAS-WAS 1052 00:28:01,646 --> 00:28:03,148 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME. 1053 00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:05,517 AND IT CAME DOWN FOR ME-- 1054 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:06,818 AND THIS MAY NOT BE AN ANSWER 1055 00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:07,619 FOR ANYONE ELSE. 1056 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:08,253 BUT FOR ME, 1057 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:10,622 IT CAME DOWN TO UNDERSTANDING 1058 00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:12,323 WHAT THE "MUST-DO'S" ARE. 1059 00:28:12,323 --> 00:28:13,158 THE MUST-DO'S AT HOME 1060 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:15,093 AND THE MUST-DO'S AT-AT WORK. 1061 00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:16,594 AND-AND, YOU KNOW, 1062 00:28:16,594 --> 00:28:17,262 WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND 1063 00:28:17,262 --> 00:28:18,063 YOUR REQUIREMENTS 1064 00:28:18,063 --> 00:28:19,264 AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO, 1065 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:20,698 YOU TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS, 1066 00:28:20,698 --> 00:28:21,866 AND THE THINGS THAT ARE-- 1067 00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:23,868 THAT MAYBE ARE NICE TO DO 1068 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,136 BUT NOT "GOT TO DO'S," 1069 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:26,805 YOU KNOW, THOSE GET A LOT 1070 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:27,839 LOWER ON THE LIST. 1071 00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:28,940 AND THAT WAS PART OF THE WAY 1072 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:30,108 THAT I LEARNED THE BALANCE 1073 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:33,378 BETWEEN THE TWO. 1074 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:35,547 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1075 00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:36,748 SO THIS NEXT QUESTION 1076 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:38,116 IS FROM KATIE JEVIN, 1077 00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:40,051 WHO IS A SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN 1078 00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:42,954 AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 1079 00:28:42,954 --> 00:28:43,755 >> WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE 1080 00:28:43,755 --> 00:28:44,889 FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING 1081 00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:46,024 IMPOSTER SYNDROME, 1082 00:28:46,024 --> 00:28:46,758 ESPECIALLY IN 1083 00:28:46,758 --> 00:28:49,527 MALE-DOMINATED FIELDS? 1084 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:51,196 >> I WOULD SAY... 1085 00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:53,865 WE'VE PROBABLY ALL HAD A MOMENT 1086 00:28:53,865 --> 00:28:55,467 WHERE WE HAD THAT 1087 00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:56,534 IMPOSTER MOMENT, RIGHT? 1088 00:28:56,534 --> 00:28:59,070 WHERE YOU QUESTIONED MAYBE-- 1089 00:28:59,070 --> 00:29:00,538 UM, YOU KNOW, 1090 00:29:00,538 --> 00:29:02,173 YOU-YOU QUESTION 1091 00:29:02,173 --> 00:29:03,641 SORT OF HOW YOU GOT HERE 1092 00:29:03,641 --> 00:29:05,343 OR-OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 1093 00:29:05,343 --> 00:29:07,045 THE-THE VALUE. 1094 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,580 UM, OR YOU KNOW, 1095 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,315 HOW GOOD YOU ARE AT SOMETHING. 1096 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:12,650 I THINK THE KEY IS-- 1097 00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:14,652 IN-IN MY MIND IS 1098 00:29:14,652 --> 00:29:16,287 RECOGNIZING THAT-THAT 1099 00:29:16,287 --> 00:29:17,322 THAT MOMENT 1100 00:29:17,322 --> 00:29:18,623 IS PROBABLY NORMAL. 1101 00:29:18,623 --> 00:29:19,491 BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE 1102 00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:21,025 THAT IMPOSTER CAREER, RIGHT? 1103 00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:22,227 WHERE YOU LOOK OVER YOUR CAREER 1104 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:23,828 AND YOU SAY, "OH MY GOODNESS," 1105 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:25,063 UH, YOU KNOW, 1106 00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:26,297 AND-AND QUESTION THAT. 1107 00:29:26,297 --> 00:29:28,032 WHAT-WHAT I WOULD SAY 1108 00:29:28,032 --> 00:29:29,968 TO SOMEONE IS, 1109 00:29:29,968 --> 00:29:31,736 DON'T FORGET THE HARD WORK 1110 00:29:31,736 --> 00:29:33,104 THAT YOU PUT IN. 1111 00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:34,939 DON'T FORGET, YOU KNOW, 1112 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,207 THE-- YOU KNOW, THAT YOU 1113 00:29:36,207 --> 00:29:37,342 HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR THIS. 1114 00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:38,643 THAT YOU PUT THE HARD WORK IN, 1115 00:29:38,643 --> 00:29:40,211 THAT YOU'RE DEDICATED. 