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we choose to go to the moon in this

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decade and do the other things

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not because they are easy but because

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we set sail on this new sea because

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there is new knowledge to be gained and

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new rights to be won and they must be

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won and used

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good morning

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welcome to rice

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i'm david alexander the director of the

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space institute here at rice university

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i'm so very honored to be here

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thank you

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it's a very honored to be here sharing

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this moment together with all of you

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today we remember the iconic speech

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that president john f kennedy gave here

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at rice stadium exactly 60 years ago

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a speech that inspired a nation with the

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audacious vision to land a human on the

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moon for the first time

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the legacy of those words live on to

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they inspire and challenge a new

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to take up the mantle to return to the

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and from there cast our vision deeper

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into space and turn our dreams of

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humanity's destiny among the stars into

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reality

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thank you for sharing this celebration

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this morning and we thank you all for

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i would like to especially acknowledge

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those of you who in the audience who

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attended that speech all those years ago

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please stand and be acknowledged

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i would like to also give a shout out to

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all of the students who are here from

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the houston independent school district

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let me hear you

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this is this is really what it's all

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um and to the college students from rice

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and our sister universities around the

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most of you will be alive 40 years from

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now when we will be celebrating the

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100th anniversary and who knows

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perhaps we will even have a live feed

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from the women and men living and

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with his enduring words president

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kennedy inspired a generation of

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join me in learning more about the

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impact of the speech and take a moment

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to hear from the director of the john f

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kennedy library alan price and nasa

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presidential library and museum it's

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science at that time and how bold that

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moon that is incredibly important to us

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this decade we shall make up and move

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what was once the first outpost on the

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old frontier of the west will now be the

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furthest outpost on the new frontier of

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science and space this is insta-measure

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an act of faith and vision for we do not

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my fellow americans i give you the

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heroes of the future who will carry us

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to do all of this and do it right and do

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we must be bold

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god's blessing on the most hazardous

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dangerous greatest greatest adventure on

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which man has ever embarked

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doesn't get old and i hope you have a

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chance to listen to those words and i'm

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um i'd like to start today's live

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programming by welcome to the stage

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professor reggie de roche the eighth

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space center

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i want to extend a special welcome to

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the thousands of students here from the

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houston independent school district

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and again i want to acknowledge all of

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the rice alumni here today

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who were in wright stadium 60 years ago

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it's amazing that so many of you could

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join us

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we gather here in rice stadium

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to celebrate a challenge

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and to renew a commitment

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let us remember that throughout almost

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all of human history

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people looked into the night sky and

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beheld the moon as a distant wonder

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something eternally out of reach

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flying to the moon was a metaphor for

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the impossible

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but here in the stadium 60 years ago

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president john f kennedy boldly

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proclaimed

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that his generation would choose to make

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what seemed impossible a reality

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one of rice's alumni bill broyles who

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sat in the stadium on that day

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would later put it succinctly when he

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wrote the screenplay for the movie

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apollo 13.

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it's not a miracle

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we just decided to go

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with seven words

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we choose to go to the moon

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president kennedy changed the course of

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human history

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and cemented rice university's place in

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the lore of america's space program

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kennedy had established the goal of

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landing astronauts on the moon more than

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a year earlier in a joint session of

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congress

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but it was the challenge he issued here

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at rice that put the space race into

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overdrive

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within months of kennedy's speech rice

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provided nasa the land for the johnson

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space center and became one of america's

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first universities to establish a

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department of space science

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within 18 months satellites built at

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rice

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were being launched into orbit atop

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american rockets

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by the time apollo 11 landed

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several dozen graduate students and

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countless undergraduates had helped

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build instruments

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that made historic breakthroughs and

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remain on the surface of the moon today

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over the following six decades the ties

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that formed between nasa and rice in the

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early 1960s have continued to grow and

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support our nation's exploration goals

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and advancement of human and robotic

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space flight

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rice researchers played a key role in

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building the hubble space telescope

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and rice faculty were co-investigators

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on numerous robotic explorations of the

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suns and planets

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and they have a supporting role in

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nasa's current mission to the moon

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artemis

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rice's proud heritage of collaborating

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with nasa since the space agency's

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founding is evident all over our

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beautiful campus

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outside this very stadium there is a

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moon tree donated to rice by rosemary

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roosa who's in the stadium with us today

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she's the daughter of apollo 14

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astronaut stuart russo

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rice is privileged to be a partner in

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pursuits related to space exploration

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and to be part of an historic

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collaboration with nasa that supports

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some of the world's most important

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research and educational outreach

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simply put we are partners in the

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pursuit of knowledge

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such knowledge in the words of john f

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kennedy must be won and used for the

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progress of all people

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now a new generation chooses to go to

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the moon

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and once again

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rice proudly takes wing with nasa

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and a nation destined for the stars

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and now i invite johnson space center

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director vanessa weiss to the podium

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[Applause]

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thank you president derose

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good morning distinguished guests

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elected officials and the greater

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houston community

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i'd like to especially welcome the

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hundreds of students from the houston

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i'd also like to recognize the employees

