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revived american leadership in space

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it's a particular pleasure to be back

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here in florida on the space coast

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and also to be here at the world's

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premier gateway to space

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join me in thanking the kennedy space

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center and director bob cabana for their

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tremendous hospitality and leadership

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so it's wonderful to be here at this

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apollo center bob and it's an incredible

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place people have come from around the

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country and around the world to be

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inspired by

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the past and now the present and the

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future of american leadership in space

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and we're truly grateful kennedy space

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center for all that you've done

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and to continue to advance american

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leadership

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allow me to also bring greetings from a

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champion of american space exploration

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someone who has revived americans

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leadership in human space exploration in

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just four short years

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i bring greetings from the 45th

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president of the united states of

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today at this eighth meeting of the

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national space council we will have

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updates from

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all of our council's members about the

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progress that we have made both in

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economic and military advances in space

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but before i start

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let me at least acknowledge the passing

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of an extraordinary american

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whose life and contributions to american

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aviation have undoubtedly led

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to inspire the advances that we've made

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in the vast expanse of states

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this past monday america lost one of our

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greatest heroes one of the greatest

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heroes not just in the history of the

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united states air force but in the

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history of american

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aviation

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general chuck yeager

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he's a man of a humble background

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grew up in rural west virginia

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enlisted in the military he would go on

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to become one of the greatest aviators

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of all time

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chuck yeager was a war hero

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shot down 13 nazi aircraft but was

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himself shot down over france

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flew more than 150 military planes

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a total of more than 10 thousand hours

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thirty years of active duty

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and as history records was the

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first

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man to break the sound barrier

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general chuck yeager has now left us

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made his

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final ascent

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but it was my great honor as we renamed

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two air force bases as space force bases

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just a short while ago

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to announce that at the direction of

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president donald trump

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we are initiating today efforts to

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rename

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an upcoming united states military base

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after the late and great general chuck

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i think people here at kennedy space

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center know and all of us on the space

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council know we

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literally would not be here today but

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for the achievements of general yeager

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and all of those who've been inspired by

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his courage and america will never fail

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we'll never fail

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or never forget

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the life and contribution of general

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chuck yeager

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so as we gather for the this eighth

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installment of the national space

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council allow me to express my

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appreciation to all the members of the

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space council and to reflect for just a

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few moments before we get started on

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how much has changed

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over the last four years since the very

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first meeting of this council

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you know when you look at uh when you

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look at national security progress that

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we've made in civil and private space

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one thing is clear in four short years

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america is leading in space once again

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when we took office the national space

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council had lain dormant for more than

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25 years

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president trump articulated an inspiring

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vision for renewed american leadership

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in space in his inaugural address the

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president said and i quote

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we stand at the birth of a new

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millennium

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ready to unlock the mysteries of space

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and so we have set out to do

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in our first year in office the

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president revived this council to

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reinvigorate and coordinate

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space activities all across the federal

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the president brought together some of

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the best minds in government and the

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private sector to strengthen america's

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space enterprise and so many of you are

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and we're truly grateful

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and whether it's providing for the

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common defense or growing our space

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economy across america that's exactly

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we've done throughout the past four

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years in the very first days of our

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administration the president signed

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multiple executive orders and

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to reorient our space program to human

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he took steps to unleash america's

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commercial space companies

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and to safeguard our national interests

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in the increasingly complex and

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competitive domain of space

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in our first year in office the

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president signed space policy directive

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one and gave nasa a clear goal

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that we are going to go back to the moon

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we made clear in our first year that the

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moon is not a final destination but it's

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a base for developing and training for

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future deep space missions

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we're going back to the moon

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as we gather here in this historic place

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december 1972

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to apollo 17

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the last apollo mission to the moon

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it would be december 14 1972 that apollo

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a navy pilot named gene cernan

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and a graduate of purdue university in

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indiana

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he prepared to depart

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for earth from the surface of the moon

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and he spoke words that have really

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echoed through our time as an ongoing

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admonition

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he said and i quote

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america's challenge of today has forged

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man's destiny of tomorrow

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and he said

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as we leave the moon we leave as we came

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and god willing we shall return

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with peace and hope for all mankind

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gene cernan was the last man to walk on

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but he didn't want to stay the last

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he spent the rest of his natural life

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advocating for america to go back to the

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and we are going to honor gene cernan's

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memory

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by putting the next man and the first

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woman on the moon in just a few short

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as you'll also hear updates today the

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president also said nasa and the private

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that have been involved in

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space exploration and development in

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motion to ensure

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that we would return to the moon and

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then the next astronauts on the surface

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of the moon and all the economic

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development in space will be driven

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by american ingenuity

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and we're going to ensure that americans

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we're going to be the very first

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the very first not only to develop on

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the moon and mars but also to continue

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to develop the economic potential

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of space exploration

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even in this challenging year

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in the life of our nation

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when americans have sacrificed so much

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we've continued to make steady progress

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toward that goal of renewed american

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leadership in space

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this spring it was my great honor to

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attend the first crude launch along with

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the president of the united states from

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right here at the kennedy space center

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it's the first time we sent american

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astronauts into space from kennedy space

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center in nearly a decade

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not to wait a minute further this last

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november i returned again to see the

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second crude full-scale launch and

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mission

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of american astronauts from american

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soil

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back into american space

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that's the result of real leadership and

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and what's remarkable is those rockets

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were built by american private

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enterprise in this new partnership that

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we have forged and built upon

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uh in the united states over the last

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you know a businessman turned president

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decided to renew our commitment to space

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he knew it was important to unleash the

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power of america's private sector and so

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secretary of commerce we we went to work

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early on to cut and streamline

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out-of-date regulations that made the

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united states the number one country in

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the world for space business and will

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investment and development in space

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this past april the president signed an

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executive order to recognize and promote

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the rights of private companies to

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recover and use space resources

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that order we believe will provide the

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kind of clarity and stability that our

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businesses need to thrive

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we'll give our entrepreneurs the

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incentive to take our commercial space

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activity to all new heights

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and just last week nasa made its first

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commitments to buy lunar material from

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private companies and we'll continue

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to build on creating the kind of

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incentives that will generate investment

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and space development for generations to

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and even as we make great progress in

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expanding america's commercial activity

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we also recognize the challenges of

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digital threats to our space operations

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and that's why the president established

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cyber security principles for all of our

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whether government or private

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the president put in place the world's

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first comprehensive space traffic

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management policy as well

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and made it clear that we're going to

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use the resources the capabilities and

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the technologies of the private sector

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to make all space activities safer and

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more secure than ever before

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it's amazing as you think about all

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these accomplishments in renewed human

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uh exploration in space from here in the

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united states the difference that all

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distinguished members of the national

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space council have made

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in america's future in space

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the progress that we have made in

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space enterprise we also recognize that

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there are

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challenges and even threats in space as

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as i just said as we dedicated two air

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force bases now as the first two space

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force bases

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in america

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space is a vacuum

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but we aren't operating in a vacuum when

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it comes to our national security

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the space race that began in the

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nineteen fifties continues today

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we are in the lead

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but we are not alone

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as you will hear today in the national

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space council from the director of

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national intelligence and others china

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and russia are continuing to develop

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space weaponry

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russia demonstrated a

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space-based anti-satellite weapon in

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earlier this year

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china is developing a new manned space

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station

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and its robotic spacecraft will return

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samples from the moon

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in just a matter of weeks

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in fact china is increasingly emerging

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as a serious competitor in space

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just as they are in other areas of the

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global economy and to the strategic

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interests of the united states

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as a world witness china recently landed

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an unmanned craft on the moon

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and for the first time

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robotically raised the red flag of

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communist china on that magnificent

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desolation

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all of that competition the investment

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of other nations on earth

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and security in space is among the

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reasons why our commander-in-chief

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took the unprecedented step of

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establishing the first

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branch new branch of our armed forces in

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some 70 years

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president of the united states now

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almost a year ago

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signed into law the creation of the

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united states space force

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under president trump the highest

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priority

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of our administration is the safety and

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security of the american people and

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where too often

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too often in the past america's

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neglected growing security threats in

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space

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this president called for extending our

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dominance on land and sea and air to the

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final frontier

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it would be june of 2018 when president

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trump laid out his vision

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for american military power in space he

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called for the creation of that new

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military service that we

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spoke of today at the dedication of

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those bases

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i believe it is a a tribute to the

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president's leadership as well as the

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leadership of all the military personnel

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that are gathered here today that

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literally in just a year and a half

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after our president first called for the

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establishment of a space force after it

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had been talked about for a half a

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century he was able to sign it into law

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extraordinary to think of the

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contribution

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space force will make

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to the security of our nation and the

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perpetuation of our freedom as deputy

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secretary norcross norquist will reflect

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in a few minutes

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the space force is growing stronger by

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the day

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in fact secretary barrett and i were not

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long ago in colorado springs

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when we saw the first 86 company-grade

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officers commissioned

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into the united states space force

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and we're pleased to be joined today by

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the chief of space operations

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the man who has been working around the

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clock to stand up the united states

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space force join me in thanking general

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so we've made great progress

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we evidenced that today in the

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dedication of

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of cape canaveral space force station

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and also patrick's space force base

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right here on the space coast in florida

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and i know the lieutenant governor of

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florida is with us here today and is

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pleased to see that

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but just like 42 years ago when gene

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cernan was on his way

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to the moon

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and just like when chuck yeager was

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breaking the sound barrier in the 1940s

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the united states continues to face an

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era of competition

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and as members of the national space

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council know

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it's a competition that america is

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winning today and we're going to keep on

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and that's one more reason today while

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i'm pleased to announce that the

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president as of today has issued a new

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national space policy that we will

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articulate

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at this meeting of the national space

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council the national space policy

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provides the president's direction to

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the executive branch on all space

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activities it emphasizes that space is

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critical to our security and our way of

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life and lays out the fundamental

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principles to put america first in space

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dr scott pace will go into more detail

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about the president's new national space

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policy in just a few moments

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but it represents our ongoing commitment

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to at the national space council and

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throughout this administration to ensure

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american leadership in space

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but for now let me just say that because

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of the hard work of all the men and

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women of the national space council

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putting our president's vision uh into

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effect because of the hard work

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of all of the dedicated men and women on

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our uh space council advisory group and

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the support of the american people and

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leaders in the congress

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we've made great progress in the last

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four years

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but as you will hear again today

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there is a renewed determination

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all across this nation and all across

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this government

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and all across every level of government

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to continue to build on the

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extraordinary progress that we've made

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and today we will hear about that

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progress the ongoing challenges and

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opportunities that america faces so let

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me say once again welcome to this eighth

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meeting of the national space council

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let's get to work

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again let me call this meeting of the

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national space council here at the

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kennedy space center

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on florida's historic space coast

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into session today's meeting will

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include important updates and

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announcements from council members and

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the council's executive secretary

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first and foremost allow me to turn our

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attention

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to the economic progress that we've made

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policies have been advanced at the

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secretary of commerce

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uh wilbur ross has been a great champion

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of space

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even as we've seen the american economy

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over the last four years reach

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all new heights i think we set another

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record on the stock market again

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today mr secretary but let me just say

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let me just say how grateful we are

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for your immediate appreciation

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for the impact that that space

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exploration and entrepreneurship could

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have

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on the american economy and

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why don't you give us an update on the

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department of commerce's activities

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related to space traffic management

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international space development uh and

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investment and other encouraging space

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news but join me in thanking secretary

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wilbur ross for his great leadership on

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this cabinet

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thank you vice president pence for the

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opportunity to update the national space

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council

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on the growth of the space economy

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and the related work that is taking

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place at the commerce department

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here at cape canaveral last week

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spacex executed its 100th successful

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commercial

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falcon 9 rocket launch

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they sent a crew and thousands of pounds

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of supplies and research gear

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aboard a dragon spacecraft to the

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international space station i'm reminded

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that it wasn't long ago when travel

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among the stars was merely a distant

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goal

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before it was even a race among nations

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indeed our country has achieved

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remarkable progress

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in the space sector

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and now again

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as american business people continue

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creating

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new ways to make space

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more commercially feasible

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i toured such an example earlier this

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year

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astrobotics new headquarters in

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pittsburgh

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one of the many small companies doing

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very creative things

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their facility will support unmanned

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missions to the moon and drive

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technological development

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that brings us closer to nasa's planned

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2024

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human moon landing

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such landmark accomplishments in the

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commercial space field come alongside

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record-breaking economic investment in

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space activities

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globally another 4.9 million dollars was

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invested in space companies in the third

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quarter alone

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this not only marks the most productive

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quarter on record

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but it also raises the total 2020

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investment to 17 and a half billion

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dollars in the overall industry

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and wonderfully the u.s accounts for 62

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percent

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of the industry's total investment

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morgan stanley projects

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that

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revenue generated by the global space

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industry

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may top a trillion dollars by the year

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2040

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and the recent explosion of the industry

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here in the u.s

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is due in no small part

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to the efforts of the trump

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administration

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and the work of the national space

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council has already had significant

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impacts

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noaa has removed red tape that

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previously surrounded remote sensing

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technology

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by lit re-shortening the licensing

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timelines from 74 days to 28 days at

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present

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this enables companies to sell data from

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satellites more easily and more

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efficiently

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helping commercial satellite operators

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stay competitive in a rapidly changing

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global marketplace

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commerce department has also taken steps

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over the last year

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at the behest of the vice president to

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identify new space missions

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and get them the necessary

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authorizations to proceed

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in line with our treaties

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the goal here is to alleviate the

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administrative and regulatory burden on

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emerging companies and technologies

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and we

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enthusiastically continue

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in that mission

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financial indicators and regulatory

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procedures aside

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one simple way to observe the growth of

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our space industry

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is to look at the number of satellites

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in orbit

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this year alone

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the number of active satellites in orbit

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is set to increase by more than 50

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percent 5.0 percent

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to 1250

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of which about 80 percent are small sats

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and the satellite industry association

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estimates that up to 110

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000

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01:02:29,829 --> 01:02:27,839
new satellites could be in orbit by

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2030.

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01:02:35,109 --> 01:02:32,839
this is good news for projects like

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spacex's starlink

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01:02:40,270 --> 01:02:38,000
as well as for smaller companies that

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can benefit from the growing

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accessibility of private satellites

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but the increase in satellites has also

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created a unique set of challenges when

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01:02:57,430 --> 01:02:54,559
it comes to managing orbital traffic

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01:02:58,950 --> 01:02:57,440
we are seeing more and more frequent

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01:03:00,829 --> 01:02:58,960
near misses

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01:03:04,870 --> 01:03:00,839
that could cause

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unprecedented new amounts of debris

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01:03:08,630 --> 01:03:07,599
if two significant objects were to

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01:03:11,029 --> 01:03:08,640
collide

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01:03:12,150 --> 01:03:11,039
they could create such a shower of

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01:03:15,190 --> 01:03:12,160
debris

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01:03:18,549 --> 01:03:15,200
that it could endanger the astronauts

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01:03:21,750 --> 01:03:18,559
aboard the international space station

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01:03:25,589 --> 01:03:21,760
it could endanger billions of dollars of

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01:03:27,910 --> 01:03:25,599
u.s and other investment in space

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01:03:31,270 --> 01:03:27,920
and it could also interfere

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01:03:34,630 --> 01:03:31,280
with the growth of space commerce

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01:03:37,109 --> 01:03:34,640
fortunately there's no shortage of

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01:03:40,470 --> 01:03:37,119
brilliant men and women who have made

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remarkable headway toward managing this

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01:03:42,829 --> 01:03:42,000
problem

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01:03:48,549 --> 01:03:42,839
in

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policy directive 3

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provided a unique approach to the

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management of orbital traffic

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01:04:00,069 --> 01:03:56,559
the commerce department's office of

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01:04:03,829 --> 01:04:00,079
space commerce and our interagency

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01:04:05,589 --> 01:04:03,839
partners took on the missions laid out

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by this initiative

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and today i'm proud to report that we're

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01:04:13,510 --> 01:04:09,920
in the midst

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01:04:16,470 --> 01:04:13,520
of finalizing a department of commerce

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01:04:19,430 --> 01:04:16,480
department of defense mou

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01:04:22,390 --> 01:04:19,440
that will provide a detailed plan

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01:04:23,589 --> 01:04:22,400
for the improvement of space situational

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01:04:25,190 --> 01:04:23,599
awareness

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01:04:28,630 --> 01:04:25,200
and ultimately

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space traffic management

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we have also drawn on existing nowhere

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01:04:37,029 --> 01:04:35,039
resources to establish a new

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01:04:39,829 --> 01:04:37,039
open architecture

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01:04:42,950 --> 01:04:39,839
data repository

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01:04:45,190 --> 01:04:42,960
system allows both private and

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01:04:48,390 --> 01:04:45,200
government entities

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01:04:49,349 --> 01:04:48,400
including those of our allies to share

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01:04:52,230 --> 01:04:49,359
data

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01:04:55,990 --> 01:04:52,240
increasing all parties situational

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01:04:58,549 --> 01:04:56,000
awareness amidst an increasingly crowded

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01:05:00,950 --> 01:04:58,559
orbital environment

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01:05:05,190 --> 01:05:00,960
we continue to work with our allies in

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01:05:06,549 --> 01:05:05,200
industry on the norms standards and best

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01:05:09,990 --> 01:05:06,559
practices

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01:05:11,750 --> 01:05:10,000
that will inform new rules of the road

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01:05:13,510 --> 01:05:11,760
for space

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01:05:16,390 --> 01:05:13,520
we have also worked with private

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01:05:20,309 --> 01:05:16,400
business and technology leaders

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01:05:23,109 --> 01:05:20,319
from around the globe in this issue

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01:05:26,150 --> 01:05:23,119
in fact just before thanksgiving the

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01:05:27,750 --> 01:05:26,160
office of space commerce hosted an

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01:05:32,230 --> 01:05:27,760
industry day

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01:05:34,230 --> 01:05:32,240
with over 250 companies participating

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01:05:37,829 --> 01:05:34,240
virtually of course

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01:05:40,710 --> 01:05:37,839
to discuss our approach to the open

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01:05:43,750 --> 01:05:40,720
architecture data repository

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01:05:46,470 --> 01:05:43,760
we will continue to work collaboratively

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01:05:48,390 --> 01:05:46,480
with the public and private sector to

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01:05:51,029 --> 01:05:48,400
tackle this challenge

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01:05:54,230 --> 01:05:51,039
it's not the only one we face

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01:05:57,109 --> 01:05:54,240
china's lunar landing last week

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01:05:58,789 --> 01:05:57,119
underscores that we are not the only

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01:06:01,270 --> 01:05:58,799
ones invested

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01:06:03,829 --> 01:06:01,280
in the business of space

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01:06:04,950 --> 01:06:03,839
and that competition for american

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01:06:07,589 --> 01:06:04,960
companies

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01:06:09,270 --> 01:06:07,599
operating in this sector is real

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01:06:13,190 --> 01:06:09,280
competition

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01:06:16,950 --> 01:06:13,200
similarly japan became the first country

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01:06:18,470 --> 01:06:16,960
to bring back to earth a soil sample

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01:06:21,750 --> 01:06:18,480
from an

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01:06:26,870 --> 01:06:24,950
looking ahead my department's bureau of

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01:06:30,069 --> 01:06:26,880
economic analysis

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01:06:33,510 --> 01:06:30,079
will publish within the next two weeks

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01:06:36,230 --> 01:06:33,520
innovative experimental statistics

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01:06:38,789 --> 01:06:36,240
that will help us further measure and

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01:06:40,390 --> 01:06:38,799
understand the space

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01:06:42,549 --> 01:06:40,400
sector

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01:06:46,549 --> 01:06:42,559
and i look forward to sharing this

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01:06:49,029 --> 01:06:46,559
informative new data with all of you

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01:06:52,150 --> 01:06:49,039
the united states remains an incubator

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01:06:55,109 --> 01:06:52,160
for greatness like no other

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01:06:58,829 --> 01:06:55,119
and i'm confident that we will retain

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01:07:02,390 --> 01:06:58,839
our position as the premier hub for

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01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:02,400
space-based exploration and business

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01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:07,270
[Applause]

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01:07:10,870 --> 01:07:07,730
excellent

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01:07:13,029 --> 01:07:10,880
[Applause]

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01:07:14,069 --> 01:07:13,039
uh thank you secretary ross and more

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01:07:15,910 --> 01:07:14,079
importantly thank you for your

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01:07:17,750 --> 01:07:15,920
leadership thank you

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01:07:18,549 --> 01:07:17,760
on the national space council on behalf

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01:07:20,230 --> 01:07:18,559
of

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01:07:22,390 --> 01:07:20,240
american entrepreneurial leadership in

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01:07:24,549 --> 01:07:22,400
space truly extraordinary

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01:07:26,549 --> 01:07:24,559
accomplishments and uh

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01:07:28,150 --> 01:07:26,559
my favorite one is that you said at the

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01:07:31,270 --> 01:07:28,160
present point 17 and a half billion

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01:07:33,910 --> 01:07:31,280
dollars in investment the last year and

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01:07:36,549 --> 01:07:33,920
more than 60 percent of that is invested

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01:07:38,549 --> 01:07:36,559
in the united states of america so

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01:07:40,230 --> 01:07:38,559
thanks for helping to facilitate that

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01:07:42,789 --> 01:07:40,240
the secretary of the energy a member of

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01:07:43,829 --> 01:07:42,799
our cabinet dan bruyette is here with an

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01:07:47,510 --> 01:07:43,839
update

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on space nuclear power efforts and uh

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01:07:52,150 --> 01:07:49,200
under his leadership

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01:07:54,390 --> 01:07:52,160
uh the collaborations between

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01:07:56,870 --> 01:07:54,400
the department of energy the department

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01:07:58,630 --> 01:07:56,880
of defense and and nasa mr secretary let

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01:08:01,670 --> 01:07:58,640
me also thank you

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01:08:03,589 --> 01:08:01,680
for your energetic and tireless efforts

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01:08:06,470 --> 01:08:03,599
in forging exactly the kind of

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01:08:08,789 --> 01:08:06,480
partnerships uh across government that

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01:08:11,109 --> 01:08:08,799
are facilitating advances of american

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01:08:13,349 --> 01:08:11,119
technology and space exploration

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01:08:15,109 --> 01:08:13,359
secretary dan bruyette the department of

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01:08:15,900 --> 01:08:15,119
energy everyone

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thank you

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01:08:20,070 --> 01:08:18,719
[Applause]

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01:08:21,829 --> 01:08:20,080
well thank you mr vice president for

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01:08:23,590 --> 01:08:21,839
that kind introduction i'm honored to

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join you today to provide the national

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01:08:27,590 --> 01:08:25,440
space council with a brief update on the

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01:08:29,030 --> 01:08:27,600
initiatives that our department the us

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01:08:31,510 --> 01:08:29,040
department of energy has undertaken

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01:08:33,430 --> 01:08:31,520
since the council's last meeting in may

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01:08:35,829 --> 01:08:33,440
in july of this year

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nasa hosted our first ever nasa doe

731
01:08:39,189 --> 01:08:37,440
executive committee meeting right here

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01:08:40,950 --> 01:08:39,199
at the kennedy space center the

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01:08:44,390 --> 01:08:40,960
executive committee that was established

734
01:08:46,470 --> 01:08:44,400
under our new nasa doe mou

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01:08:49,829 --> 01:08:46,480
that administrator bridenstine and i

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01:08:51,749 --> 01:08:49,839
signed allows us to strategically pursue

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01:08:53,669 --> 01:08:51,759
opportunities that will advance our

738
01:08:55,269 --> 01:08:53,679
cooperation between our two departments

739
01:08:57,910 --> 01:08:55,279
and space activities

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01:09:00,070 --> 01:08:57,920
at the july meeting at that july meeting

741
01:09:01,669 --> 01:09:00,080
nasa and doe agreed to establish three

742
01:09:03,269 --> 01:09:01,679
joint working groups

743
01:09:05,110 --> 01:09:03,279
one group is focused on power

744
01:09:06,950 --> 01:09:05,120
infrastructure for the proposed artemis

745
01:09:09,349 --> 01:09:06,960
lunar space camp

746
01:09:11,430 --> 01:09:09,359
the second group focuses on developing

747
01:09:14,709 --> 01:09:11,440
nuclear power and propulsion systems for

748
01:09:18,070 --> 01:09:14,719
future moon and mars missions as well as

749
01:09:19,910 --> 01:09:18,080
robotic deep space exploration

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01:09:22,229 --> 01:09:19,920
in the third group mr vice president is

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01:09:24,070 --> 01:09:22,239
focused on pursuing space science and

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01:09:26,149 --> 01:09:24,080
innovation interests particularly high

753
01:09:28,149 --> 01:09:26,159
performance computing initiatives that

754
01:09:30,789 --> 01:09:28,159
hopefully will address the challenges of

755
01:09:33,110 --> 01:09:30,799
traffic management that secretary ross

756
01:09:35,590 --> 01:09:33,120
just spoke about weather issues and

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01:09:36,709 --> 01:09:35,600
planetary defense from near-earth

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01:09:39,030 --> 01:09:36,719
objects

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01:09:41,189 --> 01:09:39,040
these working groups will ensure that

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01:09:43,749 --> 01:09:41,199
doe international laboratories are

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01:09:45,590 --> 01:09:43,759
effectively harnessing the capabilities

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01:09:48,070 --> 01:09:45,600
of our world-class scientists our

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01:09:50,309 --> 01:09:48,080
engineers our technicians and our

764
01:09:52,550 --> 01:09:50,319
research facilities to partner with nasa

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01:09:55,750 --> 01:09:52,560
to solve some of the greatest technical

766
01:09:57,590 --> 01:09:55,760
challenges facing the united states

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01:09:59,270 --> 01:09:57,600
since our last council meeting we've

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01:10:01,110 --> 01:09:59,280
also continued our space-related

769
01:10:03,750 --> 01:10:01,120
engagement with the u.s department of

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01:10:05,510 --> 01:10:03,760
defense in october d.o.e senior

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01:10:07,910 --> 01:10:05,520
leadership teams went to the pentagon

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01:10:11,510 --> 01:10:07,920
for a space technology mini summit to

773
01:10:14,070 --> 01:10:11,520
discuss how doed and doe could cooperate

774
01:10:16,630 --> 01:10:14,080
more strategically on space related

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01:10:18,709 --> 01:10:16,640
challenges our senior policy teams and

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01:10:20,950 --> 01:10:18,719
our technical leaders met with acting

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01:10:22,550 --> 01:10:20,960
secretary of defense for research and

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01:10:24,630 --> 01:10:22,560
engineering as well as with

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01:10:27,030 --> 01:10:24,640
representatives from the strategic

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01:10:30,149 --> 01:10:27,040
capabilities office the space

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01:10:32,630 --> 01:10:30,159
development agency and darpa to explore

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01:10:34,870 --> 01:10:32,640
ways of strengthening does contributions

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01:10:37,430 --> 01:10:34,880
to the space mission areas of each of

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01:10:39,910 --> 01:10:37,440
those offices we were extremely

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01:10:41,669 --> 01:10:39,920
encouraged by the outcome of the mini

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01:10:44,070 --> 01:10:41,679
summit and we will continue to work with

787
01:10:46,630 --> 01:10:44,080
the under secretary's office as well as

788
01:10:49,510 --> 01:10:46,640
other elements of dod

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01:10:51,510 --> 01:10:49,520
as doe looks to the future we will

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01:10:54,070 --> 01:10:51,520
continue to leverage our global

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01:10:56,709 --> 01:10:54,080
leadership in nuclear power technologies

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01:10:59,270 --> 01:10:56,719
to provide sustainable power solutions

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01:11:03,030 --> 01:10:59,280
for space applications such as radio

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01:11:05,350 --> 01:11:03,040
isotope power surface fission power and

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01:11:07,110 --> 01:11:05,360
nuclear thermal propulsion

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01:11:09,270 --> 01:11:07,120
following the successful launch of the

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01:11:12,470 --> 01:11:09,280
perseverance rover which is powered by a

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01:11:15,350 --> 01:11:12,480
doe developed radio isotope power system

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01:11:17,669 --> 01:11:15,360
doe and nasa began formal engagement

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01:11:21,030 --> 01:11:17,679
with nuclear aerospace and commercial

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01:11:23,030 --> 01:11:21,040
power sectors to design and develop a

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01:11:26,870 --> 01:11:23,040
surface power system for a lunar

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01:11:28,470 --> 01:11:26,880
demonstration in the late 2020s

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01:11:30,149 --> 01:11:28,480
we're also working on engagement

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01:11:33,270 --> 01:11:30,159
opportunities with private industry to

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01:11:35,430 --> 01:11:33,280
advance thermal nuclear propulsion

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01:11:37,350 --> 01:11:35,440
technologies we want to move that ball

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01:11:40,390 --> 01:11:37,360
even further forward

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01:11:43,270 --> 01:11:40,400
doi nasa and dod are also working with

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01:11:46,470 --> 01:11:43,280
industry to establish advanced nuclear

811
01:11:48,870 --> 01:11:46,480
fuel production capabilities to support

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01:11:51,510 --> 01:11:48,880
future terrestrial and space demand

813
01:11:54,870 --> 01:11:51,520
needs and seeking to establish and

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01:11:57,430 --> 01:11:54,880
maintain a nuclear supply chain

815
01:11:59,430 --> 01:11:57,440
chain capability that enables us to

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01:12:01,110 --> 01:11:59,440
address a very wide range of

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01:12:03,669 --> 01:12:01,120
applications

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01:12:07,030 --> 01:12:03,679
in addition to those things doe and nasa

819
01:12:10,390 --> 01:12:07,040
successes in ramping up plutonium-238

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01:12:13,110 --> 01:12:10,400
isotope production have now eliminated

821
01:12:14,950 --> 01:12:13,120
projected supply shortfalls increasing

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01:12:18,390 --> 01:12:14,960
the opportunities for deep space

823
01:12:20,310 --> 01:12:18,400
missions in the 2020s and beyond

824
01:12:22,470 --> 01:12:20,320
through our strategic investments doe

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01:12:25,189 --> 01:12:22,480
and nasa have also modernized

826
01:12:27,990 --> 01:12:25,199
large portions of the radio isotope

827
01:12:30,229 --> 01:12:28,000
power system supply chain eliminating

828
01:12:33,350 --> 01:12:30,239
single point failures and improving

829
01:12:34,870 --> 01:12:33,360
reliability to support quicker mission

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01:12:36,550 --> 01:12:34,880
tempos

831
01:12:39,750 --> 01:12:36,560
yet there's so much more

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01:12:41,830 --> 01:12:39,760
that we at doe can do and we will do it

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01:12:44,149 --> 01:12:41,840
we're looking for ways to apply our next

834
01:12:46,550 --> 01:12:44,159
generation computing technologies to

835
01:12:48,950 --> 01:12:46,560
address the tracking modeling and data

836
01:12:52,310 --> 01:12:48,960
analysis challenges of space weather

837
01:12:55,189 --> 01:12:52,320
warnings space debris chat tracking and

838
01:12:58,390 --> 01:12:55,199
avoidance and large-scale analysis of

839
01:13:00,070 --> 01:12:58,400
space radiation in cosmic microwave

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01:13:02,709 --> 01:13:00,080
environments

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01:13:04,070 --> 01:13:02,719
mr vice president this is all possible

842
01:13:05,590 --> 01:13:04,080
because of your leadership of the

843
01:13:08,709 --> 01:13:05,600
national space council and the

844
01:13:11,430 --> 01:13:08,719
president's focus on significant space

845
01:13:12,950 --> 01:13:11,440
goals and our work at the doe is enabled

846
01:13:15,510 --> 01:13:12,960
by the great work of my colleagues

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01:13:18,070 --> 01:13:15,520
across the interagency so i'd like to

848
01:13:20,550 --> 01:13:18,080
especially thank all of those who have

849
01:13:23,669 --> 01:13:20,560
partnered closely with us especially jim

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01:13:26,470 --> 01:13:23,679
bridenstine and jim warhart at nasa and

851
01:13:28,149 --> 01:13:26,480
of course michael crazios at dod

852
01:13:30,310 --> 01:13:28,159
finally it's in this spirit of

853
01:13:32,790 --> 01:13:30,320
collaboration that i'm pleased to

854
01:13:34,790 --> 01:13:32,800
announce does new space strategy which

855
01:13:37,110 --> 01:13:34,800
we will soon publish

856
01:13:39,750 --> 01:13:37,120
this decade outlook will directly

857
01:13:43,830 --> 01:13:39,760
support the national space policy and

858
01:13:46,390 --> 01:13:43,840
will focus doe on being a key technology

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01:13:48,709 --> 01:13:46,400
developer to support the space missions

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01:13:50,470 --> 01:13:48,719
of our interagency partners thank you

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01:13:52,149 --> 01:13:50,480
again for inviting me thank you for

862
01:13:54,709 --> 01:13:52,159
allowing me to join you

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01:13:56,950 --> 01:13:54,719
doe or as i like to call it the

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01:13:59,110 --> 01:13:56,960
department of exploration

865
01:14:02,390 --> 01:13:59,120
looks forward to a future of powering

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01:14:05,350 --> 01:14:02,400
innovation of driving exploration

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and for reaching for the stars thank you

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mr vice president

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thank you secretary buret and uh

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i

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01:14:30,149 --> 01:14:27,600
the department of energy on the

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01:14:33,189 --> 01:14:30,159
development of nuclear power

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01:14:34,070 --> 01:14:33,199
is what will precisely enable

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01:14:36,630 --> 01:14:34,080
us

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01:14:38,470 --> 01:14:36,640
to do deep space exploration

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01:14:39,830 --> 01:14:38,480
and and to put american astronauts on

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01:14:41,669 --> 01:14:39,840
mars

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01:14:43,430 --> 01:14:41,679
even a layperson like me understands

879
01:14:44,870 --> 01:14:43,440
that when you've got nuclear power

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01:14:45,990 --> 01:14:44,880
you can run the engine the whole way

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01:14:47,750 --> 01:14:46,000
there

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01:14:49,430 --> 01:14:47,760
and i've been assured it would take us

883
01:14:51,270 --> 01:14:49,440
about half the amount of time to get to

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01:14:52,630 --> 01:14:51,280
mars and get back from mars with nuclear

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01:14:53,590 --> 01:14:52,640
power

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01:14:55,510 --> 01:14:53,600
and

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i just want to commend you for

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01:14:58,149 --> 01:14:56,880
the way you've used the department

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01:15:01,030 --> 01:14:58,159
you've worked with the department of

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01:15:03,189 --> 01:15:01,040
defense closely with nasa to promote the

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01:15:05,350 --> 01:15:03,199
development of that innovation truly

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01:15:07,030 --> 01:15:05,360
it's going to be a game changer for

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01:15:08,149 --> 01:15:07,040
american leadership and human space

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01:15:10,149 --> 01:15:08,159
exploration

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01:15:17,030 --> 01:15:10,159
thank you mr so thank you another round

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01:15:21,510 --> 01:15:19,110
uh someone that i've come to admire and

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01:15:23,110 --> 01:15:21,520
appreciate very much a key member of our

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01:15:26,070 --> 01:15:23,120
administration is the director of the

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01:15:27,669 --> 01:15:26,080
office of science and technology policy

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01:15:31,510 --> 01:15:27,679
he's been involved in

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01:15:32,950 --> 01:15:31,520
in uh advancing uh policies that will

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01:15:34,870 --> 01:15:32,960
that will give us the capacity to

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01:15:37,110 --> 01:15:34,880
continue to monitor

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01:15:39,990 --> 01:15:37,120
a planetary

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01:15:42,709 --> 01:15:40,000
weather issues from space so vital to

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01:15:45,189 --> 01:15:42,719
the life of the nation

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01:15:46,870 --> 01:15:45,199
he himself is a legendary weatherman and

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01:15:49,830 --> 01:15:46,880
he's brought that discipline and that

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01:15:51,590 --> 01:15:49,840
creativity to the national space council

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01:15:52,870 --> 01:15:51,600
join me in welcoming dr kelvin

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01:15:53,980 --> 01:15:52,880
drogemeyer

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dr drugmart

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[Applause]

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01:15:59,590 --> 01:15:58,159
thank you so much mr vice president it's

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01:16:01,590 --> 01:15:59,600
an honor and privilege to be here today

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01:16:03,270 --> 01:16:01,600
on this historic occasion i really

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01:16:04,550 --> 01:16:03,280
appreciate so very much your leadership

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01:16:06,390 --> 01:16:04,560
of the council and your extraordinary

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01:16:08,550 --> 01:16:06,400
service to america as our vice president

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01:16:09,830 --> 01:16:08,560
thank you so very much for that

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01:16:11,590 --> 01:16:09,840
under the president's leadership and

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under your leadership mr vice president

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01:16:15,430 --> 01:16:13,600
this nation has recommitted itself to

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01:16:17,270 --> 01:16:15,440
space discovery and exploration and the

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01:16:19,030 --> 01:16:17,280
advancement of humanity's expansion into

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01:16:20,470 --> 01:16:19,040
the heavens today i would like to

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01:16:22,229 --> 01:16:20,480
highlight two areas where we have made

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01:16:24,229 --> 01:16:22,239
really significant progress over the

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01:16:26,870 --> 01:16:24,239
recent months and years where i believe

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01:16:29,110 --> 01:16:26,880
our continued effort is is needed the

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first of these topics is space weather

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01:16:32,149 --> 01:16:30,719
now we're all familiar as vice president

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said with terrestrial weather the

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01:16:36,310 --> 01:16:34,159
towering clouds and beautiful

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01:16:38,470 --> 01:16:36,320
thunderstorms we see every afternoon in

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01:16:40,149 --> 01:16:38,480
the summer here in oklahoma the the very

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01:16:42,070 --> 01:16:40,159
powerful storms we see in the midwest

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01:16:43,510 --> 01:16:42,080
like places like indiana

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01:16:45,189 --> 01:16:43,520
they're beautiful but they're also very

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01:16:47,030 --> 01:16:45,199
destructive and so we have to really

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01:16:48,709 --> 01:16:47,040
understand and look to predict those

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01:16:50,550 --> 01:16:48,719
well space weather is basically no

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01:16:52,310 --> 01:16:50,560
different it encompasses a wide array of

944
01:16:53,590 --> 01:16:52,320
phenomena that are equally in some cases

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01:16:56,310 --> 01:16:53,600
very beautiful

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01:16:57,669 --> 01:16:56,320
but also they complicate our exploration

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01:16:59,430 --> 01:16:57,679
activities and really have the potential

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01:17:01,430 --> 01:16:59,440
to degrade and even destroy some of the

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01:17:03,830 --> 01:17:01,440
infrastructure that is most critical to

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01:17:05,430 --> 01:17:03,840
our nation's security and our economy so

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01:17:07,270 --> 01:17:05,440
the importance of both understanding and

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01:17:09,350 --> 01:17:07,280
forecasting and accounting for space

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01:17:11,910 --> 01:17:09,360
weather is very very important as we

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01:17:13,030 --> 01:17:11,920
reinvigorate our human space exploration

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01:17:15,669 --> 01:17:13,040
program

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01:17:18,149 --> 01:17:15,679
in october 2020 the president signed the

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01:17:20,709 --> 01:17:18,159
pro-swift act it's an acronym which

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01:17:22,709 --> 01:17:20,719
established as u.s policy and i quote to

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01:17:24,709 --> 01:17:22,719
prepare and protect against the social

960
01:17:25,910 --> 01:17:24,719
and economic impacts of space weather

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01:17:27,669 --> 01:17:25,920
phenomena

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01:17:30,149 --> 01:17:27,679
the pro-swift act also provides

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01:17:31,750 --> 01:17:30,159
statutory authority for existing space

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01:17:33,990 --> 01:17:31,760
weather coordination activities under

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01:17:35,750 --> 01:17:34,000
the national science technology council

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01:17:37,189 --> 01:17:35,760
now in march of last year that same

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01:17:38,630 --> 01:17:37,199
national science technology council

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01:17:40,950 --> 01:17:38,640
released a national space weather

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01:17:42,470 --> 01:17:40,960
strategy and action plan and that very

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01:17:44,310 --> 01:17:42,480
same day the president signed an

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01:17:45,910 --> 01:17:44,320
executive order on coordinating national

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01:17:48,149 --> 01:17:45,920
resilience to something called

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01:17:49,510 --> 01:17:48,159
electromagnetic pulses now they're

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01:17:51,510 --> 01:17:49,520
relevant here because the sorts of

975
01:17:53,189 --> 01:17:51,520
geomagnetic disturbances that occur in

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01:17:54,709 --> 01:17:53,199
the sun that are disruptive they're

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01:17:56,790 --> 01:17:54,719
called space weather disruptive to our

978
01:17:58,229 --> 01:17:56,800
space activities they're both a space

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01:17:59,830 --> 01:17:58,239
weather phenomena and they're also

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01:18:02,390 --> 01:17:59,840
naturally occurring

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01:18:03,910 --> 01:18:02,400
as emps so since the release of those

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01:18:05,990 --> 01:18:03,920
documents federal agencies have worked

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01:18:07,350 --> 01:18:06,000
very very hard on their implementation

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01:18:09,350 --> 01:18:07,360
and together with the academic and

985
01:18:10,390 --> 01:18:09,360
private sector and also international

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01:18:12,070 --> 01:18:10,400
partners

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01:18:14,229 --> 01:18:12,080
we've made great progress and i want to

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01:18:16,550 --> 01:18:14,239
highlight very quickly three areas uh

989
01:18:18,149 --> 01:18:16,560
first the u.s geological survey is

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01:18:20,229 --> 01:18:18,159
working toward completing a survey of

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01:18:21,270 --> 01:18:20,239
ground conductivity across the united

992
01:18:23,189 --> 01:18:21,280
states now we're familiar with

993
01:18:25,430 --> 01:18:23,199
conductivity lightning across the sky

994
01:18:26,950 --> 01:18:25,440
and conductivity on on power lines but

995
01:18:29,189 --> 01:18:26,960
there's actually conductivity in the

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01:18:31,030 --> 01:18:29,199
ground these data help

997
01:18:33,110 --> 01:18:31,040
usgs and also noaa develop new

998
01:18:35,189 --> 01:18:33,120
operational geoelectric field maps the

999
01:18:36,950 --> 01:18:35,199
actual mapping of the geoelectric field

1000
01:18:38,550 --> 01:18:36,960
it provides much more accurate estimates

1001
01:18:40,790 --> 01:18:38,560
of electric currents that are generated

1002
01:18:43,510 --> 01:18:40,800
by geomagnetic storms and those things

1003
01:18:45,189 --> 01:18:43,520
can then disrupt power operations and

1004
01:18:46,709 --> 01:18:45,199
resilience and things like that so that

1005
01:18:48,950 --> 01:18:46,719
hazard map is going to be a very very

1006
01:18:50,790 --> 01:18:48,960
important tool that we have to sustain

1007
01:18:53,270 --> 01:18:50,800
electrical power during geomagnetic

1008
01:18:55,750 --> 01:18:53,280
storms a second as a result also a

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01:18:57,590 --> 01:18:55,760
partnership between noaa and nasa noaa's