1116 00:29:40,211 --> 00:29:42,213 UM, GIVE YOURSELF THE ADVICE 1117 00:29:42,213 --> 00:29:43,948 THAT YOU WOULD GIVE TO A FRIEND. 1118 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:44,616 IF SOMEONE THAT 1119 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:45,483 YOU WERE TALKING TO, 1120 00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:46,918 A MENTOR, A FRIEND, 1121 00:29:46,918 --> 00:29:47,952 AND-AND YOU WERE-- 1122 00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:49,988 YOU WERE RELAYING THE SITUATION, 1123 00:29:49,988 --> 00:29:50,722 WHAT'S-- WHAT WOULD 1124 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:52,157 YOU TELL THEM? 1125 00:29:52,157 --> 00:29:53,091 UH, AND GIVE THAT 1126 00:29:53,091 --> 00:29:54,492 SAME ADVICE TO YOURSELF, 1127 00:29:54,492 --> 00:29:55,994 BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, 1128 00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:57,795 IS THAT YOU GOT THIS, RIGHT? 1129 00:29:57,795 --> 00:29:59,164 YOU GOT IT. 1130 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:00,498 AND YOU'VE WORKED FOR IT 1131 00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:01,466 AND YOU DESERVE IT 1132 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,967 AND YOU PUT THE TIME IN 1133 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:03,735 AND YOU'RE TRAINED, 1134 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:05,503 OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE. 1135 00:30:05,503 --> 00:30:07,672 UH, AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT. 1136 00:30:07,672 --> 00:30:08,773 AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, 1137 00:30:08,773 --> 00:30:09,307 I WOULD SAY, 1138 00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:11,409 TAKE THOSE MOMENTS. 1139 00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:12,977 WE ALL HAVE THEM, RIGHT? 1140 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:16,548 TAKE A MOMENT WHERE YOU KNEW 1141 00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:19,717 THAT THIS IS MADE FOR ME, RIGHT? 1142 00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:21,119 I AM IN MY GROOVE. 1143 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:23,121 I-- YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT. 1144 00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:24,389 AND-AND WHEN YOU HAVE 1145 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:26,391 THAT MOMENT OF DOUBT, 1146 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:27,592 REFLECT ON THAT MOMENT 1147 00:30:27,592 --> 00:30:28,526 WHEN YOU KNEW, 1148 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:30,595 "THIS JOB IS MINE," RIGHT? 1149 00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:31,896 "THIS JOB IS FOR ME, 1150 00:30:31,896 --> 00:30:33,398 I LOVE IT." 1151 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:34,966 AND THEN ALSO THINK ABOUT-- 1152 00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:37,602 UM, FOR ME THIS IS IMPORTANT, 1153 00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:39,537 IS THE-- YOU KNOW, 1154 00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:41,072 THE-THE EXAMPLE THAT 1155 00:30:41,072 --> 00:30:43,074 YOU'RE SETTING FOR 1156 00:30:43,074 --> 00:30:45,009 THE NEXT GENERATION TO COME. 1157 00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:46,844 AND THAT MANY OF US, 1158 00:30:46,844 --> 00:30:48,546 UM, HAVE LEARNED FROM 1159 00:30:48,546 --> 00:30:49,981 THE FOLKS THAT CAME BEFORE US-- 1160 00:30:49,981 --> 00:30:51,583 MEN AND WOMEN. 1161 00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:52,584 AND WE'VE LEARNED FROM THEM. 1162 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:53,418 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE 1163 00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:56,087 THAT ARE WATCHING ALL OF US. 1164 00:30:56,087 --> 00:30:57,689 WATCHING MAYBE 1165 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,390 BEYOND THIS PANEL, RIGHT? 1166 00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:00,358 WATCHING YOUR PARENTS 1167 00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:01,359 AND YOUR TEACHERS 1168 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:03,127 AND PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 1169 00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:04,362 AND, YOU KNOW, 1170 00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:05,830 YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE TO THEM 1171 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:07,599 OF ALL THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. 