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from nasa's johnson space center and

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from all across the agency

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and a special welcome to the nasa alumni

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league

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nasa workforce

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many were a part of the history that

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we're celebrating today

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i'm vanessa weich

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director of nasa's johnson space center

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and i'm honored to be here with all of

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you

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to commemorate president kennedy's

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historic speech

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and the important role houston has

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played in shaping our nation's space

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program

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this year is very special at johnson

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space center

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we're celebrating 60 years in houston

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from landing man on the moon

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to sustaining a presence in low earth

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orbit

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via the space shuttle

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and assembling the international space

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station

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johnson has been

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the iconic beginning of some of

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humankind's greatest achievements

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when you dream big you can achieve what

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seemed impossible

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nasa proved this when it met president

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kennedy's challenge to put americans on

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the moon within a decade in the 1960s

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the apollo program captured the world's

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attention and demonstrated the power of

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america's vision and technology to

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ignite generations

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of great achievements

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exploration and scientific discovery

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at johnson

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i'm privileged to lead more than 11 000

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employees who work each day

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to dare

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unite and explore

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and lead the world in human space

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exploration

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as the home to america's astronaut corps

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international space station orion and

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gateway programs and a host of future

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space developments

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our team plays a pivotal role in

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enhancing scientific and technological

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knowledge to benefit all of humankind

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nasa's journeys have proved

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technological breakthroughs push the

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frontiers of scientific research and

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expand our understanding of the universe

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these accomplishments and those to come

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share a common genesis

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education in science

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technology engineering and math

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and for me

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that involves increasing academic

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partnerships in nasa projects enhancing

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high school education

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supporting underrepresented communities

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strengthening online education and

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boosting nasa's contribution to informal

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education

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the intended outcome

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is a generation prepared to code

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calculate design and discover its way to

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a new era of american innovation

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we seek to create opportunities for a

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diverse set of students to contribute to

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nasa's work and exploration

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and discover

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recently i signed space act agreements

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with all of the universities in our

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local area

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including

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rice university

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to enhance our academic partnerships

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with our artemis moon to mars

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exploration program

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nasa will put the first woman and the

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first person of color

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on the lunar surface

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and in lunar orbit

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then we will use what we learned to take

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the next giant leap

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our goal at johnson space center for the

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next 60 years is to make texas a global

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hub of human exploration

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such that any country or entity that

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desires to work in low earth orbit all

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around the moon on the surface

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further in the cosmos

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can begin

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their next giant leap

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as you listen to the guest speakers

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today

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i challenge everyone to get involved and

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help us grow the next generation of

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explorers

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our sons and daughters

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nieces and nephews and neighbors

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together we will inspire the next

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generation the artemis generation

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for the students in the audience i hope

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you'll join us

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as an intern one day

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and to the public

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if you haven't been to the clear lake

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area lately i invite you to join us to

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learn more about human space exploration

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leaps start here

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we have a very special guest joining us

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this morning

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administrator bill nelson has served in

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public office for over four decades

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first in the state legislator and u.s

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congress then as a state treasurer

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he was elected three times to the united

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states senate

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representing florida for 18 years in

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1986

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administrator nelson flew on the 24th

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flight of the space shuttle

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the mission on columbia orbited the

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earth 98 times over six days

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administrator nelson conducted 12

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medical experiments

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including the first american stress test

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in space

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and a cancer research experiment

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sponsored by university

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researchers please join me

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in giving a big texas welcome to nasa

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if it's any consolation to you students

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it was as hot

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60 years ago in this stadium with the

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director wise and members of the nasa

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family

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president the roach and the rice

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community

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chairman woman eddie bernice johnson

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my friend

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my very good friend

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sheila jackson lee

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my old friend al green

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my new friends

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sylvia garcia and lizzie fletcher

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and of course

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the educators and students from the

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houston independent school district

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so thank all of you for being here

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i'm going to be merciful to you because

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throughout america's story there are

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defining days

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days

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when minds change hearts fill

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and imagination soar

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days when visions transformed the

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trajectory of the american story which

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is our story

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and one of those days happened 60 years

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ago

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it happened in this same city

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at this same stadium in the same

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sweltering heat

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of a sunny september day

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and on that day 60 years ago seven

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famous words that you've heard repeated

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carried across

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this stadium and across the country

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we choose to go to the moon

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president kennedy knew that vision would

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be hard

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not easy he made that clear he said

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what he said

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we choose to go to the moon in this

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decade

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and do other things

582
00:27:53,350 --> 00:27:51,039
not because they are easy but because

583
00:27:54,789 --> 00:27:53,360
they are hard

584
00:27:57,430 --> 00:27:54,799
he understood

585
00:28:02,470 --> 00:27:57,440
we still had to make major scientific

586
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:02,480
and societal advances but he also sense

587
00:28:08,470 --> 00:28:04,559
something else

588
00:28:11,269 --> 00:28:08,480
our country's can-do spirit

589
00:28:14,230 --> 00:28:11,279
it's a spirit that drives us to make the

590
00:28:17,909 --> 00:28:14,240
impossible possible

591
00:28:20,870 --> 00:28:17,919
and 60 years ago we came together to do

592
00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:20,880
just that

593
00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:24,000
the space program propelled to the

