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as astronauts we have the best jobs in

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but the work we do on station wouldn't

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be possible without your support

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we're on a path to land the first woman

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and the first person of color

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it is our honor to introduce someone who

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knows exactly what it's like

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to live and work up here in orbit our

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new administrator

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the honorable senator bill nelson

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hi everybody thank you very much

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and thank you megan shane and mark for

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the introduction

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it's well known that nasa is the most

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popular agency or

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department of the federal government and

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that's because

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of you the nasa family

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and it's such an honor to serve

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and a leadership position in this

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extraordinary

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group of folks i'm so

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proud today to be joined by my wife

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and be joined virtually by our children

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and i'm so grateful for all of their

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which has been over a lifetime

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i got a call from the president-elect

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right after the first of the year

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and he wanted he wanted me to serve here

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and it was a surprise because

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i had not sought this position

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but when the president calls you

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you know what you do you click your

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salute and you say yes sir

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and i am very glad that he gave me this

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opportunity

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and it's been an incredible month

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up to speed about the agency's goals and

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and i want you to know the truth be

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known i'm like a kid

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space has always been a passion for me

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i grew up in the shadow of the cape

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the names of the original seven were all

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known by our schoolmates

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and it's been a passion that has been

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fueled

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by my family history

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as a matter of fact on what was

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scrubbed land of rattlesnakes and

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mosquitoes and alligators

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my grandparents homesteaded under the

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homestead act

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on that 160 acres of land

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that 160 acres today

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is at the north end of the space shuttle

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when i went to the launch pad for the

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i was the seventh to crawl in and strap

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direction of the old homestead and it

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three-quarters of a century

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earlier my grandparents had homesteaded

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there and they could have never believed

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that a grandson was literally going

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to leave the face of the earth

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in between conducting 12 medical

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enjoying the best crew ever

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my sleep and i'd float up to the flight

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and i'd just float there in front of the

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it really has an impression on you and

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there's actually a term

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you see our home the planet

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and it looks so beautiful such a

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in the middle of nothing and yet it also

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fact that as we orbited the earth every

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religious divisions i saw that we were

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nasa because we all come together

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and we see our planet our home

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bob cabana is here anyone who has flown

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of the earth and you can actually see

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film of the atmosphere and you realize

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rivers and you could clearly see that

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in the mouths of all the rivers that

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i was really excited last week

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to join the president in announcing

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a new development of a next generation

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of climate data systems at nasa

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it's the earth system observatory to

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understand and track how climate change

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impacting communities across the country

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that meeting held at fema headquarters

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i underscored to the president

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how this earth system observatory will

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and be better prepared and to support

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families and businesses before a

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the earth system observatory will

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integrated satellites the first of which

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climate change we've got to measure it

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an unprecedented understanding

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of the earth it's a 3d

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earth system observatory the core of the

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to build the observatory we will expand

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of the global nature of the issues at

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we're working together and the science

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radar systems that together we'll see

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the nicer mission will measure changes

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understanding how our planet and its

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nasa's earth system observatory is the

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and you've just seen some of these great

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scientists

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and i believe dr z is almost as excited

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as i

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am uh and that's what he's leading and

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it's incredible and what you just saw

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is just the tip of the iceberg the earth

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system observatory is just one of the

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many missions that we have on the

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horizon

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and i'm excited to share more about the

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exciting future we have in store here at

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nasa

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but first i want to thank you for all

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the work you've done over the past year

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back in march 2020 many of you

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packed up your computers you went home

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to work from your kitchen table

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your living rooms your basements while

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some

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of you were mission critical and you had

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to continue working on

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site under strict guidelines to keep you

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healthy

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and to keep your colleagues and your

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families healthy too

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you did that and i thank you for that

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and despite all these hardships it's

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been an

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amazing year for nasa

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the agency has lost has launched

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10 astronauts from american rockets

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on american soil

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we've had all of america on the edge of

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their seats

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as perseverance came through those

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seven minutes of terror made a

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successful

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landing on mars and since then we've

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created

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oxygen on mars and we've seen ingenuity

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that little helicopter defeat the odds

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outliving its planned lifespan

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and it transitioned from a tech demo

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it's the first flight on another planet

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and here's jennifer trosper out at

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jpl to give us a live update on

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perseverance and ingenuity

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thank you well it's a privilege to be

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here

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to talk about the perseverance rover

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mission

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today is the 101st saw

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on mars for the perseverance rover 101