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01:18:59,510 --> 01:18:57,600
space weather follow-on spacecraft is

1011
01:19:01,030 --> 01:18:59,520
scheduled for launch in 2024 that

1012
01:19:03,270 --> 01:19:01,040
magical year when we're going to return

1013
01:19:04,870 --> 01:19:03,280
to the moon this will ensure continuity

1014
01:19:07,189 --> 01:19:04,880
of observations critical to space

1015
01:19:09,510 --> 01:19:07,199
weather prediction and forecasting and

1016
01:19:11,590 --> 01:19:09,520
also to noaa's geomagnetic storm watches

1017
01:19:13,430 --> 01:19:11,600
and warnings and issues regularly

1018
01:19:15,030 --> 01:19:13,440
and third noaa nasa and also the

1019
01:19:16,470 --> 01:19:15,040
national science foundation have funded

1020
01:19:18,149 --> 01:19:16,480
several research opportunities that are

1021
01:19:20,149 --> 01:19:18,159
going to advance solar and geospace

1022
01:19:21,590 --> 01:19:20,159
modeling and improve space weather

1023
01:19:23,510 --> 01:19:21,600
predictions just like we have models to

1024
01:19:25,430 --> 01:19:23,520
predict terrestrial weather we have

1025
01:19:26,870 --> 01:19:25,440
models to actually predict space weather

1026
01:19:28,550 --> 01:19:26,880
that research targeted key

1027
01:19:30,149 --> 01:19:28,560
administration priorities established

1028
01:19:32,149 --> 01:19:30,159
through the space policy directives that

1029
01:19:33,990 --> 01:19:32,159
the vice president mentioned including

1030
01:19:35,990 --> 01:19:34,000
human space exploration and space

1031
01:19:37,910 --> 01:19:36,000
traffic management as secretary ross

1032
01:19:39,350 --> 01:19:37,920
mentioned these agencies are also

1033
01:19:40,790 --> 01:19:39,360
working very very closely together to

1034
01:19:43,910 --> 01:19:40,800
implement a framework to accelerate

1035
01:19:45,189 --> 01:19:43,920
transition of space weather research to

1036
01:19:47,189 --> 01:19:45,199
operations very very important

1037
01:19:48,870 --> 01:19:47,199
transition and they will help inform key

1038
01:19:50,229 --> 01:19:48,880
decision making for operations of

1039
01:19:51,910 --> 01:19:50,239
critical infrastructure like our

1040
01:19:53,669 --> 01:19:51,920
electric power grid

1041
01:19:55,510 --> 01:19:53,679
finally the second topic i want to

1042
01:19:57,830 --> 01:19:55,520
address really briefly is planetary

1043
01:19:59,430 --> 01:19:57,840
protection now what is planetary

1044
01:20:02,470 --> 01:19:59,440
protection it's basically the practice

1045
01:20:04,709 --> 01:20:02,480
of mitigating risks to earth of harmful

1046
01:20:06,870 --> 01:20:04,719
biological contamination due to space

1047
01:20:09,110 --> 01:20:06,880
activities there's actually two sides of

1048
01:20:10,790 --> 01:20:09,120
that coin it includes protecting the

1049
01:20:12,070 --> 01:20:10,800
search for extraterrestrial life by

1050
01:20:14,629 --> 01:20:12,080
controlling the introduction of

1051
01:20:16,629 --> 01:20:14,639
biological contaminants from earth

1052
01:20:18,790 --> 01:20:16,639
to other celestial bodies we call that

1053
01:20:20,550 --> 01:20:18,800
forward contamination but it also

1054
01:20:22,149 --> 01:20:20,560
includes protecting our own biosphere

1055
01:20:24,310 --> 01:20:22,159
here on earth from potentially harmful

1056
01:20:26,070 --> 01:20:24,320
biological contamination from things

1057
01:20:28,229 --> 01:20:26,080
like returning spacecraft we call that

1058
01:20:30,149 --> 01:20:28,239
backward contamination

1059
01:20:32,310 --> 01:20:30,159
so as we prepare for human exploration

1060
01:20:34,390 --> 01:20:32,320
of mars and other solar system bodies as

1061
01:20:36,390 --> 01:20:34,400
the vice president mentioned now is the

1062
01:20:39,110 --> 01:20:36,400
time to review and update our planetary

1063
01:20:40,709 --> 01:20:39,120
protection policy existing u.s policy

1064
01:20:41,990 --> 01:20:40,719
was established back in the apollo

1065
01:20:44,070 --> 01:20:42,000
program and it's not really been

1066
01:20:46,470 --> 01:20:44,080
substantively updated since then so it's

1067
01:20:47,510 --> 01:20:46,480
been many decades meanwhile of course as

1068
01:20:49,270 --> 01:20:47,520
you all know they've been very very

1069
01:20:51,189 --> 01:20:49,280
significant technological and research

1070
01:20:53,110 --> 01:20:51,199
developments in the field of space a lot

1071
01:20:54,709 --> 01:20:53,120
of new actors including a lot of private

1072
01:20:57,110 --> 01:20:54,719
companies and so things are accelerating

1073
01:20:58,870 --> 01:20:57,120
very dramatically so to address this

1074
01:21:00,709 --> 01:20:58,880
challenge ostp and the national space

1075
01:21:01,990 --> 01:21:00,719
council staff all the wonderful folks

1076
01:21:03,910 --> 01:21:02,000
here have partnered over the past six

1077
01:21:05,750 --> 01:21:03,920
months to co-lead an interagency working

1078
01:21:07,910 --> 01:21:05,760
group on planetary protection it's

1079
01:21:09,750 --> 01:21:07,920
really a whole of government effort and

1080
01:21:11,830 --> 01:21:09,760
we deliberated several topics first of

1081
01:21:13,189 --> 01:21:11,840
course as i mentioned how to accelerate

1082
01:21:15,030 --> 01:21:13,199
commercial space exploration and

1083
01:21:17,189 --> 01:21:15,040
development while we also preserve the

1084
01:21:19,750 --> 01:21:17,199
scientific integrity in the search for

1085
01:21:21,910 --> 01:21:19,760
life on other terrestrial bodies we want

1086
01:21:24,149 --> 01:21:21,920
to avoid that that backward

1087
01:21:26,709 --> 01:21:24,159
contamination to earth likewise we want

1088
01:21:28,950 --> 01:21:26,719
to avoid that forward contamination

1089
01:21:30,470 --> 01:21:28,960
as well and then also third making sure

1090
01:21:31,669 --> 01:21:30,480
that private sector activities are

1091
01:21:33,669 --> 01:21:31,679
protected because we all know that

1092
01:21:35,590 --> 01:21:33,679
commercial activities as we've seen here

1093
01:21:37,430 --> 01:21:35,600
are extremely important so looking

1094
01:21:39,110 --> 01:21:37,440
forward to planetary protection has to

1095
01:21:41,030 --> 01:21:39,120
really be a key element of strategy and

1096
01:21:42,709 --> 01:21:41,040
it certainly is across all the federal

1097
01:21:44,709 --> 01:21:42,719
government but also with our academic

1098
01:21:46,629 --> 01:21:44,719
and our industry partners we want to

1099
01:21:48,550 --> 01:21:46,639
absolutely ensure a safe sustainable and

1100
01:21:50,629 --> 01:21:48,560
predictable earth and space environment

1101
01:21:51,990 --> 01:21:50,639
as we continue to advance u.s leadership

1102
01:21:54,550 --> 01:21:52,000
in space exploration and

1103
01:21:56,390 --> 01:21:54,560
commercialization mr vice president i am

1104
01:21:58,070 --> 01:21:56,400
completely grateful to the wonderful

1105
01:21:59,750 --> 01:21:58,080
opportunity you've provided to me and

1106
01:22:01,430 --> 01:21:59,760
others at ostp to work with all these

1107
01:22:02,790 --> 01:22:01,440
great folks on the national space

1108
01:22:04,310 --> 01:22:02,800
council on these initiatives over the

1109
01:22:05,830 --> 01:22:04,320
last several months and years and we

1110
01:22:07,430 --> 01:22:05,840
look forward to that the wonderful days

1111
01:22:10,470 --> 01:22:07,440
that lay ahead for america in space

1112
01:22:12,709 --> 01:22:10,480
thank you very much mr vice president

1113
01:22:14,550 --> 01:22:12,719
thank you so much

1114
01:22:16,470 --> 01:22:14,560
great job

1115
01:22:18,470 --> 01:22:16,480
[Applause]

1116
01:22:21,030 --> 01:22:18,480
one of the enduring

1117
01:22:22,629 --> 01:22:21,040
lessons that i've learned as

1118
01:22:24,709 --> 01:22:22,639
chairman of the national space council

1119
01:22:25,750 --> 01:22:24,719
as you actually have weather in space

1120
01:22:27,510 --> 01:22:25,760
so

1121
01:22:30,470 --> 01:22:27,520
thanks for your great leadership on that

1122
01:22:33,590 --> 01:22:30,480
and uh so vitally important

1123
01:22:35,830 --> 01:22:33,600
to our nation's uh economy and nation's

1124
01:22:38,629 --> 01:22:35,840
security as you mentioned so

1125
01:22:40,629 --> 01:22:38,639
thank you kelvin great report

1126
01:22:42,390 --> 01:22:40,639
we've talked a lot about

1127
01:22:44,229 --> 01:22:42,400
the impact on the economy on this

1128
01:22:46,950 --> 01:22:44,239
national space council over the course

1129
01:22:47,990 --> 01:22:46,960
of the past four years we've talked just

1130
01:22:49,750 --> 01:22:48,000
as much

1131
01:22:51,510 --> 01:22:49,760
about our national security and as i

1132
01:22:53,910 --> 01:22:51,520
reflected in my opening

1133
01:22:55,510 --> 01:22:53,920
remarks

1134
01:22:58,070 --> 01:22:55,520
with the encouragement of all the

1135
01:22:59,750 --> 01:22:58,080
members of the national space council

1136
01:23:00,950 --> 01:22:59,760
this administration has taken strong

1137
01:23:02,229 --> 01:23:00,960
strides

1138
01:23:03,990 --> 01:23:02,239
to advance

1139
01:23:05,750 --> 01:23:04,000
our national security

1140
01:23:07,669 --> 01:23:05,760
in space

1141
01:23:09,990 --> 01:23:07,679
so today i wanted to turn our attention

1142
01:23:11,350 --> 01:23:10,000
to our security issues for the first

1143
01:23:13,669 --> 01:23:11,360
time

1144
01:23:15,990 --> 01:23:13,679
in his role as director of national

1145
01:23:18,070 --> 01:23:16,000
intelligence john radcliffe joins us

1146
01:23:20,790 --> 01:23:18,080
today he's going to provide an update

1147
01:23:23,110 --> 01:23:20,800
on international space threats

1148
01:23:24,950 --> 01:23:23,120
and the competition that we face john

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01:23:26,629 --> 01:23:24,960
you and i have talked you wrote a

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01:23:27,510 --> 01:23:26,639
compelling piece over the last several

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01:23:29,590 --> 01:23:27,520
days

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01:23:32,470 --> 01:23:29,600
particularly about

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01:23:33,430 --> 01:23:32,480
about the strategic competition that

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01:23:36,390 --> 01:23:33,440
china

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01:23:37,590 --> 01:23:36,400
poses us here on earth as well as in the

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01:23:39,990 --> 01:23:37,600
heavens

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01:23:41,510 --> 01:23:40,000
we appreciate your leadership very much

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01:23:44,950 --> 01:23:41,520
but as i said before i think you

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01:23:46,390 --> 01:23:44,960
understand the president understands his

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01:23:48,149 --> 01:23:46,400
space is a vacuum but we're not

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01:23:50,229 --> 01:23:48,159
operating in a vacuum especially when it

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01:23:51,669 --> 01:23:50,239
pertains to the security

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01:23:53,990 --> 01:23:51,679
of the people of the united states of

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01:23:55,669 --> 01:23:54,000
america so join me in in welcoming the

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01:23:58,149 --> 01:23:55,679
director of the national

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01:24:00,070 --> 01:23:58,159
net director of national intelligence

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01:24:02,530 --> 01:24:00,080
our dni john radcliffe in the national

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01:24:06,149 --> 01:24:02,540
space council

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[Applause]

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01:24:10,709 --> 01:24:08,239
thank you mr vice president and let me

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01:24:12,310 --> 01:24:10,719
start i know this is a common refrain as

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01:24:13,990 --> 01:24:12,320
you listen to all my fellow council

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01:24:15,669 --> 01:24:14,000
members but it's because

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01:24:18,790 --> 01:24:15,679
we all marvel

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01:24:20,870 --> 01:24:18,800
at your success and leadership uh over

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01:24:22,629 --> 01:24:20,880
this space council and i think everyone

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01:24:24,550 --> 01:24:22,639
here wants to express our

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01:24:26,550 --> 01:24:24,560
gratitude and appreciation from the

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01:24:29,270 --> 01:24:26,560
council and on behalf of a grateful

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01:24:31,350 --> 01:24:29,280
nation so thank you very much

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01:24:33,430 --> 01:24:31,360
to my fellow council members thank you

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01:24:35,510 --> 01:24:33,440
for allowing me to update you on the

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01:24:37,110 --> 01:24:35,520
threats that we face in space

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01:24:38,149 --> 01:24:37,120
and how the intelligence community is

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01:24:40,950 --> 01:24:38,159
taking

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01:24:42,629 --> 01:24:40,960
unprecedented action in order to

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01:24:45,669 --> 01:24:42,639
increase the effectiveness of our

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01:24:48,070 --> 01:24:45,679
national security space enterprise

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01:24:50,390 --> 01:24:48,080
and to respond to the president's new

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01:24:52,790 --> 01:24:50,400
space policy

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01:24:55,110 --> 01:24:52,800
by almost any measure the dramatic

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01:24:57,910 --> 01:24:55,120
increases in space related capabilities

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01:25:00,310 --> 01:24:57,920
and services over the past decade have

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01:25:03,189 --> 01:25:00,320
been game changers with profound

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01:25:06,229 --> 01:25:03,199
implications for life on earth currently

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01:25:08,310 --> 01:25:06,239
over 80 nations operate in space and 50

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01:25:10,390 --> 01:25:08,320
countries have dedicated government

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01:25:12,390 --> 01:25:10,400
budgets for space

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01:25:14,790 --> 01:25:12,400
and governments are not the only players

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01:25:17,110 --> 01:25:14,800
in space dozens of new commercial space

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01:25:19,350 --> 01:25:17,120
companies have emerged with plans to

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01:25:22,229 --> 01:25:19,360
launch tens of thousands of satellites

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01:25:23,990 --> 01:25:22,239
in the coming years more than all of the

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01:25:27,110 --> 01:25:24,000
satellites that have been launched since

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01:25:30,310 --> 01:25:27,120
the dawn of the space of the space age

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01:25:32,390 --> 01:25:30,320
over the past five years u s companies

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01:25:34,390 --> 01:25:32,400
have launched more commercial remote

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01:25:35,990 --> 01:25:34,400
sensing satellites into orbit than the

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01:25:38,149 --> 01:25:36,000
rest of the world

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01:25:40,229 --> 01:25:38,159
but today that trend is reversing

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01:25:42,390 --> 01:25:40,239
the national geospatial intelligence

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01:25:44,310 --> 01:25:42,400
agency which i oversee

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01:25:46,550 --> 01:25:44,320
predicts that in this decade the rest of

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01:25:48,629 --> 01:25:46,560
the world will launch at least twice as

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01:25:51,350 --> 01:25:48,639
many commercial remote sensing

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01:25:54,470 --> 01:25:51,360
satellites as the united states

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01:25:56,709 --> 01:25:54,480
economically the global space industry

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01:25:58,149 --> 01:25:56,719
has grown rapidly in recent years and is

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01:26:01,669 --> 01:25:58,159
now approaching

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01:26:04,550 --> 01:26:01,679
500 billion dollars in annual revenue

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01:26:06,550 --> 01:26:04,560
but more critical is that broad sectors

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01:26:09,669 --> 01:26:06,560
of the u s economy have come to rely

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01:26:11,910 --> 01:26:09,679
upon space related capabilities our

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01:26:14,870 --> 01:26:11,920
estimates suggest that industries with

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01:26:17,830 --> 01:26:14,880
reliance on space based services now

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01:26:19,669 --> 01:26:17,840
contribute over five trillion dollars to

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01:26:20,950 --> 01:26:19,679
our gross domestic product

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01:26:23,430 --> 01:26:20,960
simply put

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01:26:25,990 --> 01:26:23,440
we depend on space systems as critical

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01:26:27,590 --> 01:26:26,000
infrastructure directly supporting the

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01:26:29,990 --> 01:26:27,600
american way of life

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01:26:31,110 --> 01:26:30,000
if these space based services are

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01:26:33,830 --> 01:26:31,120
disrupted

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01:26:36,390 --> 01:26:33,840
we could see adverse effects on nearly

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01:26:37,990 --> 01:26:36,400
all sectors of the us economy

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01:26:41,430 --> 01:26:38,000
including consumers

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01:26:43,350 --> 01:26:41,440
consumer supply chains transportation

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01:26:46,470 --> 01:26:43,360
telecommute telecommunications

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01:26:48,950 --> 01:26:46,480
agriculture and finance

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01:26:51,030 --> 01:26:48,960
mr vice president and fellow members to

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01:26:53,590 --> 01:26:51,040
a degree unparalleled in american

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01:26:56,550 --> 01:26:53,600
history the nation's economy and

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01:26:58,870 --> 01:26:56,560
security rely upon space systems

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01:27:01,510 --> 01:26:58,880
that our competitors are challenging and

1245
01:27:02,830 --> 01:27:01,520
that our adversaries are increasingly

1246
01:27:05,669 --> 01:27:02,840
increasingly

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01:27:07,189 --> 01:27:05,679
threatening to that point

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01:27:10,390 --> 01:27:07,199
america's vital interests are

1249
01:27:11,430 --> 01:27:10,400
increasingly at risk as china and russia

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01:27:13,990 --> 01:27:11,440
develop

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01:27:16,149 --> 01:27:14,000
and field destructive weapons to

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01:27:17,669 --> 01:27:16,159
threaten u.s and allied space

1253
01:27:19,830 --> 01:27:17,679
capabilities

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01:27:21,750 --> 01:27:19,840
as i wrote in an op-ed published in the

1255
01:27:24,149 --> 01:27:21,760
wall street journal last week the

1256
01:27:25,830 --> 01:27:24,159
intelligence is clear china poses the

1257
01:27:27,910 --> 01:27:25,840
greatest national security threat to the

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01:27:30,550 --> 01:27:27,920
united states and that includes china's

1259
01:27:32,310 --> 01:27:30,560
actions in space where china

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01:27:34,470 --> 01:27:32,320
is pursuing weapons capable of

1261
01:27:36,629 --> 01:27:34,480
destroying our satellites up to

1262
01:27:39,030 --> 01:27:36,639
geosynchronous earth orbit

1263
01:27:40,390 --> 01:27:39,040
where many of our critical space systems

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01:27:42,950 --> 01:27:40,400
reside

1265
01:27:45,350 --> 01:27:42,960
china has also deployed a ground-based

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01:27:48,149 --> 01:27:45,360
missile intended to target and destroy

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01:27:50,229 --> 01:27:48,159
satellites in low earth orbit

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01:27:51,669 --> 01:27:50,239
russia has a similar system to china in

1269
01:27:53,750 --> 01:27:51,679
development that is likely to be

1270
01:27:55,750 --> 01:27:53,760
operational in the next several years

1271
01:27:57,590 --> 01:27:55,760
and russia has also fielded a

1272
01:27:59,510 --> 01:27:57,600
ground-based laser weapon which could

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01:28:02,229 --> 01:27:59,520
blind or damage

1274
01:28:03,590 --> 01:28:02,239
are space-based optical sensors

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01:28:05,510 --> 01:28:03,600
and i'll note

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01:28:07,590 --> 01:28:05,520
that russia in particular has recently

1277
01:28:09,510 --> 01:28:07,600
demonstrated provocative behavior

1278
01:28:11,270 --> 01:28:09,520
creating a potentially dangerous

1279
01:28:12,550 --> 01:28:11,280
situation in space over the past year

1280
01:28:14,310 --> 01:28:12,560
the russian government as the vice

1281
01:28:16,629 --> 01:28:14,320
president noted launched a satellite

1282
01:28:19,270 --> 01:28:16,639
that began to actively maneuver close to

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01:28:21,350 --> 01:28:19,280
a u.s government satellite

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01:28:23,669 --> 01:28:21,360
i want to make clear to the members of

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01:28:25,270 --> 01:28:23,679
this council that we consider this to be

1286
01:28:27,189 --> 01:28:25,280
threatening behavior

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01:28:29,110 --> 01:28:27,199
especially considering that the russians

1288
01:28:31,350 --> 01:28:29,120
have previously launched a very similar

1289
01:28:33,430 --> 01:28:31,360
satellite that exhibited characteristics

1290
01:28:35,590 --> 01:28:33,440
of a weapon when it released a

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01:28:36,950 --> 01:28:35,600
high-speed projectile

1292
01:28:40,070 --> 01:28:36,960
our space force

1293
01:28:43,189 --> 01:28:40,080
chief general raymond agreed by recently

1294
01:28:46,310 --> 01:28:43,199
saying this is not the behavior of a

1295
01:28:47,830 --> 01:28:46,320
responsible space-faring nation

1296
01:28:49,669 --> 01:28:47,840
in short

1297
01:28:52,390 --> 01:28:49,679
the threat to the united states and

1298
01:28:55,270 --> 01:28:52,400
allied space systems continue to grow

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01:28:57,430 --> 01:28:55,280
and we should not allow that threat to

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01:28:59,350 --> 01:28:57,440
grow unabated

1301
01:29:01,110 --> 01:28:59,360
and because of that

1302
01:29:04,709 --> 01:29:01,120
the president's new national space

1303
01:29:05,910 --> 01:29:04,719
policy recognizes that space is and

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01:29:08,790 --> 01:29:05,920
should be

1305
01:29:10,550 --> 01:29:08,800
a priority intelligence domain

1306
01:29:13,110 --> 01:29:10,560
something the intelligence community has

1307
01:29:14,470 --> 01:29:13,120
already begun to take action on

1308
01:29:16,070 --> 01:29:14,480
and to move out

1309
01:29:18,149 --> 01:29:16,080
earlier this year

1310
01:29:21,669 --> 01:29:18,159
we directed our intelligence agencies to

1311
01:29:23,830 --> 01:29:21,679
increase to support to space defense and

1312
01:29:25,030 --> 01:29:23,840
added new funding to counter space

1313
01:29:27,030 --> 01:29:25,040
threats

1314
01:29:29,350 --> 01:29:27,040
although those numbers are classified

1315
01:29:31,910 --> 01:29:29,360
this represents a significant new

1316
01:29:34,229 --> 01:29:31,920
investment which will directly address

1317
01:29:35,990 --> 01:29:34,239
the emerging intelligence requirements

1318
01:29:37,270 --> 01:29:36,000
of the space force

1319
01:29:39,270 --> 01:29:37,280
additionally

1320
01:29:41,590 --> 01:29:39,280
we are working directly with space force

1321
01:29:44,070 --> 01:29:41,600
leadership to create a new

1322
01:29:45,350 --> 01:29:44,080
national space intelligence center which

1323
01:29:47,430 --> 01:29:45,360
will deliver

1324
01:29:49,669 --> 01:29:47,440
intelligence support necessary to

1325
01:29:51,590 --> 01:29:49,679
achieve our national security objectives

1326
01:29:53,990 --> 01:29:51,600
the establishment of this new center

1327
01:29:56,870 --> 01:29:54,000
will provide the nation unparalleled

1328
01:29:59,189 --> 01:29:56,880
scientific and technical intelligence on

1329
01:30:00,390 --> 01:29:59,199
space related threats and it will serve

1330
01:30:02,550 --> 01:30:00,400
as the

1331
01:30:04,390 --> 01:30:02,560
service intelligence center for the

1332
01:30:06,310 --> 01:30:04,400
space force

1333
01:30:08,950 --> 01:30:06,320
as i described earlier america's

1334
01:30:11,750 --> 01:30:08,960
entrepreneurs and innovators are

1335
01:30:14,149 --> 01:30:11,760
demonstrating amazing new capabilities

1336
01:30:16,950 --> 01:30:14,159
in commercial space marketplace

1337
01:30:19,189 --> 01:30:16,960
the new national space policy recognizes

1338
01:30:20,470 --> 01:30:19,199
that the rapidly expanding commercial

1339
01:30:23,510 --> 01:30:20,480
space industry

1340
01:30:25,750 --> 01:30:23,520
is a vital element of national power

1341
01:30:28,070 --> 01:30:25,760
consistent with this recognition i

1342
01:30:30,470 --> 01:30:28,080
recently approved the creation

1343
01:30:34,149 --> 01:30:30,480
of the intelligence community commercial

1344
01:30:36,470 --> 01:30:34,159
space council this is a high level forum

1345
01:30:38,950 --> 01:30:36,480
which will facilitate collaboration

1346
01:30:40,790 --> 01:30:38,960
across the intelligence community and

1347
01:30:42,390 --> 01:30:40,800
with industry focusing on the

1348
01:30:45,189 --> 01:30:42,400
intersection of commercial space

1349
01:30:46,790 --> 01:30:45,199
services and national security

1350
01:30:48,470 --> 01:30:46,800
the council will deepen our

1351
01:30:50,790 --> 01:30:48,480
understanding of the capabilities and

1352
01:30:53,270 --> 01:30:50,800
trends of both the united states and

1353
01:30:55,270 --> 01:30:53,280
foreign commercial space industries

1354
01:30:57,750 --> 01:30:55,280
it will provide recommendations to

1355
01:30:59,910 --> 01:30:57,760
bolster our use of commercial space

1356
01:31:03,189 --> 01:30:59,920
capabilities and it will support the

1357
01:31:05,750 --> 01:31:03,199
growth of a robust u.s commercial space

1358
01:31:07,750 --> 01:31:05,760
industry that is responsive to our

1359
01:31:10,390 --> 01:31:07,760
national security needs

1360
01:31:11,990 --> 01:31:10,400
as an example of our increasing

1361
01:31:14,070 --> 01:31:12,000
engagement with the commercial space

1362
01:31:16,229 --> 01:31:14,080
sector the national reconnaissance

1363
01:31:19,430 --> 01:31:16,239
office or nro recently conducted a

1364
01:31:22,629 --> 01:31:19,440
national security mission on a small

1365
01:31:24,470 --> 01:31:22,639
commercial rocket launched from outside

1366
01:31:26,629 --> 01:31:24,480
of the united states an achievement

1367
01:31:28,149 --> 01:31:26,639
which was a first for our intelligence

1368
01:31:30,310 --> 01:31:28,159
community

1369
01:31:32,470 --> 01:31:30,320
the new national space policy also

1370
01:31:35,030 --> 01:31:32,480
recognizes that the intelligence

1371
01:31:38,070 --> 01:31:35,040
community and the department of defense

1372
01:31:41,189 --> 01:31:38,080
are co-equal partners in the national

1373
01:31:43,189 --> 01:31:41,199
security space enterprise with both

1374
01:31:46,870 --> 01:31:43,199
operating a variety of spacecraft that

1375
01:31:48,550 --> 01:31:46,880
perform vital missions to our nation

1376
01:31:50,709 --> 01:31:48,560
however countering the increasing

1377
01:31:52,870 --> 01:31:50,719
threats we face now and in the future

1378
01:31:54,950 --> 01:31:52,880
will require an even

1379
01:31:57,750 --> 01:31:54,960
higher level of collaboration and

1380
01:31:59,750 --> 01:31:57,760
integration than in the past

1381
01:32:01,350 --> 01:31:59,760
previously we reported to this council

1382
01:32:03,510 --> 01:32:01,360
that the intelligence community and

1383
01:32:06,149 --> 01:32:03,520
department of defense have agreed to

1384
01:32:07,510 --> 01:32:06,159
align u.s space command

1385
01:32:10,709 --> 01:32:07,520
and the nro

1386
01:32:12,950 --> 01:32:10,719
under a new protect and defend strategy

1387
01:32:15,430 --> 01:32:12,960
for the purposes of jointly guarding our

1388
01:32:18,390 --> 01:32:15,440
vital space systems

1389
01:32:20,470 --> 01:32:18,400
should a conflict ever extend to space

1390
01:32:22,149 --> 01:32:20,480
for the first time

1391
01:32:24,629 --> 01:32:22,159
there will be a unified structure that

1392
01:32:26,550 --> 01:32:24,639
fully integrates intelligence and

1393
01:32:29,270 --> 01:32:26,560
defense plans authorities and

1394
01:32:32,470 --> 01:32:29,280
capabilities to ensure seamless

1395
01:32:34,470 --> 01:32:32,480
execution of space defense actions

1396
01:32:36,709 --> 01:32:34,480
i'm pleased to report that the nro and

1397
01:32:39,669 --> 01:32:36,719
space command are testing this emerging

1398
01:32:41,510 --> 01:32:39,679
construct in a series of war games and

1399
01:32:42,870 --> 01:32:41,520
experiments that are designed to

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01:32:45,430 --> 01:32:42,880
pressure test

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01:32:46,950 --> 01:32:45,440
the new arrangement before space command

1402
01:32:49,350 --> 01:32:46,960
reaches its full

1403
01:32:50,950 --> 01:32:49,360
operational capability

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01:32:53,750 --> 01:32:50,960
finally

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01:32:54,950 --> 01:32:53,760
i am very pleased to report that my team

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01:32:57,030 --> 01:32:54,960
at the office of the director of

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01:32:58,790 --> 01:32:57,040
national intelligence is working

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01:33:00,870 --> 01:32:58,800
with our space force leadership to

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01:33:03,910 --> 01:33:00,880
evaluate the potential for the space

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01:33:06,550 --> 01:33:03,920
force to become the 18th member of the

1411
01:33:08,709 --> 01:33:06,560
united states intelligence community

1412
01:33:11,110 --> 01:33:08,719
we anticipate a decision on this

1413
01:33:12,550 --> 01:33:11,120
history-making opportunity in the next

1414
01:33:14,950 --> 01:33:12,560
month or two

1415
01:33:16,550 --> 01:33:14,960
which would profoundly strengthen the

1416
01:33:17,669 --> 01:33:16,560
partnership between the department of

1417
01:33:19,430 --> 01:33:17,679
defense

1418
01:33:21,270 --> 01:33:19,440
and our intelligence community in

1419
01:33:23,669 --> 01:33:21,280
conclusion

1420
01:33:26,149 --> 01:33:23,679
as adversaries increasingly threaten our

1421
01:33:29,030 --> 01:33:26,159
vital interests in space the actions

1422
01:33:32,070 --> 01:33:29,040
that i have described here for you today

1423
01:33:34,470 --> 01:33:32,080
plus many more of a classified nature

1424
01:33:36,709 --> 01:33:34,480
that i cannot discuss publicly will

1425
01:33:39,590 --> 01:33:36,719
continue to provide us with a

1426
01:33:43,030 --> 01:33:39,600
competitive advantage will allow us to

1427
01:33:45,669 --> 01:33:43,040
counter emergent threats in space and

1428
01:33:48,149 --> 01:33:45,679
allow us to achieve unified action

1429
01:33:50,149 --> 01:33:48,159
should conflict ever extend to space

1430
01:33:52,310 --> 01:33:50,159
i want to assure each of you my fellow

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01:33:55,030 --> 01:33:52,320
council members as well as the american

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01:33:58,070 --> 01:33:55,040
public that if our adversaries challenge

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01:34:00,790 --> 01:33:58,080
us in space they will face a truly

1434
01:34:02,390 --> 01:34:00,800
united national security space team

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01:34:03,510 --> 01:34:02,400
thank you again mr vice president for

1436
01:34:05,430 --> 01:34:03,520
the opportunity and members of the

1437
01:34:07,430 --> 01:34:05,440
council to address you

1438
01:34:12,229 --> 01:34:07,440
on these important efforts thanks very

1439
01:34:17,030 --> 01:34:14,709
mr excellent

1440
01:34:19,830 --> 01:34:17,040
uh well thank you thank you director

1441
01:34:22,790 --> 01:34:19,840
radcliffe thank you for

1442
01:34:24,790 --> 01:34:22,800
that uh that that stirring summary but

1443
01:34:26,790 --> 01:34:24,800
also thank you for the visionary

1444
01:34:27,910 --> 01:34:26,800
recommendation we very much look forward

1445
01:34:29,270 --> 01:34:27,920
to that

1446
01:34:31,750 --> 01:34:29,280
uh and

1447
01:34:34,709 --> 01:34:31,760
the the notion of adding

1448
01:34:37,110 --> 01:34:34,719
the united states space force to

1449
01:34:42,070 --> 01:34:37,120
the infrastructure of our intelligence

1450
01:34:46,550 --> 01:34:44,629
makes great sense and i just i want to

1451
01:34:48,870 --> 01:34:46,560
commend you for leaning into this and

1452
01:34:50,229 --> 01:34:48,880
making such a meaningful contribution

1453
01:34:51,830 --> 01:34:50,239
to this eighth meeting of the national

1454
01:34:54,149 --> 01:34:51,840
space council thank you very much thank

1455
01:34:55,350 --> 01:34:54,159
you very much john

1456
01:34:57,109 --> 01:34:55,360
there has always been a chair on the

1457
01:34:59,270 --> 01:34:57,119
national space council for the secretary

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01:35:00,870 --> 01:34:59,280
of defense and successive secretaries of

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01:35:02,870 --> 01:35:00,880
defense have

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01:35:04,470 --> 01:35:02,880
played the role and have been full

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01:35:06,709 --> 01:35:04,480
partners

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01:35:09,189 --> 01:35:06,719
in renewing america's commitment to our

1463
01:35:10,950 --> 01:35:09,199
national security and space

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01:35:12,790 --> 01:35:10,960
we're deeply grateful to them

1465
01:35:17,030 --> 01:35:12,800
for their service but

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01:35:19,109 --> 01:35:17,040
but a common denominator a consistent uh

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01:35:21,510 --> 01:35:19,119
ally and advocate

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01:35:23,189 --> 01:35:21,520
uh for advancing america's national

1469
01:35:25,189 --> 01:35:23,199
security interests in space has been the

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01:35:27,030 --> 01:35:25,199
deputy secretary of defense

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01:35:29,510 --> 01:35:27,040
uh david norquist and i just want to

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01:35:32,550 --> 01:35:29,520
take this opportunity

1473
01:35:34,709 --> 01:35:32,560
to thank the deputy secretary of defense

1474
01:35:37,189 --> 01:35:34,719
for taking the guidance

1475
01:35:38,070 --> 01:35:37,199
of this national space council

1476
01:35:40,149 --> 01:35:38,080
taking the vision of the

1477
01:35:40,950 --> 01:35:40,159
commander-in-chief

1478
01:35:45,189 --> 01:35:40,960
and

1479
01:35:46,790 --> 01:35:45,199
uh at the department of defense you

1480
01:35:48,950 --> 01:35:46,800
you've made a great great difference in

1481
01:35:50,950 --> 01:35:48,960
the security of this country uh in the

1482
01:35:52,950 --> 01:35:50,960
vast expanse of space so join me in

1483
01:36:00,470 --> 01:35:52,960
thanking deputy secretary of defense

1484
01:36:03,750 --> 01:36:02,149
good afternoon everyone and thank you

1485
01:36:05,830 --> 01:36:03,760
vice president for chairing this meeting

1486
01:36:07,910 --> 01:36:05,840
today you just heard about some of the

1487
01:36:08,950 --> 01:36:07,920
challenges and threats facing us in

1488
01:36:09,990 --> 01:36:08,960
space

1489
01:36:12,229 --> 01:36:10,000
since the

1490
01:36:14,070 --> 01:36:12,239
last national space council meeting back

1491
01:36:17,030 --> 01:36:14,080
in may the department of defense has

1492
01:36:19,030 --> 01:36:17,040
made tremendous progress in adjusting to

1493
01:36:21,030 --> 01:36:19,040
the challenges of space as a warfighting

1494
01:36:22,390 --> 01:36:21,040
domain today i want to highlight our

1495
01:36:25,189 --> 01:36:22,400
developments across the department the

1496
01:36:26,709 --> 01:36:25,199
u.s space force u.s space command and

1497
01:36:28,629 --> 01:36:26,719
within the office of the secretary of

1498
01:36:30,310 --> 01:36:28,639
defense and in doing so i want to thank

1499
01:36:32,950 --> 01:36:30,320
those around the table

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01:36:35,030 --> 01:36:32,960
your efforts and partnerships are vital

1501
01:36:36,070 --> 01:36:35,040
to achieving our nation's objectives in

1502
01:36:37,510 --> 01:36:36,080
space

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01:36:38,790 --> 01:36:37,520
so let me begin with an update on the