594
00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:25,600
forefront

595
00:28:31,590 --> 00:28:28,080
of culture and consciousness it

596
00:28:33,430 --> 00:28:31,600
galvanized a historic effort

597
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:33,440
that we are now

598
00:28:39,830 --> 00:28:36,559
the stewards of

599
00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:39,840
we must never stop daring to take the

600
00:28:45,350 --> 00:28:42,399
next moonshine

601
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:45,360
and moonshots don't just happen in the

602
00:28:49,990 --> 00:28:47,279
cosmos

603
00:28:53,029 --> 00:28:50,000
but also here on earth

604
00:28:54,470 --> 00:28:53,039
so it is today at the john f kennedy

605
00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:54,480
library

606
00:29:00,710 --> 00:28:57,279
that president joe biden is taking the

607
00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:00,720
cancer moonshot to new heights

608
00:29:07,830 --> 00:29:06,320
we can end cancer as we know it

609
00:29:10,389 --> 00:29:07,840
and today

610
00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:10,399
in space city

611
00:29:15,909 --> 00:29:13,679
a new generation the artemis generation

612
00:29:19,510 --> 00:29:15,919
stands ready

613
00:29:22,950 --> 00:29:19,520
ready to return humanity to the moon and

614
00:29:24,710 --> 00:29:22,960
then to take us further than ever before

615
00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:24,720
to mars

616
00:29:29,590 --> 00:29:27,120
it's not going to be easy

617
00:29:32,389 --> 00:29:29,600
it's going to be hard

618
00:29:33,430 --> 00:29:32,399
some things never change

619
00:29:37,830 --> 00:29:33,440
but

620
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:37,840
even after 60 years they don't change

621
00:29:44,230 --> 00:29:41,039
some nations on our planet do not engage

622
00:29:47,190 --> 00:29:44,240
in our mission of goodwill

623
00:29:50,549 --> 00:29:47,200
but we go in peace

624
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:50,559
as president kennedy said

625
00:29:54,549 --> 00:29:53,200
and today we have invited other peoples

626
00:29:57,269 --> 00:29:54,559
of the earth

627
00:30:00,950 --> 00:29:57,279
to join us in this great

628
00:30:03,990 --> 00:30:00,960
international adventure

629
00:30:05,510 --> 00:30:04,000
doing what is hard and achieving what is

630
00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:05,520
great

631
00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:09,840
that is what stirs humankind

632
00:30:15,909 --> 00:30:12,640
that's what unites us

633
00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:15,919
with inspiration and innovation

634
00:30:23,350 --> 00:30:19,440
no herculean effort is too large

635
00:30:26,070 --> 00:30:23,360
no moonshot is beyond our reach

636
00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:26,080
you've seen already the james webb space

637
00:30:32,470 --> 00:30:28,960
telescope it's giving humanity a new

638
00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:32,480
view of our universe and we have never

639
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:35,360
ever seen that before

640
00:30:40,470 --> 00:30:37,840
and from the new forming of stars to

641
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:40,480
devouring black holes

642
00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:44,320
this telescope is revealing all this and

643
00:30:47,669 --> 00:30:45,600
more

644
00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:47,679
and now the artist

645
00:30:52,230 --> 00:30:49,760
generation is about

646
00:30:56,310 --> 00:30:52,240
to leave quite a mark

647
00:30:59,909 --> 00:30:56,320
this generation all of you

648
00:31:01,990 --> 00:30:59,919
students from all over america students

649
00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:02,000
throughout the world

650
00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:04,960
this generation will choose to go to

651
00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:06,320
mars

652
00:31:14,470 --> 00:31:09,919
and that journey begins right now

653
00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:14,480
with humanity's return to the moon

654
00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:16,960
obviously we had all hoped that artemis

655
00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:20,480
1 will already be on the way to the moon

656
00:31:25,830 --> 00:31:22,960
but the nasa team has been working

657
00:31:28,630 --> 00:31:25,840
around the clock their resolve and

658
00:31:32,149 --> 00:31:28,640
perseverance are unrivaled

659
00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:32,159
and i have full faith in this team and

660
00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:33,840
the mission

661
00:31:41,350 --> 00:31:37,039
we will launch when we are ready

662
00:31:44,389 --> 00:31:41,360
but mark my words we are going

663
00:31:47,830 --> 00:31:44,399
and when the final go is given

664
00:31:50,149 --> 00:31:47,840
artemis one will roar to life

665
00:31:53,350 --> 00:31:50,159
and soar to the moon

666
00:31:56,950 --> 00:31:53,360
and every observation we make and every

667
00:31:58,430 --> 00:31:56,960
lesson we learn on this vertis artemis

668
00:32:00,549 --> 00:31:58,440
journey

669
00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:00,559
prepares us

670
00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:03,760
and the way for humans to mention even