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martian days ago

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percy successfully landed on the red

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planet at jezreel crater

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jezreel crater is an ancient lake bed on

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mars and a great place

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for perseverance to to search for

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ancient

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microbial life now shortly after landing

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we started sending down images for the

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first

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time of the landing and

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and from the rover's perspective and

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then shortly after that

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perseverance quickly got to work on her

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commissioning activities

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commissioning is when we check out all

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the functions of the rover to make sure

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that

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during their flight to mars and their

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rather dramatic landing

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on mars the functions all still work

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just two days ago perseverance finished

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all of her commissioning activities

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during this time

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she sent down over 75 000 images

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of our landing site and some of those

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images were what i call the vacation

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photos of

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percy and ingenuity sitting there

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together on the surface of mars

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learning new things she also deployed

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ingenuity

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photographed the flights and relayed the

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data back to earth

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and now we are continuing with an

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operational demo where ingenuity is

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helping perseverance

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learn new things and figure out which

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directions to go for her science

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campaigns

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we've recorded the sounds on mars for

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the first time

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of the wheels interacting with the rocks

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of the winds

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of the helicopter flying but we've also

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checked out

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every instrument and the robotic arm and

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the sampling system and the vehicle is

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working phenomenally

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well and now since the end of

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commissioning has happened

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we are starting to drive south to a

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region called ceta

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seita is an area where we will look

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around and

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find a location that is the best place

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for our first sample

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so it's been a very exciting 100 days

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but we're looking forward to the

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beginning of this new science campaign

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back to you

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well thank you so much and i really

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believe that no other organization

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in the world can do what this amazing

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team has done

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and certainly not under such difficult

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circumstances

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in the nearly 15 months since the

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beginning of the pandemic

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you all have not only landed a rover on

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mars but also supported advancements

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getting us closer to

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launching the first crude artemis

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mission

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and in just a few months the launch of

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the james webb

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space telescope which will see the light

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from the first galaxies that formed in

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the early

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universe after the big bang think about

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that

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universe almost

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13 and a half billion years ago

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james webb will capture the light

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from about 150 million

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years after the big bang

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13 billion 350

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million years

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and so this is just a few of the things

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that you all have been working on and

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i'm

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thrilled now to have a special treat for

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you

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because it's a special guest

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captain kirk himself

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to inspire you all to boldly

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go into the future

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i want to congratulate uh bill nelson as

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nasa's new

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administrator we're all delighted

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why does nasa exist why do we exist

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why does life exist upon this strange

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and lonely planet

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how did we arrive and for what reason

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an age-old question one that each of us

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at one time or another

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has asked each time the universe

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responds with silence

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nasa stands before that silence

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and probes that mystery we stand with

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nasa in response

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to the incredible miracle of impossible

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life on

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an insensate world

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we move back to a moon that we wish we

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had never deserted

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we move onward to mars to establish a

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base

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and then a community and finally

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a miniature civilization on its

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enigmatic soil we do it

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because nasa has realized

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that the universe which extends for

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billions of light years

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unless what unless there are

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observers and caretakers of that

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stunning

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interstellar display the universe

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demands to be noticed

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to be seen and beautifully noted

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the purpose of life on earth

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is to see to know

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and to tell what the cosmos

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has to offer without us human beings

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without

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nasa the universe would be unseen

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unknown untouched so

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nasa in the coming years will be chief

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witness

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and we as fellow observers celebrate to

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the cause

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can nasa do this can we

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run tandem with nasa and live forever

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or a million years whichever comes first

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we can

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after a speech like that i'm ready to go

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what a wonderful tribute to all that

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nasa means to the world

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and we do have an exciting future ahead

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and as you can see on the screen behind

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me we're assembling the rocket at this

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very minute

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down at the kennedy space center it'll

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pave the way to return american

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that rocket is the space launch system

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it will launch our orion spacecraft

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and cargo on missions to lunar orbit and

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beyond

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and soon i mean like days

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we're starting to stack that massive

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core stage between its two boosters

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in the vehicle assembly building at ksc

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the sls will be the most powerful rocket

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in the world

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8.8 million pounds of thrust

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at launch all this means

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we're on our way to land the next

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americans on the moon

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and this time we're going to learn how

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to live

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and work on another world

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america's long-term presence at the moon

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both robotic and human will help develop

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the experience and capabilities we need

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to eventually send the first

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astronauts to mars

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artemis one the first uncrewed mission

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will launch from kennedy later this year

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it will spend 26 days in retrograde

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lunar orbit traveling to distances

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that no human rated spacecraft has ever

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been

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and america will also see our first

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robotic

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lander on the moon since 1968.