1504
01:36:40,709 --> 01:36:38,800
space force

1505
01:36:41,830 --> 01:36:40,719
in order to grasp the magnitude of what

1506
01:36:44,310 --> 01:36:41,840
the department of defense has

1507
01:36:46,310 --> 01:36:44,320
accomplished it is worth pausing to

1508
01:36:47,830 --> 01:36:46,320
reflect on the timeline

1509
01:36:49,750 --> 01:36:47,840
the space force was officially

1510
01:36:52,629 --> 01:36:49,760
established when president trump signed

1511
01:36:56,229 --> 01:36:52,639
the fiscal year 2000 national defense

1512
01:36:58,229 --> 01:36:56,239
authorization act on december 20th 2019

1513
01:36:59,830 --> 01:36:58,239
less than one year ago

1514
01:37:01,990 --> 01:36:59,840
it was originally planned that the space

1515
01:37:02,950 --> 01:37:02,000
force would be established one year

1516
01:37:05,430 --> 01:37:02,960
after

1517
01:37:08,070 --> 01:37:05,440
the ndaa was signed so mr vice president

1518
01:37:09,430 --> 01:37:08,080
that would been 11 days from today

1519
01:37:11,350 --> 01:37:09,440
and i would have been spending today

1520
01:37:13,510 --> 01:37:11,360
explaining to the things we hoped to get

1521
01:37:14,790 --> 01:37:13,520
done and might get done

1522
01:37:17,270 --> 01:37:14,800
in the future

1523
01:37:19,030 --> 01:37:17,280
but instead the president and congress

1524
01:37:20,709 --> 01:37:19,040
understood the urgency

1525
01:37:23,350 --> 01:37:20,719
of strengthening our space-based

1526
01:37:25,750 --> 01:37:23,360
military capabilities and they directed

1527
01:37:27,270 --> 01:37:25,760
us to get right to work

1528
01:37:29,830 --> 01:37:27,280
following this spirit of speed we've

1529
01:37:32,229 --> 01:37:29,840
moved rapidly to advance the space force

1530
01:37:33,750 --> 01:37:32,239
and we have reached many milestones

1531
01:37:35,669 --> 01:37:33,760
operationally the space force has

1532
01:37:37,430 --> 01:37:35,679
launched satellites into space

1533
01:37:39,189 --> 01:37:37,440
and provided support to nasa's two

1534
01:37:42,470 --> 01:37:39,199
successful human space flights launched

1535
01:37:44,229 --> 01:37:42,480
from right here in cape canaveral

1536
01:37:45,830 --> 01:37:44,239
the space force is also engaged with our

1537
01:37:48,229 --> 01:37:45,840
allies and partners to enhance

1538
01:37:50,149 --> 01:37:48,239
cooperation in space we have now seen

1539
01:37:52,390 --> 01:37:50,159
them place a higher priority on this

1540
01:37:54,470 --> 01:37:52,400
domain as well

1541
01:37:56,629 --> 01:37:54,480
the uk which announced the creation of a

1542
01:37:58,310 --> 01:37:56,639
space command last month and france

1543
01:38:01,510 --> 01:37:58,320
which is adjusted from the air force now

1544
01:38:03,189 --> 01:38:01,520
having the french air and space force

1545
01:38:05,510 --> 01:38:03,199
through all of this the space force has

1546
01:38:07,270 --> 01:38:05,520
continued delivering new capabilities

1547
01:38:09,430 --> 01:38:07,280
for the united states

1548
01:38:11,990 --> 01:38:09,440
in fact in august the national

1549
01:38:14,950 --> 01:38:12,000
aeronautics association recognized our

1550
01:38:16,470 --> 01:38:14,960
x-37b space plane with one of its most

1551
01:38:18,390 --> 01:38:16,480
prestigious awards

1552
01:38:21,510 --> 01:38:18,400
a distinction also given to orville

1553
01:38:22,709 --> 01:38:21,520
wright and the apollo 11 team

1554
01:38:25,430 --> 01:38:22,719
structurally

1555
01:38:27,430 --> 01:38:25,440
we have created a new and leaner field

1556
01:38:28,470 --> 01:38:27,440
organization comprised of three field

1557
01:38:30,790 --> 01:38:28,480
commands

1558
01:38:32,310 --> 01:38:30,800
and nine space deltas that cover

1559
01:38:34,149 --> 01:38:32,320
missions such as intelligence

1560
01:38:36,149 --> 01:38:34,159
surveillance and reconnaissance

1561
01:38:38,550 --> 01:38:36,159
space electronic warfare

1562
01:38:40,790 --> 01:38:38,560
and space domain awareness

1563
01:38:43,109 --> 01:38:40,800
the space force's success thus far are

1564
01:38:44,709 --> 01:38:43,119
reflected in its people

1565
01:38:47,510 --> 01:38:44,719
since its founding it has grown

1566
01:38:49,030 --> 01:38:47,520
substantially which is a trend we expect

1567
01:38:51,350 --> 01:38:49,040
to continue

1568
01:38:53,270 --> 01:38:51,360
over the last three months more than 2

1569
01:38:54,390 --> 01:38:53,280
100 members have transferred from the

1570
01:38:56,070 --> 01:38:54,400
air force

1571
01:38:59,189 --> 01:38:56,080
into the space force

1572
01:39:01,270 --> 01:38:59,199
we anticipate that an additional 3700

1573
01:39:03,990 --> 01:39:01,280
airmen skilled in fields such as

1574
01:39:06,709 --> 01:39:04,000
intelligence acquisition engineering and

1575
01:39:07,830 --> 01:39:06,719
cyber will transfer in the next three

1576
01:39:09,590 --> 01:39:07,840
months

1577
01:39:12,229 --> 01:39:09,600
these men and women have great

1578
01:39:14,950 --> 01:39:12,239
leadership in general raymond will

1579
01:39:17,669 --> 01:39:14,960
become a statutory member soon of the

1580
01:39:20,070 --> 01:39:17,679
member of the joint chiefs of staff

1581
01:39:20,950 --> 01:39:20,080
with the right people and leadership in

1582
01:39:22,870 --> 01:39:20,960
place

1583
01:39:24,550 --> 01:39:22,880
we are focused on cultivating the

1584
01:39:26,709 --> 01:39:24,560
culture of the service

1585
01:39:27,830 --> 01:39:26,719
in this respect we have also made great

1586
01:39:29,669 --> 01:39:27,840
strides

1587
01:39:32,149 --> 01:39:29,679
for example just seven months after the

1588
01:39:35,750 --> 01:39:32,159
space force was established the service

1589
01:39:38,470 --> 01:39:35,760
released the space capstone publication

1590
01:39:40,629 --> 01:39:38,480
its first doctrine document

1591
01:39:42,709 --> 01:39:40,639
this is a military service's fundamental

1592
01:39:44,229 --> 01:39:42,719
responsibility because it articulates

1593
01:39:46,950 --> 01:39:44,239
their unique purpose

1594
01:39:49,590 --> 01:39:46,960
identity and operational mindset and it

1595
01:39:51,189 --> 01:39:49,600
informs the joint doctrine

1596
01:39:53,270 --> 01:39:51,199
significantly the space capstone

1597
01:39:55,669 --> 01:39:53,280
publication identifies space power as a

1598
01:39:59,030 --> 01:39:55,679
distinct form of military power that is

1599
01:40:01,750 --> 01:39:59,040
vital to u.s prosperity and security

1600
01:40:04,149 --> 01:40:01,760
the space force's motto semper supra

1601
01:40:06,709 --> 01:40:04,159
captures their role well safeguarding

1602
01:40:08,709 --> 01:40:06,719
u.s advantages in the ultimate high

1603
01:40:11,510 --> 01:40:08,719
ground requires them to be

1604
01:40:13,750 --> 01:40:11,520
always above

1605
01:40:14,950 --> 01:40:13,760
next i'll provide an update on u.s space

1606
01:40:17,270 --> 01:40:14,960
command

1607
01:40:19,990 --> 01:40:17,280
just as we have at c it is important to

1608
01:40:23,189 --> 01:40:20,000
establish responsible standards and

1609
01:40:24,790 --> 01:40:23,199
norms in space u.s space command is

1610
01:40:27,270 --> 01:40:24,800
promoting these efforts and calling out

1611
01:40:29,270 --> 01:40:27,280
those like russia who violate these

1612
01:40:31,030 --> 01:40:29,280
standards and norms

1613
01:40:32,790 --> 01:40:31,040
in august we welcome general dickinson

1614
01:40:35,430 --> 01:40:32,800
to the helm through u.s space command's

1615
01:40:37,510 --> 01:40:35,440
first change of command ceremony

1616
01:40:39,669 --> 01:40:37,520
he made history by becoming the first

1617
01:40:40,950 --> 01:40:39,679
army general to lead the combatant

1618
01:40:42,470 --> 01:40:40,960
command

1619
01:40:44,229 --> 01:40:42,480
i should note that his predecessor

1620
01:40:47,350 --> 01:40:44,239
general raymond had served in a dual

1621
01:40:49,910 --> 01:40:47,360
capacity chief of space operations and

1622
01:40:51,350 --> 01:40:49,920
commander of u.s space command the

1623
01:40:53,270 --> 01:40:51,360
department is grateful to general

1624
01:40:56,629 --> 01:40:53,280
raymond for stepping up to serve in

1625
01:40:58,470 --> 01:40:56,639
these two consequential roles

1626
01:40:59,830 --> 01:40:58,480
finally i would be remiss if i didn't

1627
01:41:01,910 --> 01:40:59,840
share the progress the department has

1628
01:41:04,070 --> 01:41:01,920
made within the pentagon

1629
01:41:05,109 --> 01:41:04,080
in june we released a new defense space

1630
01:41:06,870 --> 01:41:05,119
strategy

1631
01:41:08,950 --> 01:41:06,880
over the next 10 years this document

1632
01:41:10,709 --> 01:41:08,960
will guide the department in achieving

1633
01:41:12,950 --> 01:41:10,719
our desirable conditions for a space

1634
01:41:15,270 --> 01:41:12,960
domain that is secure

1635
01:41:17,270 --> 01:41:15,280
stable and accessible

1636
01:41:18,790 --> 01:41:17,280
similar to our national defense strategy

1637
01:41:20,310 --> 01:41:18,800
we pursue our objectives through four

1638
01:41:22,470 --> 01:41:20,320
lines of effort

1639
01:41:24,310 --> 01:41:22,480
these are build a comprehensive military

1640
01:41:26,470 --> 01:41:24,320
advantage in space

1641
01:41:29,189 --> 01:41:26,480
integrate space into national

1642
01:41:31,270 --> 01:41:29,199
joint and combined operations

1643
01:41:33,270 --> 01:41:31,280
shape the strategic environment

1644
01:41:35,669 --> 01:41:33,280
and cooperate with allies

1645
01:41:37,430 --> 01:41:35,679
partners industry and other government

1646
01:41:38,709 --> 01:41:37,440
departments and agencies

1647
01:41:40,470 --> 01:41:38,719
if you have not done so i had a chance

1648
01:41:41,830 --> 01:41:40,480
to read it yet i would encourage you all

1649
01:41:43,350 --> 01:41:41,840
to do so

1650
01:41:45,350 --> 01:41:43,360
it will give you a clear sense of how

1651
01:41:48,390 --> 01:41:45,360
the department's thinking has evolved on

1652
01:41:50,790 --> 01:41:48,400
space from a policy perspective

1653
01:41:52,950 --> 01:41:50,800
this defense space strategy served as a

1654
01:41:54,709 --> 01:41:52,960
part of our department's contribution to

1655
01:41:57,350 --> 01:41:54,719
the development of the new

1656
01:41:58,870 --> 01:41:57,360
national space policy which we are proud

1657
01:42:00,709 --> 01:41:58,880
to support

1658
01:42:02,709 --> 01:42:00,719
another indication of our prioritization

1659
01:42:05,830 --> 01:42:02,719
of space was creating an assistant

1660
01:42:07,910 --> 01:42:05,840
secretary of defense for space policy

1661
01:42:09,910 --> 01:42:07,920
i established this often office in

1662
01:42:12,629 --> 01:42:09,920
response to the bipartisan fiscal year

1663
01:42:14,390 --> 01:42:12,639
2000 national defense authorization act

1664
01:42:15,910 --> 01:42:14,400
and to fulfill your due out mr vice

1665
01:42:18,470 --> 01:42:15,920
president when you announced the space

1666
01:42:20,629 --> 01:42:18,480
force in august 2018

1667
01:42:23,350 --> 01:42:20,639
congress rightfully identified civilian

1668
01:42:25,910 --> 01:42:23,360
oversight of the space enterprise as an

1669
01:42:27,510 --> 01:42:25,920
area of necessary change

1670
01:42:30,070 --> 01:42:27,520
the assistant secretary of defense for

1671
01:42:32,070 --> 01:42:30,080
space policy will now be responsible for

1672
01:42:34,870 --> 01:42:32,080
interagency coordination and

1673
01:42:36,390 --> 01:42:34,880
international engagement on space policy

1674
01:42:38,709 --> 01:42:36,400
and strategy

1675
01:42:40,310 --> 01:42:38,719
with this elevated level of leadership

1676
01:42:43,189 --> 01:42:40,320
we will bring heightened focus to the

1677
01:42:44,950 --> 01:42:43,199
space domain as we prepare for long-term

1678
01:42:46,870 --> 01:42:44,960
strategic competition

1679
01:42:47,750 --> 01:42:46,880
and ensure alignment with the space

1680
01:42:49,910 --> 01:42:47,760
force

1681
01:42:52,149 --> 01:42:49,920
and u s space command

1682
01:42:54,390 --> 01:42:52,159
in conclusion the department of defense

1683
01:42:56,870 --> 01:42:54,400
has had a significant and successful

1684
01:42:59,350 --> 01:42:56,880
past seven months we remain committed to

1685
01:43:01,669 --> 01:42:59,360
continuing this important transformation

1686
01:43:04,310 --> 01:43:01,679
of our national security space program

1687
01:43:05,669 --> 01:43:04,320
which is prepares us for deterring the

1688
01:43:15,030 --> 01:43:05,679
high-end fight

1689
01:43:20,149 --> 01:43:17,669
i think thank you so much deputy

1690
01:43:22,229 --> 01:43:20,159
secretary norquist and and again i i

1691
01:43:23,430 --> 01:43:22,239
know i speak on behalf of

1692
01:43:26,070 --> 01:43:23,440
the president and everyone on the

1693
01:43:28,070 --> 01:43:26,080
national space council and uh

1694
01:43:29,750 --> 01:43:28,080
and our secretaries of defense over the

1695
01:43:30,870 --> 01:43:29,760
last four years when i say how grateful

1696
01:43:33,350 --> 01:43:30,880
we are

1697
01:43:34,470 --> 01:43:33,360
uh you are the you are the get it done

1698
01:43:36,310 --> 01:43:34,480
guy

1699
01:43:37,750 --> 01:43:36,320
at the pentagon and uh thanks for

1700
01:43:40,149 --> 01:43:37,760
getting it done

1701
01:43:42,629 --> 01:43:40,159
so quickly in standing up our

1702
01:43:44,790 --> 01:43:42,639
united states space force and in all the

1703
01:43:47,270 --> 01:43:44,800
ways that you've described

1704
01:43:50,149 --> 01:43:47,280
someone else who deserves a tremendous

1705
01:43:51,430 --> 01:43:50,159
amount of credit

1706
01:43:53,350 --> 01:43:51,440
is

1707
01:43:55,030 --> 01:43:53,360
i want to call on for maybe just a few

1708
01:43:56,229 --> 01:43:55,040
brief reflections following the deputy

1709
01:43:58,149 --> 01:43:56,239
secretary's

1710
01:44:00,229 --> 01:43:58,159
uh remarks he's a former commander of

1711
01:44:01,990 --> 01:44:00,239
the united states strategic

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01:44:03,990 --> 01:44:02,000
command

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01:44:06,870 --> 01:44:04,000
led forces in operation enduring freedom

1714
01:44:08,870 --> 01:44:06,880
operation iraqi freedom led

1715
01:44:11,109 --> 01:44:08,880
and commanded air force space command

1716
01:44:12,709 --> 01:44:11,119
and now fortunately

1717
01:44:14,390 --> 01:44:12,719
we arrive at a time in the moment in our

1718
01:44:16,790 --> 01:44:14,400
history when as we're standing up

1719
01:44:19,350 --> 01:44:16,800
american military leadership in space

1720
01:44:22,149 --> 01:44:19,360
the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of

1721
01:44:25,430 --> 01:44:22,159
staff brings a lifetime of dedication

1722
01:44:27,910 --> 01:44:25,440
and experience uh to america's military

1723
01:44:30,149 --> 01:44:27,920
security and space so let me uh

1724
01:44:31,270 --> 01:44:30,159
let me invite all gathered here uh first

1725
01:44:33,750 --> 01:44:31,280
to thank

1726
01:44:35,030 --> 01:44:33,760
uh general john heighton for his

1727
01:44:36,470 --> 01:44:35,040
lifetime

1728
01:44:37,270 --> 01:44:36,480
of service

1729
01:44:38,790 --> 01:44:37,280
and

1730
01:44:39,990 --> 01:44:38,800
general heighten any reflections that

1731
01:44:41,669 --> 01:44:40,000
you have

1732
01:44:50,070 --> 01:44:41,679
on this first year of the united states

1733
01:44:53,189 --> 01:44:51,510
thank you everybody thank you mr vice

1734
01:44:54,870 --> 01:44:53,199
president uh i have a million

1735
01:44:56,070 --> 01:44:54,880
reflections yeah to choose from

1736
01:44:58,229 --> 01:44:56,080
everything that's going through my mind

1737
01:44:59,430 --> 01:44:58,239
right now is is nearly impossible

1738
01:45:01,830 --> 01:44:59,440
because the

1739
01:45:03,189 --> 01:45:01,840
this is an exciting time this is a an

1740
01:45:05,270 --> 01:45:03,199
important time

1741
01:45:07,430 --> 01:45:05,280
but it's a time that as director

1742
01:45:08,470 --> 01:45:07,440
ratcliffe clearly pointed out we have a

1743
01:45:10,390 --> 01:45:08,480
threat

1744
01:45:11,830 --> 01:45:10,400
and and what we're doing and what we

1745
01:45:13,510 --> 01:45:11,840
have been doing is about how do we

1746
01:45:14,790 --> 01:45:13,520
respond to that threat

1747
01:45:16,709 --> 01:45:14,800
and the partnership we have with the

1748
01:45:17,990 --> 01:45:16,719
intelligence community is as strong as

1749
01:45:20,149 --> 01:45:18,000
it's ever been

1750
01:45:22,149 --> 01:45:20,159
uh and i was so excited to hear the

1751
01:45:23,350 --> 01:45:22,159
the concept of the space force being the

1752
01:45:25,910 --> 01:45:23,360
18th member of the intelligence

1753
01:45:28,070 --> 01:45:25,920
community that that that present

1754
01:45:29,189 --> 01:45:28,080
presents so many opportunities for us to

1755
01:45:31,510 --> 01:45:29,199
do things

1756
01:45:33,350 --> 01:45:31,520
in much better ways of how we do

1757
01:45:36,229 --> 01:45:33,360
surveillance how we do intelligence all

1758
01:45:37,830 --> 01:45:36,239
those things open up by just that simple

1759
01:45:39,990 --> 01:45:37,840
idea

1760
01:45:42,310 --> 01:45:40,000
so as i as i sit here

1761
01:45:45,189 --> 01:45:42,320
i'll just say that space command and the

1762
01:45:46,629 --> 01:45:45,199
space force have two basic functions

1763
01:45:48,550 --> 01:45:46,639
when you look at the saturn v that's

1764
01:45:51,270 --> 01:45:48,560
above us

1765
01:45:52,870 --> 01:45:51,280
you like to look up and dream and i was

1766
01:45:55,030 --> 01:45:52,880
involved in the previous edition of the

1767
01:45:56,470 --> 01:45:55,040
united states space command and and i'll

1768
01:45:58,229 --> 01:45:56,480
say that that command really like to

1769
01:46:00,870 --> 01:45:58,239
look up

1770
01:46:02,310 --> 01:46:00,880
surveil and we need to understand the

1771
01:46:03,990 --> 01:46:02,320
threat and and you heard the vice

1772
01:46:05,430 --> 01:46:04,000
president and the director of national

1773
01:46:07,510 --> 01:46:05,440
intelligence talk about the russian

1774
01:46:08,709 --> 01:46:07,520
threat that we watched very closely

1775
01:46:10,070 --> 01:46:08,719
through the partnerships we have with

1776
01:46:11,510 --> 01:46:10,080
our own sensors with the intelligence

1777
01:46:13,750 --> 01:46:11,520
community center so we know exactly

1778
01:46:14,950 --> 01:46:13,760
what's going on and exactly what they're

1779
01:46:16,709 --> 01:46:14,960
doing but

1780
01:46:19,109 --> 01:46:16,719
the reason the united states military is

1781
01:46:21,189 --> 01:46:19,119
in space is really to look down

1782
01:46:23,030 --> 01:46:21,199
to look down and make sure that our

1783
01:46:26,310 --> 01:46:23,040
planet is safe and that we support the

1784
01:46:27,669 --> 01:46:26,320
army the navy the air force the marines

1785
01:46:29,350 --> 01:46:27,679
all of the elements of our national

1786
01:46:31,830 --> 01:46:29,360
security support the joint force and

1787
01:46:33,189 --> 01:46:31,840
make sure that it is secure and and if

1788
01:46:35,030 --> 01:46:33,199
you look at everything that we do every

1789
01:46:36,790 --> 01:46:35,040
day and you heard the deputy talk about

1790
01:46:37,750 --> 01:46:36,800
the amazing organizational changes that

1791
01:46:39,350 --> 01:46:37,760
are under

1792
01:46:40,790 --> 01:46:39,360
but actually it's the mission and the

1793
01:46:42,709 --> 01:46:40,800
people that do that mission every day

1794
01:46:44,790 --> 01:46:42,719
that are the the key piece of it and you

1795
01:46:46,310 --> 01:46:44,800
just look back in january when when

1796
01:46:47,669 --> 01:46:46,320
missiles were launched from iran into

1797
01:46:50,070 --> 01:46:47,679
al-assad

1798
01:46:51,910 --> 01:46:50,080
in iraq and you look at the warning that

1799
01:46:53,350 --> 01:46:51,920
was provided immediately from the

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01:46:55,350 --> 01:46:53,360
operators in the united states space

1801
01:46:56,149 --> 01:46:55,360
command that allowed people to take

1802
01:46:58,790 --> 01:46:56,159
cover

1803
01:47:00,390 --> 01:46:58,800
and the in the exquisite indications and

1804
01:47:01,830 --> 01:47:00,400
warning that were put together by space

1805
01:47:03,350 --> 01:47:01,840
command people space force people

1806
01:47:06,070 --> 01:47:03,360
working together with the intelligence

1807
01:47:08,470 --> 01:47:06,080
community to make sure that no american

1808
01:47:11,570 --> 01:47:08,480
died in that attack that's a remarkable

1809
01:47:18,550 --> 01:47:16,550
[Applause]

1810
01:47:19,990 --> 01:47:18,560
so mr vice president thank you for your

1811
01:47:21,990 --> 01:47:20,000
leadership

1812
01:47:23,669 --> 01:47:22,000
it is actually a joy to work with you in

1813
01:47:25,750 --> 01:47:23,679
any meeting i've ever been in

1814
01:47:28,229 --> 01:47:25,760
and and i want to say that uh

1815
01:47:29,590 --> 01:47:28,239
i look forward to the future uh

1816
01:47:31,990 --> 01:47:29,600
you know the one thing about all four

1817
01:47:33,669 --> 01:47:32,000
stars general raymond is that we're all

1818
01:47:34,550 --> 01:47:33,679
circling the drain

1819
01:47:36,870 --> 01:47:34,560
um

1820
01:47:37,990 --> 01:47:36,880
you know we're all pretty much done

1821
01:47:40,629 --> 01:47:38,000
uh

1822
01:47:42,310 --> 01:47:40,639
but the other thing about all of us

1823
01:47:44,149 --> 01:47:42,320
is man wouldn't you like to go back and

1824
01:47:45,830 --> 01:47:44,159
be a second lieutenant into in the

1825
01:47:47,109 --> 01:47:45,840
united states space force today and do

1826
01:47:48,870 --> 01:47:47,119
it all over again

1827
01:47:51,109 --> 01:47:48,880
that would be exciting so mr vice

1828
01:47:54,150 --> 01:47:51,119
president thank you

1829
01:48:00,070 --> 01:47:54,160
general john everybody

1830
01:48:03,350 --> 01:48:01,669
i think it's worth noting for the record

1831
01:48:05,189 --> 01:48:03,360
that i gave him absolutely no notice

1832
01:48:07,189 --> 01:48:05,199
prior to those remarks

1833
01:48:09,030 --> 01:48:07,199
i think i think i think you can hear the

1834
01:48:10,790 --> 01:48:09,040
heart and the mind of someone who's been

1835
01:48:13,830 --> 01:48:10,800
absolutely

1836
01:48:16,310 --> 01:48:13,840
committed for a lifetime to american

1837
01:48:18,149 --> 01:48:16,320
security and space and

1838
01:48:19,669 --> 01:48:18,159
i as i've said to you before general

1839
01:48:22,709 --> 01:48:19,679
heighten i can't help but feel that for

1840
01:48:24,390 --> 01:48:22,719
such a time as this you're vice chairman

1841
01:48:26,550 --> 01:48:24,400
of the joint chiefs of staff so thank

1842
01:48:28,550 --> 01:48:26,560
you for your stalwart leadership and a

1843
01:48:34,790 --> 01:48:28,560
lifetime of service join me in thanking

1844
01:48:38,229 --> 01:48:36,629
closer to home on security and i

1845
01:48:40,149 --> 01:48:38,239
apologize that i didn't give him any

1846
01:48:42,790 --> 01:48:40,159
notice at all the acting secretary of

1847
01:48:44,310 --> 01:48:42,800
the department of homeland security i've

1848
01:48:46,550 --> 01:48:44,320
come to know him

1849
01:48:47,510 --> 01:48:46,560
over the last four years of service and

1850
01:48:51,669 --> 01:48:47,520
uh

1851
01:48:54,790 --> 01:48:51,679
implementation

1852
01:48:56,550 --> 01:48:54,800
uh of american law security on our

1853
01:48:58,149 --> 01:48:56,560
border but the

1854
01:48:59,750 --> 01:48:58,159
members of the national space council

1855
01:49:02,550 --> 01:48:59,760
deserve to know that

1856
01:49:03,990 --> 01:49:02,560
under acting secretary chad wolf's

1857
01:49:05,669 --> 01:49:04,000
direction the department of homeland

1858
01:49:09,030 --> 01:49:05,679
security has also

1859
01:49:12,070 --> 01:49:09,040
been working to increase outreach to the

1860
01:49:15,589 --> 01:49:12,080
private sector to ensure cyber security

1861
01:49:17,750 --> 01:49:15,599
in space systems uh which is of equal

1862
01:49:19,189 --> 01:49:17,760
importance to our economy to the privacy

1863
01:49:22,070 --> 01:49:19,199
of the american people

1864
01:49:23,910 --> 01:49:22,080
so uh for uh a few minutes of

1865
01:49:25,430 --> 01:49:23,920
reflections on the progress the efforts

1866
01:49:27,430 --> 01:49:25,440
dhs has made

1867
01:49:29,189 --> 01:49:27,440
uh join me in thanking acting secretary

1868
01:49:29,520 --> 01:49:29,199
chad wolfe member of the national space

1869
01:49:33,990 --> 01:49:29,530
center

1870
01:49:35,910 --> 01:49:34,000
[Applause]

1871
01:49:37,430 --> 01:49:35,920
well let me start off by again

1872
01:49:39,109 --> 01:49:37,440
expressing my gratitude mr vice

1873
01:49:41,030 --> 01:49:39,119
president for your leadership of the

1874
01:49:43,750 --> 01:49:41,040
council as all of our council members

1875
01:49:45,510 --> 01:49:43,760
have said today the the work that not

1876
01:49:47,030 --> 01:49:45,520
only you but the

1877
01:49:49,109 --> 01:49:47,040
the staff have done over the last four

1878
01:49:52,229 --> 01:49:49,119
years and advancing american leadership

1879
01:49:53,589 --> 01:49:52,239
in this area i think is a testament

1880
01:49:54,790 --> 01:49:53,599
the department of homeland security as

1881
01:49:56,470 --> 01:49:54,800
you said

1882
01:49:59,189 --> 01:49:56,480
is hard at work in helping to implement

1883
01:50:01,669 --> 01:49:59,199
the national space policy in two primary

1884
01:50:03,030 --> 01:50:01,679
areas and that's in cyber security and

1885
01:50:05,270 --> 01:50:03,040
resilience

1886
01:50:07,109 --> 01:50:05,280
so what we call the left of launch or

1887
01:50:08,229 --> 01:50:07,119
before launch is a critically important

1888
01:50:10,709 --> 01:50:08,239
time

1889
01:50:13,189 --> 01:50:10,719
cyber security and supply chain security

1890
01:50:14,950 --> 01:50:13,199
of space systems is paramount and to

1891
01:50:17,109 --> 01:50:14,960
support this effort the department is

1892
01:50:19,270 --> 01:50:17,119
leveraging our relationships and our

1893
01:50:21,510 --> 01:50:19,280
processes with critical infrastructure

1894
01:50:22,790 --> 01:50:21,520
owners and operators around the country

1895
01:50:25,750 --> 01:50:22,800
through our cyber security and

1896
01:50:27,189 --> 01:50:25,760
infrastructure security agency or cisa

1897
01:50:29,109 --> 01:50:27,199
and cisa is leading the newly

1898
01:50:31,750 --> 01:50:29,119
established space information sharing

1899
01:50:33,510 --> 01:50:31,760
and analysis center or isac and that's a

1900
01:50:35,270 --> 01:50:33,520
form for u.s government and private

1901
01:50:37,189 --> 01:50:35,280
industry can share information and best

1902
01:50:39,350 --> 01:50:37,199
practices and we do that through a

1903
01:50:40,629 --> 01:50:39,360
number of other industries as well

1904
01:50:42,310 --> 01:50:40,639
we are also partnering with our

1905
01:50:44,229 --> 01:50:42,320
colleagues at the department of commerce

1906
01:50:45,109 --> 01:50:44,239
secretary ross and others to engage more

1907
01:50:47,109 --> 01:50:45,119
small

1908
01:50:50,070 --> 01:50:47,119
and innovative companies wanting to

1909
01:50:52,629 --> 01:50:50,080
engage in this area as well

1910
01:50:55,109 --> 01:50:52,639
after launch or to right of launch as we

1911
01:50:57,189 --> 01:50:55,119
say dhs is leading in the testing the

1912
01:50:59,350 --> 01:50:57,199
resilience of federal and critical

1913
01:51:01,990 --> 01:50:59,360
functions through the exercising of

1914
01:51:04,149 --> 01:51:02,000
continuity of operation practices

1915
01:51:05,830 --> 01:51:04,159
these left of launch and right of launch

1916
01:51:07,109 --> 01:51:05,840
approach will increase the security of

1917
01:51:08,470 --> 01:51:07,119
our homeland

1918
01:51:10,470 --> 01:51:08,480
we'll certainly broaden our private

1919
01:51:12,070 --> 01:51:10,480
sector and international partnerships

1920
01:51:15,030 --> 01:51:12,080
and will support the important work of

1921
01:51:17,669 --> 01:51:15,040
the american space activities so let me

1922
01:51:19,350 --> 01:51:17,679
just close by again thank you mr vice

1923
01:51:21,270 --> 01:51:19,360
president for your leadership

1924
01:51:23,510 --> 01:51:21,280
for this council and the department

1925
01:51:26,149 --> 01:51:23,520
stands ready to support uh its ongoing

1926
01:51:27,990 --> 01:51:26,159
work so thank you

1927
01:51:28,790 --> 01:51:28,000
thank you chad thanks for the kind words

1928
01:51:31,189 --> 01:51:28,800
and

1929
01:51:34,629 --> 01:51:31,199
thanks for your leadership

1930
01:51:36,709 --> 01:51:34,639
we couldn't be more grateful

1931
01:51:38,390 --> 01:51:36,719
uh i i'm going to get a couple of people

1932
01:51:40,390 --> 01:51:38,400
put a couple more people on the spot

1933
01:51:42,070 --> 01:51:40,400
who've played just a leading role in our

1934
01:51:43,750 --> 01:51:42,080
ability to move out

1935
01:51:46,229 --> 01:51:43,760
on the policies that have been advancing

1936
01:51:49,270 --> 01:51:46,239
our economy and our security

1937
01:51:51,189 --> 01:51:49,280
uh brook collins is the director of the

1938
01:51:53,350 --> 01:51:51,199
president's domestic

1939
01:51:55,510 --> 01:51:53,360
policy council and russ vogt is the head

1940
01:51:57,669 --> 01:51:55,520
of the office of management and budget

1941
01:51:59,430 --> 01:51:57,679
and i can tell you that uh over the

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01:52:00,390 --> 01:51:59,440
course of the last four years both of

1943
01:52:03,750 --> 01:52:00,400
them

1944
01:52:06,629 --> 01:52:03,760
have been consistent partners

1945
01:52:10,550 --> 01:52:06,639
in our effort to identify the resources

1946
01:52:13,270 --> 01:52:10,560
uh on the security front and in reviving

1947
01:52:15,990 --> 01:52:13,280
human space exploration here at nasa but

1948
01:52:18,310 --> 01:52:16,000
also in promoting the vital role

1949
01:52:19,270 --> 01:52:18,320
that american leadership in space has

1950
01:52:21,510 --> 01:52:19,280
played

1951
01:52:23,589 --> 01:52:21,520
in our economy as the secretary

1952
01:52:26,470 --> 01:52:23,599
has reflected momentarily i also want to

1953
01:52:28,149 --> 01:52:26,480
recognize brook collins because while

1954
01:52:30,390 --> 01:52:28,159
while we are here at the kennedy space

1955
01:52:32,629 --> 01:52:30,400
center we are on the space coast

1956
01:52:36,070 --> 01:52:32,639
uh with lieutenant governor nunez and a

1957
01:52:38,310 --> 01:52:36,080
lot of proud floridians

1958
01:52:40,310 --> 01:52:38,320
texas likes to boast of their long

1959
01:52:43,189 --> 01:52:40,320
history in space

1960
01:52:45,910 --> 01:52:43,199
in houston and uh and brook collins is a

1961
01:52:48,149 --> 01:52:45,920
daughter of texas and

1962
01:52:49,750 --> 01:52:48,159
and council lone star state home so

1963
01:52:52,229 --> 01:52:49,760
thanks for bringing all that

1964
01:52:53,990 --> 01:52:52,239
natural texas passion

1965
01:52:55,910 --> 01:52:54,000
to your efforts on behalf of space so

1966
01:52:58,870 --> 01:52:55,920
i'm going to recognize the brook collins

1967
01:53:00,790 --> 01:52:58,880
domestic policy council and then the

1968
01:53:03,350 --> 01:53:00,800
director of omb before we turn our

1969
01:53:05,430 --> 01:53:03,360
attention to national space policy and

1970
01:53:07,830 --> 01:53:05,440
to uh the director of nasa's report

1971
01:53:09,750 --> 01:53:07,840
brooke well this is unexpected mr vice

1972
01:53:11,669 --> 01:53:09,760
president but thank you it will only be

1973
01:53:13,750 --> 01:53:11,679
one minute and thank you for the shout

1974
01:53:15,589 --> 01:53:13,760
out to texas it's great to be here in

1975
01:53:17,990 --> 01:53:15,599
florida as well

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01:53:20,870 --> 01:53:18,000
i am struck as i sit here as the mother

1977
01:53:23,030 --> 01:53:20,880
of four children i know everyone sitting

1978
01:53:25,430 --> 01:53:23,040
in the room and watching in the audience

1979
01:53:29,350 --> 01:53:25,440
and and watching on tv

1980
01:53:31,350 --> 01:53:29,360
at how inspiring that this group led by

1981
01:53:32,470 --> 01:53:31,360
our president and also you mr vice

1982
01:53:35,830 --> 01:53:32,480
president

1983
01:53:37,189 --> 01:53:35,840
we have reignited america's imagination

1984
01:53:39,430 --> 01:53:37,199
and for

1985
01:53:42,149 --> 01:53:39,440
the young girl or young boy from the

1986
01:53:44,070 --> 01:53:42,159
plains of texas or from the coast of

1987
01:53:46,470 --> 01:53:44,080
florida or from

1988
01:53:47,510 --> 01:53:46,480
the corn fields of indiana that one day

1989
01:53:49,910 --> 01:53:47,520
they too

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could go to space to the final frontier

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and to reach for the stars and that is

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01:53:55,750 --> 01:53:54,480
america and so what an honor it is to be

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01:53:57,589 --> 01:53:55,760
a part of this and thank you for your

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01:54:05,350 --> 01:53:57,599
leadership and for everyone here today

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01:54:08,870 --> 01:54:06,790
director of the office of management and

1996
01:54:10,310 --> 01:54:08,880
budgets man i've known for many years

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01:54:12,870 --> 01:54:10,320
and

1998
01:54:15,750 --> 01:54:12,880
he is a tight-fisted steward

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01:54:19,270 --> 01:54:15,760
of the public treasury but

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i want to take take this opportunity

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01:54:23,830 --> 01:54:20,719
to thank

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01:54:25,109 --> 01:54:23,840
director russ vote for finding a way for

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01:54:28,310 --> 01:54:25,119
of the largest

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01:54:30,709 --> 01:54:28,320
largest increases in nasa's budget uh in

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01:54:32,310 --> 01:54:30,719
the modern era and uh

2006
01:54:33,109 --> 01:54:32,320
for also finding a way to make sure that

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01:54:34,550 --> 01:54:33,119
our

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01:54:36,629 --> 01:54:34,560
standing up the united states space

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01:54:38,470 --> 01:54:36,639
force had the resources necessary so mr

2010
01:54:40,149 --> 01:54:38,480
director thank you and we'd welcome any

2011
01:54:42,149 --> 01:54:40,159
remarks you'd have for the national

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01:54:47,990 --> 01:54:42,159
space council today director russ vote

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01:54:51,669 --> 01:54:49,910
thank you mr vice president it is a

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01:54:53,830 --> 01:54:51,679
privilege to be back here

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01:54:54,709 --> 01:54:53,840
uh and budgets are about priorities and

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01:54:56,149 --> 01:54:54,719
one of the things that this

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01:54:58,149 --> 01:54:56,159
administration and the president and

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01:54:59,589 --> 01:54:58,159
your leadership has been insistent upon

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01:55:01,589 --> 01:54:59,599
from the very beginning is that we're

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01:55:03,189 --> 01:55:01,599
going to get back to space

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01:55:05,030 --> 01:55:03,199
we're overjoyed that we've been able to

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01:55:06,310 --> 01:55:05,040
increase the budget by 15

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01:55:09,270 --> 01:55:06,320
right now we're in the midst of

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01:55:10,629 --> 01:55:09,280
hard-fought negotiations to get our 12

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01:55:12,790 --> 01:55:10,639
increase to make sure that we have the

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01:55:14,870 --> 01:55:12,800
resources to get back to the moon and

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01:55:18,580 --> 01:55:14,880
mars and beyond but i want to build off

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01:55:22,149 --> 01:55:18,590
of what brook said and that is to get to

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[Applause]

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but i want to build off of what brooks

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01:55:27,270 --> 01:55:25,119
said in terms of the national momentum

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01:55:29,350 --> 01:55:27,280
that's been built around getting back to

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01:55:31,270 --> 01:55:29,360
the moon and staying there

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01:55:33,109 --> 01:55:31,280
i've got two little girls a six year and

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01:55:34,790 --> 01:55:33,119
eight year old and when when there's

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01:55:36,070 --> 01:55:34,800
extra cardboard around the house they're

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01:55:37,669 --> 01:55:36,080
building rockets

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01:55:39,910 --> 01:55:37,679
they've got pictures of astronauts in

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01:55:41,350 --> 01:55:39,920
their room and on saturdays we change

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01:55:42,390 --> 01:55:41,360
the channel from the football game to

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01:55:44,790 --> 01:55:42,400
watch the

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01:55:47,189 --> 01:55:44,800
the launches and so you you are getting

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01:55:48,550 --> 01:55:47,199
a sense nationally the the momentum

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01:55:50,070 --> 01:55:48,560
that's building as a result of the

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01:55:51,830 --> 01:55:50,080
leadership of the president the vice

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01:55:55,030 --> 01:55:51,840
president the space council the

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01:55:57,910 --> 01:55:55,040
important work of of jim bridenstine

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01:55:59,350 --> 01:55:57,920
and we're excited at omb to play a

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01:56:01,830 --> 01:55:59,360
behind-the-scenes role to get the

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01:56:04,229 --> 01:56:01,840
resources that are necessary

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01:56:05,430 --> 01:56:04,239
to bring agencies together to build

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01:56:06,790 --> 01:56:05,440
consensus

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01:56:09,350 --> 01:56:06,800
to make sure that documents and

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01:56:11,430 --> 01:56:09,360
regulations go out that reflect all one

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01:56:21,270 --> 01:56:11,440
view of the administration

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01:56:24,790 --> 01:56:23,589
thank you so much director russ vogue

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thanks

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01:56:29,270 --> 01:56:27,119
for your efforts and

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01:56:30,550 --> 01:56:29,280
thank you for that uh

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thank you for talking to us about your

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01:56:33,430 --> 01:56:31,920
little girls i think it's one of the

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01:56:35,830 --> 01:56:33,440
points you make one of the points brooke

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made is

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01:56:40,310 --> 01:56:36,960
that

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having revived american uh america's

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01:56:45,109 --> 01:56:42,400
commitment to human space exploration

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01:56:46,550 --> 01:56:45,119
and innovation uh rededicating ourselves

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01:56:48,790 --> 01:56:46,560
to

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american leadership in space for our

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01:56:52,950 --> 01:56:50,639
national security i can't help but feel

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01:56:56,310 --> 01:56:52,960
that it's going to inspire

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01:56:57,189 --> 01:56:56,320
fire kids to pursue stem education and

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01:57:01,510 --> 01:56:57,199
have

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you both for those

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01:57:06,550 --> 01:57:04,400
without any notice uh remarks

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01:57:08,470 --> 01:57:06,560
very inspiring i'm going to ask dr scott

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01:57:09,830 --> 01:57:08,480
pace who has been the executive director

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01:57:11,189 --> 01:57:09,840
of the national space council over the

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01:57:13,750 --> 01:57:11,199
last four years

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01:57:15,109 --> 01:57:13,760
has been run my right arm throughout

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01:57:17,669 --> 01:57:15,119
this effort

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01:57:20,950 --> 01:57:17,679
to come forward today president donald

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01:57:22,310 --> 01:57:20,960
trump signed an updated national space

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01:57:25,030 --> 01:57:22,320
policy

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01:57:26,950 --> 01:57:25,040
for the united states of america just in

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01:57:28,790 --> 01:57:26,960
time for this eighth meeting

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01:57:31,589 --> 01:57:28,800
of the national space council and i've

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01:57:34,070 --> 01:57:31,599
asked i've asked dr pace to give us a

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01:57:35,990 --> 01:57:34,080
a a very brief update you all should

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01:57:36,790 --> 01:57:36,000
have a copy and for those of you looking

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01:57:41,350 --> 01:57:36,800
on

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01:57:43,030 --> 01:57:41,360
united states of america will be

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01:57:46,470 --> 01:57:43,040
available online

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01:57:48,550 --> 01:57:46,480
uh for all of the country uh to review

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01:57:50,830 --> 01:57:48,560
uh but dr pace maybe you could just

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01:57:52,709 --> 01:57:50,840
update members of the

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01:57:55,350 --> 01:57:52,719
council uh on

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01:57:58,550 --> 01:57:55,360
on the policy and specifically how it it

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01:58:00,950 --> 01:57:58,560
differs from previous space policy uh at

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01:58:02,950 --> 01:58:00,960
this uh at this important moment in in

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01:58:05,030 --> 01:58:02,960
the life of this program and

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01:58:06,390 --> 01:58:05,040
and uh in the life of the united states

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01:58:08,070 --> 01:58:06,400
space force but

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01:58:09,669 --> 01:58:08,080
before i do that i do want to give all

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01:58:12,070 --> 01:58:09,679
of you a chance

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01:58:14,709 --> 01:58:12,080
we are only as good as the people

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01:58:16,629 --> 01:58:14,719
who are behind us supporting us advising

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01:58:18,310 --> 01:58:16,639
us informing us

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01:58:20,310 --> 01:58:18,320
and i must tell you it's been one of my

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01:58:21,510 --> 01:58:20,320
great privileges over these past four

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01:58:23,510 --> 01:58:21,520
years

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01:58:25,430 --> 01:58:23,520
to enjoy the friendship but the

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01:58:26,470 --> 01:58:25,440
extraordinary professionalism and

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01:58:29,109 --> 01:58:26,480
guidance

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01:58:30,629 --> 01:58:29,119
of of dr scott pace so would all the

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01:58:33,030 --> 01:58:30,639
members of the national space council

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01:58:45,189 --> 01:58:33,040
join me in showing our appreciation for

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01:58:49,430 --> 01:58:47,510
thank you sir and as several people have

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01:58:50,950 --> 01:58:49,440
heard me say in speeches

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01:58:52,550 --> 01:58:50,960
there's nothing more terrifying than

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01:58:54,149 --> 01:58:52,560
having a boss who cares about what you

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01:58:55,669 --> 01:58:54,159
do

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01:58:57,430 --> 01:58:55,679
and uh

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01:58:58,790 --> 01:58:57,440
you're the your your caring and the

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01:59:01,189 --> 01:58:58,800
caring of the president have been uh

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01:59:03,030 --> 01:59:01,199
absolutely instrumental uh to whatever

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01:59:05,350 --> 01:59:03,040
progress we've been able to make

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01:59:07,270 --> 01:59:05,360
um and uh with the strong leadership

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01:59:08,629 --> 01:59:07,280
from the president uh and your your

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01:59:10,229 --> 01:59:08,639
national space council staff has been

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01:59:11,750 --> 01:59:10,239
working closely with all the members of

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01:59:13,990 --> 01:59:11,760
the space council to develop the new

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01:59:15,669 --> 01:59:14,000
national space policy uh i promise not

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01:59:18,149 --> 01:59:15,679
to read it it's rather thick

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01:59:19,669 --> 01:59:18,159
and it's it's there in front of you uh

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01:59:21,669 --> 01:59:19,679
and i wanted to take the opportunity to

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01:59:23,589 --> 01:59:21,679
express uh my personal uh thanks and

2138
01:59:25,109 --> 01:59:23,599
appreciation uh to the members of the

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01:59:26,950 --> 01:59:25,119
interagency working group uh that

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01:59:29,990 --> 01:59:26,960
contributed to this policy eleven

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01:59:31,990 --> 01:59:30,000
agencies uh five white house counsels uh

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01:59:33,510 --> 01:59:32,000
there's a lot of folks uh who are part

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01:59:35,030 --> 01:59:33,520
of this effort and as well as the

2144
01:59:37,189 --> 01:59:35,040
thoughtful advice from the members of

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01:59:38,629 --> 01:59:37,199
the users advisory group

2146
01:59:40,149 --> 01:59:38,639
the national space policy is the

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01:59:41,510 --> 01:59:40,159
president's direction

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01:59:43,109 --> 01:59:41,520
to u.s government departments and

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01:59:44,629 --> 01:59:43,119
agencies to advance the interest of the

2150
01:59:46,790 --> 01:59:44,639
united states in space

2151
01:59:48,390 --> 01:59:46,800
for the benefit of the american people

2152
01:59:49,510 --> 01:59:48,400
and this policy outlines fundamental

2153
01:59:51,189 --> 01:59:49,520
principles

2154
01:59:53,510 --> 01:59:51,199
uh of the united states regarding its

2155
01:59:55,189 --> 01:59:53,520
activities in space and details future

2156
01:59:56,470 --> 01:59:55,199
goals and executive branch tasks to

2157
01:59:58,149 --> 01:59:56,480
achieve them

2158
01:59:59,189 --> 01:59:58,159
the policy reaffirms the nation's

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02:00:01,109 --> 01:59:59,199
interest

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02:00:04,070 --> 02:00:01,119
to act responsibly in space to ensure

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02:00:06,629 --> 02:00:04,080
safety stability security long-term