671
00:32:06,950 --> 00:32:05,360
further

672
00:32:09,190 --> 00:32:06,960
ladies and gentlemen

673
00:32:10,389 --> 00:32:09,200
mars is calling

674
00:32:14,389 --> 00:32:10,399
why

675
00:32:17,990 --> 00:32:14,399
because it's in our dna to explore

676
00:32:19,269 --> 00:32:18,000
billions of years ago the dry toxic red

677
00:32:21,669 --> 00:32:19,279
planet

678
00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:21,679
we know as mars might

679
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:24,960
have once been like the earth

680
00:32:29,909 --> 00:32:27,360
where did the water go why did the

681
00:32:32,310 --> 00:32:29,919
atmosphere change

682
00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:32,320
humans can discover much more than

683
00:32:37,029 --> 00:32:34,240
robotic explorers

684
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:37,039
we are more efficient not to mention

685
00:32:41,909 --> 00:32:39,600
our intuition

686
00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:41,919
and these missions of tomorrow will be

687
00:32:47,269 --> 00:32:44,320
sparked by the accomplishments

688
00:32:49,269 --> 00:32:47,279
of the artemis generation today

689
00:32:51,190 --> 00:32:49,279
it's a new era

690
00:32:53,269 --> 00:32:51,200
of pioneers

691
00:32:56,389 --> 00:32:53,279
star sailors

692
00:32:59,190 --> 00:32:56,399
thinkers and adventurers

693
00:33:02,789 --> 00:32:59,200
they are ready to learn what it will

694
00:33:05,750 --> 00:33:02,799
take to establish a new community on a

695
00:33:08,630 --> 00:33:05,760
cosmic shore

696
00:33:11,350 --> 00:33:08,640
60 years ago president kennedy put wind

697
00:33:14,950 --> 00:33:11,360
in our sails on the new sea

698
00:33:16,549 --> 00:33:14,960
of space exploration and that mission is

699
00:33:19,350 --> 00:33:16,559
never ending

700
00:33:22,230 --> 00:33:19,360
it's a mission about science and the

701
00:33:25,350 --> 00:33:22,240
advancement of the human spirit to

702
00:33:29,190 --> 00:33:25,360
expand what is possible

703
00:33:30,870 --> 00:33:29,200
let us continue the quest to unfold this

704
00:33:34,789 --> 00:33:30,880
universe

705
00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:34,799
and let us continue to find unity in our

706
00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:36,640
discovery

707
00:33:42,149 --> 00:33:38,480
so together

708
00:33:44,870 --> 00:33:42,159
as don quixote reminds us

709
00:33:49,029 --> 00:33:44,880
let us continue to dream the impossible

710
00:33:51,669 --> 00:33:49,039
dream that now becomes real

711
00:33:55,549 --> 00:33:51,679
and then let us traverse

712
00:33:58,710 --> 00:33:55,559
the untouched terrain of the once

713
00:34:01,669 --> 00:33:58,720
unreachable stars

714
00:34:04,630 --> 00:34:01,679
and as the president said

715
00:34:07,190 --> 00:34:04,640
we ask god's blessing on this

716
00:34:10,629 --> 00:34:07,200
one of the greatest adventures

717
00:34:14,069 --> 00:34:10,639
in the history of humankind

718
00:34:16,069 --> 00:34:14,079
god bless you god bless artemis and god

719
00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:16,079
bless our country

720
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:30,389
thank you administrator nelson

721
00:34:34,069 --> 00:34:32,480
so now we're lucky here in texas to have

722
00:34:36,550 --> 00:34:34,079
representatives who are supportive of

723
00:34:37,829 --> 00:34:36,560
the artemis program the future of space

724
00:34:40,310 --> 00:34:37,839
exploration

725
00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:40,320
and nasa's many missions

726
00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:42,800
i'd now like to introduce videos from

727
00:34:47,589 --> 00:34:44,720
senator john cornyn

728
00:34:49,829 --> 00:34:47,599
senator ted cruz and congressman randy

729
00:34:51,349 --> 00:34:49,839
weber who wish they were able to be here

730
00:34:52,950 --> 00:34:51,359
in person today

731
00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:52,960
we will then hear from congresswoman

732
00:34:56,710 --> 00:34:54,720
eddie bernice johnson

733
00:34:58,790 --> 00:34:56,720
congressman brian babin

734
00:35:01,030 --> 00:34:58,800
congressman al green

735
00:35:03,190 --> 00:35:01,040
congresswoman sylvia garcia

736
00:35:06,390 --> 00:35:03,200
congresswoman lizzie fletcher and the

737
00:35:09,910 --> 00:35:06,400
city of houston's mayor sylvester turner

738
00:35:14,390 --> 00:35:12,550
hi i'm texas senator john cornyn

739
00:35:17,109 --> 00:35:14,400
it's an honor to join you all today as

740
00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:17,119
we celebrate the 60th anniversary of

741
00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:19,040
president john f kennedy's speech that