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ushering in a new era of a global

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science and exploration

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presence as more commercial moon

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deliveries

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will follow and landing the first

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woman and the first person of color on

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the lunar surface as a part

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of artemis is not a statement

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it is an action the united states

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must and will continue to lead the way

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globally

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not just in exploration but

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also in equity

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we can be proud that all this work is

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good for science and humanity and it

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also supports and creates

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good paying american jobs

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we're on track to do so many more

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amazing things

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for the country and the world

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because that's what nasa does it's just

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a little agency

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but its value is immense

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that total value is hard to quantify

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you can look at all the ways it helps

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stem education billions of dollars in

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partnerships with small businesses

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economic impact in all 50 states

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hundreds of thousands of good

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high-paying jobs

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incredible technology spin-offs

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like the in your pocket right now

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the camera in your cell phone

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and inspiration and investment

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in the workforce of the future

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as we educate our workforce for all

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these amazing things

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think of what apollo did for a

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generation

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of scientists and engineers and

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mathematicians

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we're going now to inspire a whole new

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generation of students

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the artemis generation

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and that's not all we will continue to

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be a catalyst for the growth of a

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healthy

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and vibrant commercial space industry

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expanding opportunities in low earth

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orbit

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and pushing further to the moon and

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beyond

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and we will continue to develop the

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cutting edge space

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technologies and transformative

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capabilities

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we continue to advance aviation

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technologies to make our skies

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safer our aircraft more sustainable

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and to get you to your destination

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faster

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and safer than ever before

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and we will continue to inspire and arm

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our workforce of the future through

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our stem engagement programs

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we will continue to push the boundaries

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of space exploration

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through science missions with spacecraft

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telescopes rovers and more and we will

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do

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all of this and more because that's

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what nasa does and no one

605
00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:49,279
does it better

606
00:27:52,549 --> 00:27:51,279
hi i'm lily and i'm from the exploration

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00:27:54,789 --> 00:27:52,559
ground systems program

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i'm the egs flow manager and i'm here in

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00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:55,840
the vab

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at kennedy space center 16 floors up so

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we're currently assembling all the

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flight components for the artemis one

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00:28:06,789 --> 00:28:04,559
vehicle behind me you'll see the two

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boosters that are already fully stacked

615
00:28:09,909 --> 00:28:08,159
and the core charge is currently in the

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transfer aisle getting ready to be

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lifted

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and mated after that we'll install the

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rest of the flight hardware components

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and on top of that we'll put the orion

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vehicle and then we'll be ready for

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launch

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this is definitely an exciting time here

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00:28:29,990 --> 00:28:29,590
this is the x-57 maxwell it's nasa's

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first

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all-electric piloted aircraft and it'll

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pave the way for the future of electric

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00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:36,640
aircraft and create certifications

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nasa armstrong is also working on remote

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piloted and autonomous aircraft

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that will help set standards for air

632
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taxi package delivery

633
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we're sending the world's premier space

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00:28:57,430 --> 00:28:55,360
science observatory the webb telescope

635
00:28:59,110 --> 00:28:57,440
one million miles from earth to explore

636
00:29:00,789 --> 00:28:59,120
every phase of cosmic history

637
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it'll study everything from the most

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00:29:03,590 --> 00:29:02,880
distant observable galaxies in the early

639
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:03,600
universe

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to planets in the habitable zones of

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nearby stars

642
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:08,880
i'm standing in the astrobiology

643
00:29:12,630 --> 00:29:10,720
chemical laboratory where samples from

644
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:12,640
the osiris-rex mission will be coming in

645
00:29:15,669 --> 00:29:14,240
2023.