2162
02:00:08,390 --> 02:00:06,639
sustainability of space activities

2163
02:00:09,669 --> 02:00:08,400
and as such it's similar to past

2164
02:00:11,830 --> 02:00:09,679
policies in that it reflects

2165
02:00:13,750 --> 02:00:11,840
long-standing efforts extend back

2166
02:00:15,830 --> 02:00:13,760
decades the beginning of the space age

2167
02:00:18,629 --> 02:00:15,840
while recognizing new challenges and new

2168
02:00:21,109 --> 02:00:18,639
opportunities uh in front of us

2169
02:00:23,669 --> 02:00:21,119
the national space policy at top level

2170
02:00:25,430 --> 02:00:23,679
gives primary emphasis to four topics

2171
02:00:27,830 --> 02:00:25,440
commercial space activities

2172
02:00:29,910 --> 02:00:27,840
international cooperation exploration

2173
02:00:31,669 --> 02:00:29,920
science and national security which

2174
02:00:33,270 --> 02:00:31,679
undergirds everything we do

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02:00:36,790 --> 02:00:33,280
and the policy expresses the nation's

2176
02:00:40,070 --> 02:00:37,910
the

2177
02:00:41,910 --> 02:00:40,080
major point i wanted to make as we have

2178
02:00:43,189 --> 02:00:41,920
heard around today

2179
02:00:45,350 --> 02:00:43,199
is that the international environment

2180
02:00:47,669 --> 02:00:45,360
we're in is very dynamic it's influenced

2181
02:00:49,510 --> 02:00:47,679
by competition and threats to the space

2182
02:00:51,750 --> 02:00:49,520
capabilities in which we rely

2183
02:00:53,750 --> 02:00:51,760
and consequently it's important that the

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02:00:56,149 --> 02:00:53,760
u.s space activities across all sectors

2185
02:00:58,470 --> 02:00:56,159
civil commercial and national security

2186
02:01:00,070 --> 02:00:58,480
be coordinated at the highest levels in

2187
02:01:01,430 --> 02:01:00,080
an integrated manner to advance our

2188
02:01:03,109 --> 02:01:01,440
national interests and those of our

2189
02:01:04,950 --> 02:01:03,119
allies and partners

2190
02:01:07,350 --> 02:01:04,960
a policy of sustainable space

2191
02:01:09,270 --> 02:01:07,360
exploration and development depends on

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02:01:11,510 --> 02:01:09,280
an alignment with enduring national

2193
02:01:13,750 --> 02:01:11,520
interests such as security economic

2194
02:01:15,750 --> 02:01:13,760
growth scientific advancement and a

2195
02:01:17,270 --> 02:01:15,760
stable international environment space

2196
02:01:19,030 --> 02:01:17,280
does not exist for its own sake it

2197
02:01:20,790 --> 02:01:19,040
exists to serve the interests of the

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02:01:23,990 --> 02:01:20,800
nation and our alignment with those

2199
02:01:26,070 --> 02:01:24,000
interests is crucial to our success

2200
02:01:28,470 --> 02:01:26,080
establishing us capabilities to operate

2201
02:01:30,550 --> 02:01:28,480
routinely out to the moon and beyond

2202
02:01:32,790 --> 02:01:30,560
will deliver strategic assets not only

2203
02:01:35,109 --> 02:01:32,800
for ourselves but for all like-minded

2204
02:01:37,430 --> 02:01:35,119
nations who share our values liberty

2205
02:01:39,669 --> 02:01:37,440
democracy rule of law free market

2206
02:01:41,830 --> 02:01:39,679
economic principles it is our values we

2207
02:01:43,270 --> 02:01:41,840
carry with us into space not merely our

2208
02:01:44,950 --> 02:01:43,280
machines

2209
02:01:47,189 --> 02:01:44,960
space exploration and development are

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02:01:49,510 --> 02:01:47,199
not confined to one-time missions or any

2211
02:01:51,270 --> 02:01:49,520
single destination

2212
02:01:52,629 --> 02:01:51,280
closer to home the united states is

2213
02:01:54,790 --> 02:01:52,639
going to encourage commercial activities

2214
02:01:57,189 --> 02:01:54,800
to lower the public burden of

2215
02:01:58,950 --> 02:01:57,199
maintaining enhancing space capabilities

2216
02:02:01,189 --> 02:01:58,960
and as the united states journeys again

2217
02:02:03,109 --> 02:02:01,199
into deep space it will do so with

2218
02:02:04,870 --> 02:02:03,119
commercial and international partners

2219
02:02:07,189 --> 02:02:04,880
and at the frontiers of exploration the

2220
02:02:08,790 --> 02:02:07,199
united states will continue to lead as

2221
02:02:10,709 --> 02:02:08,800
it always has done

2222
02:02:12,310 --> 02:02:10,719
the united states is leading in space

2223
02:02:14,390 --> 02:02:12,320
but we also face in determined

2224
02:02:15,990 --> 02:02:14,400
competitors and adversaries

2225
02:02:17,430 --> 02:02:16,000
the president's national space policy

2226
02:02:19,430 --> 02:02:17,440
continues the quest to explore and

2227
02:02:21,189 --> 02:02:19,440
develop the unknown while securing

2228
02:02:22,390 --> 02:02:21,199
benefits for the american people which

2229
02:02:23,430 --> 02:02:22,400
has driven our country since its

2230
02:02:25,669 --> 02:02:23,440
founding

2231
02:02:27,830 --> 02:02:25,679
this drive rooted deeply in the spirit

2232
02:02:29,910 --> 02:02:27,840
of the united states will ensure that as

2233
02:02:32,550 --> 02:02:29,920
humanity expands into space

2234
02:02:33,910 --> 02:02:32,560
it will be the home of our free people

2235
02:02:36,629 --> 02:02:33,920
with that mr vice president thank you

2236
02:02:38,900 --> 02:02:36,639
for the opportunity and be happy to take

2237
02:02:44,950 --> 02:02:38,910
any questions

2238
02:02:49,750 --> 02:02:47,990
uh thank you dr pace and uh the national

2239
02:02:50,870 --> 02:02:49,760
space policy of the united states i was

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02:02:52,709 --> 02:02:50,880
there

2241
02:02:54,070 --> 02:02:52,719
uh literally when the staff secretary

2242
02:02:55,589 --> 02:02:54,080
brought this into the president late

2243
02:02:57,830 --> 02:02:55,599
yesterday i know people worked around

2244
02:02:59,109 --> 02:02:57,840
the clock on an interagency basis to get

2245
02:03:00,470 --> 02:02:59,119
this completed

2246
02:03:02,709 --> 02:03:00,480
before the eighth meeting of the space

2247
02:03:04,470 --> 02:03:02,719
council and uh where might people be

2248
02:03:06,709 --> 02:03:04,480
able to review this today we'll make

2249
02:03:08,470 --> 02:03:06,719
sure it's on whitehouse.gov

2250
02:03:10,310 --> 02:03:08,480
i'm pleased to say that white house

2251
02:03:13,030 --> 02:03:10,320
digital services has been great and it's

2252
02:03:14,950 --> 02:03:13,040
available online okay available online

2253
02:03:17,109 --> 02:03:14,960
national space policy

2254
02:03:19,750 --> 02:03:17,119
uh and i would recommended the attention

2255
02:03:20,629 --> 02:03:19,760
of uh of any american uh interested in

2256
02:03:26,229 --> 02:03:20,639
uh

2257
02:03:28,229 --> 02:03:26,239
outline of of what our priorities are

2258
02:03:30,550 --> 02:03:28,239
and what our objectives are with regard

2259
02:03:32,470 --> 02:03:30,560
to american leadership for our economy

2260
02:03:35,669 --> 02:03:32,480
uh and our security and space but thank

2261
02:03:37,910 --> 02:03:35,679
you thank you so much dr pace uh

2262
02:03:39,589 --> 02:03:37,920
for the report and

2263
02:03:42,470 --> 02:03:39,599
how about another round of applause for

2264
02:03:45,460 --> 02:03:42,480
really a tireless public servant and all

2265
02:03:51,510 --> 02:03:49,589
[Applause]

2266
02:03:54,550 --> 02:03:51,520
finally we will now turn our attention

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to nasa's activities

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02:03:59,669 --> 02:03:57,119
with a report and uh and a very exciting

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02:04:02,790 --> 02:03:59,679
announcement today from

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02:04:04,550 --> 02:04:02,800
the administrator of of nasa jim

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02:04:07,350 --> 02:04:04,560
bridenstine

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02:04:09,430 --> 02:04:07,360
many of you may not be aware that uh

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02:04:10,390 --> 02:04:09,440
that prior to serving as the 13th

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02:04:12,390 --> 02:04:10,400
administrator

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02:04:15,430 --> 02:04:12,400
of of nasa

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02:04:18,229 --> 02:04:15,440
jim breidenstein was a navy pilot flew

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02:04:21,430 --> 02:04:18,239
combat missions in iraq and afghanistan

2278
02:04:23,270 --> 02:04:21,440
flew more than 1900 hours i first met

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02:04:25,109 --> 02:04:23,280
him when he was a congressman from

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02:04:26,229 --> 02:04:25,119
oklahoma serving on the house armed

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02:04:27,350 --> 02:04:26,239
services

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02:04:28,550 --> 02:04:27,360
committee

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02:04:30,709 --> 02:04:28,560
but

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02:04:32,790 --> 02:04:30,719
very early on it was apparent to

2285
02:04:35,510 --> 02:04:32,800
president trump that this was a man who

2286
02:04:37,669 --> 02:04:35,520
had a a deep passion

2287
02:04:40,709 --> 02:04:37,679
for american leadership

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02:04:42,470 --> 02:04:40,719
in space and i must tell you that when i

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02:04:44,149 --> 02:04:42,480
think of when i think of all the

2290
02:04:45,589 --> 02:04:44,159
progress that we've made

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02:04:47,589 --> 02:04:45,599
in reviving

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02:04:49,030 --> 02:04:47,599
american leadership in human space

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02:04:50,790 --> 02:04:49,040
exploration

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02:04:52,950 --> 02:04:50,800
when i think of

2295
02:04:54,629 --> 02:04:52,960
of the historic steps

2296
02:04:55,589 --> 02:04:54,639
that we have taken in the last four

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02:04:56,870 --> 02:04:55,599
years

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02:04:59,589 --> 02:04:56,880
to ensure

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02:05:02,470 --> 02:04:59,599
american military dominance

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02:05:04,149 --> 02:05:02,480
in space as much as on land and sea and

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02:05:06,069 --> 02:05:04,159
air

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02:05:08,229 --> 02:05:06,079
i am truly grateful as i know the

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02:05:10,790 --> 02:05:08,239
president of the united states is for

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02:05:13,270 --> 02:05:10,800
the service and tireless

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02:05:15,510 --> 02:05:13,280
efforts and enthusiasm of the 13th

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02:05:17,430 --> 02:05:15,520
administrator of nasa join me in

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02:05:19,510 --> 02:05:17,440
thanking jim reinstein for all that he's

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02:05:22,650 --> 02:05:19,520
done and for the important announcement

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02:05:22,660 --> 02:05:41,430
[Applause]

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02:05:46,550 --> 02:05:43,990
wow a standing ovation from the vice

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02:05:48,950 --> 02:05:46,560
president of the united states um

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02:05:51,430 --> 02:05:48,960
i will tell you sir it's uh it's been

2313
02:05:53,669 --> 02:05:51,440
the joy of my life to serve this little

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02:05:55,830 --> 02:05:53,679
agency called nasa that

2315
02:05:57,750 --> 02:05:55,840
does just amazing things i will i will

2316
02:05:59,830 --> 02:05:57,760
also say and sir i know you've heard it

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02:06:02,390 --> 02:05:59,840
today all day long from all of the

2318
02:06:04,470 --> 02:06:02,400
people sitting around this table but

2319
02:06:06,950 --> 02:06:04,480
this this has this has been a

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02:06:08,950 --> 02:06:06,960
game-changing administration as it

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02:06:11,510 --> 02:06:08,960
relates to space

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02:06:12,629 --> 02:06:11,520
from day one this administration came in

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02:06:15,189 --> 02:06:12,639
committed

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02:06:17,990 --> 02:06:15,199
uh and and not just giving it lip

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02:06:19,669 --> 02:06:18,000
service but moving out on it and you're

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02:06:21,830 --> 02:06:19,679
hearing it not just from me but from

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02:06:25,270 --> 02:06:21,840
everybody around this table who has

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02:06:26,550 --> 02:06:25,280
served with and for you sir and uh and

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02:06:28,229 --> 02:06:26,560
your leadership here has been

2330
02:06:30,310 --> 02:06:28,239
astonishing i have said and i'll keep

2331
02:06:32,390 --> 02:06:30,320
saying it one of the best things

2332
02:06:34,709 --> 02:06:32,400
president trump did was reestablish the

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02:06:35,910 --> 02:06:34,719
national space council and and right

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02:06:37,910 --> 02:06:35,920
after that

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02:06:39,750 --> 02:06:37,920
putting his number one guy the vice

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02:06:41,750 --> 02:06:39,760
president united states in charge of it

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02:06:44,709 --> 02:06:41,760
and it's been just a real pleasure

2338
02:06:46,790 --> 02:06:44,719
serving on this council with you sir

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02:06:48,709 --> 02:06:46,800
um so i'll go through kind of where we

2340
02:06:51,350 --> 02:06:48,719
are with the artemis program which of

2341
02:06:52,870 --> 02:06:51,360
course is our return to the moon not

2342
02:06:54,629 --> 02:06:52,880
just with the next man but with the

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02:06:56,470 --> 02:06:54,639
first woman which was a

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02:06:58,229 --> 02:06:56,480
a very direct order from the vice

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02:07:00,229 --> 02:06:58,239
president united states who is carrying

2346
02:07:02,310 --> 02:07:00,239
out uh the direction of the president of

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02:07:03,830 --> 02:07:02,320
the united states and uh

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02:07:06,709 --> 02:07:03,840
so so here's where we are sir and i'm

2349
02:07:09,669 --> 02:07:06,719
very pleased to report the core stage

2350
02:07:12,310 --> 02:07:09,679
of the sls rocket is complete uh it is

2351
02:07:14,950 --> 02:07:12,320
at the stennis space center being tested

2352
02:07:16,390 --> 02:07:14,960
all four rs-25 engines have been

2353
02:07:18,550 --> 02:07:16,400
integrated

2354
02:07:20,950 --> 02:07:18,560
and we have now completed

2355
02:07:22,229 --> 02:07:20,960
six of the eight tests for what we call

2356
02:07:24,069 --> 02:07:22,239
the green run

2357
02:07:26,390 --> 02:07:24,079
right now we are in the midst of the

2358
02:07:27,910 --> 02:07:26,400
seventh test which we call the wet dress

2359
02:07:30,069 --> 02:07:27,920
rehearsal

2360
02:07:32,069 --> 02:07:30,079
and of course the the next test after

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02:07:35,430 --> 02:07:32,079
the wet dress rehearsal is

2362
02:07:37,750 --> 02:07:35,440
no kidding a live fire test of all four

2363
02:07:40,310 --> 02:07:37,760
rs-25 engines

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02:07:41,350 --> 02:07:40,320
so we are very excited to be where we

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02:07:43,750 --> 02:07:41,360
are

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02:07:45,750 --> 02:07:43,760
the sls rocket of course is is is the

2367
02:07:48,069 --> 02:07:45,760
moon rocket i know we're sitting

2368
02:07:50,069 --> 02:07:48,079
underneath a saturn v and this of course

2369
02:07:51,669 --> 02:07:50,079
reminds us of the history but we are

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02:07:53,030 --> 02:07:51,679
here today talking about the future and

2371
02:07:55,030 --> 02:07:53,040
i want to assure

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02:07:57,270 --> 02:07:55,040
my my friend the director of national

2373
02:07:59,510 --> 02:07:57,280
intelligence john ratcliffe that that

2374
02:08:00,470 --> 02:07:59,520
saturn 5 is very secure

2375
02:08:02,629 --> 02:08:00,480
so

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02:08:06,149 --> 02:08:02,639
we we are not going to need a new dni

2377
02:08:08,950 --> 02:08:06,159
today and i i made sure that um

2378
02:08:12,149 --> 02:08:08,960
so i do think it's important to note

2379
02:08:15,030 --> 02:08:12,159
that uh the sls rocket uh mr vice

2380
02:08:16,310 --> 02:08:15,040
president is is back on track and moving

2381
02:08:18,790 --> 02:08:16,320
forward

2382
02:08:20,310 --> 02:08:18,800
the orion crew capsule is complete it

2383
02:08:23,750 --> 02:08:20,320
has gone through environmental testing

2384
02:08:25,430 --> 02:08:23,760
we have done the launch abort testing

2385
02:08:27,750 --> 02:08:25,440
which is also complete and has been

2386
02:08:29,750 --> 02:08:27,760
successful it is mated to the european

2387
02:08:31,910 --> 02:08:29,760
service module and of course it is here

2388
02:08:34,149 --> 02:08:31,920
at the kennedy space center

2389
02:08:35,350 --> 02:08:34,159
waiting for some more processing so that

2390
02:08:37,350 --> 02:08:35,360
again

2391
02:08:39,189 --> 02:08:37,360
is is good news

2392
02:08:41,350 --> 02:08:39,199
as we move forward

2393
02:08:43,669 --> 02:08:41,360
one of the big things that you gave us

2394
02:08:45,030 --> 02:08:43,679
direction to do and this was at the the

2395
02:08:47,990 --> 02:08:45,040
iac

2396
02:08:49,589 --> 02:08:48,000
the international astronautical congress

2397
02:08:51,510 --> 02:08:49,599
was to make sure that we partnered with

2398
02:08:54,069 --> 02:08:51,520
freedom loving countries

2399
02:08:56,149 --> 02:08:54,079
and we have done that we put together

2400
02:08:58,470 --> 02:08:56,159
the artemis accords

2401
02:09:00,790 --> 02:08:58,480
which establishes what are the norms of

2402
02:09:03,990 --> 02:09:00,800
behavior what are the things we expect

2403
02:09:06,629 --> 02:09:04,000
our partners in space exploration to do

2404
02:09:08,790 --> 02:09:06,639
as we explore space together

2405
02:09:10,629 --> 02:09:08,800
and so so we wrote wrote out the artemis

2406
02:09:12,550 --> 02:09:10,639
of course we had great support from the

2407
02:09:14,470 --> 02:09:12,560
state department i want to really

2408
02:09:16,709 --> 02:09:14,480
uh tip my hat to what the state

2409
02:09:20,470 --> 02:09:16,719
department did the artemis accords are

2410
02:09:22,149 --> 02:09:20,480
complete we're looking for transparency

2411
02:09:24,390 --> 02:09:22,159
from all of our international partners

2412
02:09:26,310 --> 02:09:24,400
we're looking for interoperability

2413
02:09:28,390 --> 02:09:26,320
we're looking to make sure that if if

2414
02:09:30,950 --> 02:09:28,400
there are astronauts in distress we all

2415
02:09:32,709 --> 02:09:30,960
support each other we're looking to to

2416
02:09:35,030 --> 02:09:32,719
make sure that the future of space

2417
02:09:36,629 --> 02:09:35,040
exploration is peaceful

2418
02:09:38,629 --> 02:09:36,639
and all of this was enshrined in the

2419
02:09:40,870 --> 02:09:38,639
artemis accords and of course

2420
02:09:42,550 --> 02:09:40,880
one of the reasons to do all of this is

2421
02:09:43,910 --> 02:09:42,560
because when we go to the moon this time

2422
02:09:45,510 --> 02:09:43,920
it's going to be with international

2423
02:09:47,270 --> 02:09:45,520
partners which we didn't have last time

2424
02:09:48,709 --> 02:09:47,280
but also this time we're going to have

2425
02:09:50,950 --> 02:09:48,719
commercial partners

2426
02:09:53,030 --> 02:09:50,960
and we need to have the processes by

2427
02:09:55,189 --> 02:09:53,040
which we can all agree

2428
02:09:57,589 --> 02:09:55,199
to explore the moon safely both with

2429
02:10:00,310 --> 02:09:57,599
commercial and international partners as

2430
02:10:01,669 --> 02:10:00,320
the united states of america leads this

2431
02:10:04,629 --> 02:10:01,679
coalition

2432
02:10:06,550 --> 02:10:04,639
to to the moon um and eventually on to

2433
02:10:08,390 --> 02:10:06,560
mars i want to be clear we already have

2434
02:10:10,550 --> 02:10:08,400
nine countries that have signed up nine

2435
02:10:12,229 --> 02:10:10,560
freedom-loving countries that signed up

2436
02:10:14,629 --> 02:10:12,239
um and we just announced the artemis

2437
02:10:16,470 --> 02:10:14,639
accords earlier this year there are more

2438
02:10:17,910 --> 02:10:16,480
countries that we're talking to every

2439
02:10:19,030 --> 02:10:17,920
day that are interested but here's the

2440
02:10:20,629 --> 02:10:19,040
thing

2441
02:10:22,069 --> 02:10:20,639
and this is my experience as the nasa

2442
02:10:24,629 --> 02:10:22,079
administrator

2443
02:10:26,470 --> 02:10:24,639
everybody loves artemis

2444
02:10:28,470 --> 02:10:26,480
all of our international partners want

2445
02:10:31,350 --> 02:10:28,480
to be part of the artemis program that

2446
02:10:33,510 --> 02:10:31,360
gives us a great tool of soft power to

2447
02:10:35,750 --> 02:10:33,520
say we want you with us but when you

2448
02:10:38,149 --> 02:10:35,760
come with us there are basic standards

2449
02:10:39,990 --> 02:10:38,159
of behavior that we need you to abide by

2450
02:10:41,510 --> 02:10:40,000
and all of those standards by the way

2451
02:10:44,310 --> 02:10:41,520
are enshrined in the outer space treaty

2452
02:10:45,750 --> 02:10:44,320
of 1967. so all of that is is very

2453
02:10:48,790 --> 02:10:45,760
positive

2454
02:10:50,390 --> 02:10:48,800
the gateway our little um

2455
02:10:52,470 --> 02:10:50,400
it's not really a space station but it's

2456
02:10:54,229 --> 02:10:52,480
an outpost around the moon

2457
02:10:55,990 --> 02:10:54,239
but it's going to give us the the extra

2458
02:10:58,069 --> 02:10:56,000
energy that we need to get to low lunar

2459
02:11:00,069 --> 02:10:58,079
orbit to the surface of the moon

2460
02:11:02,629 --> 02:11:00,079
and then back to the gateway

2461
02:11:03,910 --> 02:11:02,639
the gateway is under development

2462
02:11:06,390 --> 02:11:03,920
we are

2463
02:11:08,709 --> 02:11:06,400
rapidly moving forward on the gateway

2464
02:11:10,550 --> 02:11:08,719
the power and propulsion element

2465
02:11:13,510 --> 02:11:10,560
and what we call halo which is

2466
02:11:14,790 --> 02:11:13,520
habitation and logistics outpost um is

2467
02:11:15,990 --> 02:11:14,800
under development we're going to put

2468
02:11:18,069 --> 02:11:16,000
those two together we're going to launch

2469
02:11:20,629 --> 02:11:18,079
them on a single rocket and we're going

2470
02:11:23,990 --> 02:11:20,639
to do that by the year 2023 so the so

2471
02:11:26,310 --> 02:11:24,000
the gateway will be underway by 2023

2472
02:11:28,229 --> 02:11:26,320
we're also very excited

2473
02:11:29,910 --> 02:11:28,239
that the gateway in fact and this is for

2474
02:11:31,589 --> 02:11:29,920
dr drogemeier

2475
02:11:33,750 --> 02:11:31,599
is get we've already selected two

2476
02:11:35,430 --> 02:11:33,760
science experiments to be on the gateway

2477
02:11:37,030 --> 02:11:35,440
in orbit around the moon and those two

2478
02:11:39,270 --> 02:11:37,040
science experiments

2479
02:11:41,589 --> 02:11:39,280
have to do with space weather and the

2480
02:11:43,510 --> 02:11:41,599
radiation of deep space so this is going

2481
02:11:45,589 --> 02:11:43,520
to enable us to get more science than we

2482
02:11:48,229 --> 02:11:45,599
could otherwise get and of course we all

2483
02:11:50,229 --> 02:11:48,239
know uh dr drogomeyer he mentioned

2484
02:11:51,910 --> 02:11:50,239
oklahoma earlier dr drogemeier comes

2485
02:11:54,069 --> 02:11:51,920
from oklahoma very

2486
02:11:56,069 --> 02:11:54,079
amazing weather scientist

2487
02:11:58,069 --> 02:11:56,079
and now expanding that field all the way

2488
02:11:59,990 --> 02:11:58,079
to space weather so we're there with you

2489
02:12:01,270 --> 02:12:00,000
sir and we'll we'll keep moving forward

2490
02:12:04,870 --> 02:12:01,280
on that

2491
02:12:11,030 --> 02:12:07,830
our european partners uh recently signed

2492
02:12:13,430 --> 02:12:11,040
a an mou with us uh to on the gateway so

2493
02:12:14,870 --> 02:12:13,440
we can very proudly say that when we go

2494
02:12:17,030 --> 02:12:14,880
to the moon we have already got

2495
02:12:19,990 --> 02:12:17,040
commitments from the european space

2496
02:12:23,030 --> 02:12:20,000
agency uh not only to have astronauts

2497
02:12:25,350 --> 02:12:23,040
with us but also uh to provide hardware

2498
02:12:29,109 --> 02:12:25,360
that is going to be very significant for

2499
02:12:31,669 --> 02:12:29,119
our sustainable return to the moon

2500
02:12:33,510 --> 02:12:31,679
so we have also opened up the aperture a

2501
02:12:35,990 --> 02:12:33,520
little bit when we go to the moon one of

2502
02:12:37,030 --> 02:12:36,000
my first initiatives mr vice president

2503
02:12:39,270 --> 02:12:37,040
as you know

2504
02:12:40,790 --> 02:12:39,280
uh was we're going to go commercially as

2505
02:12:42,629 --> 02:12:40,800
directed by you and the president of the

2506
02:12:44,390 --> 02:12:42,639
united states so we initiated the

2507
02:12:46,310 --> 02:12:44,400
commercial lunar payload services

2508
02:12:48,229 --> 02:12:46,320
program to take nasa payloads to the

2509
02:12:49,910 --> 02:12:48,239
surface of the moon where we buy a

2510
02:12:52,310 --> 02:12:49,920
service we don't own and operate the

2511
02:12:54,390 --> 02:12:52,320
hardware but we buy a service we now

2512
02:12:56,069 --> 02:12:54,400
have a number of companies that have

2513
02:12:57,830 --> 02:12:56,079
signed up to be part of this program sir

2514
02:12:59,109 --> 02:12:57,840
you mentioned earlier uh that we're

2515
02:13:00,709 --> 02:12:59,119
going to actually buy some of that

2516
02:13:03,430 --> 02:13:00,719
regolith on the moon we're going to buy

2517
02:13:05,109 --> 02:13:03,440
resources and we're going to prove that

2518
02:13:07,830 --> 02:13:05,119
this is

2519
02:13:09,510 --> 02:13:07,840
a model of operations that is workable

2520
02:13:11,510 --> 02:13:09,520
and of course the artemis accords are a

2521
02:13:13,910 --> 02:13:11,520
big part of that as well

2522
02:13:15,589 --> 02:13:13,920
i saw sean mahoney is here for maths and

2523
02:13:16,790 --> 02:13:15,599
space systems

2524
02:13:19,910 --> 02:13:16,800
i i think

2525
02:13:22,950 --> 02:13:19,920
secretary ross you mentioned astrobotic

2526
02:13:24,629 --> 02:13:22,960
so there are a lot of small innovative

2527
02:13:26,470 --> 02:13:24,639
impressive companies

2528
02:13:28,870 --> 02:13:26,480
raising money and moving out because of

2529
02:13:30,870 --> 02:13:28,880
the policies that we put in place to go

2530
02:13:33,189 --> 02:13:30,880
to the moon commercially

2531
02:13:34,950 --> 02:13:33,199
so all of that is very exciting uh

2532
02:13:37,109 --> 02:13:34,960
finally i'm just gonna i'm gonna i'm

2533
02:13:38,870 --> 02:13:37,119
gonna anchor uh real quick

2534
02:13:40,310 --> 02:13:38,880
on the human landing system which of

2535
02:13:42,470 --> 02:13:40,320
course

2536
02:13:43,830 --> 02:13:42,480
we have the sls rocket we have the orion

2537
02:13:46,149 --> 02:13:43,840
crew capsule we have the european

2538
02:13:50,069 --> 02:13:46,159
service mods we have the gateway the one

2539
02:13:52,470 --> 02:13:50,079
thing we have not had since 1972

2540
02:13:54,390 --> 02:13:52,480
is a human landing system

2541
02:13:55,990 --> 02:13:54,400
and now we have

2542
02:13:57,350 --> 02:13:56,000
mr vice president because of your

2543
02:13:59,910 --> 02:13:57,360
leadership and the leadership of the

2544
02:14:01,830 --> 02:13:59,920
president we have a human landing system

2545
02:14:05,060 --> 02:14:01,840
funded for the first time since nineteen

2546
02:14:10,870 --> 02:14:05,070
seventy two we have three companies yes

2547
02:14:12,870 --> 02:14:10,880
[Applause]

2548
02:14:16,390 --> 02:14:12,880
we have three companies

2549
02:14:18,069 --> 02:14:16,400
that are under contract there's a lot of

2550
02:14:20,229 --> 02:14:18,079
a lot of companies involved i want to be

2551
02:14:22,229 --> 02:14:20,239
clear but three prime contractors that

2552
02:14:24,390 --> 02:14:22,239
will be leading the efforts

2553
02:14:26,310 --> 02:14:24,400
for the human landing system

2554
02:14:28,229 --> 02:14:26,320
we're in a base period right now where

2555
02:14:30,790 --> 02:14:28,239
we're looking at um how we're going to

2556
02:14:33,109 --> 02:14:30,800
land on the moon um and ultimately by

2557
02:14:35,589 --> 02:14:33,119
february of 2021 we're looking to do a

2558
02:14:37,510 --> 02:14:35,599
down select from three to two so that we

2559
02:14:40,950 --> 02:14:37,520
can come to a resolution on how we're

2560
02:14:42,310 --> 02:14:40,960
going to land on the moon by 2024. now i

2561
02:14:45,109 --> 02:14:42,320
want to be clear when i talk about the

2562
02:14:48,069 --> 02:14:45,119
human landing system mr vice president

2563
02:14:50,390 --> 02:14:48,079
the budget request thank you to

2564
02:14:52,229 --> 02:14:50,400
the director of omb russ vote the budget

2565
02:14:55,270 --> 02:14:52,239
request gave us what we needed to

2566
02:14:57,270 --> 02:14:55,280
achieve at 2024 moon landing and as of

2567
02:14:59,669 --> 02:14:57,280
right now this agency is meeting all of

2568
02:15:01,710 --> 02:14:59,679
its milestones

2569
02:15:05,750 --> 02:15:01,720
yes

2570
02:15:07,990 --> 02:15:05,760
[Applause]

2571
02:15:10,870 --> 02:15:08,000
we are in the midst of as as the

2572
02:15:13,109 --> 02:15:10,880
director of the budget has said we we're

2573
02:15:15,910 --> 02:15:13,119
in the midst of negotiating uh to get

2574
02:15:18,069 --> 02:15:15,920
that lander funded uh the the the bill

2575
02:15:20,550 --> 02:15:18,079
passed in the house um funded it to the

2576
02:15:22,470 --> 02:15:20,560
tune for 2021 about 600 million dollars

2577
02:15:24,470 --> 02:15:22,480
in the senate it was about a billion

2578
02:15:25,830 --> 02:15:24,480
dollars now billion dollars is a lot of

2579
02:15:28,709 --> 02:15:25,840
money and i want to be really clear we

2580
02:15:30,629 --> 02:15:28,719
are so grateful for the bipartisan

2581
02:15:31,830 --> 02:15:30,639
support for this that's one of the the

2582
02:15:34,149 --> 02:15:31,840
biggest things that we have to have

2583
02:15:36,870 --> 02:15:34,159
moving forward this has to be

2584
02:15:38,870 --> 02:15:36,880
generational in nature which means

2585
02:15:40,390 --> 02:15:38,880
strong bipartisan support is necessary

2586
02:15:42,470 --> 02:15:40,400
we're grateful for that

2587
02:15:44,390 --> 02:15:42,480
but ultimately if if we don't get the

2588
02:15:46,550 --> 02:15:44,400
3.3 billion dollars it gets more and

2589
02:15:48,550 --> 02:15:46,560
more difficult so i'm making sure to

2590
02:15:50,229 --> 02:15:48,560
communicate as i do always to our

2591
02:15:51,910 --> 02:15:50,239
legislators

2592
02:15:54,870 --> 02:15:51,920
if if there's anything you can do to

2593
02:15:57,030 --> 02:15:54,880
help with the 3.3 billion dollars

2594
02:15:58,870 --> 02:15:57,040
we are certainly asking for that

2595
02:16:00,390 --> 02:15:58,880
um sir i've i've

2596
02:16:02,310 --> 02:16:00,400
i've been told we're going to show a

2597
02:16:03,669 --> 02:16:02,320
video here but i can see did you have

2598
02:16:09,589 --> 02:16:03,679
anything to say before we go to the

2599
02:16:14,709 --> 02:16:11,270
well i think we've got a very exciting

2600
02:16:18,069 --> 02:16:16,470
i just couldn't be more grateful for

2601
02:16:19,990 --> 02:16:18,079
those of you looking on that are just

2602
02:16:23,589 --> 02:16:20,000
now taking an interest in the program we

2603
02:16:26,390 --> 02:16:23,599
are beneath an apollo saturn v rocket

2604
02:16:28,069 --> 02:16:26,400
but we're about to see a major and

2605
02:16:30,470 --> 02:16:28,079
historic step

2606
02:16:33,349 --> 02:16:30,480
in setting into motion

2607
02:16:35,190 --> 02:16:33,359
in one more way the artemis program

2608
02:16:37,509 --> 02:16:35,200
and the artemis rockets that will uh

2609
02:16:39,990 --> 02:16:37,519
take to the skies over the next

2610
02:16:43,030 --> 02:16:40,000
several years and on to the moon and

2611
02:16:46,389 --> 02:16:44,709
i want i want any school children

2612
02:16:51,030 --> 02:16:46,399
looking on to know that

2613
02:16:52,230 --> 02:16:51,040
that artemis is the twin of apollo

2614
02:16:55,110 --> 02:16:52,240
except

2615
02:16:57,750 --> 02:16:55,120
artemis is going to go a lot farther and

2616
02:16:59,190 --> 02:16:57,760
inspire the world once again so join me

2617
02:17:01,349 --> 02:16:59,200
in thanking administrator jim

2618
02:17:12,490 --> 02:17:01,359
bridenstine and then we'll

2619
02:17:19,910 --> 02:17:17,429
[Music]

2620
02:17:21,270 --> 02:17:19,920
the apollo missions were a daring

2621
02:17:24,309 --> 02:17:21,280
success

2622
02:17:25,509 --> 02:17:24,319
and highlighted what a generation of

2623
02:17:27,830 --> 02:17:25,519
ambition

2624
02:17:30,469 --> 02:17:27,840
can accomplish we choose to go to the

2625
02:17:33,830 --> 02:17:30,479
moon but in a whole new way

2626
02:17:35,429 --> 02:17:33,840
not as a destination but as a beginning

2627
02:17:37,429 --> 02:17:35,439
and not alone but with a global

2628
02:17:39,429 --> 02:17:37,439
coalition of explorers

2629
02:17:40,469 --> 02:17:39,439
this calling is part of what makes us

2630
02:17:42,950 --> 02:17:40,479
human

2631
02:17:44,070 --> 02:17:42,960
and it is this generation's turn to set

2632
02:17:46,469 --> 02:17:44,080
the tone

2633
02:17:49,270 --> 02:17:46,479
we are going to lead a journey of

2634
02:17:52,230 --> 02:17:49,280
discovery that benefits our planet with

2635
02:17:54,629 --> 02:17:52,240
life-changing science to use the moon

2636
02:17:58,070 --> 02:17:54,639
and its resources as a technology

2637
02:17:59,910 --> 02:17:58,080
testament to go even farther to learn

2638
02:18:02,950 --> 02:17:59,920
how to establish

2639
02:18:05,110 --> 02:18:02,960
and sustain a human presence beyond

2640
02:18:07,750 --> 02:18:05,120
earth this time we're going as the

2641
02:18:09,589 --> 02:18:07,760
artemis generation we will discover

2642
02:18:11,429 --> 02:18:09,599
prove that is possible and bring all

2643
02:18:14,709 --> 02:18:11,439
that we learned back home

2644
02:18:17,270 --> 02:18:14,719
to benefit all of humanity and then we

2645
02:18:18,629 --> 02:18:17,280
will take the next giant leap

2646
02:18:21,270 --> 02:18:18,639
mars

2647
02:18:22,789 --> 02:18:21,280
welcome welcome welcome to the art in

2648
02:18:27,780 --> 02:18:22,799
this generation

2649
02:18:33,349 --> 02:18:27,790
[Music]

2650
02:18:35,589 --> 02:18:33,359
[Applause]

2651
02:18:37,349 --> 02:18:35,599
welcome to the artemis generation a lot

2652
02:18:39,830 --> 02:18:37,359
of you in this room you've heard me talk

2653
02:18:41,830 --> 02:18:39,840
about the artemis generation

2654
02:18:43,509 --> 02:18:41,840
i'm the first nasa administrator in

2655
02:18:45,110 --> 02:18:43,519
history that wasn't alive when we had

2656
02:18:45,910 --> 02:18:45,120
people living and working on another

2657
02:18:47,429 --> 02:18:45,920
world

2658
02:18:49,750 --> 02:18:47,439
and of course it is our goal that i'm

2659
02:18:51,429 --> 02:18:49,760
the last nasa administrator in history

2660
02:18:53,270 --> 02:18:51,439
that wasn't alive when we have people

2661
02:18:55,669 --> 02:18:53,280
living and working on another world our

2662
02:18:57,270 --> 02:18:55,679
goal is to go to the moon sustainably to

2663
02:18:59,429 --> 02:18:57,280
learn how to live and work on another

2664
02:19:02,790 --> 02:18:59,439
world so that ultimately we can take all

2665
02:19:04,309 --> 02:19:02,800
of that knowledge onto mars and the vice

2666
02:19:07,429 --> 02:19:04,319
president united states came to the

2667
02:19:09,509 --> 02:19:07,439
marshall space flight center in alabama

2668
02:19:10,549 --> 02:19:09,519
and and what he said to us at that time

2669
02:19:13,110 --> 02:19:10,559
was

2670
02:19:15,030 --> 02:19:13,120
he directed us to make sure

2671
02:19:17,669 --> 02:19:15,040
that we go back to the moon this time

2672
02:19:20,389 --> 02:19:17,679
sustainably and we go back to the moon

2673
02:19:22,070 --> 02:19:20,399
with the next man and the first woman

2674
02:19:22,950 --> 02:19:22,080
and that's what this program is all

2675
02:19:25,030 --> 02:19:22,960
about

2676
02:19:27,589 --> 02:19:25,040
and today we have this very special and

2677
02:19:30,870 --> 02:19:27,599
unique milestone where it is time

2678
02:19:33,190 --> 02:19:30,880
to announce who those people will be

2679
02:19:35,349 --> 02:19:33,200
and mr vice president if you would come

2680
02:19:37,910 --> 02:19:35,359
up to the to the front here and

2681
02:19:39,990 --> 02:19:37,920
and share with the audience

2682
02:19:42,389 --> 02:19:40,000
who our astronauts are going to be this

2683
02:19:45,030 --> 02:19:42,399
is the first cadre

2684
02:19:47,910 --> 02:19:45,040
of our artemis astronauts i want to be

2685
02:19:49,429 --> 02:19:47,920
clear there's going to be more

2686
02:19:51,110 --> 02:19:49,439
and of course there's there's going to

2687
02:19:52,230 --> 02:19:51,120
be astronauts that are in low earth

2688
02:19:53,510 --> 02:19:52,240
orbit

2689
02:19:54,790 --> 02:19:53,520
that are going to go to the moon and

2690
02:19:56,710 --> 02:19:54,800
astronauts to go to the moon that are

2691
02:19:59,510 --> 02:19:56,720
going to be in low earth orbit but mr

2692
02:20:01,190 --> 02:19:59,520
vice president please do us the honor of

2693
02:20:02,790 --> 02:20:01,200
introducing who these folks are and

2694
02:20:04,790 --> 02:20:02,800
you'll see on the video their their

2695
02:20:07,270 --> 02:20:04,800
images when he announces them

2696
02:20:09,030 --> 02:20:07,280
uh thank you uh thank you jim it's now

2697
02:20:10,070 --> 02:20:09,040
my honor to announce the names of the

2698
02:20:12,070 --> 02:20:10,080
artemis

2699
02:20:13,270 --> 02:20:12,080
astronauts who will take us back to the

2700
02:20:15,670 --> 02:20:13,280
moon

2701
02:20:16,790 --> 02:20:15,680
and beyond

2702
02:20:24,630 --> 02:20:16,800
joe

2703
02:20:24,640 --> 02:20:31,670
kayla baron

2704
02:20:31,680 --> 02:20:38,389
raja chary

2705
02:20:38,399 --> 02:20:45,030
matthew dominic

2706
02:20:51,830 --> 02:20:46,910
victor glover

2707
02:20:58,309 --> 02:20:53,560
woody holberg

2708
02:21:04,389 --> 02:20:58,319
[Applause]

2709
02:21:11,190 --> 02:21:06,180
christina cook

2710
02:21:17,429 --> 02:21:11,200
[Applause]