742
00:35:24,150 --> 00:35:21,680
rallied americans to the moon

743
00:35:26,230 --> 00:35:24,160
when he spoke on this incredible campus

744
00:35:28,550 --> 00:35:26,240
president kennedy described our state as

745
00:35:30,390 --> 00:35:28,560
a state noted for strength

746
00:35:31,349 --> 00:35:30,400
i'm proud to say the same rings true

747
00:35:33,510 --> 00:35:31,359
today

748
00:35:35,990 --> 00:35:33,520
as texas remains home to the nation's

749
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:36,000
strongest and most brilliant minds in

750
00:35:40,950 --> 00:35:38,480
human space exploration

751
00:35:42,550 --> 00:35:40,960
60 years later and we've only scratched

752
00:35:44,069 --> 00:35:42,560
the surface of what remains to be

753
00:35:45,990 --> 00:35:44,079
discovered

754
00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:46,000
parents used to tell their kids to reach

755
00:35:49,990 --> 00:35:48,240
for the moon but that's not the only

756
00:35:51,829 --> 00:35:50,000
objective anymore

757
00:35:54,069 --> 00:35:51,839
now we can also tell them to reach for

758
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:54,079
mars because that's the next port of

759
00:35:58,230 --> 00:35:56,160
call on our horizon

760
00:36:00,069 --> 00:35:58,240
as we look ahead at the next 60 years i

761
00:36:02,470 --> 00:36:00,079
have no doubt that many of you will fill

762
00:36:04,390 --> 00:36:02,480
the pages of history with triumphant

763
00:36:06,550 --> 00:36:04,400
achievements including those being

764
00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:06,560
dreamt by the young minds in attendance

765
00:36:09,990 --> 00:36:07,680
today

766
00:36:12,069 --> 00:36:10,000
may god bless you may he bless the men

767
00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:12,079
and women of our nation's space program

768
00:36:18,230 --> 00:36:14,400
and may he continue to bless the united

769
00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:21,109
good morning and welcome to rice stadium

770
00:36:26,230 --> 00:36:23,760
where we gather today to remember the

771
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:26,240
historic events that took place right

772
00:36:34,310 --> 00:36:30,640
here on this very day six decades ago

773
00:36:36,790 --> 00:36:34,320
on september 12 1962 president john f

774
00:36:39,349 --> 00:36:36,800
kennedy famously gave a speech

775
00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:39,359
about why we as a nation

776
00:36:43,990 --> 00:36:42,240
choose to undertake the bold endeavor of

777
00:36:46,230 --> 00:36:44,000
traveling to the moon

778
00:36:49,109 --> 00:36:46,240
today i'm here to echo the sentiments of

779
00:36:51,750 --> 00:36:49,119
president kennedy and a nation yearning

780
00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:51,760
to explore the final frontier

781
00:36:58,069 --> 00:36:55,359
as nasa embarks on a journey to reignite

782
00:36:58,950 --> 00:36:58,079
the space age planning missions to the

783
00:37:00,470 --> 00:36:58,960
moon

784
00:37:03,190 --> 00:37:00,480
and mars

785
00:37:05,589 --> 00:37:03,200
in the words of president kennedy

786
00:37:08,390 --> 00:37:05,599
we choose to go to the moon

787
00:37:09,510 --> 00:37:08,400
in this decade and to do the other

788
00:37:11,589 --> 00:37:09,520
things

789
00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:11,599
not because they are easy

790
00:37:16,870 --> 00:37:14,160
but because they are hard

791
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:16,880
because that challenge is one that we

792
00:37:23,030 --> 00:37:19,280
are willing to accept

793
00:37:24,950 --> 00:37:23,040
one that we are unwilling to postpone

794
00:37:28,069 --> 00:37:24,960
and one which we

795
00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:28,079
intend to win

796
00:37:34,390 --> 00:37:31,200
just as we chose then to go to the moon

797
00:37:39,109 --> 00:37:34,400
today we choose to go back to the moon

798
00:37:41,990 --> 00:37:39,119
and after that we choose to go to mars

799
00:37:43,670 --> 00:37:42,000
the prospect of achieving these goals

800
00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:43,680
wouldn't be a reality without the

801
00:37:48,310 --> 00:37:45,280
tremendous work

802
00:37:50,630 --> 00:37:48,320
of all of you here in houston

803
00:37:52,230 --> 00:37:50,640
houston and texas has been the hub of

804
00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:52,240
human space flight

805
00:37:56,550 --> 00:37:54,160
for the past 60 years

806
00:37:58,630 --> 00:37:56,560
and will continue to be for at least 60

807
00:38:00,950 --> 00:37:58,640
to come with the help of the next

808
00:38:04,069 --> 00:38:00,960
generation of innovators

809
00:38:06,310 --> 00:38:04,079
like the rice owls and the hisd students

810
00:38:08,470 --> 00:38:06,320
in attendance today

811
00:38:11,109 --> 00:38:08,480
the contributions of hard-working texans

812
00:38:13,829 --> 00:38:11,119
in the space industry and talented young

813
00:38:16,069 --> 00:38:13,839
young houstonians like yourselves

814
00:38:19,990 --> 00:38:16,079
are just a few of the many reasons i am

815
00:38:21,990 --> 00:38:20,000
so proud to serve the lone star state

816
00:38:23,109 --> 00:38:22,000
may god continue to bless the united

817
00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:23,119
states

818
00:38:28,950 --> 00:38:25,760
and may he bless all of you

819
00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:28,960
on the next greatest adventure