646
00:29:17,350 --> 00:29:15,679
this is going to be an incredible year

647
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:17,360
for ashford science when we launch the

648
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dart mission

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it will help us understand how to

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00:29:21,669 --> 00:29:20,960
potentially deflect an asteroid from

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earth

652
00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:22,880
our lucy mission will study the

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00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:24,880
mysterious trojan asteroids and the

654
00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:26,399
psyche mission will head to an asteroid

655
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that might harbor the metallic core

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of a planetoid we also have exciting new

657
00:29:33,269 --> 00:29:31,840
space communications missions

658
00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:33,279
and a robotic servicing mission that

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00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:35,120
will refuel and relocate another

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satellite

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00:29:44,310 --> 00:29:38,000
to extend its life a simple end antenna

662
00:29:47,909 --> 00:29:46,230
i guess we do a lot of the number

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crunching that nasa needs

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00:29:52,149 --> 00:29:49,840
in order to develop its world-class

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00:29:53,990 --> 00:29:52,159
climate modeling and projections

666
00:29:55,350 --> 00:29:54,000
we've got more than 20 satellites

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already up in orbit

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00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:57,200
and in this decade alone we're adding

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another half a dozen

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here at goddard and across nasa you can

671
00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:02,480
bet that we're not going to stop

672
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:03,279
innovating

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00:30:12,230 --> 00:30:04,880
we're trying to learn everything we can

674
00:30:18,549 --> 00:30:15,990
america has always had a frontier

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at the beginning of our country that

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00:30:24,070 --> 00:30:21,279
frontier was westward

677
00:30:26,549 --> 00:30:24,080
now that frontier is upward and it's out

678
00:30:30,190 --> 00:30:26,559
into the cosmos

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00:30:34,230 --> 00:30:30,200
it is a part of our dna to be

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explorers adventurers

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00:30:39,830 --> 00:30:37,679
that's in our dna as americans

682
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:39,840
and we will continue to push the

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00:30:46,950 --> 00:30:43,440
boundaries of space exploration

684
00:30:49,510 --> 00:30:46,960
in 1992 nasa established a new program

685
00:30:52,310 --> 00:30:49,520
within its science mission directorate

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00:30:54,710 --> 00:30:52,320
the discovery program

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00:30:56,389 --> 00:30:54,720
this program invites scientists and

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00:30:59,990 --> 00:30:56,399
engineers to propose

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00:31:00,630 --> 00:31:00,000
smaller focused planetary science

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00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:00,640
missions

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00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:04,240
that have the potential to achieve great

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00:31:10,710 --> 00:31:06,320
things at lower cost

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00:31:14,470 --> 00:31:10,720
than larger agency flagship missions

694
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:14,480
to date nasa has launched 13

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00:31:21,909 --> 00:31:18,320
discovery missions like the insight

696
00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:21,919
mars lander the lunar reconnaissance

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00:31:27,029 --> 00:31:23,760
orbiter

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00:31:29,029 --> 00:31:27,039
our lucy asteroid mission

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00:31:30,870 --> 00:31:29,039
and that's scheduled for launch this

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00:31:33,430 --> 00:31:30,880
fall

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lucy is just one of three discovery

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00:31:36,549 --> 00:31:34,000
missions

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00:31:38,789 --> 00:31:36,559
nasa is planning to launch in the next

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00:31:41,669 --> 00:31:38,799
three years

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00:31:43,430 --> 00:31:41,679
and i'm excited to break some big news

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00:31:46,950 --> 00:31:43,440
today

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we have two new discovery missions

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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00:33:31,029 --> 00:33:26,960
the truth of this clouded

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00:33:31,590 --> 00:33:31,039
planet congratulations to the teams

712
00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:31,600
behind

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00:33:40,950 --> 00:33:35,200
nasa's two planetary science missions

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veritas truth and da vinci plus

715
00:33:45,909 --> 00:33:44,080
these two sister missions both aim to

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understand how venus

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became an inferno-like world capable of

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00:33:55,909 --> 00:33:53,679
melting lead at the surface

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they will offer the entire science

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00:34:00,549 --> 00:33:57,679
community the chance to

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00:34:02,950 --> 00:34:00,559
investigate a planet we haven't been to

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00:34:05,990 --> 00:34:02,960
in more than 30 years

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00:34:09,829 --> 00:34:06,000
in our solar system of the rocky

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planets there's mercury closest to the

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it has no atmosphere then there's venus

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00:34:24,310 --> 00:34:20,639
with an incredibly dense atmosphere

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00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:24,320
then there's earth with a habital

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00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:28,159
atmosphere and then there's mars

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00:34:32,950 --> 00:34:30,399
with an atmosphere that is just one

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percent of earth

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we hope these missions will further our

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00:34:41,109 --> 00:34:37,839
understanding of how earth evolved

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and why it's currently habitable when

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others in our solar system are not

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planetary science is critical in

736
00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:49,679
answering key questions that we have as

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humans like

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are we alone what implications beyond