2711
02:21:24,230 --> 02:21:18,870
nicole

2712
02:21:24,240 --> 02:21:29,910
and maclean

2713
02:21:29,920 --> 02:21:35,830
jessica mear

2714
02:21:42,389 --> 02:21:37,030
jasmine

2715
02:21:42,399 --> 02:21:48,150
kate rubins

2716
02:21:48,160 --> 02:21:53,510
frank rubio

2717
02:21:59,670 --> 02:21:54,389
scott

2718
02:21:59,680 --> 02:22:05,429
jessica watkins

2719
02:22:05,439 --> 02:22:13,830
and stephanie wilson

2720
02:22:17,910 --> 02:22:16,230
and now it's my special honor to welcome

2721
02:22:19,910 --> 02:22:17,920
five members

2722
02:22:21,670 --> 02:22:19,920
of the artemis generation who are here

2723
02:22:22,710 --> 02:22:21,680
with us today at the kennedy space

2724
02:22:33,990 --> 02:22:22,720
center

2725
02:22:34,000 --> 02:22:42,230
matthew dominic

2726
02:22:42,240 --> 02:22:49,510
and mclean

2727
02:22:49,520 --> 02:22:56,469
joe acaba

2728
02:22:56,479 --> 02:23:02,830
and

2729
02:23:09,190 --> 02:23:06,309
jessica my fellow americans i give you

2730
02:23:11,910 --> 02:23:09,200
the heroes of the future who will carry

2731
02:23:38,469 --> 02:23:11,920
us back to the moon and beyond

2732
02:23:42,150 --> 02:23:40,710
well thank you all for stepping forward

2733
02:23:43,190 --> 02:23:42,160
and for the excellence that you've shown

2734
02:23:45,190 --> 02:23:43,200
throughout this program and

2735
02:23:47,030 --> 02:23:45,200
congratulations to you

2736
02:23:49,429 --> 02:23:47,040
and all of those that were just named

2737
02:23:51,510 --> 02:23:49,439
that are part of the artemis generation

2738
02:23:54,070 --> 02:23:51,520
really is amazing to think

2739
02:23:55,190 --> 02:23:54,080
that the next man and the first woman on

2740
02:23:57,190 --> 02:23:55,200
the moon

2741
02:23:58,070 --> 02:23:57,200
are among the names that we just read

2742
02:24:01,190 --> 02:23:58,080
and

2743
02:24:03,830 --> 02:24:01,200
right now

2744
02:24:05,670 --> 02:24:03,840
we started today reflecting on a great

2745
02:24:08,469 --> 02:24:05,680
hero of the past

2746
02:24:11,670 --> 02:24:08,479
the artemis generation are the heroes of

2747
02:24:13,110 --> 02:24:11,680
american space exploration in the future

2748
02:24:15,110 --> 02:24:13,120
would you join me in showing our

2749
02:24:17,190 --> 02:24:15,120
appreciation

2750
02:24:34,070 --> 02:24:17,200
for their great heroism

2751
02:24:37,910 --> 02:24:35,990
well thank you all we're going to wrap

2752
02:24:41,270 --> 02:24:37,920
up very quickly here this eighth meeting

2753
02:24:43,190 --> 02:24:41,280
of the national space council

2754
02:24:44,389 --> 02:24:43,200
with gratitude to these heroes who step

2755
02:24:46,070 --> 02:24:44,399
forward and

2756
02:24:48,469 --> 02:24:46,080
let me just say a personal note of

2757
02:24:50,070 --> 02:24:48,479
gratitude to all of the dedicated men

2758
02:24:51,830 --> 02:24:50,080
and women and the staffs who stepped

2759
02:24:53,990 --> 02:24:51,840
forward to serve

2760
02:24:55,349 --> 02:24:54,000
the national space council over the last

2761
02:24:57,270 --> 02:24:55,359
four years

2762
02:24:58,950 --> 02:24:57,280
i think you could tell today in just

2763
02:25:00,950 --> 02:24:58,960
summary fashion

2764
02:25:03,429 --> 02:25:00,960
the extraordinary difference for our

2765
02:25:05,590 --> 02:25:03,439
economy and for our security

2766
02:25:07,750 --> 02:25:05,600
that the national space council under

2767
02:25:09,670 --> 02:25:07,760
the leadership of president donald trump

2768
02:25:12,469 --> 02:25:09,680
has made in renewing

2769
02:25:13,670 --> 02:25:12,479
american leadership in space and join me

2770
02:25:15,590 --> 02:25:13,680
in thanking all the members of the

2771
02:25:22,870 --> 02:25:15,600
national space council one more time

2772
02:25:28,150 --> 02:25:24,950
i also want to take the opportunity to

2773
02:25:30,230 --> 02:25:28,160
thank members of the user advisory group

2774
02:25:32,710 --> 02:25:30,240
this is an extraordinary group of

2775
02:25:33,990 --> 02:25:32,720
americans that had come from the very

2776
02:25:36,309 --> 02:25:34,000
heart of

2777
02:25:38,070 --> 02:25:36,319
the american space enterprise

2778
02:25:40,230 --> 02:25:38,080
they brought their incredible

2779
02:25:42,070 --> 02:25:40,240
professionalism and their incredible

2780
02:25:44,550 --> 02:25:42,080
experience to bear

2781
02:25:45,990 --> 02:25:44,560
on uh on ensuring that we had the very

2782
02:25:48,630 --> 02:25:46,000
best guidance

2783
02:25:52,790 --> 02:25:48,640
to take the steps necessary to promote

2784
02:25:54,630 --> 02:25:52,800
and expand uh america's space enterprise

2785
02:25:57,429 --> 02:25:54,640
there are a few that are with us uh here

2786
02:26:00,230 --> 02:25:57,439
today uh and first i want to thank from

2787
02:26:02,309 --> 02:26:00,240
afar admiral jim ellis who has led uh

2788
02:26:04,309 --> 02:26:02,319
the user advisory group of the national

2789
02:26:06,469 --> 02:26:04,319
space council with such great

2790
02:26:13,270 --> 02:26:06,479
distinction join me in thanking

2791
02:26:16,950 --> 02:26:15,270
there are 28 members of the user

2792
02:26:18,550 --> 02:26:16,960
advisory group that have given us great

2793
02:26:20,389 --> 02:26:18,560
counsel all along the way they've

2794
02:26:22,309 --> 02:26:20,399
dedicated countless hours

2795
02:26:24,790 --> 02:26:22,319
to giving us their very best advice a

2796
02:26:26,070 --> 02:26:24,800
few are actually with us here today for

2797
02:26:28,389 --> 02:26:26,080
this eighth meeting in the national

2798
02:26:30,309 --> 02:26:28,399
space council so in addition to admiral

2799
02:26:31,990 --> 02:26:30,319
ellis allow me to thank lieutenant

2800
02:26:34,309 --> 02:26:32,000
governor jeannette nunez of the great

2801
02:26:36,230 --> 02:26:34,319
state of florida thank you for your

2802
02:26:39,429 --> 02:26:36,240
contributions

2803
02:26:43,830 --> 02:26:41,670
uh eric stallmer who's with us here

2804
02:26:48,870 --> 02:26:43,840
today who is a great space entrepreneur

2805
02:26:52,790 --> 02:26:51,110
another great space uh entrepreneur

2806
02:26:53,990 --> 02:26:52,800
who's been leading the way and has

2807
02:26:55,750 --> 02:26:54,000
become

2808
02:26:59,110 --> 02:26:55,760
a great great champion of american

2809
02:27:00,790 --> 02:26:59,120
leadership in space uh fatih osman and

2810
02:27:05,910 --> 02:27:00,800
his wonderful wife thank you for your

2811
02:27:10,469 --> 02:27:07,670
and to a great entrepreneur who brought

2812
02:27:11,910 --> 02:27:10,479
great business acumen uh to this and uh

2813
02:27:14,230 --> 02:27:11,920
the great council

2814
02:27:16,550 --> 02:27:14,240
uh of his wife judy has assisted all

2815
02:27:18,630 --> 02:27:16,560
along the way join me in thanking

2816
02:27:20,309 --> 02:27:18,640
indiana's own fred klipsch for his

2817
02:27:24,469 --> 02:27:20,319
contributions to the national space

2818
02:27:27,910 --> 02:27:25,830
i come to this eighth meeting of the

2819
02:27:28,830 --> 02:27:27,920
national space council just with a heart

2820
02:27:31,429 --> 02:27:28,840
filled with

2821
02:27:33,830 --> 02:27:31,439
gratitude i'm humbled by the efforts of

2822
02:27:35,750 --> 02:27:33,840
all of those that are gathered here

2823
02:27:38,550 --> 02:27:35,760
the military leadership

2824
02:27:40,389 --> 02:27:38,560
from the department of defense

2825
02:27:42,230 --> 02:27:40,399
secretary barrett

2826
02:27:43,510 --> 02:27:42,240
general raymond general heighten and

2827
02:27:45,429 --> 02:27:43,520
others who have stepped forward to

2828
02:27:47,270 --> 02:27:45,439
really transform

2829
02:27:48,630 --> 02:27:47,280
the commitment of our nation

2830
02:27:50,870 --> 02:27:48,640
to ensuring

2831
02:27:53,429 --> 02:27:50,880
the security of the american people from

2832
02:27:56,309 --> 02:27:53,439
space but also the vitality

2833
02:27:58,790 --> 02:27:56,319
of america's ideals in space

2834
02:28:00,389 --> 02:27:58,800
for generations to come but i know i

2835
02:28:02,389 --> 02:28:00,399
speak on behalf of the president as well

2836
02:28:05,429 --> 02:28:02,399
when i just express my appreciation for

2837
02:28:07,750 --> 02:28:05,439
all the members of this administration

2838
02:28:09,670 --> 02:28:07,760
who caught the same vision

2839
02:28:10,870 --> 02:28:09,680
i love what dr pace said a few moments

2840
02:28:13,190 --> 02:28:10,880
ago he said there's nothing more

2841
02:28:15,429 --> 02:28:13,200
terrifying than having a boss

2842
02:28:17,750 --> 02:28:15,439
who cares about what you're doing

2843
02:28:21,590 --> 02:28:17,760
has an interest in what you're doing

2844
02:28:23,590 --> 02:28:21,600
and all i can say is i can relate

2845
02:28:25,190 --> 02:28:23,600
i'll never forget the day jeanette it

2846
02:28:27,830 --> 02:28:25,200
was when we were campaigning for this

2847
02:28:30,469 --> 02:28:27,840
job four years ago that i got a phone

2848
02:28:33,270 --> 02:28:30,479
call i was on my way to the space coast

2849
02:28:34,309 --> 02:28:33,280
and then our candidate called me up and

2850
02:28:35,910 --> 02:28:34,319
he said

2851
02:28:37,910 --> 02:28:35,920
he wanted to revive something called the

2852
02:28:39,349 --> 02:28:37,920
national space council

2853
02:28:40,870 --> 02:28:39,359
and he wondered if i'd be willing as

2854
02:28:44,550 --> 02:28:40,880
other vice presidents had done in the

2855
02:28:45,750 --> 02:28:44,560
past to be willing to cheer it and so

2856
02:28:47,510 --> 02:28:45,760
there have been many kind words

2857
02:28:49,510 --> 02:28:47,520
expressed for your vice president today

2858
02:28:51,750 --> 02:28:49,520
but let me uh let me invite all of you

2859
02:28:54,230 --> 02:28:51,760
to thank president donald trump and all

2860
02:28:56,710 --> 02:28:54,240
of those that have served alongside him

2861
02:29:04,389 --> 02:28:56,720
for renewing american leadership in

2862
02:29:08,070 --> 02:29:06,710
and as i close this meeting and

2863
02:29:10,710 --> 02:29:08,080
and in the company of these

2864
02:29:11,590 --> 02:29:10,720
extraordinary americans let me just also

2865
02:29:13,190 --> 02:29:11,600
say

2866
02:29:15,030 --> 02:29:13,200
that i i think the best days for

2867
02:29:16,150 --> 02:29:15,040
american leadership in space are yet to

2868
02:29:17,429 --> 02:29:16,160
come

2869
02:29:19,110 --> 02:29:17,439
and uh

2870
02:29:20,550 --> 02:29:19,120
i know with the caliber of the men and

2871
02:29:22,870 --> 02:29:20,560
women that have stepped forward in this

2872
02:29:24,070 --> 02:29:22,880
program artemis we're going to make all

2873
02:29:26,309 --> 02:29:24,080
new history

2874
02:29:28,389 --> 02:29:26,319
we're going to fill up places like this

2875
02:29:30,389 --> 02:29:28,399
again and again

2876
02:29:32,230 --> 02:29:30,399
and i just want to assure

2877
02:29:34,550 --> 02:29:32,240
all of you that will be carrying

2878
02:29:35,510 --> 02:29:34,560
america's aspiration and ideals into the

2879
02:29:37,429 --> 02:29:35,520
great

2880
02:29:39,349 --> 02:29:37,439
unknown that you go with the confidence

2881
02:29:40,870 --> 02:29:39,359
of the american people

2882
02:29:42,710 --> 02:29:40,880
you will have the support of people all

2883
02:29:43,670 --> 02:29:42,720
across this country as you inspire the

2884
02:29:45,510 --> 02:29:43,680
world

2885
02:29:48,070 --> 02:29:45,520
and i'm very confident that you will go

2886
02:29:50,070 --> 02:29:48,080
with the prayers of tens of millions of

2887
02:29:51,670 --> 02:29:50,080
americans who are grateful for your

2888
02:29:53,349 --> 02:29:51,680
courage and your service

2889
02:29:55,670 --> 02:29:53,359
and the service of all of those that we

2890
02:29:57,030 --> 02:29:55,680
announce today as part of the artemis

2891
02:29:58,950 --> 02:29:57,040
generation

2892
02:30:00,630 --> 02:29:58,960
and my prayer will be in those

2893
02:30:02,309 --> 02:30:00,640
those ancient words that you would be

2894
02:30:03,429 --> 02:30:02,319
confident that as you rise on the wings

2895
02:30:05,590 --> 02:30:03,439
of the dawn

2896
02:30:07,830 --> 02:30:05,600
settle on the far side of the sea

2897
02:30:09,670 --> 02:30:07,840
but as a good book says even if you go

2898
02:30:11,190 --> 02:30:09,680
up to the heavens

2899
02:30:13,429 --> 02:30:11,200
my prayer is that you know that even

2900
02:30:15,990 --> 02:30:13,439
there his hand will guide you

2901
02:30:17,750 --> 02:30:16,000
and his right hand will hold you fast

2902
02:30:19,590 --> 02:30:17,760
so join me in thanking

2903
02:30:22,070 --> 02:30:19,600
the artemis generation the national

2904
02:30:24,790 --> 02:30:22,080
space council our user advisory group

2905
02:30:26,389 --> 02:30:24,800
and every american who has contributed

2906
02:30:28,070 --> 02:30:26,399
to this cause these past four years

2907
02:30:31,349 --> 02:30:28,080
because of all of you

2908
02:30:33,590 --> 02:30:31,359
america is leading in space once again

2909
02:30:36,150 --> 02:30:33,600
and we will be leading for generations

2910
02:30:38,360 --> 02:30:36,160
to come thank you very much god bless

2911
02:30:56,870 --> 02:30:38,370
you all

2912
02:31:01,910 --> 02:30:59,270
at nasa we have always answered the

2913
02:31:05,270 --> 02:31:01,920
innate call to go

2914
02:31:07,190 --> 02:31:05,280
with artemis we are going to stay

2915
02:31:10,550 --> 02:31:07,200
proving that humanity can live on the

2916
02:31:12,830 --> 02:31:10,560
moon mars and other worlds and share the

2917
02:31:14,710 --> 02:31:12,840
wonders of the solar system with

2918
02:31:17,270 --> 02:31:14,720
all

2919
02:31:20,469 --> 02:31:17,280
our story is one of people

2920
02:31:22,710 --> 02:31:20,479
all those who make this journey possible

2921
02:31:25,110 --> 02:31:22,720
from advocates across communities to

2922
02:31:27,510 --> 02:31:25,120
companies across industries to countries

2923
02:31:29,750 --> 02:31:27,520
around the world we achieve this

2924
02:31:32,389 --> 02:31:29,760
collective endeavor

2925
02:31:34,309 --> 02:31:32,399
our efforts create impact for all

2926
02:31:36,550 --> 02:31:34,319
technologies that revolutionize

2927
02:31:38,309 --> 02:31:36,560
industries and jobs that bring

2928
02:31:40,469 --> 02:31:38,319
prosperity to people

2929
02:31:42,550 --> 02:31:40,479
the discoveries from space benefit the

2930
02:31:44,150 --> 02:31:42,560
way we live on earth today and those

2931
02:31:47,910 --> 02:31:44,160
from the moon will create a better

2932
02:31:51,590 --> 02:31:47,920
future for generations to come

2933
02:31:53,590 --> 02:31:51,600
but to do that we must go

2934
02:31:56,710 --> 02:31:53,600
hi i'm chad lingard my name is raj

2935
02:31:59,670 --> 02:31:56,720
achary kayla baron kate rubens hi i'm

2936
02:32:02,550 --> 02:31:59,680
christina cook nasa astronaut joe acaba

2937
02:32:04,790 --> 02:32:02,560
jessica muir woody hoberg and mclean

2938
02:32:06,790 --> 02:32:04,800
stephanie wilson my name is johnny kim

2939
02:32:09,510 --> 02:32:06,800
nicole mann victor glover jessica

2940
02:32:13,429 --> 02:32:09,520
watkins hi i'm matthew dominic jasmine

2941
02:32:16,950 --> 02:32:15,670
this is what we do

2942
02:32:18,630 --> 02:32:16,960
this is what we will do

2943
02:32:21,780 --> 02:32:18,640
[Music]

2944
02:32:31,270 --> 02:32:21,790
let's go

2945
02:32:33,429 --> 02:32:31,280
[Music]

2946
02:32:45,040 --> 02:32:33,439
we go to the moon to learn how to live

2947
02:32:45,050 --> 02:32:54,469
[Music]

2948
02:32:57,190 --> 02:32:55,910
going to space

2949
02:32:59,830 --> 02:32:57,200
is awesome

2950
02:33:01,830 --> 02:32:59,840
my first flight was on the space shuttle

2951
02:33:03,110 --> 02:33:01,840
you get into the vehicle you're all

2952
02:33:05,110 --> 02:33:03,120
strapped in

2953
02:33:06,630 --> 02:33:05,120
you know we have the countdown timer

2954
02:33:12,309 --> 02:33:06,640
that's going on

2955
02:33:15,670 --> 02:33:13,590
in your mind you're thinking i can't

2956
02:33:16,950 --> 02:33:15,680
believe this is actually happening it's

2957
02:33:20,389 --> 02:33:16,960
the coolest

2958
02:33:24,469 --> 02:33:20,399
experience ever

2959
02:33:28,870 --> 02:33:26,550
hey pops it's uh it's good to hear your

2960
02:33:31,030 --> 02:33:28,880
voice thanks for the support the launch

2961
02:33:33,910 --> 02:33:31,040
was awesome

2962
02:33:36,389 --> 02:33:33,920
when i look back to who inspired me it

2963
02:33:39,110 --> 02:33:36,399
started with my grandfather he actually

2964
02:33:41,270 --> 02:33:39,120
had the old films of the apollo missions

2965
02:33:43,349 --> 02:33:41,280
that we would watch

2966
02:33:45,750 --> 02:33:43,359
i've been fortunate that i've had those

2967
02:33:49,030 --> 02:33:45,760
mentors that have supported me and

2968
02:33:51,910 --> 02:33:49,040
motivated me to be where i am today

2969
02:33:53,990 --> 02:33:51,920
i was born in southern california

2970
02:33:56,870 --> 02:33:54,000
reading playing sports

2971
02:33:58,389 --> 02:33:56,880
enjoyed being outdoors spent some time

2972
02:34:01,270 --> 02:33:58,399
in the united states marine corps

2973
02:34:03,030 --> 02:34:01,280
reserve was a u.s peace corps volunteer

2974
02:34:05,110 --> 02:34:03,040
did a lot of different jobs until i

2975
02:34:07,190 --> 02:34:05,120
found the one that i felt was the most

2976
02:34:09,429 --> 02:34:07,200
important job on the planet which is

2977
02:34:11,830 --> 02:34:09,439
being a school teacher it was one of the

2978
02:34:13,990 --> 02:34:11,840
jobs i never thought i would leave until

2979
02:34:15,590 --> 02:34:14,000
i was given this opportunity to become a

2980
02:34:20,309 --> 02:34:15,600
nasa astronaut

2981
02:34:22,630 --> 02:34:20,319
third flight into space

2982
02:34:24,230 --> 02:34:22,640
i've had the opportunity to go on three

2983
02:34:28,830 --> 02:34:24,240
space missions

2984
02:34:32,950 --> 02:34:28,840
and i've spent about 306 days in

2985
02:34:33,990 --> 02:34:32,960
space to actually walk on the moon for

2986
02:34:36,950 --> 02:34:34,000
me

2987
02:34:40,230 --> 02:34:36,960
to have that as a possibility is just

2988
02:34:45,120 --> 02:34:40,240
incredible this is our next step to

2989
02:35:06,230 --> 02:34:45,130
explore places we have never been before

2990
02:35:12,389 --> 02:35:07,910
all right nasa family and friends our

2991
02:35:15,110 --> 02:35:14,070
i think the thing that's most important

2992
02:35:16,230 --> 02:35:15,120
to me

2993
02:35:18,950 --> 02:35:16,240
is

2994
02:35:21,830 --> 02:35:18,960
just the inspiration of exploration i

2995
02:35:23,910 --> 02:35:21,840
think we all have this innate sense to

2996
02:35:25,910 --> 02:35:23,920
explore whether you're the one who

2997
02:35:28,389 --> 02:35:25,920
actually gets to step on the moon or not

2998
02:35:30,389 --> 02:35:28,399
i think it changes all of us to know

2999
02:35:32,309 --> 02:35:30,399
that we can actually do things that

3000
02:35:35,510 --> 02:35:32,319
would be unimaginable to the generations

3001
02:35:40,550 --> 02:35:38,389
9 11 happened eight days before my 14th

3002
02:35:41,670 --> 02:35:40,560
birthday so i was in eighth grade and i

3003
02:35:44,389 --> 02:35:41,680
was really

3004
02:35:46,710 --> 02:35:44,399
inspired by how our country responded to

3005
02:35:48,550 --> 02:35:46,720
that really tragic event

3006
02:35:50,630 --> 02:35:48,560
it really made me realize that i wanted

3007
02:35:53,429 --> 02:35:50,640
to serve and commit myself to something

3008
02:35:55,190 --> 02:35:53,439
that was bigger than just me

3009
02:35:57,030 --> 02:35:55,200
and there's a huge diversity of

3010
02:35:58,790 --> 02:35:57,040
opportunities in the navy whether it's

3011
02:36:01,190 --> 02:35:58,800
flying a plane driving a surface ship

3012
02:36:02,710 --> 02:36:01,200
driving a submarine being a doctor and i

3013
02:36:05,030 --> 02:36:02,720
spent a week with the submarine warfare

3014
02:36:07,750 --> 02:36:05,040
community including a day underway and i

3015
02:36:09,750 --> 02:36:07,760
was so impressed by the sailors on that

3016
02:36:12,710 --> 02:36:09,760
submarine they just seemed like the kind

3017
02:36:15,429 --> 02:36:12,720
of people who would teach me how to be a

3018
02:36:18,870 --> 02:36:17,830
for me the dream of becoming an

3019
02:36:21,110 --> 02:36:18,880
astronaut

3020
02:36:22,950 --> 02:36:21,120
cemented itself pretty late my life i

3021
02:36:25,830 --> 02:36:22,960
went back to the naval academy to work

3022
02:36:27,429 --> 02:36:25,840
for admiral ted carter and because i was

3023
02:36:28,950 --> 02:36:27,439
working with him i got to go to all

3024
02:36:31,190 --> 02:36:28,960
these really cool events and meet a lot

3025
02:36:33,750 --> 02:36:31,200
of people who had no business talking to

3026
02:36:36,150 --> 02:36:33,760
really i met one of his classmates

3027
02:36:37,510 --> 02:36:36,160
former astronaut kay heyer and she was

3028
02:36:38,790 --> 02:36:37,520
telling me about one of her shuttle

3029
02:36:40,790 --> 02:36:38,800
missions where they were building the

3030
02:36:42,469 --> 02:36:40,800
early space station and i said you know

3031
02:36:44,309 --> 02:36:42,479
that sounds a lot like a submarine in

3032
02:36:46,630 --> 02:36:44,319
space she looked at me she was like it

3033
02:36:48,870 --> 02:36:46,640
totally is that's exactly what it's like

3034
02:36:51,750 --> 02:36:48,880
and that was sort of the lightning

3035
02:36:53,830 --> 02:36:51,760
strike moment as a kid i knew about

3036
02:36:56,389 --> 02:36:53,840
astronauts i watched shuttle launches on

3037
02:36:58,389 --> 02:36:56,399
tv i knew we were in space but never

3038
02:37:00,150 --> 02:36:58,399
seemed like something that i could do

3039
02:37:02,150 --> 02:37:00,160
but i had really good mentorship at that

3040
02:37:04,950 --> 02:37:02,160
time you know i shared that dream with

3041
02:37:07,190 --> 02:37:04,960
my boss admiral carter he turned to me

3042
02:37:08,870 --> 02:37:07,200
and he said kayla do you know how you

3043
02:37:10,309 --> 02:37:08,880
become an astronaut

3044
02:37:11,750 --> 02:37:10,319
you apply

3045
02:37:13,830 --> 02:37:11,760
and for me

3046
02:37:15,510 --> 02:37:13,840
that was the perfect mentorship i need

3047
02:37:17,349 --> 02:37:15,520
in that moment i'm somebody who thinks

3048
02:37:19,349 --> 02:37:17,359
really hard about everything i do all

3049
02:37:20,630 --> 02:37:19,359
the details and he said you know it's

3050
02:37:22,150 --> 02:37:20,640
actually pretty simple you just got to

3051
02:37:23,670 --> 02:37:22,160
put yourself out there and you never

3052
02:37:24,630 --> 02:37:23,680
know what's going to happen so i did

3053
02:37:33,410 --> 02:37:24,640
apply

3054
02:37:59,750 --> 02:37:50,170
[Music]

3055
02:38:04,150 --> 02:38:02,150
for me every time i have an nbl run or

3056
02:38:05,750 --> 02:38:04,160
every time i do a practice space walk

3057
02:38:07,910 --> 02:38:05,760
and you get in that

3058
02:38:09,750 --> 02:38:07,920
that suit like we call it the emu and i

3059
02:38:12,070 --> 02:38:09,760
feel the gloves go on feel the pressure

3060
02:38:13,429 --> 02:38:12,080
build uh feel the fan start to flow and

3061
02:38:14,710 --> 02:38:13,439
the the air start to come over the back

3062
02:38:16,469 --> 02:38:14,720
of your head and you realize like this

3063
02:38:17,830 --> 02:38:16,479
is it that's what it really strikes me

3064
02:38:21,030 --> 02:38:17,840
that this is this is actually not a

3065
02:38:23,510 --> 02:38:21,040
dream this is actually happening

3066
02:38:25,670 --> 02:38:23,520
i'm raj achary i go by grinder i grew up

3067
02:38:27,670 --> 02:38:25,680
in iowa i went to the air force academy

3068
02:38:29,429 --> 02:38:27,680
and then mit and then i was an air force

3069
02:38:31,110 --> 02:38:29,439
test pilot

3070
02:38:32,790 --> 02:38:31,120
if i ask my mom she definitely has

3071
02:38:34,469 --> 02:38:32,800
memories of me the child talking about

3072
02:38:35,429 --> 02:38:34,479
being an astronaut i always knew i

3073
02:38:37,190 --> 02:38:35,439
wanted to

3074
02:38:38,630 --> 02:38:37,200
do something related to aviation but at

3075
02:38:40,230 --> 02:38:38,640
the same time i think i also started

3076
02:38:41,830 --> 02:38:40,240
telling myself it wasn't really possible

3077
02:38:43,670 --> 02:38:41,840
because it was just something to get let

3078
02:38:45,670 --> 02:38:43,680
down from

3079
02:38:47,030 --> 02:38:45,680
every phase of my life i had doubt uh

3080
02:38:48,469 --> 02:38:47,040
whether i was at the air force academy

3081
02:38:50,630 --> 02:38:48,479
and wondering whether i could survive

3082
02:38:52,630 --> 02:38:50,640
basic training whether it was uh when i

3083
02:38:54,150 --> 02:38:52,640
was at mit or even pilot training

3084
02:38:55,830 --> 02:38:54,160
failing check rides

3085
02:38:57,830 --> 02:38:55,840
and thinking again maybe maybe i'm on

3086
02:38:59,910 --> 02:38:57,840
the wrong path but i think in all those

3087
02:39:01,910 --> 02:38:59,920
events i've been blessed to have a

3088
02:39:03,429 --> 02:39:01,920
supportive family supportive spouse

3089
02:39:04,790 --> 02:39:03,439
supportive mentors and leaders who

3090
02:39:06,230 --> 02:39:04,800
helped me at the time realized like hey

3091
02:39:09,190 --> 02:39:06,240
these are setbacks and and you get

3092
02:39:10,710 --> 02:39:09,200
better by tackling those head on

3093
02:39:12,150 --> 02:39:10,720
for the artemis mission they're not just

3094
02:39:15,510 --> 02:39:12,160
powerpoint slides they're actually

3095
02:39:17,510 --> 02:39:15,520
metals being bent shaped uh formed to

3096
02:39:19,110 --> 02:39:17,520
build the things that we're going to use

3097
02:39:21,910 --> 02:39:19,120
and as a you know as a test pilot

3098
02:39:25,910 --> 02:39:21,920
background this is uh you know a dream

3099
02:39:29,990 --> 02:39:27,510
now looking back i would have told

3100
02:39:31,670 --> 02:39:30,000
myself hey just just pause and

3101
02:39:33,910 --> 02:39:31,680
appreciate what's actually happening

3102
02:39:35,910 --> 02:39:33,920
around you and the magic of the moment

3103
02:39:37,510 --> 02:39:35,920
that you're in

3104
02:39:38,870 --> 02:39:37,520
newton talks about you know standing on

3105
02:39:40,230 --> 02:39:38,880
the shoulders of giants and i'm

3106
02:39:41,510 --> 02:39:40,240
definitely not a giant but if i can

3107
02:39:45,510 --> 02:39:41,520
throw a little stepping stone out there

3108
02:39:45,520 --> 02:39:51,880
my name is raj achary

3109
02:40:15,910 --> 02:40:00,290
[Music]

3110
02:40:20,030 --> 02:40:17,429
ladies and gentlemen our newest

3111
02:40:23,910 --> 02:40:20,040
astronaut matthew dominic

3112
02:40:26,230 --> 02:40:23,920
[Applause]

3113
02:40:28,870 --> 02:40:26,240
i think if you boil it down to it uh i'm

3114
02:40:30,550 --> 02:40:28,880
a father a husband and an explorer

3115
02:40:32,389 --> 02:40:30,560
for my whole life i've always wanted to

3116
02:40:34,389 --> 02:40:32,399
explore further i didn't exactly know

3117
02:40:36,070 --> 02:40:34,399
where i was going to go at any one time

3118
02:40:38,469 --> 02:40:36,080
but i always knew i wanted to go further

3119
02:40:40,790 --> 02:40:38,479
or faster or higher

3120
02:40:42,710 --> 02:40:40,800
i remember as a kid going to air shows

3121
02:40:44,230 --> 02:40:42,720
with with my dad and just looking at

3122
02:40:45,910 --> 02:40:44,240
airplanes and i wanted to understand it

3123
02:40:47,349 --> 02:40:45,920
and so it was just drawn to it every air

3124
02:40:49,349 --> 02:40:47,359
show i went to i wanted to go get in

3125
02:40:51,110 --> 02:40:49,359
that airplane i grew up in wheat ridge

3126
02:40:52,790 --> 02:40:51,120
colorado i went to the university of san

3127
02:40:54,150 --> 02:40:52,800
diego for electrical engineering and

3128
02:40:56,790 --> 02:40:54,160
went to naval post graduate school as

3129
02:40:59,510 --> 02:40:56,800
well naval test pilot

3130
02:41:01,269 --> 02:40:59,520
it's certainly a sacrifice for family

3131
02:41:03,269 --> 02:41:01,279
and friends

3132
02:41:04,950 --> 02:41:03,279
being in the military you know we would

3133
02:41:05,750 --> 02:41:04,960
go on deployments and lose contact with

3134
02:41:07,750 --> 02:41:05,760
them

3135
02:41:09,910 --> 02:41:07,760
and they understood the risk that we

3136
02:41:12,550 --> 02:41:09,920
were taking you think about the immense

3137
02:41:14,710 --> 02:41:12,560
responsibility put on you at times

3138
02:41:16,469 --> 02:41:14,720
you don't want to let the world down

3139
02:41:23,750 --> 02:41:16,479
but it's about pushing humanity forward

3140
02:41:27,830 --> 02:41:25,750
watching rockets launch right i mean

3141
02:41:29,670 --> 02:41:27,840
watching the shuttle launches as a kid

3142
02:41:30,950 --> 02:41:29,680
was an enabler for music how do how do i

3143
02:41:32,469 --> 02:41:30,960
become a part of that how do i join that

3144
02:41:33,830 --> 02:41:32,479
team to go do that

3145
02:41:37,670 --> 02:41:33,840
godspeed

3146
02:41:39,750 --> 02:41:37,680
to the class of 2017.

3147
02:41:41,269 --> 02:41:39,760
you find out you're getting this job

3148
02:41:42,790 --> 02:41:41,279
and that's huge

3149
02:41:45,269 --> 02:41:42,800
but really that first time that you go

3150
02:41:47,110 --> 02:41:45,279
put your hands into the gloves

3151
02:41:49,030 --> 02:41:47,120
is just a very interesting moment it's a

3152
02:41:50,309 --> 02:41:49,040
pinch me moment and you realize that

3153
02:41:52,150 --> 02:41:50,319
this is this is real it's going to

3154
02:41:54,070 --> 02:41:52,160
happen we're going

3155
02:41:56,630 --> 02:41:54,080
my previous job was to keep the world

3156
02:41:58,710 --> 02:41:56,640
from going backwards this job is about

3157
02:42:01,269 --> 02:41:58,720
getting the world to go forwards

3158
02:42:04,630 --> 02:42:01,279
pojo brings a lot of energy to our team

3159
02:42:07,269 --> 02:42:04,640
and he is always definitely 100 in in

3160
02:42:17,550 --> 02:42:07,279
anything he does

3161
02:42:17,560 --> 02:42:26,389
[Music]

3162
02:42:29,830 --> 02:42:27,990
my earliest idea of who i wanted to be

3163
02:42:32,070 --> 02:42:29,840
growing up was my father

3164
02:42:34,710 --> 02:42:32,080
my father was a police officer and so i

3165
02:42:36,469 --> 02:42:34,720
wanted to be a police officer

3166
02:42:38,309 --> 02:42:36,479
and then i saw a shuttle launch on

3167
02:42:41,030 --> 02:42:38,319
television and i thought i really want

3168
02:42:42,870 --> 02:42:41,040
to drive one of those and yes i said

3169
02:42:45,670 --> 02:42:42,880
drive because i didn't know any pilots

3170
02:42:47,349 --> 02:42:45,680
or engineers even for that matter

3171
02:42:50,309 --> 02:42:47,359
i'm a public servant and i have been for

3172
02:42:52,870 --> 02:42:50,319
22 years since january of 1998

3173
02:42:54,790 --> 02:42:52,880
and so i asked myself have i done all

3174
02:42:56,870 --> 02:42:54,800
that i can for my country and for my

3175
02:42:59,110 --> 02:42:56,880
family

3176
02:43:01,429 --> 02:42:59,120
i have fantasized about stepping on the

3177
02:43:03,670 --> 02:43:01,439
moon it's my dream my dream is to work

3178
02:43:05,510 --> 02:43:03,680
on the surface of the moon and being

3179
02:43:10,710 --> 02:43:05,520
able to launch humans from

3180
02:43:14,070 --> 02:43:12,469
i was sitting at my desk in the russell

3181
02:43:15,590 --> 02:43:14,080
senate office building and i got a phone

3182
02:43:17,429 --> 02:43:15,600
call from a houston phone number and by

3183
02:43:19,429 --> 02:43:17,439
the time i answered i missed it

3184
02:43:20,950 --> 02:43:19,439
and so i called back and after a lot of

3185
02:43:23,190 --> 02:43:20,960
waiting and being transferred i was

3186
02:43:24,790 --> 02:43:23,200
transferred to janet cavandi who was the

3187
02:43:26,469 --> 02:43:24,800
chair of our board and she asked me if i

3188
02:43:28,070 --> 02:43:26,479
wanted to come to houston and convince

3189
02:43:29,670 --> 02:43:28,080
training and i actually pinched myself

3190
02:43:31,429 --> 02:43:29,680
several times walking back to my office

3191
02:43:32,790 --> 02:43:31,439
there is no way that this is a real

3192
02:43:34,550 --> 02:43:32,800
thing i'm going to wake up and be so

3193
02:43:36,070 --> 02:43:34,560
disappointed when i woke up the next day

3194
02:43:38,070 --> 02:43:36,080
and i actually had an email from janet

3195
02:43:40,150 --> 02:43:38,080
saying it was not a dream it was that

3196
02:43:41,590 --> 02:43:40,160
was actually unreal

3197
02:43:44,710 --> 02:43:41,600
he's a lieutenant commander in the

3198
02:43:46,950 --> 02:43:44,720
united states navy where he flew f18s he

3199
02:43:48,790 --> 02:43:46,960
came to us from washington dc where he

3200
02:43:51,190 --> 02:43:48,800
was serving as united states navy

3201
02:43:52,469 --> 02:43:51,200
legislative fellow in the united states

3202
02:43:55,349 --> 02:43:52,479
senate

3203
02:43:59,269 --> 02:43:57,830
being selected for this job you you

3204
02:44:00,550 --> 02:43:59,279
can't help but to think of i've got so

3205
02:44:03,030 --> 02:44:00,560
many friends that i know could do this

3206
02:44:04,790 --> 02:44:03,040
job well and and that feeling of wow why

3207
02:44:06,150 --> 02:44:04,800
didn't they get it and you know feeling

3208
02:44:07,750 --> 02:44:06,160
like you're not really good enough cut

3209
02:44:09,990 --> 02:44:07,760
out for the job and i felt all of those

3210
02:44:12,389 --> 02:44:10,000
things being a father a husband all of

3211
02:44:13,750 --> 02:44:12,399
those things come with doubt and i think

3212
02:44:16,469 --> 02:44:13,760
you have to learn to get comfortable

3213
02:44:21,830 --> 02:44:19,269
they call things moonshots

3214
02:44:24,230 --> 02:44:21,840
when people accomplish something amazing

3215
02:44:26,070 --> 02:44:24,240
no matter how good a story you tell

3216
02:44:28,230 --> 02:44:26,080
people are captivated by real world

3217
02:44:29,910 --> 02:44:28,240
accomplishment

3218
02:44:32,230 --> 02:44:29,920
it's our generation's opportunity to

3219
02:44:34,550 --> 02:44:32,240
have our own literal moonshot and then

3220
02:44:36,309 --> 02:44:34,560
to continue inspiring future generations

3221
02:44:38,309 --> 02:44:36,319
to reach for the moon

3222
02:44:40,389 --> 02:44:38,319
they not only have the right stuff they

3223
02:44:41,670 --> 02:44:40,399
represent the full tapestry of american

3224
02:44:44,150 --> 02:44:41,680
diversity

3225
02:44:46,230 --> 02:44:44,160
their journey begins now and the nation

3226
02:44:58,230 --> 02:44:46,240
will be right beside him reaching for

3227
02:44:58,240 --> 02:45:08,070
[Music]

3228
02:45:11,190 --> 02:45:09,590
i actually thought that i was not

3229
02:45:13,670 --> 02:45:11,200
experienced enough didn't have the

3230
02:45:17,510 --> 02:45:13,680
credentials i needed to actually become

3231
02:45:20,550 --> 02:45:18,790
the reason i'd want to go to space with

3232
02:45:22,150 --> 02:45:20,560
woody isn't just because he's brilliant

3233
02:45:23,590 --> 02:45:22,160
which he is but it's because he carries

3234
02:45:24,790 --> 02:45:23,600
his brilliance in such a way that you

3235
02:45:26,230 --> 02:45:24,800
don't feel like you're an idiot when

3236
02:45:27,670 --> 02:45:26,240
you're around him

3237
02:45:30,230 --> 02:45:27,680
it's funny all the little decisions in

3238
02:45:32,550 --> 02:45:30,240
life that get you to where you're going

3239
02:45:35,510 --> 02:45:32,560
my earliest memories i remember building

3240
02:45:37,750 --> 02:45:35,520
little toys out of wood over time got to

3241
02:45:39,349 --> 02:45:37,760
building like 21 foot tall

3242
02:45:41,990 --> 02:45:39,359
rockets and one of those is still up at

3243
02:45:45,110 --> 02:45:42,000
my parents place stored in their barn i

3244
02:45:46,630 --> 02:45:45,120
remember agonizing over what my major

3245
02:45:47,910 --> 02:45:46,640
should be and finally i sort of threw up

3246
02:45:50,070 --> 02:45:47,920
my hands and said i really like

3247
02:45:54,230 --> 02:45:50,080
airplanes and things that fly so i'll do

3248
02:45:58,389 --> 02:45:56,230
one of the best decisions of my life was

3249
02:46:00,230 --> 02:45:58,399
taking summers away from grad school to

3250
02:46:01,590 --> 02:46:00,240
work search and rescue in yosemite one

3251
02:46:04,309 --> 02:46:01,600
of my favorite parts of the job was

3252
02:46:05,990 --> 02:46:04,319
getting thrown into situations where i

3253
02:46:08,150 --> 02:46:06,000
wasn't quite sure what to do the

3254
02:46:10,710 --> 02:46:08,160
confidence i gained from that was that i

3255
02:46:12,710 --> 02:46:10,720
can deal with the unexpected and adapt

3256
02:46:14,309 --> 02:46:12,720
and overcome the other great thing about

3257
02:46:15,830 --> 02:46:14,319
what is he applies at brilliance across

3258
02:46:17,510 --> 02:46:15,840
all phases of his life whether it's in

3259
02:46:19,030 --> 02:46:17,520
the outdoors where he basically saved

3260
02:46:21,830 --> 02:46:19,040
half our class from getting severe

3261
02:46:24,150 --> 02:46:21,840
hypothermia like it was no big deal

3262
02:46:26,150 --> 02:46:24,160
and then on his very first uh space

3263
02:46:27,590 --> 02:46:26,160
station sim nonchalantly directed the

3264
02:46:30,150 --> 02:46:27,600
whole team through an emergency response

3265
02:46:32,070 --> 02:46:30,160
like you've done it a hundred times

3266
02:46:33,190 --> 02:46:32,080
i've always had a slight tension in me

3267
02:46:35,670 --> 02:46:33,200
between

3268
02:46:37,830 --> 02:46:35,680
sort of the engineer analytical problem

3269
02:46:39,670 --> 02:46:37,840
solving part of me and this sort of

3270
02:46:42,550 --> 02:46:39,680
operational side of me that wanted to be

3271
02:46:44,550 --> 02:46:42,560
out experiencing the world with my hands

3272
02:46:47,269 --> 02:46:44,560
i feel really lucky to be here now where

3273
02:46:48,710 --> 02:46:47,279
i have an opportunity to do operational

3274
02:46:50,230 --> 02:46:48,720
things but also solve really hard

3275
02:46:52,070 --> 02:46:50,240
technical problems

3276
02:46:54,230 --> 02:46:52,080
when we go do hard things and challenge

3277
02:46:57,269 --> 02:46:54,240
ourselves in that way we will learn new

3278
02:46:59,349 --> 02:46:57,279
things that will benefit us

3279
02:47:06,469 --> 02:46:59,359
ladies and gentlemen our next newest

3280
02:47:21,370 --> 02:47:08,550
i'm an engineer i'm a pilot i'm a

3281
02:47:21,380 --> 02:47:29,190
[Music]