820
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:33,040
on which man has ever embarked

821
00:38:36,790 --> 00:38:35,200
friends as a member of the house science

822
00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:36,800
space and technology committee and a

823
00:38:40,710 --> 00:38:38,640
representative of many great nasa

824
00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:40,720
employees and contractors it's an honor

825
00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:42,800
to join you all virtually

826
00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:46,000
you know i still remember president jfk

827
00:38:49,829 --> 00:38:48,160
delivering his famous speech

828
00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:49,839
60 years ago

829
00:38:54,550 --> 00:38:52,240
i know i'm dating myself here

830
00:38:57,510 --> 00:38:54,560
but this speech was powerful about the

831
00:39:01,349 --> 00:38:57,520
challenge to land americans on the moon

832
00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:01,359
these words still remain true today

833
00:39:06,950 --> 00:39:03,760
we choose to go to the moon

834
00:39:09,109 --> 00:39:06,960
not because it's easy he declared but

835
00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:09,119
because it's hard

836
00:39:16,150 --> 00:39:12,240
and 60 years later we have chosen to go

837
00:39:18,950 --> 00:39:16,160
to the moon and now on to mars

838
00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:18,960
what a moment in our nation's history

839
00:39:23,190 --> 00:39:20,880
we will return to the moon

840
00:39:25,270 --> 00:39:23,200
it wasn't easy to get to the first time

841
00:39:27,910 --> 00:39:25,280
but we are ready

842
00:39:30,150 --> 00:39:27,920
nasa has worked tirelessly and i look

843
00:39:30,950 --> 00:39:30,160
forward to all the work they continue to

844
00:39:33,510 --> 00:39:30,960
do

845
00:39:35,750 --> 00:39:33,520
there's no higher ground in space

846
00:39:38,630 --> 00:39:35,760
and we have the technology and the

847
00:39:41,430 --> 00:39:38,640
experience to get there if we could get

848
00:39:43,910 --> 00:39:41,440
to the moon in the 60s and we did

849
00:39:46,310 --> 00:39:43,920
we certainly can get there now

850
00:39:47,430 --> 00:39:46,320
at the end of the day it's just this

851
00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:47,440
simple

852
00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:50,800
nasa reminds us to dream and to dream

853
00:39:54,950 --> 00:39:51,760
big

854
00:39:57,910 --> 00:39:54,960
and because of them we have come so far

855
00:40:00,470 --> 00:39:57,920
thank you to our great nasa thank you

856
00:40:13,510 --> 00:40:00,480
all god bless texas and god bless

857
00:40:17,990 --> 00:40:16,150
hi i'm texas senator john cornyn

858
00:40:24,550 --> 00:40:18,000
it's an honor to join you all today as

859
00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:27,990
i am eddie bernice johnson

860
00:40:34,550 --> 00:40:32,400
and i have the pleasure of chairing

861
00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:34,560
the congressional committee

862
00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:39,040
on science space and technology

863
00:40:45,270 --> 00:40:42,640
so this is a great day for us

864
00:40:49,270 --> 00:40:45,280
and it is a real pleasure

865
00:40:51,190 --> 00:40:49,280
to be here to celebrate the 16th

866
00:40:54,230 --> 00:40:51,200
anniversary

867
00:40:57,349 --> 00:40:54,240
since president kennedy

868
00:41:00,710 --> 00:40:57,359
spoke in this stadium

869
00:41:02,950 --> 00:41:00,720
and so i want to congratulate rice

870
00:41:04,150 --> 00:41:02,960
for having the foresight to work with

871
00:41:08,630 --> 00:41:04,160
nasa

872
00:41:10,550 --> 00:41:08,640
to bring us here together today

873
00:41:13,510 --> 00:41:10,560
in his speech

874
00:41:15,589 --> 00:41:13,520
he challenged us as a nation

875
00:41:17,750 --> 00:41:15,599
to accomplish what they seemed

876
00:41:19,750 --> 00:41:17,760
impossible

877
00:41:22,870 --> 00:41:19,760
but we have

878
00:41:26,790 --> 00:41:22,880
there's no better example

879
00:41:30,550 --> 00:41:26,800
of representation of the american people

880
00:41:32,829 --> 00:41:30,560
we chose to take giant steps

881
00:41:36,550 --> 00:41:32,839
we chose to know the

882
00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:36,560
unknown and we chose to lead into the

883
00:41:40,069 --> 00:41:38,319
future

884
00:41:42,870 --> 00:41:40,079
in the years

885
00:41:44,950 --> 00:41:42,880
since president kennedy's speech

886
00:41:46,309 --> 00:41:44,960
we have made great strides in our

887
00:41:49,109 --> 00:41:46,319
endeavors

888
00:41:51,829 --> 00:41:49,119
in space exploration

889
00:41:55,030 --> 00:41:51,839
americans now live and work

890
00:41:56,790 --> 00:41:55,040
on the international space station

891
00:42:00,150 --> 00:41:56,800
our rovers

892
00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:00,160
are exploring the surface of mars