1172 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:09,067 AND SO DON'T-DON'T 1173 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:10,768 GET IN YOUR OWN HEAD. 1174 00:31:10,768 --> 00:31:12,804 BUT REMEMBER, UM-- YOU KNOW, 1175 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:14,005 REMEMBER THOSE-THOSE 1176 00:31:14,005 --> 00:31:16,174 MOMENTS THAT-THAT YOU KNEW, 1177 00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:18,810 "HEY, I GOT THIS." 1178 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:20,245 >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 1179 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:20,912 THANK YOU SO MUCH 1180 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:21,813 FOR THAT, CHARLIE. 1181 00:31:21,813 --> 00:31:22,580 ONE THING THAT I WILL 1182 00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:24,215 ADD TO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, 1183 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:25,283 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE 1184 00:31:25,283 --> 00:31:26,351 NEW IN A POSITION 1185 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:28,253 OR WHEN YOU GET A POSITION, 1186 00:31:28,253 --> 00:31:30,021 YOU MAY NOT KNOW 1187 00:31:30,021 --> 00:31:30,922 ALL OF THE INFORMATION 1188 00:31:30,922 --> 00:31:32,056 THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. 1189 00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:33,958 YOU MAY NOT BE THE BEST-- 1190 00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:34,926 YOU KNOW, THE SMARTEST PERSON 1191 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:36,628 IN THE ROOM WHEN IT COMES TO 1192 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,129 YOUR SPECIFIC JOB, 1193 00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:39,897 AND THAT'S OKAY! 1194 00:31:39,897 --> 00:31:40,832 MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY 1195 00:31:40,832 --> 00:31:42,300 FIRST START A JOB, 1196 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:43,901 DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. 1197 00:31:43,901 --> 00:31:46,137 AND IF YOU COMPARE YOURSELF 1198 00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:46,938 TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN 1199 00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:47,672 THE ROOM LIKE SOME OF 1200 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:49,073 THE MEN WHO, YOU KNOW, 1201 00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:50,341 THEY SOMETIMES WILL WALK IN 1202 00:31:50,341 --> 00:31:51,542 AND THEY HAVE A SAYING. 1203 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:52,076 YOU KNOW, 1204 00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:53,578 "FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT." 1205 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:55,146 THEY WILL JUST CHARGE ON IN 1206 00:31:55,146 --> 00:31:56,514 AND JUST, YOU KNOW, 1207 00:31:56,514 --> 00:31:57,181 WALK THE TALK. 1208 00:31:57,181 --> 00:31:58,983 AND-AND STAND FIRM AND STRONG 1209 00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:00,385 IN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THERE 1210 00:32:00,385 --> 00:32:01,252 AND THEY-THEY KNOW 1211 00:32:01,252 --> 00:32:02,720 THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE THERE. 1212 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,290 MANY OF OUR-OUR WOMEN 1213 00:32:05,290 --> 00:32:06,624 END UP FINDING THEMSELVES 1214 00:32:06,624 --> 00:32:07,859 IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION 1215 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:09,127 AND THEY SHY AWAY 1216 00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:10,928 FROM SHOWING PEOPLE THAT 1217 00:32:10,928 --> 00:32:12,563 THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW. 1218 00:32:12,563 --> 00:32:13,431 SO, THEY MAY SIT 1219 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:14,332 IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM 1220 00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:15,600 WHEN THEY WALK INTO A MEETING 1221 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:16,534 OR ALONG THE WALL 1222 00:32:16,534 --> 00:32:18,202 INSTEAD OF AT THE TABLE, 1223 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:19,370 BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY 1224 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:20,838 WANT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS 1225 00:32:20,838 --> 00:32:22,273 OR ENGAGE. 1226 00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:22,807 BUT I WILL-- 1227 00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:24,409 YOU'LL FIND THAT IF YOU 1228 00:32:24,409 --> 00:32:26,177 SHY AWAY FROM 1229 00:32:26,177 --> 00:32:27,912 LEARNING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN 1230 00:32:27,912 --> 00:32:28,913 AND ENGAGING AS MUCH 1231 00:32:28,913 --> 00:32:30,048 AS YOU CAN, 1232 00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:31,149 IT MAKES YOUR LEARNING CURVE 1233 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:32,750 SO MUCH LONGER. 