3282
02:47:34,469 --> 02:47:30,950
ladies and gentlemen the newest nasa

3283
02:47:37,030 --> 02:47:34,479
astronaut jonathan kim

3284
02:47:41,429 --> 02:47:37,040
you're a navy seal with a degree from

3285
02:47:41,439 --> 02:47:44,950
that's just ridiculous

3286
02:47:47,750 --> 02:47:46,070
[Music]

3287
02:47:48,870 --> 02:47:47,760
exploration is

3288
02:47:52,469 --> 02:47:48,880
written

3289
02:47:58,150 --> 02:47:55,750
when i realized that being an astronaut

3290
02:48:01,110 --> 02:47:58,160
is really the opportunity to expand our

3291
02:48:03,429 --> 02:48:01,120
understanding of the cosmos

3292
02:48:05,750 --> 02:48:03,439
to make our world a better place

3293
02:48:09,349 --> 02:48:05,760
all while inspiring the next generation

3294
02:48:13,110 --> 02:48:09,359
of children you julian the same children

3295
02:48:14,950 --> 02:48:13,120
that didn't have the confidence to dream

3296
02:48:17,590 --> 02:48:14,960
like i did

3297
02:48:19,730 --> 02:48:17,600
that was when i realized that i

3298
02:48:21,830 --> 02:48:19,740
absolutely wanted to be an astronaut

3299
02:48:24,389 --> 02:48:21,840
[Music]

3300
02:48:27,349 --> 02:48:24,399
like a lot of immigrant families my

3301
02:48:28,870 --> 02:48:27,359
parents moved to america with the hope

3302
02:48:30,790 --> 02:48:28,880
of the american dream

3303
02:48:31,910 --> 02:48:30,800
that their children can have a better

3304
02:48:34,389 --> 02:48:31,920
opportunity

3305
02:48:37,030 --> 02:48:34,399
in this world

3306
02:48:38,630 --> 02:48:37,040
i had a hard time growing up as a kid

3307
02:48:41,349 --> 02:48:38,640
i lacked a lot of things but the biggest

3308
02:48:42,870 --> 02:48:41,359
thing i lacked is confidence

3309
02:48:44,550 --> 02:48:42,880
i wake up

3310
02:48:46,630 --> 02:48:44,560
every day and i think about the

3311
02:48:49,429 --> 02:48:46,640
opportunities i've had

3312
02:48:52,150 --> 02:48:49,439
it's hard for me to believe that

3313
02:48:55,269 --> 02:48:52,160
i'm that same person no you just beam

3314
02:48:57,269 --> 02:48:55,279
right you spend so much effort and hope

3315
02:48:59,110 --> 02:48:57,279
and you try to give whatever the student

3316
02:49:00,389 --> 02:48:59,120
needs to to grow and get where they want

3317
02:49:02,150 --> 02:49:00,399
to be and then when you see that they

3318
02:49:04,150 --> 02:49:02,160
get there it's

3319
02:49:06,710 --> 02:49:04,160
it's just really

3320
02:49:08,309 --> 02:49:06,720
it makes me immensely proud to be part

3321
02:49:09,590 --> 02:49:08,319
of an organization

3322
02:49:11,750 --> 02:49:09,600
to achieve

3323
02:49:14,230 --> 02:49:11,760
such a monumental challenge like

3324
02:49:16,150 --> 02:49:14,240
returning to them

3325
02:49:17,990 --> 02:49:16,160
and that's what really excites me when i

3326
02:49:20,469 --> 02:49:18,000
think of artemis

3327
02:49:21,590 --> 02:49:20,479
the lives that we're going to positively

3328
02:49:23,750 --> 02:49:21,600
impact

3329
02:49:24,870 --> 02:49:23,760
on this endeavor

3330
02:49:27,590 --> 02:49:24,880
it's

3331
02:49:28,710 --> 02:49:27,600
hard to articulate all those emotions

3332
02:49:30,710 --> 02:49:28,720
but it's

3333
02:49:33,429 --> 02:49:30,720
wow

3334
02:49:36,309 --> 02:49:33,439
i am an astronaut

3335
02:49:40,950 --> 02:49:36,319
and i have this amazing opportunity to

3336
02:49:43,110 --> 02:49:40,960
serve my country in humanity to me he is

3337
02:49:44,790 --> 02:49:43,120
service about self

3338
02:49:49,330 --> 02:49:44,800
i would trust my life to him and i'm

3339
02:49:49,340 --> 02:50:09,830
[Music]

3340
02:50:13,990 --> 02:50:11,510
today's space flight will be the very

3341
02:50:16,710 --> 02:50:14,000
first ford nasa's christina cook we have

3342
02:50:19,110 --> 02:50:16,720
to answer humanity's call to explore we

3343
02:50:21,670 --> 02:50:19,120
have to set ourselves as the leadership

3344
02:50:24,070 --> 02:50:21,680
and proactively seeking out challenges

3345
02:50:26,389 --> 02:50:24,080
and learning that when we focus on one

3346
02:50:28,469 --> 02:50:26,399
thing and we focus on it together we can

3347
02:50:31,830 --> 02:50:28,479
achieve anything

3348
02:50:34,389 --> 02:50:31,840
i am someone who has loved exploration

3349
02:50:36,469 --> 02:50:34,399
on the frontier since i was little i

3350
02:50:38,469 --> 02:50:36,479
used to be inspired by the night sky and

3351
02:50:40,710 --> 02:50:38,479
throughout my career it's been this

3352
02:50:43,110 --> 02:50:40,720
balance between engineering for space

3353
02:50:46,230 --> 02:50:43,120
science missions and doing science in

3354
02:50:48,469 --> 02:50:46,240
really remote places all over the world

3355
02:50:50,230 --> 02:50:48,479
i loved things that made me feel small

3356
02:50:52,389 --> 02:50:50,240
things that made me ponder the size of

3357
02:50:54,309 --> 02:50:52,399
the universe my place in it and

3358
02:50:56,309 --> 02:50:54,319
everything that was out there to explore

3359
02:50:58,230 --> 02:50:56,319
and i put that stuff to work making

3360
02:51:00,150 --> 02:50:58,240
science gadgets for nasa space science

3361
02:51:03,110 --> 02:51:00,160
missions and working really hard in that

3362
02:51:05,110 --> 02:51:03,120
career but also setting goals in hobbies

3363
02:51:06,710 --> 02:51:05,120
that i had i learned to rock climb i

3364
02:51:08,230 --> 02:51:06,720
learned to sail

3365
02:51:09,990 --> 02:51:08,240
finally learning surfing at this point

3366
02:51:12,469 --> 02:51:10,000
in my life and so i think working hard

3367
02:51:14,550 --> 02:51:12,479
on all fronts to be a better person and

3368
02:51:16,309 --> 02:51:14,560
to contribute the most to the world is

3369
02:51:17,910 --> 02:51:16,319
really what's important to me

3370
02:51:20,150 --> 02:51:17,920
i really don't remember a time when i

3371
02:51:21,910 --> 02:51:20,160
didn't want to be an astronaut for me i

3372
02:51:24,469 --> 02:51:21,920
learned that if i was going to be an

3373
02:51:26,389 --> 02:51:24,479
astronaut it was because my passions

3374
02:51:27,910 --> 02:51:26,399
turned me into someone that could

3375
02:51:29,910 --> 02:51:27,920
contribute the most as someone

3376
02:51:31,349 --> 02:51:29,920
contributing to human space flight so i

3377
02:51:32,950 --> 02:51:31,359
didn't necessarily live my life

3378
02:51:35,030 --> 02:51:32,960
according to check boxes of how you can

3379
02:51:37,030 --> 02:51:35,040
become an astronaut but i followed those

3380
02:51:38,550 --> 02:51:37,040
passions and one year looked at who i

3381
02:51:40,469 --> 02:51:38,560
had become and the skills i had gathered

3382
02:51:42,550 --> 02:51:40,479
and i asked could i sit across from a

3383
02:51:44,309 --> 02:51:42,560
table and present myself with someone

3384
02:51:46,710 --> 02:51:44,319
who could do this well and i thought i'm

3385
02:51:48,710 --> 02:51:46,720
going to give it a shot

3386
02:51:50,150 --> 02:51:48,720
you know there was a moment where it

3387
02:51:52,070 --> 02:51:50,160
came to me that this was the most

3388
02:51:54,630 --> 02:51:52,080
exquisite personal and professional

3389
02:51:56,389 --> 02:51:54,640
moment of my life a moment of career

3390
02:51:58,469 --> 02:51:56,399
culmination where everything i had

3391
02:52:00,550 --> 02:51:58,479
learned personally professionally every

3392
02:52:02,870 --> 02:52:00,560
skill i had been taught every hero i had

3393
02:52:05,750 --> 02:52:02,880
emulated it was all coming together in

3394
02:52:07,990 --> 02:52:05,760
this moment and i realized that i wanted

3395
02:52:09,750 --> 02:52:08,000
my work to tell every single person on

3396
02:52:11,590 --> 02:52:09,760
earth that they could have that moment

3397
02:52:13,349 --> 02:52:11,600
too if they worked hard for it and i

3398
02:52:36,080 --> 02:52:13,359
wanted every single person on earth to

3399
02:52:36,090 --> 02:52:45,750
[Music]

3400
02:52:50,230 --> 02:52:47,110
i've had that dream of becoming an

3401
02:52:53,950 --> 02:52:50,240
astronaut for as long as i can remember

3402
02:52:56,710 --> 02:52:53,960
next the u.s astronaut joe lindgren the

3403
02:52:57,830 --> 02:52:56,720
217th visitor to the international space

3404
02:52:59,750 --> 02:52:57,840
station

3405
02:53:01,110 --> 02:52:59,760
what a privilege to have had that

3406
02:53:03,030 --> 02:53:01,120
experience to live and work on the

3407
02:53:05,269 --> 02:53:03,040
international space station

3408
02:53:06,710 --> 02:53:05,279
when you go out of the airlock and you

3409
02:53:08,710 --> 02:53:06,720
start moving around on the outside of

3410
02:53:10,550 --> 02:53:08,720
the space station looking through that

3411
02:53:12,870 --> 02:53:10,560
plastic visor at that scene that

3412
02:53:15,429 --> 02:53:12,880
occupies your entire field of view

3413
02:53:18,870 --> 02:53:15,439
to see the earth spinning quickly below

3414
02:53:23,670 --> 02:53:21,110
it was really watching the space shuttle

3415
02:53:26,469 --> 02:53:23,680
columbia launch in 1981 and that's

3416
02:53:28,950 --> 02:53:26,479
really when i had that eureka moment

3417
02:53:31,110 --> 02:53:28,960
that people actually do this people go

3418
02:53:33,830 --> 02:53:31,120
into space and maybe that's something

3419
02:53:35,190 --> 02:53:33,840
that i could pursue

3420
02:53:36,870 --> 02:53:35,200
i was accepted into the air force

3421
02:53:39,030 --> 02:53:36,880
academy and it was there that i actually

3422
02:53:40,630 --> 02:53:39,040
discovered a passion for biology and

3423
02:53:43,670 --> 02:53:40,640
specifically the effects of

3424
02:53:46,070 --> 02:53:43,680
weightlessness on the human body

3425
02:53:47,830 --> 02:53:46,080
but i remember very clearly going into

3426
02:53:49,510 --> 02:53:47,840
denver one night and unfortunately

3427
02:53:50,870 --> 02:53:49,520
seeing a young woman get hit by a car

3428
02:53:53,349 --> 02:53:50,880
right in front of me while i was on the

3429
02:53:55,190 --> 02:53:53,359
sidewalk and i felt like you know what

3430
02:53:57,110 --> 02:53:55,200
i've been studying biology but i want to

3431
02:53:59,190 --> 02:53:57,120
know more i want to know what i would

3432
02:54:01,990 --> 02:53:59,200
need to do to actually help this person

3433
02:54:03,990 --> 02:54:02,000
and so my path shifted a little bit and

3434
02:54:05,510 --> 02:54:04,000
i ended up going to medical school had

3435
02:54:07,110 --> 02:54:05,520
the great fortune to be hired on as a

3436
02:54:09,269 --> 02:54:07,120
flight surgeon a physician that takes

3437
02:54:10,870 --> 02:54:09,279
care of the astronauts the crew and then

3438
02:54:12,630 --> 02:54:10,880
an astronaut selection was announced and

3439
02:54:14,150 --> 02:54:12,640
i threw my hat in the ring and had the

3440
02:54:18,870 --> 02:54:14,160
great privilege of being selected into

3441
02:54:22,790 --> 02:54:21,030
we go to the moon because it means

3442
02:54:24,630 --> 02:54:22,800
further building that bridge of

3443
02:54:25,590 --> 02:54:24,640
knowledge that is required to get to

3444
02:54:28,230 --> 02:54:25,600
mars

3445
02:54:30,389 --> 02:54:28,240
and an expansion of humanity in the

3446
02:54:32,870 --> 02:54:30,399
solar system

3447
02:54:35,110 --> 02:54:32,880
i'm grateful to be a part of this team

3448
02:54:38,309 --> 02:54:35,120
you know getting to do this job

3449
02:54:41,269 --> 02:54:38,319
is not an individual accomplishment it

3450
02:54:44,230 --> 02:54:41,279
represents effort and work of folks that

3451
02:54:45,429 --> 02:54:44,240
have been walking alongside me my family

3452
02:54:47,990 --> 02:54:45,439
classmates

3453
02:54:50,469 --> 02:54:48,000
colleagues teachers mentors coaches i am

3454
02:54:52,950 --> 02:54:50,479
grateful for their investment of time

3455
02:54:54,170 --> 02:54:52,960
and energy in helping me to achieve this

3456
02:55:12,389 --> 02:54:54,180
goal

3457
02:55:16,790 --> 02:55:14,550
i definitely appreciate

3458
02:55:18,630 --> 02:55:16,800
my first heroes would be my parents

3459
02:55:19,670 --> 02:55:18,640
they've taught me perseverance and

3460
02:55:22,070 --> 02:55:19,680
discipline

3461
02:55:25,429 --> 02:55:22,080
they gave me that foundation i needed as

3462
02:55:27,990 --> 02:55:25,439
a young woman to then move forward and

3463
02:55:29,990 --> 02:55:28,000
achieve my dreams later on in life i was

3464
02:55:31,990 --> 02:55:30,000
fortunate enough to get accepted to the

3465
02:55:33,750 --> 02:55:32,000
united states naval academy

3466
02:55:35,750 --> 02:55:33,760
it was the summer before my senior year

3467
02:55:36,870 --> 02:55:35,760
at the academy that i got a ride in an

3468
02:55:38,630 --> 02:55:36,880
f-18

3469
02:55:40,950 --> 02:55:38,640
that's the first time that i realized i

3470
02:55:42,309 --> 02:55:40,960
can be a marine and be a fighter pilot

3471
02:55:44,550 --> 02:55:42,319
at the same time this is the best of

3472
02:55:46,630 --> 02:55:44,560
both worlds counting yen

3473
02:55:48,870 --> 02:55:46,640
and so i was uh selected to go to test

3474
02:55:50,710 --> 02:55:48,880
pilot school and was during that time

3475
02:55:52,230 --> 02:55:50,720
that i started looking at what are my

3476
02:55:56,070 --> 02:55:52,240
future options going to be in the marine

3477
02:56:00,950 --> 02:55:58,070
nasa says it's accepting applications

3478
02:56:03,510 --> 02:56:00,960
for new astronauts of the roughly 3 500

3479
02:56:06,710 --> 02:56:03,520
applicants nasa is expecting only about

3480
02:56:08,630 --> 02:56:06,720
15 will be selected for training

3481
02:56:10,950 --> 02:56:08,640
and i thought to myself well that's

3482
02:56:14,389 --> 02:56:10,960
crazy there's no way that that i would

3483
02:56:15,750 --> 02:56:14,399
ever be accepted to become an astronaut

3484
02:56:17,349 --> 02:56:15,760
and i went home and i spoke with my

3485
02:56:19,190 --> 02:56:17,359
husband about it and he looked at me

3486
02:56:20,710 --> 02:56:19,200
like i was crazy he said why would you

3487
02:56:22,710 --> 02:56:20,720
ever pass up such an incredible

3488
02:56:24,870 --> 02:56:22,720
opportunity if you never apply you're

3489
02:56:26,550 --> 02:56:24,880
never gonna know if you could make it or

3490
02:56:28,150 --> 02:56:26,560
if you could have made it

3491
02:56:29,429 --> 02:56:28,160
that really changed my perspective on

3492
02:56:32,070 --> 02:56:29,439
life

3493
02:56:33,670 --> 02:56:32,080
so i applied to become an astronaut

3494
02:56:36,389 --> 02:56:33,680
and i was very fortunate enough to be

3495
02:56:38,389 --> 02:56:36,399
selected in the class of 2013.

3496
02:56:39,670 --> 02:56:38,399
i'm thrilled to be joining the nasa team

3497
02:56:41,429 --> 02:56:39,680
and looking forward to the next two

3498
02:56:43,510 --> 02:56:41,439
years of training thank you and we've

3499
02:56:45,429 --> 02:56:43,520
been training ever since preparing to

3500
02:56:47,510 --> 02:56:45,439
support current missions onboard the

3501
02:56:49,670 --> 02:56:47,520
international space station and now

3502
02:56:51,429 --> 02:56:49,680
we're preparing for the artemis mission

3503
02:56:53,269 --> 02:56:51,439
just as the united states was the first

3504
02:56:55,990 --> 02:56:53,279
nation to reach the moon in the 20th

3505
02:56:58,070 --> 02:56:56,000
century so too will we be the first

3506
02:57:00,230 --> 02:56:58,080
nation to return astronauts to the moon

3507
02:57:02,230 --> 02:57:00,240
in the 21st century

3508
02:57:04,710 --> 02:57:02,240
artemis at our mission to the moon is no

3509
02:57:06,630 --> 02:57:04,720
longer some far-fetched dream or some

3510
02:57:08,389 --> 02:57:06,640
science fiction idea

3511
02:57:10,630 --> 02:57:08,399
this is reality

3512
02:57:11,990 --> 02:57:10,640
we are going what we're going to learn

3513
02:57:14,630 --> 02:57:12,000
on the moon

3514
02:57:17,190 --> 02:57:14,640
goes beyond space exploration

3515
02:57:19,429 --> 02:57:17,200
it benefits humans on earth

3516
02:57:20,550 --> 02:57:19,439
it gives enthusiasm to our younger

3517
02:57:23,110 --> 02:57:20,560
generation

3518
02:57:25,349 --> 02:57:23,120
to go after their dreams and to help be

3519
02:57:29,830 --> 02:57:25,359
a part of this evolution of our human

3520
02:57:48,870 --> 02:57:38,970
[Music]

3521
02:57:52,710 --> 02:57:50,389
i think if anything i probably am a

3522
02:57:54,309 --> 02:57:52,720
little bit of an impractical dreamer you

3523
02:57:56,150 --> 02:57:54,319
know be really unrealistic about your

3524
02:57:58,389 --> 02:57:56,160
dreams and just be really realistic

3525
02:57:59,590 --> 02:57:58,399
about your path

3526
02:58:01,670 --> 02:57:59,600
when i was a little girl growing up in

3527
02:58:03,590 --> 02:58:01,680
spokane washington becoming an astronaut

3528
02:58:04,950 --> 02:58:03,600
like nobody did that there was no nobody

3529
02:58:06,550 --> 02:58:04,960
that i could look to and say that person

3530
02:58:08,309 --> 02:58:06,560
walked the path and i'm about to go walk

3531
02:58:10,550 --> 02:58:08,319
the first step i took out of spokane was

3532
02:58:12,550 --> 02:58:10,560
to go to west point that was a huge leap

3533
02:58:14,070 --> 02:58:12,560
out of my comfort zone as i was flying

3534
02:58:15,910 --> 02:58:14,080
across the country for the first time

3535
02:58:17,590 --> 02:58:15,920
ever going to new york city i remember

3536
02:58:19,030 --> 02:58:17,600
thinking like if i had the opportunity

3537
02:58:21,030 --> 02:58:19,040
to get off this plane and not do this i

3538
02:58:23,750 --> 02:58:21,040
probably would have taken it but you

3539
02:58:25,110 --> 02:58:23,760
pushed through that

3540
02:58:27,190 --> 02:58:25,120
i remember sitting on the airplane and

3541
02:58:29,030 --> 02:58:27,200
flying down to nasa for an astronaut

3542
02:58:30,950 --> 02:58:29,040
interview and i had that exact same

3543
02:58:33,190 --> 02:58:30,960
feeling as when i was flying to west

3544
02:58:34,230 --> 02:58:33,200
point as an 18 year old kid and it was

3545
02:58:35,750 --> 02:58:34,240
like

3546
02:58:37,110 --> 02:58:35,760
maybe this is where i've reached too far

3547
02:58:38,710 --> 02:58:37,120
maybe this is where i've pushed too far

3548
02:58:40,150 --> 02:58:38,720
this is where it all ends what little

3549
02:58:41,190 --> 02:58:40,160
girls from spokane washington grew up to

3550
02:58:42,150 --> 02:58:41,200
be an astronaut i'm just not even going

3551
02:58:43,910 --> 02:58:42,160
to try

3552
02:58:45,510 --> 02:58:43,920
and so when i say impractical dreamer i

3553
02:58:46,630 --> 02:58:45,520
mean i never listen to that part of me

3554
02:58:48,070 --> 02:58:46,640
that says hey you're probably not going

3555
02:58:49,349 --> 02:58:48,080
to succeed at this i always listen to

3556
02:58:52,309 --> 02:58:49,359
the part that said well somebody's going

3557
02:58:54,710 --> 02:58:52,319
to maybe it's going to be you

3558
02:58:56,870 --> 02:58:54,720
we have liftoff of anne mclean blasting

3559
02:58:59,990 --> 02:58:56,880
through the kazakh sky to the

3560
02:59:01,429 --> 02:59:00,000
international space station

3561
02:59:03,030 --> 02:59:01,439
know i've always been so focused on my

3562
02:59:07,110 --> 02:59:03,040
goals and i've always just sprinted

3563
02:59:09,269 --> 02:59:07,120
toward those goals and when i look back

3564
02:59:10,790 --> 02:59:09,279
at all the achievements the achievements

3565
02:59:12,830 --> 02:59:10,800
aren't actually what i remember it's the

3566
02:59:14,950 --> 02:59:12,840
people that i did them

3567
02:59:16,710 --> 02:59:14,960
with the person that wins the rugby

3568
02:59:19,030 --> 02:59:16,720
match is the one that despite all of

3569
02:59:21,110 --> 02:59:19,040
those hits despite all of the contact

3570
02:59:23,110 --> 02:59:21,120
actually thinks 10 steps ahead thinks

3571
02:59:24,389 --> 02:59:23,120
five steps ahead as a team and it's a

3572
02:59:27,110 --> 02:59:24,399
strategy game

3573
02:59:28,790 --> 02:59:27,120
now working here as an astronaut one of

3574
02:59:29,830 --> 02:59:28,800
the toughest things that we do are space

3575
02:59:31,750 --> 02:59:29,840
walks

3576
02:59:33,510 --> 02:59:31,760
you have got to stay so mentally tuned

3577
02:59:35,750 --> 02:59:33,520
in you have to know that you can push

3578
02:59:37,990 --> 02:59:35,760
your body further than you think you can

3579
02:59:39,670 --> 02:59:38,000
and i'm holding on to a handrail on the

3580
02:59:41,750 --> 02:59:39,680
international space station and i'm

3581
02:59:44,150 --> 02:59:41,760
looking out at the vastest space

3582
02:59:45,990 --> 02:59:44,160
and i looked back and i felt like this

3583
02:59:47,349 --> 02:59:46,000
was my planet i was attached to it

3584
02:59:50,150 --> 02:59:47,359
through gravity

3585
02:59:52,230 --> 02:59:50,160
and i felt a closeness to the earth and

3586
02:59:56,230 --> 02:59:52,240
i also realized how much more we have to

3587
02:59:58,230 --> 02:59:56,240
explore we haven't even started yet

3588
03:00:03,980 --> 02:59:58,240
our destiny is always to go and see

3589
03:00:21,110 --> 03:00:11,930
[Music]

3590
03:00:24,870 --> 03:00:22,710
i first started saying i wanted to be an

3591
03:00:26,389 --> 03:00:24,880
astronaut when i was five years old we

3592
03:00:27,910 --> 03:00:26,399
were asked to draw a picture of what we

3593
03:00:30,230 --> 03:00:27,920
wanted to be when we grew up and i

3594
03:00:31,990 --> 03:00:30,240
distinctly remember drawing an astronaut

3595
03:00:35,429 --> 03:00:32,000
in a spacesuit standing on the surface

3596
03:00:37,670 --> 03:00:35,439
of the moon next to the american flag

3597
03:00:39,670 --> 03:00:37,680
people always associated space with me

3598
03:00:42,230 --> 03:00:39,680
they called me space girl they knew that

3599
03:00:44,070 --> 03:00:42,240
it was this ultimate passion that i had

3600
03:00:46,550 --> 03:00:44,080
and this goal

3601
03:00:48,230 --> 03:00:46,560
and this historic moment first time that

3602
03:00:49,349 --> 03:00:48,240
two women have done a space walk

3603
03:00:51,510 --> 03:00:49,359
together

3604
03:00:53,990 --> 03:00:51,520
i wrote this in my high school yearbook

3605
03:00:55,750 --> 03:00:54,000
and under future plans i said to go for

3606
03:00:57,750 --> 03:00:55,760
a spacewalk never forget that moment

3607
03:01:00,070 --> 03:00:57,760
coming out the hatch and looking down

3608
03:01:02,230 --> 03:01:00,080
and seeing just my boots and the earth

3609
03:01:03,590 --> 03:01:02,240
below and it was such a spectacular and

3610
03:01:04,790 --> 03:01:03,600
beautiful sight

3611
03:01:06,230 --> 03:01:04,800
i probably didn't have the most

3612
03:01:08,150 --> 03:01:06,240
traditional path of becoming an

3613
03:01:09,910 --> 03:01:08,160
astronaut it was biology and

3614
03:01:11,510 --> 03:01:09,920
understanding more about animals that

3615
03:01:12,950 --> 03:01:11,520
really drove me and so that's what i

3616
03:01:14,469 --> 03:01:12,960
pursued

3617
03:01:16,150 --> 03:01:14,479
i'm always telling people everybody

3618
03:01:18,070 --> 03:01:16,160
should be scuba divers there's this

3619
03:01:20,550 --> 03:01:18,080
whole world underwater that most people

3620
03:01:22,389 --> 03:01:20,560
don't get to experience and for me being

3621
03:01:24,630 --> 03:01:22,399
in space shares a lot of the

3622
03:01:26,790 --> 03:01:24,640
similarities of that underwater world

3623
03:01:29,110 --> 03:01:26,800
you're traveling around and moving in a

3624
03:01:31,510 --> 03:01:29,120
different realm you have to trust in

3625
03:01:32,950 --> 03:01:31,520
your hardware trust in your equipment

3626
03:01:35,190 --> 03:01:32,960
and trust in all the people that have

3627
03:01:37,510 --> 03:01:35,200
helped you get where you are

3628
03:01:39,830 --> 03:01:37,520
in my experience as a scientist diving

3629
03:01:42,550 --> 03:01:39,840
underwater or working as an astronaut in

3630
03:01:44,950 --> 03:01:42,560
space you're challenged both mentally

3631
03:01:46,870 --> 03:01:44,960
and physically at the same time and i

3632
03:01:49,910 --> 03:01:46,880
think those are the times when i've

3633
03:01:51,910 --> 03:01:49,920
really felt the most content in my life

3634
03:01:53,830 --> 03:01:51,920
the thing is it just keeps getting

3635
03:01:55,590 --> 03:01:53,840
better and better from the moment i

3636
03:01:58,309 --> 03:01:55,600
arrived on the space station i've had a

3637
03:01:59,830 --> 03:01:58,319
huge smile on my face

3638
03:02:01,429 --> 03:01:59,840
following your heart and following the

3639
03:02:03,190 --> 03:02:01,439
things that you're passionate about you

3640
03:02:04,710 --> 03:02:03,200
can still achieve your dreams and your

3641
03:02:07,670 --> 03:02:04,720
goals and that's exactly what happened

3642
03:02:10,790 --> 03:02:09,110
i think i've always looked up at the

3643
03:02:12,630 --> 03:02:10,800
moon and thought about what it would be

3644
03:02:14,710 --> 03:02:12,640
like to be there

3645
03:02:16,550 --> 03:02:14,720
we're going to the moon to explore and

3646
03:02:18,950 --> 03:02:16,560
we're going to the moon for scientific

3647
03:02:21,030 --> 03:02:18,960
discovery i don't look at this as my own

3648
03:02:23,670 --> 03:02:21,040
accomplishment or something just for me

3649
03:02:26,200 --> 03:02:23,680
this is our mission this is everybody's

3650
03:02:27,830 --> 03:02:26,210
mission our entire planet's really

3651
03:02:31,190 --> 03:02:27,840
[Music]

3652
03:02:38,700 --> 03:02:31,200
i'm nasa astronaut jessica muir

3653
03:02:38,710 --> 03:02:48,389
[Music]

3654
03:02:52,870 --> 03:02:50,550
i still wake up every morning and it

3655
03:02:55,110 --> 03:02:52,880
feels like a pinch me moment

3656
03:02:58,950 --> 03:02:55,120
to think that i'm actually an astronaut

3657
03:03:05,349 --> 03:03:01,860
i am jasmine mcbelly

3658
03:03:07,750 --> 03:03:05,359
[Music]

3659
03:03:09,910 --> 03:03:07,760
i think as a kid i believed i could do

3660
03:03:12,309 --> 03:03:09,920
anything so to me i was going to be in

3661
03:03:13,910 --> 03:03:12,319
the nba i was going to be an astronaut

3662
03:03:19,510 --> 03:03:13,920
and i was going to be an olympic skier

3663
03:03:24,309 --> 03:03:22,070
i've been very lucky to be surrounded by

3664
03:03:27,269 --> 03:03:24,319
people that have always supported me my

3665
03:03:29,030 --> 03:03:27,279
husband my parents they 100 percent have

3666
03:03:32,070 --> 03:03:29,040
supported me

3667
03:03:33,590 --> 03:03:32,080
jasmine kelly as i started to overcome

3668
03:03:35,670 --> 03:03:33,600
more challenges through my life i

3669
03:03:36,550 --> 03:03:35,680
realized yeah i could possibly really do

3670
03:03:39,590 --> 03:03:36,560
this

3671
03:03:41,990 --> 03:03:39,600
i think it's 100 natural to have doubt

3672
03:03:44,710 --> 03:03:42,000
what's important is how you respond to

3673
03:03:46,950 --> 03:03:44,720
that doubt and just let that be your

3674
03:03:50,309 --> 03:03:46,960
driver to work harder and figure out a

3675
03:03:52,950 --> 03:03:51,670
i think there are a lot of reasons for

3676
03:03:54,389 --> 03:03:52,960
going to the moon

3677
03:03:56,630 --> 03:03:54,399
our curiosity

3678
03:03:58,790 --> 03:03:56,640
who in the world doesn't stare up at the

3679
03:04:01,269 --> 03:03:58,800
moon and just wonder

3680
03:04:03,670 --> 03:04:01,279
while we've been there before we've only

3681
03:04:05,830 --> 03:04:03,680
explored a limited region of it and so

3682
03:04:08,230 --> 03:04:05,840
getting to learn more about the moon i

3683
03:04:10,790 --> 03:04:08,240
think not only can teach us more about

3684
03:04:13,349 --> 03:04:10,800
earth and our own planet but also can

3685
03:04:13,860 --> 03:04:13,359
set us up for going further and going to

3686
03:04:18,870 --> 03:04:13,870
mars

3687
03:04:21,110 --> 03:04:18,880
[Music]

3688
03:04:24,150 --> 03:04:21,120
and when you talk about the way we want

3689
03:04:26,870 --> 03:04:24,160
to go to the moon for artemis one going

3690
03:04:28,230 --> 03:04:26,880
to the lunar south pole just landing on

3691
03:04:30,230 --> 03:04:28,240
that south pole with the lighting

3692
03:04:32,469 --> 03:04:30,240
conditions there are permanent shadowed

3693
03:04:34,950 --> 03:04:32,479
regions so you know we can't use solar

3694
03:04:36,469 --> 03:04:34,960
energy necessarily what resources are on

3695
03:04:39,670 --> 03:04:36,479
the moon that we can use how much of

3696
03:04:43,190 --> 03:04:39,680
them are there how can we use a base

3697
03:04:44,710 --> 03:04:43,200
from the moon to go further

3698
03:04:47,110 --> 03:04:44,720
anything that might jeopardize the

3699
03:04:48,790 --> 03:04:47,120
mission whether i'm on it or not

3700
03:04:51,910 --> 03:04:48,800
those are the things that kind of keep

3701
03:04:56,150 --> 03:04:51,920
me up when i lay down at night and those

3702
03:04:59,990 --> 03:04:58,790
that's a deep question who am i

3703
03:05:02,150 --> 03:05:00,000
well i'm

3704
03:05:04,630 --> 03:05:02,160
a wife now i'm a

3705
03:05:05,830 --> 03:05:04,640
daughter my parents favorite child

3706
03:05:07,670 --> 03:05:05,840
probably

3707
03:05:15,930 --> 03:05:07,680
i'm a marine

3708
03:05:15,940 --> 03:05:25,990
[Music]

3709
03:05:29,269 --> 03:05:27,269
people ask you when you're a kid hey

3710
03:05:31,269 --> 03:05:29,279
what do you want to be when you grow up

3711
03:05:33,750 --> 03:05:31,279
i said i want to be an astronaut a

3712
03:05:35,429 --> 03:05:33,760
biologist and a geologist

3713
03:05:39,110 --> 03:05:35,439
so you know when you're five this seems

3714
03:05:43,030 --> 03:05:41,269
studying microbiology on station is very

3715
03:05:44,309 --> 03:05:43,040
similar to the earth except for your

3716
03:05:46,230 --> 03:05:44,319
floating

3717
03:05:48,150 --> 03:05:46,240
you may be doing the same experiment but

3718
03:05:49,590 --> 03:05:48,160
you're conducting it on the ceiling

3719
03:05:51,670 --> 03:05:49,600
because that's a convenient place to

3720
03:05:53,349 --> 03:05:51,680
work

3721
03:05:55,750 --> 03:05:53,359
we're studying things like sequencing

3722
03:05:57,990 --> 03:05:55,760
dna what happens to the human body in

3723
03:06:00,309 --> 03:05:58,000
space and even viruses are an issue in

3724
03:06:03,510 --> 03:06:00,319
space

3725
03:06:06,389 --> 03:06:03,520
i get really excited about things and

3726
03:06:08,389 --> 03:06:06,399
something about viruses about biology

3727
03:06:10,270 --> 03:06:08,399
i'm totally fascinated by it and i want

3728
03:06:13,030 --> 03:06:10,280
to get up and go work on this every day

3729
03:06:14,630 --> 03:06:13,040
[Music]

3730
03:06:16,309 --> 03:06:14,640
rubens became the first person to

3731
03:06:18,630 --> 03:06:16,319
sequence dna in space the addition of

3732
03:06:20,710 --> 03:06:18,640
nasa astronaut kate rubins these three

3733
03:06:22,469 --> 03:06:20,720
are about to be in the first planned

3734
03:06:24,710 --> 03:06:22,479
two-orbit flight to the international

3735
03:06:27,750 --> 03:06:24,720
space station with humans on board

3736
03:06:30,950 --> 03:06:27,760
space is both a place that is like this

3737
03:06:33,510 --> 03:06:30,960
far off almost fantastical thing that

3738
03:06:35,510 --> 03:06:33,520
you think about people dream about

3739
03:06:36,950 --> 03:06:35,520
but then on the other hand to me it's

3740
03:06:38,550 --> 03:06:36,960
it's a home

3741
03:06:41,190 --> 03:06:38,560
i've been there i've lived there for six

3742
03:06:43,030 --> 03:06:41,200
months i have friends there i'm looking

3743
03:06:45,190 --> 03:06:43,040
forward to going back there like you

3744
03:06:45,880 --> 03:06:45,200
would look forward to visiting an old

3745
03:06:47,190 --> 03:06:45,890
apartment

3746
03:06:49,510 --> 03:06:47,200
[Music]

3747
03:06:51,030 --> 03:06:49,520
the moon is an incredible destination we

3748
03:06:53,830 --> 03:06:51,040
have been there but we were there for

3749
03:06:56,710 --> 03:06:53,840
such a brief period of time

3750
03:06:58,710 --> 03:06:56,720
apollo it united the world

3751
03:07:00,870 --> 03:06:58,720
and so to think you know when we're

3752
03:07:03,269 --> 03:07:00,880
having dark times to think of the fact

3753
03:07:04,870 --> 03:07:03,279
that we might have people on the planet

3754
03:07:06,550 --> 03:07:04,880
able to look up

3755
03:07:07,750 --> 03:07:06,560
and know that there's humans on the moon

3756
03:07:08,830 --> 03:07:07,760
and that we've done this as a joint

3757
03:07:10,550 --> 03:07:08,840
international

3758
03:07:12,309 --> 03:07:10,560
collaboration

3759
03:07:14,710 --> 03:07:12,319
i can't even describe what kinds of the

3760
03:07:16,710 --> 03:07:14,720
benefits that might be

3761
03:07:17,510 --> 03:07:16,720
both partnerships in the world and just

3762
03:07:19,429 --> 03:07:17,520
for

3763
03:07:20,710 --> 03:07:19,439
joy and inspiration in people's everyday

3764
03:07:22,550 --> 03:07:20,720
lives

3765
03:07:24,950 --> 03:07:22,560
less than 10 minutes away from today's

3766
03:07:26,389 --> 03:07:24,960
launch this is kate rubin celebrating

3767
03:07:28,389 --> 03:07:26,399
her birthday with a launch to the

3768
03:07:30,469 --> 03:07:28,399
international space station

3769
03:07:32,550 --> 03:07:30,479
i think if i was going to talk to my

3770
03:07:34,870 --> 03:07:32,560
younger self i would say don't be so

3771
03:07:37,110 --> 03:07:34,880
stressed out about what you're doing at

3772
03:07:38,550 --> 03:07:37,120
the moment because it's such an honor to

3773
03:07:40,790 --> 03:07:38,560
be a scientist

3774
03:07:55,070 --> 03:07:40,800
and to be an astronaut

3775
03:07:55,080 --> 03:08:04,550
[Music]

3776
03:08:08,710 --> 03:08:06,309
you know i'm a product of a lot of

3777
03:08:11,670 --> 03:08:08,720
sacrifices and great teams

3778
03:08:13,190 --> 03:08:11,680
i'm a son of a teenage single mom

3779
03:08:14,230 --> 03:08:13,200
it was never an option to feel sorry for

3780
03:08:17,269 --> 03:08:14,240
ourselves

3781
03:08:19,910 --> 03:08:17,279
or to use that as a crutch it was just

3782
03:08:22,469 --> 03:08:19,920
hey you can do better you can get ahead

3783
03:08:24,230 --> 03:08:22,479
by working hard studying hard

3784
03:08:25,750 --> 03:08:24,240
and so that kind of set a really good

3785
03:08:27,990 --> 03:08:25,760
foundation of

3786
03:08:29,590 --> 03:08:28,000
hard work equals results

3787
03:08:31,990 --> 03:08:29,600
good morning frank rubio from miami

3788
03:08:34,230 --> 03:08:32,000
florida graduated from west point 98

3789
03:08:36,150 --> 03:08:34,240
gold army blackhawk pilot and then a

3790
03:08:37,910 --> 03:08:36,160
family medicine physician

3791
03:08:39,670 --> 03:08:37,920
the army has essentially shaped me i

3792
03:08:41,590 --> 03:08:39,680
mean it's given me all these amazing

3793
03:08:43,190 --> 03:08:41,600
opportunities the reality is i've just

3794
03:08:43,910 --> 03:08:43,200
always been surrounded by people that

3795
03:08:45,990 --> 03:08:43,920
are

3796
03:08:48,550 --> 03:08:46,000
next level being around those type of

3797
03:08:51,110 --> 03:08:48,560
people my entire career i think has

3798
03:08:52,309 --> 03:08:51,120
pushed me to do better and also kept me

3799
03:08:54,230 --> 03:08:52,319
humbled

3800
03:08:57,030 --> 03:08:54,240
when vice president pence was announcing

3801
03:08:58,870 --> 03:08:57,040
our class he made an analogy to turtle

3802
03:09:01,590 --> 03:08:58,880
on a fence post basically meaning that

3803
03:09:02,790 --> 03:09:01,600
hey you didn't get there on your own

3804
03:09:04,389 --> 03:09:02,800
he was talking of course about our

3805
03:09:06,870 --> 03:09:04,399
families our loved ones

3806
03:09:09,110 --> 03:09:06,880
our co-workers our teams essentially

3807
03:09:10,790 --> 03:09:09,120
that allowed us to succeed and get to

3808
03:09:13,670 --> 03:09:10,800
that point in our lives

3809
03:09:15,269 --> 03:09:13,680
frank is truly a a wonderful person he

3810
03:09:16,710 --> 03:09:15,279
is a great american and even better

3811
03:09:18,389 --> 03:09:16,720
human being and he's going to make an

3812
03:09:20,229 --> 03:09:18,399
awesome astronaut

3813
03:09:21,510 --> 03:09:20,239
and i really look forward and hope i get

3814
03:09:22,389 --> 03:09:21,520
the chance to go to space with him one

3815
03:09:24,550 --> 03:09:22,399
day

3816
03:09:28,389 --> 03:09:24,560
what the moon will allow us to do is to

3817
03:09:30,229 --> 03:09:28,399
explore further than we ever have before

3818
03:09:31,590 --> 03:09:30,239
anytime we've explored in history of

3819
03:09:32,790 --> 03:09:31,600
mankind

3820
03:09:35,190 --> 03:09:32,800
there's great benefits from a

3821
03:09:36,550 --> 03:09:35,200
technological point of view

3822
03:09:38,389 --> 03:09:36,560
but i think deeper than that there's a

3823
03:09:40,630 --> 03:09:38,399
sense of pride and beauty that comes

3824
03:09:41,590 --> 03:09:40,640
with accomplishing incredibly hard

3825
03:09:43,349 --> 03:09:41,600
things

3826
03:09:45,349 --> 03:09:43,359
and right now probably more than ever as

3827
03:09:48,070 --> 03:09:45,359
a nation and as a world

3828
03:09:49,349 --> 03:09:48,080
we need that watching how america comes

3829
03:09:50,790 --> 03:09:49,359
together

3830
03:09:52,229 --> 03:09:50,800
in those moments

3831
03:09:54,550 --> 03:09:52,239
bigger than

3832
03:09:57,780 --> 03:09:54,560
life moments is something that's really

3833
03:10:07,790 --> 03:09:57,790
incredible to behold

3834
03:10:07,800 --> 03:10:17,110
[Music]