739
00:34:59,510 --> 00:34:57,200
our solar system could these two

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missions have

741
00:35:06,470 --> 00:35:03,760
this is really exciting stuff

742
00:35:08,390 --> 00:35:06,480
and it's an emerging area of research

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00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:08,400
for nasa

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00:35:12,630 --> 00:35:10,560
and so before i leave you i want to

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00:35:15,510 --> 00:35:12,640
thank you

746
00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:15,520
now there's no doubt that nasa is the

747
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:16,240
premier

748
00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:19,520
space agency in the world but nasa

749
00:35:25,510 --> 00:35:23,520
is only as good as its people

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00:35:27,430 --> 00:35:25,520
and we're lucky to have the best of the

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00:35:30,310 --> 00:35:27,440
best

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00:35:31,510 --> 00:35:30,320
i'm committed to leading nasa as our

753
00:35:33,910 --> 00:35:31,520
team

754
00:35:34,790 --> 00:35:33,920
with our soon-to-be senate confirmed

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00:35:39,030 --> 00:35:34,800
deputy

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00:35:43,829 --> 00:35:39,040
administrator colonel pam melroy

757
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:43,839
and chief financial officer margaret voe

758
00:35:48,950 --> 00:35:46,400
and with associate administrator bob

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00:35:52,710 --> 00:35:51,829
but it's crucial that this is not a

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00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:52,720
top-down

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00:35:56,470 --> 00:35:55,040
agency it's an agency where our

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00:35:59,430 --> 00:35:56,480
workforce

763
00:36:00,950 --> 00:35:59,440
every single one of you is critical to

764
00:36:04,310 --> 00:36:00,960
the success

765
00:36:04,870 --> 00:36:04,320
of our missions and i know that and i

766
00:36:08,069 --> 00:36:04,880
know it

767
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:08,079
from personal experience

768
00:36:14,870 --> 00:36:11,760
because of participating

769
00:36:18,550 --> 00:36:14,880
in one of the space shuttle missions

770
00:36:22,150 --> 00:36:18,560
it's you on the line that make this

771
00:36:26,069 --> 00:36:23,990
and another way of expressing that

772
00:36:28,790 --> 00:36:26,079
appreciation is to tell you

773
00:36:30,310 --> 00:36:28,800
a story that i've always heard around

774
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:30,320
kennedy

775
00:36:35,990 --> 00:36:33,760
came out of the apollo program

776
00:36:38,230 --> 00:36:36,000
there was a nasa employee as they were

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00:36:42,150 --> 00:36:38,240
developing the space center

778
00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:45,109
and a reporter went over to him and

779
00:36:49,349 --> 00:36:46,720
asked him what are you doing and he

780
00:36:55,190 --> 00:36:49,359
responded

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00:36:59,030 --> 00:36:55,200
i'm helping to land a man on the moon

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so i hope to hear a lot of you

783
00:37:06,150 --> 00:37:04,079
all over nasa and especially on the line

784
00:37:07,270 --> 00:37:06,160
and when we're able to see each other

785
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:07,280
again in person

786
00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:12,000
i hope you'll stop introduce yourself

787
00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:15,760
and i want to thank you so much

788
00:37:20,550 --> 00:37:18,480
thank you for what you're doing for nasa

789
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:20,560
for our country

790
00:37:24,010 --> 00:37:36,550
[Applause]

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what motivates me is going outside at

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00:37:42,310 --> 00:37:39,920
night

793
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looking up at the moon and thinking

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00:37:45,190 --> 00:37:42,960
about how

795
00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:45,200
humans are going to be walking on the

796
00:37:50,069 --> 00:37:46,720
moon once again

797
00:37:52,390 --> 00:37:50,079
in the very near future it is a big idea

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00:37:53,510 --> 00:37:52,400
but you know that's what we do at nasa

799
00:37:55,990 --> 00:37:53,520
i'm focused on

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00:37:57,510 --> 00:37:56,000
you know taking those big ideas and

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00:38:02,310 --> 00:37:57,520
making them into something that we can

802
00:38:05,829 --> 00:38:03,910
we want to make sure we have really

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00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:05,839
accurate measurements of

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00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:08,560
earth so that we can detect changes in

805
00:38:12,150 --> 00:38:09,680
climate over time

806
00:38:13,270 --> 00:38:12,160
i'm thankful it's not just me working on

807
00:38:15,510 --> 00:38:13,280
this mission

808
00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:15,520
because i so value what other folks

809
00:38:20,390 --> 00:38:18,480
bring to the table

810
00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:20,400
by developing this aircraft we're