1234 00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:34,152 SO I WOULD SAY TO YOU, 1235 00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:34,986 UNDERSTAND THAT 1236 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:36,621 THE-THE SKILLSET-- 1237 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,423 THE SKILLSET THAT YOU HAVE 1238 00:32:38,423 --> 00:32:39,324 AND THE EXPERTISE 1239 00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:40,858 THAT YOU DO HAVE 1240 00:32:40,858 --> 00:32:42,627 IS OF VALUE, 1241 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:44,395 EVEN IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, 1242 00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:45,496 AT THE TOP LEVEL. 1243 00:32:45,496 --> 00:32:46,931 UH, AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL-- 1244 00:32:46,931 --> 00:32:48,266 YOU'RE BEAUTIFULLY, UNIQUELY, 1245 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:50,768 QUALIFIED TO BE WHERE YOU ARE. 1246 00:32:50,768 --> 00:32:51,969 AND THERE'S THAT VALUE 1247 00:32:51,969 --> 00:32:52,970 THAT COMES TO THE TABLE. 1248 00:32:52,970 --> 00:32:54,439 JUST THE FACT THAT, MANY TIMES, 1249 00:32:54,439 --> 00:32:55,440 YOU ARE A WOMAN. 1250 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,008 AND SHE ASKED THE QUESTION, 1251 00:32:57,008 --> 00:32:58,609 IN A MALE DOM--DOMINATED 1252 00:32:58,609 --> 00:33:00,311 ENVIRONMENT, JUST THE FACT 1253 00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:01,579 THAT YOU ARE A WOMAN 1254 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:02,613 BRINGS SOME BEAUTIFUL 1255 00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:04,115 UNIQUENESS TO THE TABLE 1256 00:33:04,115 --> 00:33:06,217 IN DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES, 1257 00:33:06,217 --> 00:33:07,785 DIFFERENT EXPOSURES. 1258 00:33:07,785 --> 00:33:08,720 AND SO THE WAY THAT 1259 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,054 YOU COME AT SOLUTIONS 1260 00:33:10,054 --> 00:33:10,755 FOR PROBLEMS THAT 1261 00:33:10,755 --> 00:33:12,090 YOU MAY HAVE FACED 1262 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:13,157 WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM 1263 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:14,058 SOME OF THE ONES THAT 1264 00:33:14,058 --> 00:33:15,727 THE-THE MEN BRING TO THE TABLE. 1265 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:17,261 SO IT REALLY STARTS WITH 1266 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:18,629 WHAT CHARLIE SAID. 1267 00:33:18,629 --> 00:33:20,164 IT'S-IT'S RIGHT HERE. 1268 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:21,632 YOU HAVE GOT TO-TO MAKE SURE 1269 00:33:21,632 --> 00:33:23,601 THAT YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT THIS. 1270 00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:25,603 YOU DESERVE TO BE HERE. 1271 00:33:25,603 --> 00:33:26,504 SO TAKE ADVANTAGE 1272 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:27,538 OF EVERY MOMENT 1273 00:33:27,538 --> 00:33:29,273 THAT YOU ARE THERE. 1274 00:33:29,273 --> 00:33:30,708 OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 1275 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:35,713 SOPHIA MARTINEZ FROM UCLA. 1276 00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:36,981 >> WHAT CURRENT ACTION PLAN 1277 00:33:36,981 --> 00:33:38,216 AND MAJOR MILESTONE GOALS 1278 00:33:38,216 --> 00:33:39,183 ARE IN PLACE TO 1279 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:39,817 TRY AND ELIMINATE 1280 00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:42,186 THE GENDER GAP AT NASA? 1281 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:42,587 >> WELL, LET'S SEE, 1282 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:43,354 I'M GONNA TAKE 1283 00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:45,423 THE QUESTION FROM, UM, 1284 00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:45,990 MAYBE A LITTLE 1285 00:33:45,990 --> 00:33:47,392 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, 1286 00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:48,025 MAYBE NOT FROM 1287 00:33:48,025 --> 00:33:49,494 THE BIG NASA PERSPECTIVE, 1288 00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:50,495 SO MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE 1289 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,430 ON THE PANEL CAN SPEAK TO THAT. 1290 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:53,698 UM, BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO IT 1291 00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:55,500 AS A TECHNICAL LEADER. 