3835
03:10:20,790 --> 03:10:18,870
right now an american astronaut a

3836
03:10:23,429 --> 03:10:20,800
japanese astronaut and a russian

3837
03:10:26,070 --> 03:10:23,439
cosmonaut are strapped inside of a soyuz

3838
03:10:27,590 --> 03:10:26,080
spacecraft there's always the why did

3839
03:10:28,550 --> 03:10:27,600
you climb the mountain because it's

3840
03:10:30,229 --> 03:10:28,560
there

3841
03:10:32,070 --> 03:10:30,239
we all travel down the street we look

3842
03:10:34,469 --> 03:10:32,080
out the window we're in the backyard the

3843
03:10:36,950 --> 03:10:34,479
moon's out there you can't miss it it's

3844
03:10:38,950 --> 03:10:36,960
beautiful it's there every day

3845
03:10:41,670 --> 03:10:38,960
why would we not want to go there we

3846
03:10:44,950 --> 03:10:41,680
need to go there one minute 10 seconds

3847
03:10:46,309 --> 03:10:44,960
away from liftoff was in junior high

3848
03:10:48,070 --> 03:10:46,319
the teacher asked what do you want to be

3849
03:10:49,830 --> 03:10:48,080
when you grow up and everyone was saying

3850
03:10:51,830 --> 03:10:49,840
i want to be a plumber i want to be an

3851
03:10:52,790 --> 03:10:51,840
architect i want to be an accountant and

3852
03:10:54,389 --> 03:10:52,800
i said

3853
03:10:57,269 --> 03:10:54,399
i want to be an astronaut

3854
03:10:58,790 --> 03:10:57,279
and literally everyone in the class left

3855
03:11:00,710 --> 03:10:58,800
but then the teacher looked at me and

3856
03:11:02,550 --> 03:11:00,720
said right on

3857
03:11:05,910 --> 03:11:02,560
and liftoff

3858
03:11:07,990 --> 03:11:05,920
scott tingle anton shkaplerov and or she

3859
03:11:10,469 --> 03:11:08,000
on their way to the international space

3860
03:11:11,990 --> 03:11:10,479
station look this is uh evolution we

3861
03:11:13,750 --> 03:11:12,000
didn't always have the technology and

3862
03:11:15,349 --> 03:11:13,760
the capability that we have today we

3863
03:11:17,349 --> 03:11:15,359
didn't always have automobiles we

3864
03:11:19,750 --> 03:11:17,359
weren't always able to just jump in a

3865
03:11:21,990 --> 03:11:19,760
vehicle and travel for 16 hours and get

3866
03:11:24,469 --> 03:11:22,000
to the other side of the country so this

3867
03:11:27,590 --> 03:11:24,479
is the next step in evolution to be able

3868
03:11:29,269 --> 03:11:27,600
to take systems and hone our processes

3869
03:11:31,190 --> 03:11:29,279
and get our operations down so that we

3870
03:11:32,870 --> 03:11:31,200
can set up camp on a place that's

3871
03:11:35,830 --> 03:11:32,880
different from earth so that we can

3872
03:11:37,269 --> 03:11:35,840
conduct science that will better

3873
03:11:39,429 --> 03:11:37,279
this was just a dream when i when i

3874
03:11:40,950 --> 03:11:39,439
first met my wife you know was it going

3875
03:11:43,830 --> 03:11:40,960
to happen was it not going to happen who

3876
03:11:45,830 --> 03:11:43,840
knows but we're here and we're doing it

3877
03:11:49,110 --> 03:11:45,840
and every step we take

3878
03:11:51,030 --> 03:11:49,120
is both a challenge and a reward and to

3879
03:11:53,269 --> 03:11:51,040
be able to live that life and and look

3880
03:11:56,229 --> 03:11:53,279
back at the track that we use to get

3881
03:11:57,910 --> 03:11:56,239
here is uh it's just amazing

3882
03:11:59,830 --> 03:11:57,920
life is pretty busy when you have lofty

3883
03:12:01,269 --> 03:11:59,840
goals and you're constantly focused

3884
03:12:03,590 --> 03:12:01,279
you're constantly working to get

3885
03:12:05,830 --> 03:12:03,600
positive results but that moment for me

3886
03:12:07,910 --> 03:12:05,840
was coming out of the soyuz on my first

3887
03:12:09,670 --> 03:12:07,920
space flight and standing on the ground

3888
03:12:10,950 --> 03:12:09,680
for the first time in six months and

3889
03:12:32,080 --> 03:12:10,960
realizing

3890
03:12:48,229 --> 03:12:44,229
[Music]

3891
03:12:49,910 --> 03:12:48,239
a dream feels like a big far away goal

3892
03:12:51,910 --> 03:12:49,920
that's going to be difficult to achieve

3893
03:12:53,830 --> 03:12:51,920
and something that you might achieve

3894
03:12:56,710 --> 03:12:53,840
much later in life

3895
03:12:59,030 --> 03:12:56,720
but in reality what a dream is or a

3896
03:13:00,950 --> 03:12:59,040
dream realized is is just putting one

3897
03:13:01,990 --> 03:13:00,960
foot in front of the other on a daily

3898
03:13:03,429 --> 03:13:02,000
basis

3899
03:13:05,269 --> 03:13:03,439
and if you put enough of those

3900
03:13:08,790 --> 03:13:05,279
footprints together eventually they

3901
03:13:11,670 --> 03:13:08,800
become a path towards your dreams

3902
03:13:14,229 --> 03:13:11,680
my name is jessica watkins and my fellow

3903
03:13:16,870 --> 03:13:14,239
astronauts would describe me as a rock

3904
03:13:18,150 --> 03:13:16,880
nerd endearingly as what i tell myself

3905
03:13:19,510 --> 03:13:18,160
at least

3906
03:13:21,990 --> 03:13:19,520
one of the things that i enjoy the most

3907
03:13:24,070 --> 03:13:22,000
about geology intellectually is you can

3908
03:13:25,830 --> 03:13:24,080
function as a detective you're looking

3909
03:13:27,750 --> 03:13:25,840
at different puzzle pieces you know all

3910
03:13:29,110 --> 03:13:27,760
kind of in different places and you're

3911
03:13:31,190 --> 03:13:29,120
trying to bring those puzzle pieces

3912
03:13:32,630 --> 03:13:31,200
together to get a full story a full

3913
03:13:34,870 --> 03:13:32,640
history of what has happened in a

3914
03:13:36,469 --> 03:13:34,880
particular place

3915
03:13:38,710 --> 03:13:36,479
for me as somebody who was really

3916
03:13:41,349 --> 03:13:38,720
interested in the planets geology

3917
03:13:43,590 --> 03:13:41,359
provided a means for me to study the

3918
03:13:46,150 --> 03:13:43,600
surface of another planet particularly

3919
03:13:48,630 --> 03:13:46,160
look at mars which was my passion was

3920
03:13:51,110 --> 03:13:48,640
just super exciting to me

3921
03:13:55,269 --> 03:13:51,120
in college i was lucky enough to get the

3922
03:13:58,870 --> 03:13:57,110
it was one of the best opportunities in

3923
03:14:01,429 --> 03:13:58,880
my life getting to play with the rugby

3924
03:14:04,550 --> 03:14:01,439
team at stanford and play in national

3925
03:14:06,070 --> 03:14:04,560
championships and even win one

3926
03:14:08,469 --> 03:14:06,080
i think one of the biggest lessons that

3927
03:14:10,309 --> 03:14:08,479
i take away from my rugby career is the

3928
03:14:13,429 --> 03:14:10,319
importance of teamwork rugby in

3929
03:14:15,990 --> 03:14:13,439
particular has positions that are all

3930
03:14:17,990 --> 03:14:16,000
suited to different types of body types

3931
03:14:20,389 --> 03:14:18,000
different strengths that people bring to

3932
03:14:22,309 --> 03:14:20,399
the table and i think that is not unlike

3933
03:14:23,830 --> 03:14:22,319
our team here at nasa where everybody

3934
03:14:25,670 --> 03:14:23,840
comes and brings their different

3935
03:14:29,830 --> 03:14:25,680
strengths their different expertise to

3936
03:14:32,550 --> 03:14:29,840
form a powerful and winning team

3937
03:14:34,469 --> 03:14:32,560
dynamic pressure on the vehicle

3938
03:14:36,790 --> 03:14:34,479
this endeavor to go to the moon is going

3939
03:14:38,469 --> 03:14:36,800
to be hard is not something that we can

3940
03:14:40,550 --> 03:14:38,479
do individually it's not something that

3941
03:14:42,710 --> 03:14:40,560
we can do on our own and i think

3942
03:14:44,870 --> 03:14:42,720
especially in these times it's really

3943
03:14:46,630 --> 03:14:44,880
important for us to recognize how much

3944
03:14:49,110 --> 03:14:46,640
we need each other and the importance of

3945
03:14:50,389 --> 03:14:49,120
coming together for one goal and i think

3946
03:14:53,030 --> 03:14:50,399
that going back to the moon really

3947
03:14:55,510 --> 03:14:53,040
embodies that this is mission control

3948
03:15:03,860 --> 03:14:55,520
houston we are now processing a

3949
03:15:03,870 --> 03:15:11,990
[Music]

3950
03:15:15,830 --> 03:15:13,510
mission specialist number three

3951
03:15:17,830 --> 03:15:15,840
stephanie wilson making her first flight

3952
03:15:20,150 --> 03:15:17,840
into space she'll sit in that seat right

3953
03:15:23,429 --> 03:15:20,160
between and behind the pilot commander

3954
03:15:29,910 --> 03:15:25,910
ms-3 this is ntd i've got someone clear

3955
03:15:34,389 --> 03:15:32,630
every space flight is special the first

3956
03:15:37,110 --> 03:15:34,399
space flight is very memorable for

3957
03:15:40,150 --> 03:15:37,120
everyone on the day of launch everyone's

3958
03:15:42,229 --> 03:15:40,160
very excited and it's very surreal when

3959
03:15:44,309 --> 03:15:42,239
the solid rocket boosters and the main

3960
03:15:46,309 --> 03:15:44,319
engines at night it's very apparent that

3961
03:15:48,630 --> 03:15:46,319
we're going somewhere and it's the best

3962
03:15:51,110 --> 03:15:48,640
eight and a half minute ride ever

3963
03:15:53,910 --> 03:15:51,120
the view from space is spectacular it

3964
03:15:56,309 --> 03:15:53,920
can be very peaceful very serene the

3965
03:15:58,710 --> 03:15:56,319
colors are so vivid the vibrant orange

3966
03:16:00,630 --> 03:15:58,720
of the sahara desert the blue green

3967
03:16:02,870 --> 03:16:00,640
color of the oceans

3968
03:16:06,229 --> 03:16:02,880
it's a wonderful sight to behold

3969
03:16:08,229 --> 03:16:06,239
and what is readily transparent is that

3970
03:16:10,950 --> 03:16:08,239
while there may or may not be strife on

3971
03:16:13,670 --> 03:16:10,960
earth it appears to us to be one unified

3972
03:16:16,550 --> 03:16:13,680
planet and having that perspective of

3973
03:16:18,630 --> 03:16:16,560
one earth and one humanity is one that

3974
03:16:20,710 --> 03:16:18,640
we definitely appreciate having from

3975
03:16:23,830 --> 03:16:20,720
space

3976
03:16:26,070 --> 03:16:23,840
i had a great curiosity for

3977
03:16:28,790 --> 03:16:26,080
what's unknown and i like to solve

3978
03:16:31,190 --> 03:16:28,800
problems so trying to understand and

3979
03:16:33,910 --> 03:16:31,200
have a better sense of the universe and

3980
03:16:35,670 --> 03:16:33,920
what that means to humanity who we are

3981
03:16:38,229 --> 03:16:35,680
what our history is

3982
03:16:41,030 --> 03:16:38,239
and how we leverage that knowledge to

3983
03:16:43,429 --> 03:16:41,040
bring benefits to humanity was something

3984
03:16:45,590 --> 03:16:43,439
that struck me and i hope to work with

3985
03:16:47,590 --> 03:16:45,600
in the future i have certainly benefited

3986
03:16:49,510 --> 03:16:47,600
by having some great mentors in the

3987
03:16:51,590 --> 03:16:49,520
office across nasa

3988
03:16:54,150 --> 03:16:51,600
one thing that veterans of space flights

3989
03:16:55,990 --> 03:16:54,160
do as they share their expertise and

3990
03:16:58,870 --> 03:16:56,000
their experience during the mission

3991
03:17:00,550 --> 03:16:58,880
christina and the uia check oxygen em 1

3992
03:17:03,269 --> 03:17:00,560
and 2.

3993
03:17:05,429 --> 03:17:03,279
1 and 2 are open and i do my best to

3994
03:17:07,269 --> 03:17:05,439
pass along the experience and the

3995
03:17:09,030 --> 03:17:07,279
knowledge that i have gained to others

3996
03:17:11,030 --> 03:17:09,040
in the office and with the next

3997
03:17:15,630 --> 03:17:11,040
generation so that we can have a better

3998
03:17:15,640 --> 03:23:19,190
[Music]