893
00:42:05,430 --> 00:42:03,760
our telescopes appearing into the depths

894
00:42:07,750 --> 00:42:05,440
of the universe

895
00:42:11,589 --> 00:42:07,760
and so much more

896
00:42:14,390 --> 00:42:11,599
and many people comment all the time

897
00:42:16,790 --> 00:42:14,400
about how much it cost

898
00:42:19,829 --> 00:42:16,800
i want to share with you

899
00:42:22,630 --> 00:42:19,839
for every dollar we invest

900
00:42:24,790 --> 00:42:22,640
we get seven dollars back

901
00:42:27,910 --> 00:42:24,800
and services

902
00:42:35,270 --> 00:42:30,950
so as i look at this crowd today

903
00:42:36,710 --> 00:42:35,280
i see the faces of rising generations

904
00:42:39,589 --> 00:42:36,720
nothing

905
00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:39,599
in my experience at working

906
00:42:44,230 --> 00:42:42,000
with this committee and students

907
00:42:47,270 --> 00:42:44,240
is more fascinating

908
00:42:50,630 --> 00:42:47,280
than space exploration

909
00:42:53,030 --> 00:42:50,640
so we must encourage our young people

910
00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:53,040
to keep that interest

911
00:42:59,190 --> 00:42:56,960
our work is just really beginning

912
00:43:02,069 --> 00:42:59,200
and soon

913
00:43:04,309 --> 00:43:02,079
thanks to the arabist program

914
00:43:06,069 --> 00:43:04,319
you will have a chance to experience

915
00:43:08,069 --> 00:43:06,079
americans

916
00:43:10,470 --> 00:43:08,079
once again

917
00:43:12,710 --> 00:43:10,480
landing on the moon

918
00:43:14,950 --> 00:43:12,720
except this time

919
00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:14,960
the first woman

920
00:43:19,670 --> 00:43:18,000
and the first person of color

921
00:43:23,430 --> 00:43:19,680
will be a part

922
00:43:28,150 --> 00:43:24,829
i hope one

923
00:43:29,910 --> 00:43:28,160
day some of you students that's here

924
00:43:33,030 --> 00:43:29,920
today

925
00:43:35,109 --> 00:43:33,040
will follow in their footsteps

926
00:43:37,510 --> 00:43:35,119
to everyone here

927
00:43:38,630 --> 00:43:37,520
and especially to our students whether

928
00:43:41,990 --> 00:43:38,640
or not

929
00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:42,000
you pursue a korean space exploration

930
00:43:48,150 --> 00:43:46,000
i hope you keep the words spoken here

931
00:43:49,990 --> 00:43:48,160
60 years ago

932
00:43:52,950 --> 00:43:50,000
in mind

933
00:43:55,270 --> 00:43:52,960
choose to do the hard things

934
00:43:57,910 --> 00:43:55,280
more often than not

935
00:43:59,750 --> 00:43:57,920
your efforts would land you

936
00:44:01,430 --> 00:43:59,760
where you never thought would be

937
00:44:03,910 --> 00:44:01,440
possible

938
00:44:07,190 --> 00:44:03,920
we never dreamed

939
00:44:09,270 --> 00:44:07,200
that we'd reach this 60 years later

940
00:44:11,910 --> 00:44:09,280
but we have

941
00:44:14,950 --> 00:44:11,920
and we've gained so much from it

942
00:44:17,030 --> 00:44:14,960
and it's so much more to explore

943
00:44:19,589 --> 00:44:17,040
thank you for being here

944
00:44:23,710 --> 00:44:19,599
to give homage

945
00:44:28,370 --> 00:44:23,720
to the dream of president kennedy

946
00:44:28,380 --> 00:44:38,390
[Applause]

947
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:40,710
thank you i'm brian babin i represent

948
00:44:44,790 --> 00:44:42,720
the 36th district and i have the great

949
00:44:46,309 --> 00:44:44,800
honor of representing johnson space

950
00:44:48,870 --> 00:44:46,319
center what an honor to be out here

951
00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:52,710
thank you in may of 1961 from the