1292 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,302 UM, SO TO ME, 1293 00:33:58,302 --> 00:33:59,070 WHEN WE START TO 1294 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,204 THINK ABOUT ADDRESSING 1295 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:01,773 THE GENDER GAP AT NASA 1296 00:34:01,773 --> 00:34:03,908 OR-OR THE-THE GENDER GAP 1297 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:05,410 IN TECHNICAL FIELDS, 1298 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:06,411 IT REALLY STARTS WITH 1299 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:08,279 THAT STUDY IN STEM. 1300 00:34:08,279 --> 00:34:10,047 AND ENCOURAGING AND JUST 1301 00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:11,082 LIKE I HAD THAT TEACHER 1302 00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:12,717 THAT ENCOURAGED ME. 1303 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:13,451 YOU KNOW, 1304 00:34:13,451 --> 00:34:14,519 IT-IT IS INCUMBENT 1305 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:15,586 UPON ALL OF US 1306 00:34:15,586 --> 00:34:17,188 TO-TO ENCOURAGE 1307 00:34:17,188 --> 00:34:18,956 THE YOUTH AROUND US. 1308 00:34:18,956 --> 00:34:21,626 UM, I'D LOVE NOTHING BETTER 1309 00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:22,660 THAN ENGAGING WITH 1310 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:23,594 THE LOCAL SCHOOLS 1311 00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:25,396 AND MY HOMETOWN SCHOOLS, 1312 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:27,565 UH, AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS 1313 00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:29,500 TO STUDY IN THE STEM FIELD. 1314 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:30,968 AND I ALSO THINK ANOTHER THING 1315 00:34:30,968 --> 00:34:31,669 AND YOU-- CHRISTYL, 1316 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:32,904 YOU-YOU MENTIONED THIS 1317 00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,705 IN THE PRIOR QUESTION, 1318 00:34:34,705 --> 00:34:36,140 UM, ABOUT, UH, 1319 00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:37,041 AN ELEMENT OF THIS, 1320 00:34:37,041 --> 00:34:39,010 BUT IT'S IN THAT MENTORING. 1321 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:40,611 SO WHEN-WHEN FOLKS BECOME-- 1322 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:41,479 WHEN YOUNG WOMEN 1323 00:34:41,479 --> 00:34:42,613 COME INTO THE WORKFORCE, 1324 00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:43,214 YOU'RE RIGHT. 1325 00:34:43,214 --> 00:34:45,149 THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE, UM, 1326 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:46,717 MAYBE ALL OF THE CONFIDENCE. 1327 00:34:46,717 --> 00:34:48,519 OR MAYBE ALL OF THE ANSWERS. 1328 00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:50,221 AND SO GETTING A MENTOR, 1329 00:34:50,221 --> 00:34:52,390 BEING A MENTOR, UM, 1330 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:55,460 IS-IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 1331 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:56,360 >> THIS NEXT QUESTION 1332 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,963 COMES FROM SENATOR CAPITO. 1333 00:35:01,466 --> 00:35:02,767 >> WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUNG GIRLS 1334 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:03,835 WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 1335 00:35:03,835 --> 00:35:08,406 SPACE-RELATED FIELDS? 1336 00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:09,073 >> AND CLARA, 1337 00:35:09,073 --> 00:35:10,708 THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU. 1338 00:35:10,708 --> 00:35:11,809 AND ALSO, WHAT WOULD 1339 00:35:11,809 --> 00:35:13,010 YOUR CALL TO ACTION BE 1340 00:35:13,010 --> 00:35:14,178 FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION 1341 00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:16,614 AS YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? 1342 00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:17,682 >> TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION 1343 00:35:17,682 --> 00:35:19,417 I WOULD SAY, 1344 00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:20,852 "BE INSPIRED BY THE PAST 1345 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:22,453 AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE PRESENT 1346 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:24,689 IN ORDER TO BUILD YOUR FUTURE." 1347 00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:26,023 YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS YOURS 1348 00:35:26,023 --> 00:35:26,958 TO SHAPE, SO DON'T BE 1349 00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:28,559 AFRAID TO TRY SOMETHING. 1350 00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:29,427 ESPECIALLY IF IT'S 1351 00:35:29,427 --> 00:35:30,862 NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 1352 00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:32,196 UM, AND MAKE SURE 1353 00:35:32,196 --> 00:35:33,364 YOU'RE NOT DOING IT ALONE. 1354 00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:33,965 LIKE, SCIENCE IS NOT 1355 00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,399 SOMETHING YOU DO BY YOURSELF. 1356 00:35:35,399 --> 00:35:36,067 YOU-- I THINK 1357 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:37,001 WORKING WITH A TEAM-- 1358 00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:37,635 A TEAM OF PEOPLE 1359 00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:39,170 FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS 1360 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:40,538 AND WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, 1361 00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:41,272 THAT'S-THAT'S 1362 00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:42,640 ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. 