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We are American Ingenuity

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Working together, we define the future

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What motivates me is going

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outside at night looking
up at the moon and

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thinking about humans are
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Moon once again in
the very near future.

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.....It is a big idea but
that is what we do at

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NASA.

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I’m focused on taking
those big ideas and making

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them something we can
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do on time.

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We want to make

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sure we have really
accurate measurements of

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Earth so we can detect
changes in climate over

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time.

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I’m thankful that it’s not
just me working on this

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mission because I so value
what other folks bring to

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the table.

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By developing this
aircraft we're

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actually coming up with a
lot of the standards that

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will be used to certify
future electric aircraft.

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NASA is leading and
partnering with industries

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across the nation and the
world, employing thousands

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and tens of thousands
of Americans across the

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nation.

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Teamwork is the biggest
thing of what has to work

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to do such a challenging
thing as living around the

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Moon and we’re coming
together to be able to

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really take space
exploration to the next

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step.

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We’re bringing this
American ingenuity.

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The collective greatness
of all of the diverse

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minds that are in the
United States on these

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grand challenges that we
face. Everyday I go to work

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and I know that there
is a big purpose.

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It is high stakes, high
pressure but to be honest

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that is what we do.

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That’s what we do best.

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I was a summer
intern back in 2007.

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And the experience
changed my life forever.

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The people there
were so inclusive.

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I want to be able to
inspire the little kids

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out there to be like if he
was able to do this, then

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I can too.

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I want the largest number
of students to have

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access.

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We work with schools and

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students so that they see
that they don't have to

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figure this out alone.

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It’s always fascinating
for me when a student has

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the proverbial light
bulb go off that this is

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something they can do.

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Orbital dynamics don’t
slow down during a

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pandemic.

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We had to come up with
ways to keep going, right

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from the get go
of this pandemic.

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Because of all the
safeguards, we felt safe

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being able to develop our
flight hardware on center.

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I have hope that the
current vaccine roll out

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is going to help us.

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as we continue to
vaccinate, our entire

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population, that we can
come back to work in way

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that we can continue to do
the job, understanding now

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that the situation
has changed.

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I am inspired by my
colleagues by my team

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members because of the
diligence that people have

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had in continuing to make
this mission move forward.

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Just some of the most

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phenomenal people in the
world and the things that

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I get to work with are
just ont he cutting edge.

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The possibilities
are endless.

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Working at NASA is
something that not even in

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my wildest dreams I
thought I was going to end

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up doing and now that I'm
doing it, it is the right

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place and the
right home for me.

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NASA is changing the
future of spaceflight with

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the Artemis program.

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Generations to come will
look back at this moment