3999
03:23:24,309 --> 03:23:21,590
at nasa we have always answered the

4000
03:23:27,590 --> 03:23:24,319
innate call to go

4001
03:23:29,510 --> 03:23:27,600
with artemis we are going to stay

4002
03:23:32,870 --> 03:23:29,520
proving that humanity can live on the

4003
03:23:37,030 --> 03:23:32,880
moon mars and other worlds and share the

4004
03:23:42,870 --> 03:23:39,590
our story is one of people

4005
03:23:45,030 --> 03:23:42,880
all those who make this journey possible

4006
03:23:47,429 --> 03:23:45,040
from advocates across communities to

4007
03:23:49,830 --> 03:23:47,439
companies across industries to countries

4008
03:23:52,150 --> 03:23:49,840
around the world we achieve this

4009
03:23:54,710 --> 03:23:52,160
collective endeavor

4010
03:23:56,630 --> 03:23:54,720
our efforts create impact for all

4011
03:23:58,870 --> 03:23:56,640
technologies that revolutionize

4012
03:24:00,630 --> 03:23:58,880
industries and jobs that bring

4013
03:24:02,790 --> 03:24:00,640
prosperity to people

4014
03:24:04,550 --> 03:24:02,800
the discoveries from space benefit the

4015
03:24:06,229 --> 03:24:04,560
way we live on earth today

4016
03:24:10,229 --> 03:24:06,239
and those from the moon will create a

4017
03:24:13,910 --> 03:24:10,239
better future for generations to come

4018
03:24:19,030 --> 03:24:15,910
hi i'm chad lindgren my name is raj

4019
03:24:22,070 --> 03:24:19,040
achary kayla baron kate rubens hi i'm

4020
03:24:24,870 --> 03:24:22,080
christina cook nasa astronaut joe acaba

4021
03:24:27,110 --> 03:24:24,880
jessica amir woody hoberg and mclean

4022
03:24:29,110 --> 03:24:27,120
stephanie wilson my name is johnny kim

4023
03:24:31,830 --> 03:24:29,120
nicole mann victor glover jessica

4024
03:24:35,750 --> 03:24:31,840
watkins hi i'm matthew dominic jasmine

4025
03:24:38,070 --> 03:24:35,760
mcbelly frank rubio scott tingle

4026
03:24:40,950 --> 03:24:38,080
this is what we do

4027
03:24:41,790 --> 03:24:40,960
this is what we will do

4028
03:24:53,670 --> 03:24:41,800
let's

4029
03:25:04,950 --> 03:24:55,750
we go to the moon to learn how to live

4030
03:25:10,870 --> 03:25:08,550
and welcome to the apollo 5 center here

4031
03:25:13,670 --> 03:25:10,880
at nasa's kennedy space center in

4032
03:25:16,389 --> 03:25:13,680
florida thank you so much for joining us

4033
03:25:18,950 --> 03:25:16,399
as you just saw in that video the 18

4034
03:25:22,790 --> 03:25:18,960
astronauts from nasa that were named to

4035
03:25:25,269 --> 03:25:22,800
the artemis team is set and we have five

4036
03:25:27,750 --> 03:25:25,279
of them here with us today we're serving

4037
03:25:29,990 --> 03:25:27,760
as ambassadors for that team we

4038
03:25:32,309 --> 03:25:30,000
appreciate you all being here with us

4039
03:25:35,030 --> 03:25:32,319
for a conversation about what artemis

4040
03:25:37,349 --> 03:25:35,040
means to get some reaction on you being

4041
03:25:40,950 --> 03:25:37,359
named to that team as well as take some

4042
03:25:42,790 --> 03:25:40,960
questions from our media here of course

4043
03:25:45,269 --> 03:25:42,800
vice president mike pence just announced

4044
03:25:47,429 --> 03:25:45,279
the 18 astronauts on the artemis team

4045
03:25:50,469 --> 03:25:47,439
the mission is to land the first woman

4046
03:25:52,630 --> 03:25:50,479
and the next man on the moon and then to

4047
03:25:55,110 --> 03:25:52,640
learn to live and work

4048
03:25:58,950 --> 03:25:55,120
on another world for the benefit of our

4049
03:26:00,630 --> 03:25:58,960
world as well as going on to mars

4050
03:26:03,030 --> 03:26:00,640
i want to introduce the astronauts we

4051
03:26:04,630 --> 03:26:03,040
have the pleasure of talking to today

4052
03:26:05,349 --> 03:26:04,640
and begin

4053
03:26:06,790 --> 03:26:05,359
with

4054
03:26:08,950 --> 03:26:06,800
jessica meer

4055
03:26:13,750 --> 03:26:08,960
nasa astronaut

4056
03:26:13,760 --> 03:26:19,110
we have jessica watkins

4057
03:26:19,120 --> 03:26:23,349
matthew dominic

4058
03:26:23,359 --> 03:26:27,030
and ann mclean

4059
03:26:31,670 --> 03:26:28,150
very good we're going to start with you

4060
03:26:33,269 --> 03:26:31,680
jessica in a pretty big day today

4061
03:26:36,070 --> 03:26:33,279
let's talk a little bit about your

4062
03:26:37,910 --> 03:26:36,080
background you are a doctorate and you

4063
03:26:39,990 --> 03:26:37,920
have a doctorate in marine biology

4064
03:26:41,190 --> 03:26:40,000
you're a veteran astronaut you made

4065
03:26:43,590 --> 03:26:41,200
history

4066
03:26:46,870 --> 03:26:43,600
when you uh did the first three all

4067
03:26:48,630 --> 03:26:46,880
women space walks with christina cook

4068
03:26:51,030 --> 03:26:48,640
your mom says you knew you were going to

4069
03:26:53,110 --> 03:26:51,040
be an astronaut when you were five years

4070
03:26:55,349 --> 03:26:53,120
old but you were sharing with me that

4071
03:26:56,950 --> 03:26:55,359
that you had a memory uh of when you

4072
03:26:59,429 --> 03:26:56,960
first realized you wanted to be an

4073
03:27:01,269 --> 03:26:59,439
astronaut when was that

4074
03:27:03,110 --> 03:27:01,279
yeah that's right my mom tells me the

4075
03:27:04,950 --> 03:27:03,120
story that i started saying it when i

4076
03:27:06,309 --> 03:27:04,960
was five years old but i don't know if

4077
03:27:08,870 --> 03:27:06,319
you remember everything you said when

4078
03:27:10,950 --> 03:27:08,880
you were five i certainly don't my first

4079
03:27:13,030 --> 03:27:10,960
distinct memory of it was when i was in

4080
03:27:14,710 --> 03:27:13,040
the first grade our teacher asked us to

4081
03:27:17,110 --> 03:27:14,720
draw a picture of what we wanted to be

4082
03:27:19,510 --> 03:27:17,120
when we grew up and i drew that kind of

4083
03:27:21,349 --> 03:27:19,520
iconic image of the apollo era of an

4084
03:27:23,349 --> 03:27:21,359
astronaut in a spacesuit standing on the

4085
03:27:25,990 --> 03:27:23,359
surface of the moon next to the american

4086
03:27:28,389 --> 03:27:26,000
flag so that was what i said really from

4087
03:27:30,630 --> 03:27:28,399
that moment i never changed that line of

4088
03:27:32,870 --> 03:27:30,640
what i wanted to do that's incredible to

4089
03:27:36,950 --> 03:27:32,880
think about you making that drawing and

4090
03:27:39,349 --> 03:27:36,960
now here you are on the artemis team

4091
03:27:41,349 --> 03:27:39,359
yes thank you so much it is really

4092
03:27:43,349 --> 03:27:41,359
incredibly exciting of course to be part

4093
03:27:44,630 --> 03:27:43,359
of this exceptional team you saw all

4094
03:27:46,150 --> 03:27:44,640
these faces

4095
03:27:47,670 --> 03:27:46,160
and i know that everybody in the

4096
03:27:49,670 --> 03:27:47,680
astronaut office and all of our

4097
03:27:51,670 --> 03:27:49,680
international partners are so ready to

4098
03:27:52,550 --> 03:27:51,680
support this next chapter of human space

4099
03:27:55,030 --> 03:27:52,560
flight

4100
03:27:56,630 --> 03:27:55,040
and what are you looking most forward to

4101
03:27:58,550 --> 03:27:56,640
in this mission

4102
03:28:00,870 --> 03:27:58,560
for me the artemis mission is important

4103
03:28:03,590 --> 03:28:00,880
for three main reasons first of all for

4104
03:28:05,590 --> 03:28:03,600
exploration i truly believe is it it is

4105
03:28:07,670 --> 03:28:05,600
an innate characteristic of the human

4106
03:28:09,429 --> 03:28:07,680
species to explore

4107
03:28:11,510 --> 03:28:09,439
secondly an easy one for me as a

4108
03:28:12,950 --> 03:28:11,520
scientist for science

4109
03:28:14,309 --> 03:28:12,960
if you look at the scientific

4110
03:28:16,630 --> 03:28:14,319
experiments that were conducted on the

4111
03:28:19,429 --> 03:28:16,640
apollo missions they changed the way

4112
03:28:21,590 --> 03:28:19,439
that we see our solar system and we are

4113
03:28:23,750 --> 03:28:21,600
still to this day learning from those

4114
03:28:26,229 --> 03:28:23,760
very samples using newer technologies

4115
03:28:28,229 --> 03:28:26,239
all the time but there is so much yet to

4116
03:28:29,830 --> 03:28:28,239
discover i'm sure our colleague jessica

4117
03:28:31,750 --> 03:28:29,840
watkins can tell you a lot more about

4118
03:28:33,670 --> 03:28:31,760
the exciting geological opportunities

4119
03:28:36,389 --> 03:28:33,680
that remain for us to uncover on the

4120
03:28:38,229 --> 03:28:36,399
moon that we will uncover as scientist

4121
03:28:39,750 --> 03:28:38,239
science is a very critical component of

4122
03:28:41,590 --> 03:28:39,760
the artemis missions

4123
03:28:43,110 --> 03:28:41,600
and lastly if you think again to those

4124
03:28:46,150 --> 03:28:43,120
apollo missions

4125
03:28:48,630 --> 03:28:46,160
they had a profound impact on many other

4126
03:28:51,110 --> 03:28:48,640
aspects of our culture and society

4127
03:28:53,429 --> 03:28:51,120
stimulating participation and interest

4128
03:28:55,830 --> 03:28:53,439
and growth of all the stem fields

4129
03:28:58,150 --> 03:28:55,840
science technology engineering math and

4130
03:29:00,070 --> 03:28:58,160
of course those had ramifications far

4131
03:29:02,870 --> 03:29:00,080
beyond that of exploration that our

4132
03:29:04,710 --> 03:29:02,880
society still benefits from today i know

4133
03:29:06,870 --> 03:29:04,720
i am certain that artemis will continue

4134
03:29:09,110 --> 03:29:06,880
to have all of those same effects

4135
03:29:11,110 --> 03:29:09,120
we appreciate your confidence too as uh

4136
03:29:13,910 --> 03:29:11,120
you get started with this team i want to

4137
03:29:16,389 --> 03:29:13,920
move on to joe acaba a former math and

4138
03:29:20,229 --> 03:29:16,399
science teacher a veteran astronaut with

4139
03:29:22,710 --> 03:29:20,239
10 months in space of experience but you

4140
03:29:24,950 --> 03:29:22,720
also taught at melbourne high school

4141
03:29:26,550 --> 03:29:24,960
just an hour down the road from right

4142
03:29:29,030 --> 03:29:26,560
here at the kennedy space center and

4143
03:29:31,590 --> 03:29:29,040
dunnellon as well so i want to start by

4144
03:29:33,510 --> 03:29:31,600
asking you yes you were here of course

4145
03:29:35,429 --> 03:29:33,520
when you launched on the space shuttle

4146
03:29:38,229 --> 03:29:35,439
but what's it like to be back here as a

4147
03:29:40,630 --> 03:29:38,239
teacher in an area where you taught kids

4148
03:29:42,710 --> 03:29:40,640
as well as launched into space yeah it's

4149
03:29:45,429 --> 03:29:42,720
uh great to be back here at the kennedy

4150
03:29:46,870 --> 03:29:45,439
space center out here in florida

4151
03:29:49,910 --> 03:29:46,880
you know being part of the shuttle

4152
03:29:52,790 --> 03:29:49,920
program was amazing and quite the honor

4153
03:29:54,950 --> 03:29:52,800
to have i was here last month as part of

4154
03:29:57,429 --> 03:29:54,960
the commercial crew program supporting

4155
03:29:59,269 --> 03:29:57,439
uh crew one that just launched so lots

4156
03:30:00,309 --> 03:29:59,279
of history but a lot coming up in the

4157
03:30:02,870 --> 03:30:00,319
future

4158
03:30:04,790 --> 03:30:02,880
but to be an educator

4159
03:30:07,190 --> 03:30:04,800
and be back here today where i taught

4160
03:30:10,229 --> 03:30:07,200
you know down the road i hope some of my

4161
03:30:11,910 --> 03:30:10,239
students are uh watching today uh my

4162
03:30:13,910 --> 03:30:11,920
hair is a little bit shorter than it

4163
03:30:15,670 --> 03:30:13,920
used to be when i had some long hair i

4164
03:30:17,910 --> 03:30:15,680
had some long hairs hard times being a

4165
03:30:19,910 --> 03:30:17,920
school teacher

4166
03:30:22,550 --> 03:30:19,920
i hope they're watching i know they were

4167
03:30:23,990 --> 03:30:22,560
very excited when i applied to become an

4168
03:30:26,710 --> 03:30:24,000
astronaut and when i finally got

4169
03:30:28,389 --> 03:30:26,720
selected but i hope that there's a new

4170
03:30:29,670 --> 03:30:28,399
generation of students that are watching

4171
03:30:32,150 --> 03:30:29,680
this today

4172
03:30:34,469 --> 03:30:32,160
and they're excited you know jessica you

4173
03:30:36,630 --> 03:30:34,479
could hear her excitement and how she

4174
03:30:38,150 --> 03:30:36,640
felt when she was five years old

4175
03:30:40,389 --> 03:30:38,160
i didn't think that when i was five

4176
03:30:42,630 --> 03:30:40,399
years old and i thought i found my

4177
03:30:45,030 --> 03:30:42,640
profession being a school teacher but

4178
03:30:46,150 --> 03:30:45,040
here i am today so it's uh it's cool to

4179
03:30:48,309 --> 03:30:46,160
be here

4180
03:30:50,389 --> 03:30:48,319
the history is awesome but we're all

4181
03:30:52,790 --> 03:30:50,399
here to look towards the future and and

4182
03:30:55,590 --> 03:30:52,800
you speak very highly of teachers who

4183
03:30:57,429 --> 03:30:55,600
who choose that profession um i wonder

4184
03:30:59,429 --> 03:30:57,439
you mentioned the students they they're

4185
03:31:01,910 --> 03:30:59,439
still in contact with you yeah so i do

4186
03:31:03,750 --> 03:31:01,920
have some students now that uh you know

4187
03:31:05,830 --> 03:31:03,760
they email me i'm sure after this

4188
03:31:07,269 --> 03:31:05,840
announcement uh my name will be out

4189
03:31:08,950 --> 03:31:07,279
there and they'll probably shoot me a

4190
03:31:11,190 --> 03:31:08,960
line so it's cool to

4191
03:31:13,590 --> 03:31:11,200
to hear from them to share what i'm

4192
03:31:15,830 --> 03:31:13,600
doing but really to hear about what

4193
03:31:17,510 --> 03:31:15,840
they're doing and you know there's no

4194
03:31:18,469 --> 03:31:17,520
greater profession than being a school

4195
03:31:20,790 --> 03:31:18,479
teacher

4196
03:31:23,670 --> 03:31:20,800
and it's that impact that we have as

4197
03:31:25,910 --> 03:31:23,680
educators that just go on and on so it's

4198
03:31:28,229 --> 03:31:25,920
cool and that's fantastic and as a

4199
03:31:30,550 --> 03:31:28,239
teacher have you thought about how you

4200
03:31:31,830 --> 03:31:30,560
will share artemis with

4201
03:31:34,389 --> 03:31:31,840
everyone

4202
03:31:37,510 --> 03:31:34,399
boy there's a lot of ways to do that um

4203
03:31:39,429 --> 03:31:37,520
the program itself is exciting

4204
03:31:42,150 --> 03:31:39,439
you know there is no

4205
03:31:44,150 --> 03:31:42,160
kid out there all of us here that have

4206
03:31:46,710 --> 03:31:44,160
not looked up in the sky

4207
03:31:49,349 --> 03:31:46,720
and wondered what would it be like to go

4208
03:31:51,590 --> 03:31:49,359
up there and walk on that thing and so

4209
03:31:54,630 --> 03:31:51,600
what i want to do as an educator

4210
03:31:56,469 --> 03:31:54,640
is to you know inspire those students

4211
03:31:59,110 --> 03:31:56,479
that this is a possibility but we're

4212
03:32:00,550 --> 03:31:59,120
going to the moon to get to mars and

4213
03:32:02,630 --> 03:32:00,560
it's those students that we're going to

4214
03:32:05,030 --> 03:32:02,640
talk to that are going to get us there

4215
03:32:06,550 --> 03:32:05,040
as engineers and astronauts and it's

4216
03:32:07,830 --> 03:32:06,560
incredible you talk about everyone

4217
03:32:10,150 --> 03:32:07,840
looking up at the moon and wondering

4218
03:32:12,229 --> 03:32:10,160
what it's like i did as a kid as well so

4219
03:32:14,790 --> 03:32:12,239
we we will be looking up at you and

4220
03:32:17,269 --> 03:32:14,800
certainly rooting you all on i want to

4221
03:32:18,229 --> 03:32:17,279
move now to uh jessica watkins

4222
03:32:21,590 --> 03:32:18,239
welcome

4223
03:32:23,910 --> 03:32:21,600
i understand you have some family here

4224
03:32:25,750 --> 03:32:23,920
locally in the area i do that's correct

4225
03:32:27,429 --> 03:32:25,760
yes i have some family that lives in the

4226
03:32:29,510 --> 03:32:27,439
orlando area

4227
03:32:31,349 --> 03:32:29,520
and a few weeks a few weeks ago a few

4228
03:32:33,030 --> 03:32:31,359
weeks back a couple months actually

4229
03:32:36,229 --> 03:32:33,040
i was able to

4230
03:32:37,990 --> 03:32:36,239
tie in with them they came out to my

4231
03:32:41,190 --> 03:32:38,000
aunt is a

4232
03:32:43,510 --> 03:32:41,200
is an educator just like joe and she was

4233
03:32:44,950 --> 03:32:43,520
able to bring her class a lot of her

4234
03:32:47,990 --> 03:32:44,960
school actually

4235
03:32:49,750 --> 03:32:48,000
come to a field trip out here at ksc

4236
03:32:51,110 --> 03:32:49,760
and i was able to tie in and say hello

4237
03:32:52,469 --> 03:32:51,120
to them so it was really excellent

4238
03:32:55,110 --> 03:32:52,479
that's pretty neat let's talk a little

4239
03:32:58,630 --> 03:32:55,120
bit about your resume your geologist as

4240
03:33:01,429 --> 03:32:58,640
was mentioned um you're also you study

4241
03:33:03,030 --> 03:33:01,439
landslides on earth and mars uh you're

4242
03:33:03,990 --> 03:33:03,040
an aquanaut

4243
03:33:05,910 --> 03:33:04,000
and

4244
03:33:09,190 --> 03:33:05,920
a member of the science team for the

4245
03:33:10,870 --> 03:33:09,200
mars curiosity rover you also i thought

4246
03:33:13,349 --> 03:33:10,880
this was interesting won a national

4247
03:33:15,429 --> 03:33:13,359
championship with the stanford women's

4248
03:33:16,830 --> 03:33:15,439
division one rugby team which is pretty

4249
03:33:20,070 --> 03:33:16,840
impressive

4250
03:33:22,389 --> 03:33:20,080
no no that's correct i was was

4251
03:33:25,269 --> 03:33:22,399
definitely um privileged to be a part of

4252
03:33:27,510 --> 03:33:25,279
that team um and uh get to experience

4253
03:33:29,590 --> 03:33:27,520
that that win with them as well um you

4254
03:33:32,070 --> 03:33:29,600
know being part of a rugby team um as

4255
03:33:34,229 --> 03:33:32,080
ann mclean can attest to as well as a

4256
03:33:36,469 --> 03:33:34,239
rugby player as well um you know there

4257
03:33:39,110 --> 03:33:36,479
are a lot of similarities to a rugby

4258
03:33:42,150 --> 03:33:39,120
team as to this artemis team and the

4259
03:33:43,910 --> 03:33:42,160
whole um nasa team uh overall you know

4260
03:33:47,349 --> 03:33:43,920
on a rugby team you have

4261
03:33:48,790 --> 03:33:47,359
people with very varied skill sets you

4262
03:33:50,870 --> 03:33:48,800
have people who are smaller people who

4263
03:33:53,349 --> 03:33:50,880
are larger people are stronger people

4264
03:33:55,190 --> 03:33:53,359
bring different strengths to the table

4265
03:33:57,429 --> 03:33:55,200
and i think that's true both of this

4266
03:33:59,510 --> 03:33:57,439
artemis team and nasa as well and all of

4267
03:34:01,830 --> 03:33:59,520
those strengths come together to really

4268
03:34:03,269 --> 03:34:01,840
build a you know productive and winning

4269
03:34:05,510 --> 03:34:03,279
team and i think

4270
03:34:06,550 --> 03:34:05,520
one of your strengths is speed i was

4271
03:34:08,950 --> 03:34:06,560
looking at one of the wonderfully

4272
03:34:11,030 --> 03:34:08,960
produced videos that are done on you and

4273
03:34:13,190 --> 03:34:11,040
it's there's this great clip of you

4274
03:34:14,950 --> 03:34:13,200
scoring a try

4275
03:34:16,630 --> 03:34:14,960
two defenders are coming to get you

4276
03:34:18,469 --> 03:34:16,640
they're running in the same direction

4277
03:34:20,229 --> 03:34:18,479
and you split them on the way to score

4278
03:34:22,550 --> 03:34:20,239
but it's not so much that you you know

4279
03:34:24,469 --> 03:34:22,560
split them but you blew by them and they

4280
03:34:25,670 --> 03:34:24,479
were running in the same direction you

4281
03:34:28,229 --> 03:34:25,680
did

4282
03:34:30,389 --> 03:34:28,239
yes well so all of all those skill sets

4283
03:34:33,190 --> 03:34:30,399
the only one that i have is is speed so

4284
03:34:35,429 --> 03:34:33,200
i have to use it wisely

4285
03:34:36,710 --> 03:34:35,439
it was wonderful watching that score um

4286
03:34:38,550 --> 03:34:36,720
let's talk a little bit about the

4287
03:34:40,630 --> 03:34:38,560
mysteries of the moon because you you

4288
03:34:42,790 --> 03:34:40,640
talk often about how

4289
03:34:45,190 --> 03:34:42,800
you know geology helps us understand the

4290
03:34:48,150 --> 03:34:45,200
history of what happened what are you

4291
03:34:49,990 --> 03:34:48,160
looking forward to in terms of solving

4292
03:34:51,990 --> 03:34:50,000
the mysteries of the moon

4293
03:34:54,550 --> 03:34:52,000
absolutely i'm i'm happy that you asked

4294
03:34:56,550 --> 03:34:54,560
that question um certainly the moon we

4295
03:34:59,910 --> 03:34:56,560
have a lot that we can learn from the

4296
03:35:01,830 --> 03:34:59,920
moon as well as learn about the moon

4297
03:35:03,349 --> 03:35:01,840
in terms of understanding the history of

4298
03:35:05,429 --> 03:35:03,359
the moon itself

4299
03:35:09,190 --> 03:35:05,439
one of the big questions in the polar

4300
03:35:11,349 --> 03:35:09,200
regions is looking at lunar volatiles so

4301
03:35:13,510 --> 03:35:11,359
understanding how those

4302
03:35:15,990 --> 03:35:13,520
volatiles formed where they are their

4303
03:35:17,750 --> 03:35:16,000
distribution and extent which will also

4304
03:35:18,950 --> 03:35:17,760
help us in the future as we start to

4305
03:35:21,349 --> 03:35:18,960
look for

4306
03:35:23,190 --> 03:35:21,359
a site to build our moon base and

4307
03:35:24,389 --> 03:35:23,200
continue into the future

4308
03:35:27,190 --> 03:35:24,399
the moon also

4309
03:35:29,750 --> 03:35:27,200
allows us to look at planetary processes

4310
03:35:32,150 --> 03:35:29,760
particularly looking at impact cratering

4311
03:35:34,229 --> 03:35:32,160
which is a process that we see on

4312
03:35:36,309 --> 03:35:34,239
multiple bodies rocky bodies in the

4313
03:35:37,269 --> 03:35:36,319
solar system and helps us understand

4314
03:35:39,429 --> 03:35:37,279
ages

4315
03:35:41,269 --> 03:35:39,439
within the solar system

4316
03:35:42,870 --> 03:35:41,279
the moon will also help us understand

4317
03:35:45,510 --> 03:35:42,880
more about the earth

4318
03:35:48,870 --> 03:35:45,520
for one the moon earth

4319
03:35:51,269 --> 03:35:48,880
system and the origin of the moon

4320
03:35:53,910 --> 03:35:51,279
helps us understand more about earth and

4321
03:35:55,830 --> 03:35:53,920
how we can apply some of that knowledge

4322
03:35:58,309 --> 03:35:55,840
to what we know about the earth and

4323
03:36:01,030 --> 03:35:58,319
lastly the moon can also function as a

4324
03:36:04,229 --> 03:36:01,040
platform where we can start to explore

4325
03:36:06,389 --> 03:36:04,239
the sun and astrophysics

4326
03:36:08,710 --> 03:36:06,399
start to observe the universe from a

4327
03:36:11,269 --> 03:36:08,720
different vantage point and and learn so

4328
03:36:12,790 --> 03:36:11,279
much more and we need resources on the

4329
03:36:15,510 --> 03:36:12,800
moon as well right if we're going to

4330
03:36:18,469 --> 03:36:15,520
sustain a presence there which is very

4331
03:36:19,510 --> 03:36:18,479
key absolutely jessica thank you so much

4332
03:36:21,590 --> 03:36:19,520
and now

4333
03:36:25,030 --> 03:36:21,600
mr matthew dominic

4334
03:36:27,590 --> 03:36:25,040
u.s navy test pilot and fighter pilot

4335
03:36:30,790 --> 03:36:27,600
you flew 61 combat missions

4336
03:36:32,389 --> 03:36:30,800
uh you're doubly electrical engineer

4337
03:36:34,229 --> 03:36:32,399
and interestingly

4338
03:36:37,750 --> 03:36:34,239
you were kidnapped aboard an aircraft

4339
03:36:40,550 --> 03:36:37,760
carrier where your fellow uh

4340
03:36:43,030 --> 03:36:40,560
your your fellow airman and or seaman

4341
03:36:45,830 --> 03:36:43,040
rather shaved a stripe right through the

4342
03:36:47,670 --> 03:36:45,840
top of your head right held you down

4343
03:36:49,030 --> 03:36:47,680
that's correct

4344
03:36:51,030 --> 03:36:49,040
i'd be lying if i say i didn't deserve

4345
03:36:52,950 --> 03:36:51,040
it i had played a practical joke on them

4346
03:36:53,830 --> 03:36:52,960
and and they got me back

4347
03:36:56,150 --> 03:36:53,840
well

4348
03:36:57,750 --> 03:36:56,160
i can only imagine what that looked like

4349
03:36:59,429 --> 03:36:57,760
i i had to finish the job and get rid of

4350
03:37:01,750 --> 03:36:59,439
the rest of the hair yeah she went full

4351
03:37:03,590 --> 03:37:01,760
full cue ball shaved it all off uh that

4352
03:37:04,389 --> 03:37:03,600
sounds like that was the right choice

4353
03:37:06,550 --> 03:37:04,399
um

4354
03:37:07,590 --> 03:37:06,560
in talking about uh you know as we stand

4355
03:37:09,349 --> 03:37:07,600
here

4356
03:37:11,349 --> 03:37:09,359
and this mission the artist miss artemis

4357
03:37:14,469 --> 03:37:11,359
mission we look at this

4358
03:37:17,030 --> 03:37:14,479
great vehicle the saturn v rocket

4359
03:37:18,630 --> 03:37:17,040
i know you're a tinkerer and you love to

4360
03:37:20,630 --> 03:37:18,640
take things apart understand how they

4361
03:37:22,309 --> 03:37:20,640
work when you look at this machine

4362
03:37:23,590 --> 03:37:22,319
what are your thoughts what what do you

4363
03:37:25,429 --> 03:37:23,600
think about when you see something this

4364
03:37:26,630 --> 03:37:25,439
impressive that made history here in

4365
03:37:28,469 --> 03:37:26,640
america

4366
03:37:31,269 --> 03:37:28,479
i mean i've been struggling to listen

4367
03:37:33,510 --> 03:37:31,279
and to see here is that we stand

4368
03:37:35,910 --> 03:37:33,520
in this room the saturn 5 building and

4369
03:37:37,670 --> 03:37:35,920
look at all the incredible hardware and

4370
03:37:39,590 --> 03:37:37,680
it's a thing of dreams right it's a

4371
03:37:41,190 --> 03:37:39,600
thing it instantly takes you to a

4372
03:37:44,550 --> 03:37:41,200
childhood dream

4373
03:37:46,790 --> 03:37:44,560
you look and you imagine every bolt and

4374
03:37:48,950 --> 03:37:46,800
every valve and every

4375
03:37:51,190 --> 03:37:48,960
fuel line that runs to this hardware or

4376
03:37:52,950 --> 03:37:51,200
the quarter scale orion or the sls on

4377
03:37:54,870 --> 03:37:52,960
the mobile launcher over there

4378
03:37:56,309 --> 03:37:54,880
and think about the people in the team

4379
03:37:58,389 --> 03:37:56,319
in america coming together and our

4380
03:38:00,229 --> 03:37:58,399
national partners coming together to

4381
03:38:01,670 --> 03:38:00,239
make that work right you could imagine

4382
03:38:03,510 --> 03:38:01,680
being the engineer waking up in the

4383
03:38:05,590 --> 03:38:03,520
middle of the night

4384
03:38:06,790 --> 03:38:05,600
and thinking well maybe i should change

4385
03:38:07,590 --> 03:38:06,800
this to make the design a little bit

4386
03:38:09,030 --> 03:38:07,600
better

4387
03:38:11,670 --> 03:38:09,040
because there's a few

4388
03:38:13,910 --> 03:38:11,680
really lucky pink bodies

4389
03:38:15,830 --> 03:38:13,920
you know 150 feet that way who are going

4390
03:38:17,349 --> 03:38:15,840
to ride this thing and you don't want to

4391
03:38:18,309 --> 03:38:17,359
let the world down

4392
03:38:19,670 --> 03:38:18,319
right you don't want to ever let the

4393
03:38:22,150 --> 03:38:19,680
world down there's an immense weight on

4394
03:38:24,070 --> 03:38:22,160
your shoulders so as i look around i see

4395
03:38:26,150 --> 03:38:24,080
the hardware i imagine

4396
03:38:29,030 --> 03:38:26,160
walking out to the launch pad in a dream

4397
03:38:30,710 --> 03:38:29,040
and you you go up that elevator and the

4398
03:38:32,150 --> 03:38:30,720
the building is creaking in the wind and

4399
03:38:33,269 --> 03:38:32,160
the wind is rustling through as you come

4400
03:38:35,269 --> 03:38:33,279
out the door

4401
03:38:36,790 --> 03:38:35,279
like the the gas the rocket has just

4402
03:38:38,389 --> 03:38:36,800
been fueled and the

4403
03:38:39,670 --> 03:38:38,399
it's creaking with the new stress and

4404
03:38:41,349 --> 03:38:39,680
the new loads those are the things i

4405
03:38:43,429 --> 03:38:41,359
think about when i look at this hardware

4406
03:38:45,349 --> 03:38:43,439
i instantly enter a dream world this is

4407
03:38:47,269 --> 03:38:45,359
the thing of dreams i'm incredibly lucky

4408
03:38:49,110 --> 03:38:47,279
to be here i feel like you just took me

4409
03:38:51,189 --> 03:38:49,120
there in the way that you described it

4410
03:38:52,630 --> 03:38:51,199
that's outstanding um

4411
03:38:54,309 --> 03:38:52,640
i know that you've been involved we were

4412
03:38:56,229 --> 03:38:54,319
talking about

4413
03:38:59,110 --> 03:38:56,239
your background and how you're applying

4414
03:39:02,469 --> 03:38:59,120
it now as an astronaut the interface

4415
03:39:04,389 --> 03:39:02,479
between human and electronics and and so

4416
03:39:06,630 --> 03:39:04,399
you've already been working with the

4417
03:39:08,950 --> 03:39:06,640
team that's building orion tell me a

4418
03:39:10,790 --> 03:39:08,960
little bit about that

4419
03:39:12,710 --> 03:39:10,800
in the navy i worked in you know my

4420
03:39:13,510 --> 03:39:12,720
specialty was human machine interface

4421
03:39:15,590 --> 03:39:13,520
right

4422
03:39:17,269 --> 03:39:15,600
and it's been really incredible to have

4423
03:39:19,269 --> 03:39:17,279
worked in the navy spec you know

4424
03:39:20,870 --> 03:39:19,279
training and working and redesigning

4425
03:39:23,830 --> 03:39:20,880
flight control laws to land on an

4426
03:39:25,750 --> 03:39:23,840
aircraft carrier and revolutionizing how

4427
03:39:28,309 --> 03:39:25,760
we did that and now those same

4428
03:39:30,469 --> 03:39:28,319
techniques the same principles as we sit

4429
03:39:32,309 --> 03:39:30,479
down with all of the vendors as we look

4430
03:39:33,750 --> 03:39:32,319
at the human landing system to get ready

4431
03:39:35,349 --> 03:39:33,760
to go back to the moon having the same

4432
03:39:38,070 --> 03:39:35,359
theoretical conversations with them

4433
03:39:40,070 --> 03:39:38,080
about the the human machine interface

4434
03:39:41,990 --> 03:39:40,080
necessary to go and do the task of

4435
03:39:44,790 --> 03:39:42,000
landing on the moon like you wake up

4436
03:39:47,030 --> 03:39:44,800
every morning and you feel this immense

4437
03:39:49,750 --> 03:39:47,040
burden for society and humanity that i

4438
03:39:51,510 --> 03:39:49,760
need to do this well today i am the one

4439
03:39:53,590 --> 03:39:51,520
a bunch of us all of us all of the

4440
03:39:55,349 --> 03:39:53,600
astronauts in the core all the people at

4441
03:39:57,429 --> 03:39:55,359
all the centers are in the arena trying

4442
03:39:59,590 --> 03:39:57,439
to make this happen for humanity and so

4443
03:40:01,030 --> 03:39:59,600
it's it's incredible to see those

4444
03:40:03,349 --> 03:40:01,040
just be working with the hardware and

4445
03:40:05,189 --> 03:40:03,359
making the decisions in the room and you

4446
03:40:07,189 --> 03:40:05,199
maybe it's coveted maybe you're walking

4447
03:40:08,150 --> 03:40:07,199
out of a themes meeting right a video

4448
03:40:09,830 --> 03:40:08,160
chat

4449
03:40:11,110 --> 03:40:09,840
and you realize whoa we just we just

4450
03:40:12,150 --> 03:40:11,120
talked about landing on the moon today

4451
03:40:14,309 --> 03:40:12,160
and how we're going to have it make it

4452
03:40:15,750 --> 03:40:14,319
happen so it's it's very easy to be

4453
03:40:17,590 --> 03:40:15,760
motivated to come to work

4454
03:40:19,349 --> 03:40:17,600
and it's interesting you talk about the

4455
03:40:21,030 --> 03:40:19,359
responsibility i mean there's there's

4456
03:40:22,710 --> 03:40:21,040
inherent risk obviously would be an

4457
03:40:25,670 --> 03:40:22,720
astronaut that's always bought down by

4458
03:40:27,349 --> 03:40:25,680
nasa uh in the best way that we can but

4459
03:40:29,349 --> 03:40:27,359
you were telling me that you don't think

4460
03:40:31,510 --> 03:40:29,359
about that you you think about the

4461
03:40:33,750 --> 03:40:31,520
responsibility that you have

4462
03:40:35,750 --> 03:40:33,760
i think if you had to choose between two

4463
03:40:38,630 --> 03:40:35,760
fears what i'm more afraid of dying on a

4464
03:40:40,070 --> 03:40:38,640
rocket or letting down all of the people

4465
03:40:41,429 --> 03:40:40,080
that worked so hard to make this happen

4466
03:40:43,349 --> 03:40:41,439
all of the international partners that

4467
03:40:45,429 --> 03:40:43,359
came together that toiled for their

4468
03:40:47,910 --> 03:40:45,439
careers decades to make something happen

4469
03:40:50,229 --> 03:40:47,920
and you maybe didn't study a little bit

4470
03:40:52,229 --> 03:40:50,239
more so that you know the right time to

4471
03:40:53,349 --> 03:40:52,239
throw the switch to make it happen i

4472
03:40:54,710 --> 03:40:53,359
think there's an immense amount of

4473
03:40:56,950 --> 03:40:54,720
responsibility there i think i'm more

4474
03:40:58,630 --> 03:40:56,960
afraid of that than of dying right like

4475
03:41:00,070 --> 03:40:58,640
that's that's the fear that's the thing

4476
03:41:02,070 --> 03:41:00,080
that drives you when you wake up that

4477
03:41:04,630 --> 03:41:02,080
sounds like the right stuff to me thank

4478
03:41:05,830 --> 03:41:04,640
you matthew for sharing that with us

4479
03:41:08,389 --> 03:41:05,840
and mclean

4480
03:41:11,110 --> 03:41:08,399
welcome and thank you for being here um

4481
03:41:13,990 --> 03:41:11,120
a little bit about you west point grad

4482
03:41:16,070 --> 03:41:14,000
marshall scholarship winner in 2002 a

4483
03:41:18,150 --> 03:41:16,080
military instructor pilot veteran

4484
03:41:19,349 --> 03:41:18,160
astronaut with a call sign

4485
03:41:21,910 --> 03:41:19,359
animal

4486
03:41:23,349 --> 03:41:21,920
so tell me a little bit how you got that

4487
03:41:26,150 --> 03:41:23,359
call sign

4488
03:41:28,790 --> 03:41:26,160
sure uh well as jessica said there's a

4489
03:41:31,750 --> 03:41:28,800
lot of different uh skill sets on a

4490
03:41:34,630 --> 03:41:31,760
rugby field some people run fast and

4491
03:41:36,710 --> 03:41:34,640
some people uh hit hard and

4492
03:41:37,830 --> 03:41:36,720
which one was i was in the ladder if

4493
03:41:39,590 --> 03:41:37,840
jessica and i were ever on the same

4494
03:41:41,110 --> 03:41:39,600
pitch i couldn't catch her i think one

4495
03:41:43,269 --> 03:41:41,120
of the important reasons i'd like to go

4496
03:41:45,830 --> 03:41:43,279
to the moon is a fighting chance to

4497
03:41:47,910 --> 03:41:45,840
catch a disco there but

4498
03:41:48,950 --> 03:41:47,920
no gravity evens the field right that's

4499
03:41:50,710 --> 03:41:48,960
right

4500
03:41:52,870 --> 03:41:50,720
well that's outstanding i want to ask

4501
03:41:55,189 --> 03:41:52,880
you you you talk often

4502
03:41:57,590 --> 03:41:55,199
about overcoming your doubts

4503
03:41:59,590 --> 03:41:57,600
as you achieved some pretty incredible

4504
03:42:01,750 --> 03:41:59,600
things in your career so far

4505
03:42:04,229 --> 03:42:01,760
um as you look at the artemis program

4506
03:42:06,710 --> 03:42:04,239
kind of what what are you sensing about

4507
03:42:08,950 --> 03:42:06,720
the challenge that liza had

4508
03:42:10,630 --> 03:42:08,960
yeah you know i i talk to people often

4509
03:42:12,229 --> 03:42:10,640
about the doubts it's in the back of our

4510
03:42:14,070 --> 03:42:12,239
mind right because we're all human and

4511
03:42:15,269 --> 03:42:14,080
this is human space flight and the human

4512
03:42:16,710 --> 03:42:15,279
in human space flight is the most

4513
03:42:18,309 --> 03:42:16,720
complicated part

4514
03:42:19,590 --> 03:42:18,319
and we all wake up in the in the morning

4515
03:42:20,870 --> 03:42:19,600
none of us wake up and go you know what

4516
03:42:23,349 --> 03:42:20,880
i'm going to do 100

4517
03:42:24,389 --> 03:42:23,359
correct today right we all wake up

4518
03:42:26,389 --> 03:42:24,399
there's like something in the back of

4519
03:42:28,150 --> 03:42:26,399
our mind that makes us doubt

4520
03:42:29,750 --> 03:42:28,160
you know and the people that that

4521
03:42:32,309 --> 03:42:29,760
achieve and that make things happen are

4522
03:42:34,309 --> 03:42:32,319
the ones that address the doubt

4523
03:42:37,189 --> 03:42:34,319
respect it and move on

4524
03:42:39,429 --> 03:42:37,199
right bravery is not the absence of fear

4525
03:42:40,630 --> 03:42:39,439
it's being afraid and doing it anyway

4526
03:42:42,710 --> 03:42:40,640
okay and there's plenty of times that

4527
03:42:44,710 --> 03:42:42,720
everybody on this stage and everybody

4528
03:42:46,710 --> 03:42:44,720
out here was worried about something

4529
03:42:48,309 --> 03:42:46,720
doubted something wondered if that was

4530
03:42:49,349 --> 03:42:48,319
the right path for them

4531
03:42:50,870 --> 03:42:49,359
thought something was going to be too

4532
03:42:52,710 --> 03:42:50,880
hard for them to achieve and guess what

4533
03:42:54,950 --> 03:42:52,720
they did they did it anyway

4534
03:42:57,510 --> 03:42:54,960
this crew and our crew at nasa are is a

4535
03:42:59,830 --> 03:42:57,520
group of doers we are dreamers but even

4536
03:43:01,189 --> 03:42:59,840
more so we're doers and in order to do

4537
03:43:03,510 --> 03:43:01,199
you got to face those fears face those

4538
03:43:05,030 --> 03:43:03,520
doubts and move forward

4539
03:43:07,349 --> 03:43:05,040
and that's why you know people look up

4540
03:43:09,269 --> 03:43:07,359
to you and the rest of the astronauts so

4541
03:43:11,750 --> 03:43:09,279
much when they hear things like this and

4542
03:43:13,910 --> 03:43:11,760
knowing what you do you were telling me

4543
03:43:15,189 --> 03:43:13,920
uh earlier that uh one of the biggest

4544
03:43:18,469 --> 03:43:15,199
questions you get

4545
03:43:20,710 --> 03:43:18,479
uh from the public is uh jessica

4546
03:43:22,550 --> 03:43:20,720
uh you know or ansari are you going to

4547
03:43:23,750 --> 03:43:22,560
be the first woman on the moon and i

4548
03:43:25,189 --> 03:43:23,760
thought your your response was

4549
03:43:26,710 --> 03:43:25,199
interesting what do you say yeah you

4550
03:43:27,990 --> 03:43:26,720
know we do get asked that and especially

4551
03:43:30,309 --> 03:43:28,000
i think even more so now we're going to

4552
03:43:31,990 --> 03:43:30,319
get asked that is it going to be you and

4553
03:43:33,269 --> 03:43:32,000
one of the things that i uh that i

4554
03:43:34,550 --> 03:43:33,279
learned from the from the first day i

4555
03:43:36,550 --> 03:43:34,560
stepped in the halls at nasa is the

4556
03:43:38,950 --> 03:43:36,560
caliber of people that we work with

4557
03:43:40,469 --> 03:43:38,960
and so right now what i know

4558
03:43:42,229 --> 03:43:40,479
is that i'm either going to walk on the

4559
03:43:43,429 --> 03:43:42,239
moon or one of my friends is going to

4560
03:43:45,590 --> 03:43:43,439
walk on the moon

4561
03:43:48,550 --> 03:43:45,600
and both of those scenarios are beyond

4562
03:43:51,750 --> 03:43:48,560
the my wildest dreams when i was a kid

4563
03:43:53,590 --> 03:43:51,760
wow that's special to hear that um and

4564
03:43:55,510 --> 03:43:53,600
you're also one of the few astronauts

4565
03:43:57,269 --> 03:43:55,520
that has a saturday night live skit

4566
03:43:59,110 --> 03:43:57,279
about you but did you think that was

4567
03:44:01,269 --> 03:43:59,120
funny i was just happy she got her

4568
03:44:02,870 --> 03:44:01,279
uniform right as an army officer it's

4569
03:44:04,790 --> 03:44:02,880
very important to me to make sure that

4570
03:44:06,389 --> 03:44:04,800
patcher's in the right place so i i hand

4571
03:44:08,229 --> 03:44:06,399
it to him for getting it right they got

4572
03:44:09,910 --> 03:44:08,239
the details right at it right

4573
03:44:11,590 --> 03:44:09,920
well you folks uh really are an

4574
03:44:13,510 --> 03:44:11,600
inspiring bunch and and thank you so

4575
03:44:15,030 --> 03:44:13,520
much for taking the time uh to have a

4576
03:44:16,389 --> 03:44:15,040
conversation with us we do want to get

4577
03:44:18,469 --> 03:44:16,399
some questions from the media who have

4578
03:44:21,030 --> 03:44:18,479
gathered here and we'd like to ask you

4579
03:44:22,309 --> 03:44:21,040
to say your name and affiliation and to

4580
03:44:24,630 --> 03:44:22,319
whom you would like to direct the

4581
03:44:27,510 --> 03:44:24,640
question sure hi thanks for taking my

4582
03:44:30,550 --> 03:44:27,520
question um i'm amy from space.com

4583
03:44:33,030 --> 03:44:30,560
and i was just whoever wants to answer

4584
03:44:34,710 --> 03:44:33,040
um how excited are you guys to be in the

4585
03:44:36,710 --> 03:44:34,720
first class for this program and to

4586
03:44:40,950 --> 03:44:36,720
maybe be the first to ride

4587
03:44:44,630 --> 03:44:42,389
how about jessica

4588
03:44:48,630 --> 03:44:44,640
there's two of them on stage

4589
03:44:51,750 --> 03:44:49,730
jessica it's all you

4590
03:44:53,750 --> 03:44:51,760
[Laughter]

4591
03:44:56,229 --> 03:44:53,760
um yes i can definitely tell you that

4592
03:44:58,309 --> 03:44:56,239
all of us here on stage as well as the

4593
03:44:59,910 --> 03:44:58,319
13 others

4594
03:45:01,670 --> 03:44:59,920
back in houston as well as the rest of

4595
03:45:03,590 --> 03:45:01,680
the astronaut corps we are all so

4596
03:45:05,349 --> 03:45:03,600
excited to be a part of this effort

4597
03:45:07,110 --> 03:45:05,359
we're so excited about moving forward

4598
03:45:09,349 --> 03:45:07,120
taking the next step

4599
03:45:12,870 --> 03:45:09,359
and making this dream going back to the

4600
03:45:17,670 --> 03:45:14,870
and then um i had a

4601
03:45:19,670 --> 03:45:17,680
question for jessica mir um i'm sure

4602
03:45:21,189 --> 03:45:19,680
that you guys are all comrades and

4603
03:45:23,750 --> 03:45:21,199
friends and get along really well but

4604
03:45:26,550 --> 03:45:23,760
how special is it to share this with

4605
03:45:28,790 --> 03:45:26,560
christina who you got to share your

4606
03:45:31,030 --> 03:45:28,800
spacewalks with and

4607
03:45:32,630 --> 03:45:31,040
your time and space

4608
03:45:34,150 --> 03:45:32,640
it's really amazing you know i think it

4609
03:45:36,710 --> 03:45:34,160
kind of goes back to what anne said

4610
03:45:38,150 --> 03:45:36,720
earlier about the fact that we are all

4611
03:45:40,710 --> 03:45:38,160
colleagues and we all work closely

4612
03:45:42,790 --> 03:45:40,720
together but we are all friends as well

4613
03:45:44,630 --> 03:45:42,800
when i go to work every day i know that

4614
03:45:46,469 --> 03:45:44,640
i'm going to see people that not only do

4615
03:45:48,469 --> 03:45:46,479
i love to work with but i just love to

4616
03:45:50,790 --> 03:45:48,479
hang out with in my free time

4617
03:45:52,790 --> 03:45:50,800
and to spend all of these things of life

4618
03:45:54,790 --> 03:45:52,800
as you can imagine becoming an astronaut

4619
03:45:55,990 --> 03:45:54,800
is full of a lot of changes in our lives

4620
03:45:58,469 --> 03:45:56,000
for all of us

4621
03:46:00,070 --> 03:45:58,479
and you really have an exceptionally

4622
03:46:01,910 --> 03:46:00,080
close bond especially with your

4623
03:46:03,670 --> 03:46:01,920
classmates christina's one of those

4624
03:46:06,150 --> 03:46:03,680
classmates anne's one of these one of my

4625
03:46:07,590 --> 03:46:06,160
classmates all eight of us in that class

4626
03:46:09,590 --> 03:46:07,600
particularly like brothers and sisters

4627
03:46:11,670 --> 03:46:09,600
so it is an absolute privilege and honor

4628
03:46:13,189 --> 03:46:11,680
and it just makes it even more special

4629
03:46:16,710 --> 03:46:13,199
to be sharing it with those people that

4630
03:46:23,429 --> 03:46:19,910
hi there rachel joy with florida today

4631
03:46:26,469 --> 03:46:23,439
um jessica watkins you very well could

4632
03:46:29,429 --> 03:46:26,479
be the first woman on the moon

4633
03:46:33,110 --> 03:46:29,439
i'm curious why you think it's important

4634
03:46:35,750 --> 03:46:33,120
that a woman should go to the moon

4635
03:46:38,070 --> 03:46:35,760
yeah absolutely um and i think you know

4636
03:46:39,990 --> 03:46:38,080
it's it's a really big honor for all of

4637
03:46:41,670 --> 03:46:40,000
us to to be here to be part of this team

4638
03:46:44,710 --> 03:46:41,680
to be part of this effort and and to

4639
03:46:46,389 --> 03:46:44,720
know um that that we can contribute to

4640
03:46:51,189 --> 03:46:46,399
that first woman and effort that next

4641
03:46:53,750 --> 03:46:51,199
man on the moon um i think for um

4642
03:46:55,590 --> 03:46:53,760
for me what that that means is just

4643
03:46:57,349 --> 03:46:55,600
being a part of this artemis generation

4644
03:46:59,189 --> 03:46:57,359
you know it's something that as we kind

4645
03:47:00,469 --> 03:46:59,199
of described is something that we've

4646
03:47:02,309 --> 03:47:00,479
we've all looked

4647
03:47:04,550 --> 03:47:02,319
you know uh looked forward to or you

4648
03:47:06,950 --> 03:47:04,560
know hoped for dreamed of since we were

4649
03:47:09,269 --> 03:47:06,960
little and for that dream to becoming a

4650
03:47:11,670 --> 03:47:09,279
reality um really just for the nation

4651
03:47:14,070 --> 03:47:11,680
that we you know are going back to the

4652
03:47:15,670 --> 03:47:14,080
moon and um i think is really exciting

4653
03:47:18,469 --> 03:47:15,680
for all of us and let's broaden that out

4654
03:47:19,990 --> 03:47:18,479
to our ladies on the stage with you um

4655
03:47:22,870 --> 03:47:20,000
jessica meer you have any thoughts on

4656
03:47:26,870 --> 03:47:25,269
i think jessica captured it quite well i

4657
03:47:29,269 --> 03:47:26,880
mean we are all ready to be part of this

4658
03:47:31,349 --> 03:47:29,279
team and it makes sense you know when

4659
03:47:34,309 --> 03:47:31,359
when we came into this when our class

4660
03:47:35,830 --> 03:47:34,319
started we were 50 female 50 male and it

4661
03:47:37,910 --> 03:47:35,840
was the first time that had happened but

4662
03:47:39,510 --> 03:47:37,920
it felt normal to us and this is

4663
03:47:41,030 --> 03:47:39,520
something that of course you know i get

4664
03:47:43,030 --> 03:47:41,040
this question a lot and talking about

4665
03:47:44,229 --> 03:47:43,040
that that space walk that christina and

4666
03:47:46,469 --> 03:47:44,239
i did together

4667
03:47:48,469 --> 03:47:46,479
and to us it really isn't a personal

4668
03:47:50,790 --> 03:47:48,479
achievement for us it is paying homage

4669
03:47:52,950 --> 03:47:50,800
and tribute to the generations of women

4670
03:47:54,950 --> 03:47:52,960
and other minorities that really were

4671
03:47:56,950 --> 03:47:54,960
the boundary pushers that truly broke

4672
03:47:59,510 --> 03:47:56,960
those glass ceilings to let us be here

4673
03:48:01,670 --> 03:47:59,520
today the great is for us now it just

4674
03:48:03,510 --> 03:48:01,680
seems normal we are all going to go

4675
03:48:05,990 --> 03:48:03,520
together to the moon and we're going to

4676
03:48:07,590 --> 03:48:06,000
go as a team and the fact that that is

4677
03:48:09,590 --> 03:48:07,600
just a thing that's that's part of

4678
03:48:10,870 --> 03:48:09,600
everything we do now shows how far we've

4679
03:48:13,030 --> 03:48:10,880
come and that's really thanks to those

4680
03:48:15,269 --> 03:48:13,040
generations before us and does it seem

4681
03:48:16,710 --> 03:48:15,279
normal to you as well it does seem

4682
03:48:18,150 --> 03:48:16,720
normal and and part of that is you know

4683
03:48:20,469 --> 03:48:18,160
when i was up on space station and you

4684
03:48:22,469 --> 03:48:20,479
know we never even thought about

4685
03:48:24,630 --> 03:48:22,479
genders or races or religions or

4686
03:48:26,309 --> 03:48:24,640
nationalities even until somebody asked

4687
03:48:28,550 --> 03:48:26,319
us about them and so it has actually

4688
03:48:30,070 --> 03:48:28,560
made us reflect on the reasons

4689
03:48:32,389 --> 03:48:30,080
and my takeaway is that the strongest

4690
03:48:33,990 --> 03:48:32,399
teams are the most diverse teams

4691
03:48:37,030 --> 03:48:34,000
i can be a little hard-headed sometimes

4692
03:48:38,870 --> 03:48:37,040
i know that and i flew my mission with a

4693
03:48:40,550 --> 03:48:38,880
canadian doctor he and i have very

4694
03:48:42,389 --> 03:48:40,560
different personalities

4695
03:48:45,030 --> 03:48:42,399
and the thing with a group is that if

4696
03:48:46,950 --> 03:48:45,040
everybody's agreeing nobody's thinking

4697
03:48:49,030 --> 03:48:46,960
okay and so there were decisions that i

4698
03:48:50,630 --> 03:48:49,040
made uh during my mission that my

4699
03:48:52,550 --> 03:48:50,640
crewmate said hey why don't you think

4700
03:48:55,349 --> 03:48:52,560
about this and that saved that that

4701
03:48:57,030 --> 03:48:55,359
saved that day and vice versa

4702
03:48:58,389 --> 03:48:57,040
the second part of it is representation

4703
03:49:00,070 --> 03:48:58,399
we represent

4704
03:49:02,070 --> 03:49:00,080
all walks of life in america and every

4705
03:49:03,110 --> 03:49:02,080
kid in america and across the world even

4706
03:49:07,349 --> 03:49:03,120
now

4707
03:49:08,950 --> 03:49:07,359
look like me i can do this and it's

4708
03:49:10,469 --> 03:49:08,960
important for us to be able to look at

4709
03:49:12,389 --> 03:49:10,479
them and say you have an opportunity

4710
03:49:14,150 --> 03:49:12,399
that we've the doors are open

4711
03:49:15,670 --> 03:49:14,160
come come on after us

4712
03:49:17,670 --> 03:49:15,680
and you all three are very much an

4713
03:49:19,349 --> 03:49:17,680
inspiration to young girls around the

4714
03:49:21,590 --> 03:49:19,359
world another question i'm gonna ask

4715
03:49:23,750 --> 03:49:21,600
another question so jessica and matthew

4716
03:49:25,990 --> 03:49:23,760
you're both newbies right haven't been

4717
03:49:28,630 --> 03:49:26,000
to space yeah okay

4718
03:49:31,510 --> 03:49:28,640
so matthew your first time going to

4719
03:49:33,670 --> 03:49:31,520
space is going to be direct to the moon

4720
03:49:35,349 --> 03:49:33,680
is that a little intimidating i mean

4721
03:49:38,790 --> 03:49:35,359
that's like

4722
03:49:40,550 --> 03:49:38,800
no space station trip first

4723
03:49:42,550 --> 03:49:40,560
what do you what do you think let's go

4724
03:49:44,309 --> 03:49:42,560
we're going

4725
03:49:45,429 --> 03:49:44,319
we go i i of course it's intimidating

4726
03:49:46,630 --> 03:49:45,439
right and it's like i talked about

4727
03:49:48,469 --> 03:49:46,640
before

4728
03:49:50,070 --> 03:49:48,479
you just don't want to let so many

4729
03:49:50,950 --> 03:49:50,080
people who've worked so hard on this

4730
03:49:52,070 --> 03:49:50,960
team right it's going to be an

4731
03:49:53,990 --> 03:49:52,080
international coalition that's going to

4732
03:49:55,510 --> 03:49:54,000
go do it you don't want to let them down

4733
03:49:57,670 --> 03:49:55,520
and it just makes you study harder it

4734
03:50:00,870 --> 03:49:57,680
makes you tougher makes you stronger

4735
03:50:03,110 --> 03:50:00,880
okay congratulations to all of you

4736
03:50:05,750 --> 03:50:03,120
all right we have another question

4737
03:50:08,550 --> 03:50:05,760
hey everybody mike from fox 35 news in

4738
03:50:09,990 --> 03:50:08,560
orlando may i ask this jessica a

4739
03:50:11,030 --> 03:50:10,000
question first

4740
03:50:12,870 --> 03:50:11,040
um

4741
03:50:14,550 --> 03:50:12,880
we hear that when we go to the moon this

4742
03:50:15,510 --> 03:50:14,560
time it's going to be to go there to

4743
03:50:17,750 --> 03:50:15,520
stay

4744
03:50:19,750 --> 03:50:17,760
and i wonder if you've thought about

4745
03:50:20,870 --> 03:50:19,760
sort of how long you would be willing to

4746
03:50:22,710 --> 03:50:20,880
be there

4747
03:50:23,750 --> 03:50:22,720
have you thought about what if you could

4748
03:50:26,389 --> 03:50:23,760
go

4749
03:50:27,990 --> 03:50:26,399
but you couldn't come back

4750
03:50:30,790 --> 03:50:28,000
yeah that's a good question and i can

4751
03:50:32,950 --> 03:50:30,800
tell you that at the end of my 205 days

4752
03:50:35,030 --> 03:50:32,960
on the space station i was not ready to

4753
03:50:36,950 --> 03:50:35,040
leave if it were up to me i would have

4754
03:50:38,870 --> 03:50:36,960
stayed up there even if there weren't

4755
03:50:40,550 --> 03:50:38,880
you know covered a coveted filled earth

4756
03:50:43,590 --> 03:50:40,560
that i was coming back to even despite

4757
03:50:45,429 --> 03:50:43,600
that 205 days wasn't long enough so i

4758
03:50:47,990 --> 03:50:45,439
think when we are up there doing these

4759
03:50:50,469 --> 03:50:48,000
missions time passes very quickly

4760
03:50:52,630 --> 03:50:50,479
because we are in this whole novel

4761
03:50:54,309 --> 03:50:52,640
atmosphere with so many exciting

4762
03:50:56,469 --> 03:50:54,319
opportunities around us so much to

4763
03:50:58,790 --> 03:50:56,479
discover and so much to do that for me

4764
03:51:01,030 --> 03:50:58,800
it just flew by i think it's going to be

4765
03:51:02,950 --> 03:51:01,040
exactly true probably even more so when

4766
03:51:04,950 --> 03:51:02,960
we get all the way to the moon that we

4767
03:51:06,550 --> 03:51:04,960
are going to have so much to do we're

4768
03:51:08,309 --> 03:51:06,560
going to have so many people to not let

4769
03:51:09,910 --> 03:51:08,319
down as matt mentioned and we're going

4770
03:51:12,070 --> 03:51:09,920
to be there and ready to stay for as

4771
03:51:13,349 --> 03:51:12,080
long as the mission dictates and so i

4772
03:51:15,349 --> 03:51:13,359
think personally

4773
03:51:16,870 --> 03:51:15,359
i always trust in the training that we

4774
03:51:18,469 --> 03:51:16,880
receive and on the hundreds and

4775
03:51:20,150 --> 03:51:18,479
thousands of people that are supporting

4776
03:51:21,990 --> 03:51:20,160
us on the ground they're the ones that

4777
03:51:23,910 --> 03:51:22,000
are designing the correct mission

4778
03:51:25,910 --> 03:51:23,920
architecture so they will design the

4779
03:51:28,070 --> 03:51:25,920
appropriate length mission to get the

4780
03:51:29,830 --> 03:51:28,080
most out of it for all of us back on

4781
03:51:31,750 --> 03:51:29,840
earth so absolutely i'll be ready to

4782
03:51:35,910 --> 03:51:31,760
stay for for whatever duration that

4783
03:51:39,429 --> 03:51:37,910
sure yeah i mean i think

4784
03:51:41,030 --> 03:51:39,439
absolutely you know if we start talking

4785
03:51:42,950 --> 03:51:41,040
about this first mission to mars that

4786
03:51:44,630 --> 03:51:42,960
would probably be a three-year mission

4787
03:51:46,150 --> 03:51:44,640
the way it's looking right now and i

4788
03:51:48,389 --> 03:51:46,160
would be ready to do that when the team

4789
03:51:52,309 --> 03:51:48,399
has it all designed and ready to go

4790
03:51:53,830 --> 03:51:52,319
good for you and question for you um

4791
03:51:55,189 --> 03:51:53,840
is it possible

4792
03:51:57,510 --> 03:51:55,199
that you could be involved in the

4793
03:51:59,910 --> 03:51:57,520
artemis program and also the mars

4794
03:52:01,830 --> 03:51:59,920
program you've been to station right so

4795
03:52:04,150 --> 03:52:01,840
they're they're choosing astronauts who

4796
03:52:06,229 --> 03:52:04,160
have been involved in shuttle and low

4797
03:52:08,630 --> 03:52:06,239
earth orbit at the station do you think

4798
03:52:11,110 --> 03:52:08,640
about what if i could check both boxes

4799
03:52:12,389 --> 03:52:11,120
the moon and mars yeah i'm glad you

4800
03:52:13,590 --> 03:52:12,399
mentioned that because

4801
03:52:14,870 --> 03:52:13,600
right now at nasa we're at a really

4802
03:52:16,870 --> 03:52:14,880
unique time where we have a lot of

4803
03:52:18,630 --> 03:52:16,880
overlapping missions right and just in

4804
03:52:20,389 --> 03:52:18,640
our astronaut office you know we have 50

4805
03:52:21,990 --> 03:52:20,399
astronauts almost 50 astronauts right

4806
03:52:23,910 --> 03:52:22,000
now and we're training on four different

4807
03:52:25,590 --> 03:52:23,920
vehicles some people are training to

4808
03:52:27,750 --> 03:52:25,600
test the brand new vehicle some people

4809
03:52:29,510 --> 03:52:27,760
are training to fly from a vehicle

4810
03:52:30,710 --> 03:52:29,520
overseas for a six-month mission to the

4811
03:52:32,389 --> 03:52:30,720
space station

4812
03:52:35,269 --> 03:52:32,399
some people are designing and looking at

4813
03:52:37,510 --> 03:52:35,279
the lunar landers and and so all of us

4814
03:52:39,429 --> 03:52:37,520
are involved in something uh different

4815
03:52:41,429 --> 03:52:39,439
and none of us are successful if all of

4816
03:52:43,269 --> 03:52:41,439
those aren't successful and so we are a

4817
03:52:46,070 --> 03:52:43,279
very busy office right now

4818
03:52:47,670 --> 03:52:46,080
and so right now uh the mars missions at

4819
03:52:50,070 --> 03:52:47,680
our office on our operational level

4820
03:52:51,510 --> 03:52:50,080
they're not quite there yet as a direct

4821
03:52:52,950 --> 03:52:51,520
mars mission

4822
03:52:54,229 --> 03:52:52,960
obviously the space station is one of

4823
03:52:56,229 --> 03:52:54,239
our proving grounds the moon's going to

4824
03:52:58,229 --> 03:52:56,239
be our next proving ground and if i can

4825
03:53:00,950 --> 03:52:58,239
stay stay healthy long enough then then

4826
03:53:02,070 --> 03:53:00,960
i'd love to check that next block

4827
03:53:04,229 --> 03:53:02,080
we're certainly working on the

4828
03:53:05,830 --> 03:53:04,239
technology to

4829
03:53:07,590 --> 03:53:05,840
this moon will be the proving ground in

4830
03:53:09,590 --> 03:53:07,600
order to build that technology to get

4831
03:53:13,030 --> 03:53:09,600
out to mars another question all right

4832
03:53:14,870 --> 03:53:13,040
uh team congratulations uh well done uh

4833
03:53:17,590 --> 03:53:14,880
greg paloma spectrum news 13 right here

4834
03:53:19,830 --> 03:53:17,600
on florida space coast um my question is

4835
03:53:21,910 --> 03:53:19,840
back in 1969 in july there was a

4836
03:53:24,229 --> 03:53:21,920
gentleman who said some very famous

4837
03:53:25,990 --> 03:53:24,239
words when he went to a certain place

4838
03:53:27,269 --> 03:53:26,000
for the first time

4839
03:53:30,229 --> 03:53:27,279
and this is for anybody who would like

4840
03:53:32,389 --> 03:53:30,239
to jump in again it's not not a a rigged

4841
03:53:34,070 --> 03:53:32,399
question but

4842
03:53:35,830 --> 03:53:34,080
have you thought about what you may say

4843
03:53:39,030 --> 03:53:35,840
whether you're the next man or the first

4844
03:53:44,150 --> 03:53:40,870
no

4845
03:53:45,269 --> 03:53:44,160
dream come true for a lot of us just to

4846
03:53:47,590 --> 03:53:45,279
be here

4847
03:53:49,590 --> 03:53:47,600
for me it'd be a little premature but

4848
03:53:51,110 --> 03:53:49,600
you know if i happen to be that person

4849
03:53:52,389 --> 03:53:51,120
trust me there'll be some thought put

4850
03:53:53,830 --> 03:53:52,399
into that uh

4851
03:53:55,349 --> 03:53:53,840
like matt said

4852
03:53:57,910 --> 03:53:55,359
that's one thing you don't want to mess

4853
03:53:59,189 --> 03:53:57,920
up when you have that opportunity and

4854
03:54:02,229 --> 03:53:59,199
matt it looks like you were pondering

4855
03:54:03,750 --> 03:54:02,239
that in your head in this very moment

4856
03:54:05,110 --> 03:54:03,760
of course that i was racking and

4857
03:54:07,110 --> 03:54:05,120
stacking all of the things in the

4858
03:54:08,550 --> 03:54:07,120
priority order and that was way at the

4859
03:54:10,070 --> 03:54:08,560
end of the list

4860
03:54:11,670 --> 03:54:10,080
not ready yet

4861
03:54:13,429 --> 03:54:11,680
there's a lot of work to do i think if

4862
03:54:14,870 --> 03:54:13,439
that's something that's keeping us up a

4863
03:54:17,189 --> 03:54:14,880
lot of things have gone right and that's

4864
03:54:18,630 --> 03:54:17,199
really exciting and if uh if we know

4865
03:54:20,309 --> 03:54:18,640
who's who it's gonna be i think we're

4866
03:54:22,630 --> 03:54:20,319
gonna you know be ribbing them a lot and

4867
03:54:23,930 --> 03:54:22,640
say you better think of something good

4868
03:54:26,630 --> 03:54:23,940
and maybe i'm not gonna help you

4869
03:54:28,229 --> 03:54:26,640
[Laughter]

4870
03:54:30,070 --> 03:54:28,239
i can imagine it even like the

4871
03:54:31,910 --> 03:54:30,080
inspiration coming on the journey there

4872
03:54:33,750 --> 03:54:31,920
right you might have something in your

4873
03:54:36,469 --> 03:54:33,760
mind and you might change it along the

4874
03:54:37,830 --> 03:54:36,479
way just as many writers do

4875
03:54:39,269 --> 03:54:37,840
a follow-up question

4876
03:54:41,269 --> 03:54:39,279
if there's time i'd love to throw this

4877
03:54:43,269 --> 03:54:41,279
at you if you could put some words in a

4878
03:54:45,510 --> 03:54:43,279
time capsule for people 100 years from

4879
03:54:47,590 --> 03:54:45,520
now about what this mission

4880
03:54:48,950 --> 03:54:47,600
is with the artemis mission uh what

4881
03:54:51,030 --> 03:54:48,960
would what would you like to say what

4882
03:54:52,790 --> 03:54:51,040
would you like to say to uh to people

4883
03:54:54,469 --> 03:54:52,800
and not just americans but people across

4884
03:54:55,910 --> 03:54:54,479
the world and maybe people will meet

4885
03:54:57,510 --> 03:54:55,920
eventually on other worlds what would it

4886
03:55:03,110 --> 03:54:57,520
be a hundred years from now what would

4887
03:55:07,189 --> 03:55:05,110
i think i see space flight is it's a

4888
03:55:09,030 --> 03:55:07,199
very long relay race and we're all

4889
03:55:11,990 --> 03:55:09,040
really fortunate to be able to hold the

4890
03:55:13,510 --> 03:55:12,000
baton for a short period of time

4891
03:55:14,870 --> 03:55:13,520
so if in a hundred years i would almost

4892
03:55:16,710 --> 03:55:14,880
want to ask them a question but i think

4893
03:55:18,870 --> 03:55:16,720
what i would just say is i hope that for

4894
03:55:20,550 --> 03:55:18,880
the time i held the baton i made this a

4895
03:55:22,070 --> 03:55:20,560
better program i changed lives for the

4896
03:55:26,150 --> 03:55:22,080
better the program for the better and

4897
03:55:30,550 --> 03:55:28,469
hard to follow that up yeah thank you

4898
03:55:32,229 --> 03:55:30,560
good luck guys yeah

4899
03:55:34,070 --> 03:55:32,239
well thank you very much to our media

4900
03:55:36,229 --> 03:55:34,080
members we appreciate you joining in and

4901
03:55:38,550 --> 03:55:36,239
asking the questions uh one last

4902
03:55:39,990 --> 03:55:38,560
question though for you that i have with

4903
03:55:41,510 --> 03:55:40,000
a show of hands

4904
03:55:44,550 --> 03:55:41,520
who would like to be

4905
03:55:47,030 --> 03:55:44,560
the first woman or the next man to go to

4906
03:55:51,750 --> 03:55:49,670
there it is all five in in honor of uh

4907
03:55:54,389 --> 03:55:51,760
the mercury seven press conference i

4908
03:55:56,790 --> 03:55:54,399
appreciate uh seeing that thank you all

4909
03:55:58,870 --> 03:55:56,800
for being here coming to florida taking

4910
03:56:00,790 --> 03:55:58,880
time out of your busy schedule to meet

4911
03:56:02,870 --> 03:56:00,800
with us and talk with us and share your

4912
03:56:05,189 --> 03:56:02,880
thoughts and feelings about the artemis

4913
03:56:07,670 --> 03:56:05,199
program we greatly appreciate it

4914
03:56:10,870 --> 03:56:07,680
and if you want to learn more about

4915
03:56:13,269 --> 03:56:10,880
these astronauts you can do so by going

4916
03:56:16,469 --> 03:56:13,279
online to nasa.gov

4917
03:56:18,150 --> 03:56:16,479
forward slash artemis team again that's

4918
03:56:20,469 --> 03:56:18,160
nasa.gov

4919
03:56:23,030 --> 03:56:20,479
forward slash artemis team their

4920
03:56:25,429 --> 03:56:23,040
biographies are there as well as some

4921
03:56:27,429 --> 03:56:25,439
very finely produced videos about them

4922
03:56:29,429 --> 03:56:27,439
where you can hear them in their own

4923
03:56:30,550 --> 03:56:29,439
words i want to thank you all for

4924
03:56:32,469 --> 03:56:30,560
watching

4925
03:56:34,389 --> 03:56:32,479
and remind you to

4926
03:56:59,040 --> 03:56:34,399
keep looking up