1363 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,075 AND-AND DON'T EVER GIVE UP 1364 00:35:44,075 --> 00:35:44,775 ON DOING SOMETHING 1365 00:35:44,775 --> 00:35:45,643 WITH YOUR LIFE THAT 1366 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:46,844 MAKES YOU EXCITED 1367 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:48,646 AND-AND HAPPY AND CURIOUS. 1368 00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:50,715 AND, UM, YOU ARE THE NEXT 1369 00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:51,916 GENERATION OF EXPLORERS, 1370 00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:54,619 AND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 1371 00:35:54,619 --> 00:35:55,319 >> THIS NEXT QUESTION 1372 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:57,655 IS FROM MENG. 1373 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:59,323 >> HOW WILL WOMEN AT NASA 1374 00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:00,992 SHAPE THE FUTURE OF 1375 00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:04,095 HOW WE EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE? 1376 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:05,530 >> WHEN WOMEN ARE INVOLVED 1377 00:36:05,530 --> 00:36:08,599 IN ALL ASPECTS OF EXPLORATION, 1378 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:10,535 WHETHER IT IS DESIGNING 1379 00:36:10,535 --> 00:36:12,937 SPACECRAFT, DESIGNING ROCKETS. 1380 00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:14,939 WHETHER IT IS, UM, 1381 00:36:14,939 --> 00:36:15,840 PUTTING THEM TOGETHER, 1382 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,341 TESTING THEM, LAUNCHING THEM. 1383 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:19,310 WHETHER IT'S FLYING THE MISSION, 1384 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,112 UM, IT'S BRINGING THE CREW HOME, 1385 00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:21,913 IT'S MONITORING 1386 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:22,813 DURING THE MISSION 1387 00:36:22,813 --> 00:36:24,382 FROM MISSION CONTROL. 1388 00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:25,249 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 1389 00:36:25,249 --> 00:36:27,285 MANY WOMEN THERE, UM, 1390 00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:28,419 THAT ARE PART OF THAT TEAM 1391 00:36:28,419 --> 00:36:29,487 JUST AS THEY ARE A PART 1392 00:36:29,487 --> 00:36:30,821 OF OUR LAUNCH TEAM. 1393 00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:31,522 OR WHETHER YOU'RE PART 1394 00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:32,356 OF THE RECOVERY 1395 00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:34,025 OF THE CREW, UM, 1396 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:35,560 AT THE END OF THE MISSION. 1397 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,361 SO THERE ARE WOMEN 1398 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:39,797 INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS 1399 00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:41,032 OF-OF THE MISSION. 1400 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,633 AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY SHAPING 1401 00:36:42,633 --> 00:36:45,336 WHERE WE GO, HOW WE GO, 1402 00:36:45,336 --> 00:36:46,103 HOW WE GET THERE, 1403 00:36:46,103 --> 00:36:49,340 AND HOW WE GET BACK. 1404 00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:50,875 >> THANK YOU. 1405 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,209 AND CLARA, THIS NEXT 1406 00:36:52,209 --> 00:36:55,880 QUESTION FROM EMILY IS FOR YOU. 1407 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:56,948 >> WHAT PLANET IN THE SOLAR 1408 00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:58,549 SYSTEM ARE YOU MOST EXCITED 1409 00:36:58,549 --> 00:37:00,017 FOR US TO GET TO KNOW 1410 00:37:00,017 --> 00:37:03,654 A LITTLE BIT BETTER? 1411 00:37:03,654 --> 00:37:04,155 >> OKAY, SO I THINK 1412 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:05,523 THAT'S A REALLY HARD QUESTION. 1413 00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:07,224 BUT FIRST I WANT TO SAY, 1414 00:37:07,224 --> 00:37:09,193 UM, NASA'S PERSEVERANCE ROVER 1415 00:37:09,193 --> 00:37:10,528 IS GOING TO BE LANDING 1416 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:12,763 ON MARS IN FEBRUARY 2021. 1417 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:13,564 AND, UH, 1418 00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:15,433 IT'S AT THE JEZERO CRATER, 1419 00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:16,701 WHICH IS A REALLY INTERESTING 1420 00:37:16,701 --> 00:37:18,903 PLACE THAT SCIENTISTS THINK 1421 00:37:18,903 --> 00:37:19,303 MIGHT HAVE ONCE BEEN 1422 00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:20,705 FLOODED WITH WATER. 