811
00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:21,680
actually coming up with

812
00:38:27,030 --> 00:38:24,160
a lot of the standards that will be used

813
00:38:28,950 --> 00:38:27,040
to certify future electric aircraft

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00:38:30,710 --> 00:38:28,960
nasa is leading and partnering with

815
00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:30,720
industries across the nation and the

816
00:38:33,750 --> 00:38:31,520
world

817
00:38:36,150 --> 00:38:33,760
employing thousands and tens of

818
00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:36,160
thousands of americans across the nation

819
00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:38,400
teamwork is the biggest thing of what

820
00:38:41,990 --> 00:38:39,280
has to work

821
00:38:42,870 --> 00:38:42,000
to do such a challenging thing as living

822
00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:42,880
around the moon

823
00:38:46,550 --> 00:38:44,480
and we're coming together to be able to

824
00:38:48,069 --> 00:38:46,560
really take human space exploration to

825
00:38:50,550 --> 00:38:48,079
the next step

826
00:38:52,390 --> 00:38:50,560
we're bringing this american ingenuity

827
00:38:55,510 --> 00:38:52,400
the collective greatness

828
00:38:58,390 --> 00:38:55,520
of all of the diverse minds that are

829
00:38:59,510 --> 00:38:58,400
in the united states on these grand

830
00:39:02,870 --> 00:38:59,520
challenges that

831
00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:02,880
we face every day

832
00:39:05,990 --> 00:39:05,280
i go to work and i know there is a is a

833
00:39:08,710 --> 00:39:06,000
big purpose

834
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:08,720
it is high stakes high pressure but to

835
00:39:13,589 --> 00:39:09,520
be honest

836
00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:13,599
that's what we do that's what we do best

837
00:39:19,430 --> 00:39:17,200
i was a summer intern back in 2007

838
00:39:21,829 --> 00:39:19,440
the experience changed my life forever

839
00:39:23,510 --> 00:39:21,839
the people there were so inclusive

840
00:39:25,589 --> 00:39:23,520
and i want to be able to inspire the

841
00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:25,599
little kids out there to be like if he

842
00:39:30,550 --> 00:39:27,040
was able to do this

843
00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:30,560
then i can too i want the largest

844
00:39:34,150 --> 00:39:33,280
number of students to have access we

845
00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:34,160
work with

846
00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:36,160
schools and with students so that they

847
00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:37,520
see that they don't have to figure this

848
00:39:41,349 --> 00:39:38,560
out alone

849
00:39:42,069 --> 00:39:41,359
and it's always fascinating for me when

850
00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:42,079
a student

851
00:39:45,990 --> 00:39:44,000
literally has the proverbial light bulb

852
00:39:48,230 --> 00:39:46,000
go off that this is something they can

853
00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:50,870
orbital dynamics don't slow down during

854
00:39:54,790 --> 00:39:52,160
a pandemic

855
00:39:55,270 --> 00:39:54,800
we had to come up with ways to keep

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00:39:57,910 --> 00:39:55,280
going

857
00:39:59,030 --> 00:39:57,920
right from the get-go because of all the

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00:40:02,230 --> 00:39:59,040
safeguards that

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00:40:05,109 --> 00:40:02,240
nasa and our team put in place

860
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:05,119
we all felt very safe still being able

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00:40:09,430 --> 00:40:05,680
to

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00:40:11,430 --> 00:40:09,440
develop our flight hardware on center

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00:40:13,270 --> 00:40:11,440
i have hope that the current vaccine

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00:40:16,150 --> 00:40:13,280
rollout is going to help us

865
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as we continue to vaccinate our entire

866
00:40:20,309 --> 00:40:17,839
population we can come back

867
00:40:21,910 --> 00:40:20,319
to work in a way where we can continue

868
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to do the job that we have

869
00:40:25,349 --> 00:40:24,240
understanding now that the situation has

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00:40:28,550 --> 00:40:25,359
changed

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00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:28,560
i am inspired by my colleagues by

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the team members because of the

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diligence that

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people have had in continuing to make

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this mission move forward

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just some of the most phenomenal people

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in the world

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and the things that i get to work with

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are just

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on the cutting edge i will say the

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possibilities are

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endless working at nasa is something

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that not even on my wireless dream i

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thought i was going to end up doing and

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now that i'm doing it it is the right

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nasa is changing the future of space

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flight with the artemis program

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generations to come will look back at

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this moment in history