1423 00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:21,472 AND THE ROVER IS GONNA 1424 00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:23,107 LOOK FOR SIGNS OF ANCIENT LIFE 1425 00:37:23,107 --> 00:37:24,208 AND-AND COLLECT ROCK 1426 00:37:24,208 --> 00:37:25,176 AND SOIL SAMPLES TO 1427 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:26,711 SOMEDAY HOPEFULLY RETURN 1428 00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:28,045 ALL THE WAY BACK TO EARTH. 1429 00:37:28,045 --> 00:37:29,280 AND IT'S GOT A REALLY COOL 1430 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,381 DRONE HELICOPTER CALLED 1431 00:37:30,381 --> 00:37:31,949 INGENUITY, AS WELL. 1432 00:37:31,949 --> 00:37:32,783 UM, I KNOW WE HAVE 1433 00:37:32,783 --> 00:37:33,784 A LONG HISTORY OF SENDING 1434 00:37:33,784 --> 00:37:34,785 SPACECRAFT TO MARS, 1435 00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:35,820 BUT-BUT THERE'S STILL 1436 00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:36,754 SO MUCH TO LEARN 1437 00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:38,255 AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE 1438 00:37:38,255 --> 00:37:40,024 HOW THAT MISSION TURNS OUT. 1439 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:41,592 UM, BESIDES MARS, 1440 00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:42,426 I'M REALLY EXCITED 1441 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:43,828 ABOUT JUPITER AND NASA'S 1442 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:45,262 EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION. 1443 00:37:45,262 --> 00:37:46,063 IT JUST MAKES ME 1444 00:37:46,063 --> 00:37:46,831 WANT TO KNOW MORE 1445 00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:47,965 AND I HOPE WE GET TO FIND OUT 1446 00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:50,768 MORE IN OUR LIFETIMES. 1447 00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,103 >> GIVEN THAT WOMEN PLAY A KEY 1448 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,171 ROLE IN SPACE EXPLORATION TODAY, 1449 00:37:54,171 --> 00:37:54,939 WHAT IS A BREAKTHROUGH 1450 00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:55,973 THAT YOU HOPE TO SEE 1451 00:37:55,973 --> 00:37:56,941 IN THE NEAR FUTURE 1452 00:37:56,941 --> 00:37:57,608 WHEN THE FIRST WOMAN 1453 00:37:57,608 --> 00:37:59,443 WALKS ON THE MOON? 1454 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:00,678 >> LET'S SEE, BREAKTHROUGHS... 1455 00:38:00,678 --> 00:38:02,847 WE HAVE, UH, REALLY BEEN 1456 00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:04,081 TALKING ABOUT BREAKTHROUGHS 1457 00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:05,516 OUR-OUR ENTIRE TIME 1458 00:38:05,516 --> 00:38:06,851 ON THIS PANEL. 1459 00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:08,552 AND, UM, YOU KNOW, 1460 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:10,187 I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, 1461 00:38:10,187 --> 00:38:10,888 THE WOMEN THAT ARE PART 1462 00:38:10,888 --> 00:38:12,590 OF THE ARTEMIS MISSION, 1463 00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:14,191 UH, LANDING, UH, 1464 00:38:14,191 --> 00:38:15,459 THE LANDER ON THE MOON. 1465 00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:17,528 HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 1466 00:38:17,528 --> 00:38:19,130 UH, PARTICIPATING IN THOSE, 1467 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,465 UH, LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSIONS. 1468 00:38:21,465 --> 00:38:23,367 AND THEN, UH, UH, SEEING, 1469 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:24,502 UH, WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS 1470 00:38:24,502 --> 00:38:26,070 FOR NASA EXPLORATION PROGRAMS 1471 00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:27,672 IN DEEP SPACE AND TO-- 1472 00:38:27,672 --> 00:38:29,540 AND CONTINUING ON TO MARS. 1473 00:38:29,540 --> 00:38:31,876 SO I BELIEVE THAT EVERY, UM, 1474 00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:33,577 MILESTONE THAT WE ARE SETTING 1475 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:35,813 NOW AND MOVING BEYOND, 1476 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:36,814 UH, IS A BREAKTHROUGH. 1477 00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:38,416 AND LEADS US FORWARD, UH, 1478 00:38:38,416 --> 00:38:40,818 TO THE NEXT, UH, MILESTONE. 1479 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:41,352 >> WHAT ARE SOME OF 1480 00:38:41,352 --> 00:38:42,887 THE BEST TOOLS AND RESOURCES 1481 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:44,021 AVAILABLE TO YOUNG WOMEN 1482 00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:44,955 HOPING TO PURSUE 1483 00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:46,891 A CAREER IN STEM? 1484 00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:48,993 >> SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, 1485 00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:50,995 UM-- TO LOOK AT THE TOOLS 1486 00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,029 THAT ARE AVAILABLE 1487 00:38:52,029 --> 00:38:53,264 AT YOUR SCHOOL. 1488 00:38:53,264 --> 00:38:54,098 IF YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL 1489 00:38:54,098 --> 00:38:55,332 OR COLLEGE, 1490 00:38:55,332 --> 00:38:56,634 UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU 1491 00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:57,868 TO TALK TO OTHERS 1492 00:38:57,868 --> 00:38:59,170 IN THE FIELD. 1493 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,172 UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, 1494 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:03,074 UM, YOU KNOW, SEEK, UH, 1495 00:39:03,074 --> 00:39:05,242 GUIDANCE FROM-FROM MENTORS 1496 00:39:05,242 --> 00:39:06,711 OR-OR OTHERS THAT-THAT 1497 00:39:06,711 --> 00:39:07,645 YOU THINK ARE DOING WHAT 1498 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:09,814 MAYBE YOU WANT TO GO DO. 1499 00:39:09,814 --> 00:39:11,315 AND, UH, I THINK THAT IS 1500 00:39:11,315 --> 00:39:12,917 A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE. 1501 00:39:12,917 --> 00:39:13,751 I THINK THERE'S ALSO 1502 00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:14,985 LOTS OF INFORMATION-- 1503 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:16,854 NASA HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. 1504 00:39:16,854 --> 00:39:18,289 I'M SURE YOU'LL SEE WEBSITES 1505 00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:19,924 AND-AND SOCIAL MEDIA TAGS 1506 00:39:19,924 --> 00:39:21,192 HERE AT THE END, UH, 1507 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:22,693 THAT YOU CAN ACCESS. 1508 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:24,095 NASA ALSO HAS A LOT 1509 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:26,063 OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE 1510 00:39:26,063 --> 00:39:27,631 ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION, 1511 00:39:27,631 --> 00:39:29,133 CAREERS AT NASA, 1512 00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,835 STUDY IN THE STEM FIELD. 1513 00:39:30,835 --> 00:39:31,736 AND THEN I WOULD ALSO 1514 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:34,505 ENCOURAGE, UH, YOUNG WOMEN 1515 00:39:34,505 --> 00:39:36,273 TO CONSIDER INTERNSHIPS, 1516 00:39:36,273 --> 00:39:37,141 BECAUSE THAT GIVES YOU 1517 00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:38,809 YOUR FIRST TASTE OF 1518 00:39:38,809 --> 00:39:40,444 BEING ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, 1519 00:39:40,444 --> 00:39:42,113 WHAT THAT WORK IS LIKE. 1520 00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:43,147 AND I CAN TELL YOU, 1521 00:39:43,147 --> 00:39:44,215 WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING 1522 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,649 THAT YOU LOVE, 1523 00:39:45,649 --> 00:39:47,485 IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WORK. 1524 00:39:47,485 --> 00:39:48,919 SO TRY-- YOU KNOW, 1525 00:39:48,919 --> 00:39:50,087 AND IF YOU TRY SOMETHING OUT 1526 00:39:50,087 --> 00:39:50,755 AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT 1527 00:39:50,755 --> 00:39:51,856 QUITE THE FIT, 1528 00:39:51,856 --> 00:39:53,390 THEN-THEN TRY SOMETHING ELSE 1529 00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:54,725 MAYBE THE NEXT TIME. 1530 00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:57,128 BUT INTERNSHIPS ARE A GREAT WAY 1531 00:39:57,128 --> 00:39:58,195 TO TAKE THE SKILLS 1532 00:39:58,195 --> 00:39:58,796 AND THE THINGS THAT 1533 00:39:58,796 --> 00:39:59,897 YOU'RE LEARNING IN SCHOOL 1534 00:39:59,897 --> 00:40:00,931 AND TRANSLATE THEM, 1535 00:40:00,931 --> 00:40:02,533 YOU KNOW, INTO-INTO 1536 00:40:02,533 --> 00:40:04,034 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. 1537 00:40:04,034 --> 00:40:05,836 WHICH IT HELPS YOU, YOU KNOW, 1538 00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:07,104 EVEN DOWN THE ROAD, UM, 1539 00:40:07,104 --> 00:40:07,705 WHEN YOU GET READY TO 1540 00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:10,775 ENTER THE WORKFORCE. 1541 00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:11,308 >> AND CHARLIE, 1542 00:40:11,308 --> 00:40:12,376 THAT'S GREAT ADVICE. 1543 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:13,677 THE INTERNSHIP IS HOW 1544 00:40:13,677 --> 00:40:16,447 I ACTUALLY GOT INTO NASA MYSELF. 1545 00:40:16,447 --> 00:40:18,149 SO I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU 1546 00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:19,083 FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 1547 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:20,284 BE WITH US HERE TODAY 1548 00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:21,018 AND SHARING SOME OF 1549 00:40:21,018 --> 00:40:22,253 YOUR EXPERIENCES 1550 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:23,587 WITH THE COMMUNITY. 1551 00:40:23,587 --> 00:40:25,122 WE REALLY APPRECIATE 1552 00:40:25,122 --> 00:40:26,757 YOU CELEBRATING WITH US 1553 00:40:26,757 --> 00:40:28,025 FOR THIS WOMEN'S EQUALITY 1554 00:40:28,025 --> 00:40:29,126 DAY PROGRAM.