952
00:44:56,950 --> 00:44:54,640
speaker's rostrum of the house of

953
00:44:59,510 --> 00:44:56,960
representatives president kennedy

954
00:45:02,710 --> 00:44:59,520
charged congress with an ambitious

955
00:45:04,790 --> 00:45:02,720
mission to send astronauts to the moon

956
00:45:05,589 --> 00:45:04,800
but to accomplish this extraordinary

957
00:45:08,550 --> 00:45:05,599
feat

958
00:45:11,349 --> 00:45:08,560
nasa realized that they would need a new

959
00:45:12,790 --> 00:45:11,359
facility to spearhead human space

960
00:45:16,550 --> 00:45:12,800
exploration

961
00:45:18,950 --> 00:45:16,560
and folks houston answered that call

962
00:45:21,990 --> 00:45:18,960
one year later president kennedy stood

963
00:45:23,190 --> 00:45:22,000
right here in rice university stadium to

964
00:45:25,190 --> 00:45:23,200
proclaim

965
00:45:27,990 --> 00:45:25,200
this city of houston

966
00:45:31,109 --> 00:45:28,000
this state of texas this country of the

967
00:45:33,750 --> 00:45:31,119
united states was not built by those who

968
00:45:35,510 --> 00:45:33,760
waited and rested and wished to look

969
00:45:37,750 --> 00:45:35,520
behind them

970
00:45:40,230 --> 00:45:37,760
houston was given a mission

971
00:45:42,309 --> 00:45:40,240
the manned spacecraft center

972
00:45:44,069 --> 00:45:42,319
now nasa's johnson space center in

973
00:45:46,230 --> 00:45:44,079
houston would lead this country's

974
00:45:48,390 --> 00:45:46,240
extraordinary efforts and getting

975
00:45:50,309 --> 00:45:48,400
americans to the moon

976
00:45:52,390 --> 00:45:50,319
kennedy declared

977
00:45:54,710 --> 00:45:52,400
we choose to go to the moon in this

978
00:45:57,030 --> 00:45:54,720
decade and to do other things not

979
00:45:59,270 --> 00:45:57,040
because they are easy but because they

980
00:46:00,950 --> 00:45:59,280
are hard you've heard this many times

981
00:46:02,790 --> 00:46:00,960
today

982
00:46:04,630 --> 00:46:02,800
but because that goal will serve to

983
00:46:06,870 --> 00:46:04,640
organize and measure the best of our

984
00:46:08,790 --> 00:46:06,880
energies and skills because that

985
00:46:09,910 --> 00:46:08,800
challenge is one that we are willing to

986
00:46:13,109 --> 00:46:09,920
accept

987
00:46:16,069 --> 00:46:13,119
one we are unwilling to postpone

988
00:46:18,069 --> 00:46:16,079
and one that we intend to win

989
00:46:21,030 --> 00:46:18,079
and the others too

990
00:46:23,670 --> 00:46:21,040
as you all know in 1969 america

991
00:46:26,309 --> 00:46:23,680
accomplished the goal of landing a man

992
00:46:29,430 --> 00:46:26,319
on the moon and returning him safely to

993
00:46:30,950 --> 00:46:29,440
earth a feat never before achieved by

994
00:46:31,910 --> 00:46:30,960
any other country

995
00:46:34,950 --> 00:46:31,920
and

996
00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:34,960
we did it five more times

997
00:46:39,430 --> 00:46:37,680
from successfully landing 12 pairs of

998
00:46:41,270 --> 00:46:39,440
boots on the moon

999
00:46:44,069 --> 00:46:41,280
and operating the historic mission

1000
00:46:46,950 --> 00:46:44,079
control center to managing the orion

1001
00:46:48,390 --> 00:46:46,960
spacecraft program and the international

1002
00:46:50,390 --> 00:46:48,400
space station

1003
00:46:52,390 --> 00:46:50,400
johnson space center in houston has

1004
00:46:54,790 --> 00:46:52,400
contributed critically

1005
00:46:57,109 --> 00:46:54,800
essential components of the space

1006
00:46:59,109 --> 00:46:57,119
exploration mission

1007
00:47:01,109 --> 00:46:59,119
none of this would have been possible

1008
00:47:03,990 --> 00:47:01,119
without the collaboration of

1009
00:47:06,870 --> 00:47:04,000
entrepreneurs and academic minds right

1010
00:47:10,069 --> 00:47:06,880
here in houston and right here at rice

1011
00:47:12,790 --> 00:47:10,079
university partnerships that have built

1012
00:47:15,510 --> 00:47:12,800
houston into the global epicenter of

1013
00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:15,520
space exploration

1014
00:47:21,589 --> 00:47:18,720
america is today 60 years after

1015
00:47:24,230 --> 00:47:21,599
kennedy's remarkable proclamation once

1016
00:47:27,750 --> 00:47:24,240
again on the cusp of launching the most

1017
00:47:29,349 --> 00:47:27,760
daring exploration program that humanity

1018
00:47:31,750 --> 00:47:29,359
has ever seen

1019
00:47:34,550 --> 00:47:31,760
by sending astronauts back to the moon

1020
00:47:37,030 --> 00:47:34,560
in pursuit of going even further where

1021
00:47:39,109 --> 00:47:37,040
no one has ever gone before

1022
00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:39,119
and as kennedy said in his address to

1023
00:47:44,790 --> 00:47:41,760
congress in 1961

1024
00:47:48,309 --> 00:47:44,800
now it is time to take longer strides

1025
00:47:50,870 --> 00:47:48,319
time for a great new american enterprise

1026
00:47:54,309 --> 00:47:50,880
time for this nation to take a clearly

1027
00:47:56,870 --> 00:47:54,319
leading role in space achievement which

1028
00:48:00,230 --> 00:47:56,880
in many ways may hold the key

1029
00:48:02,230 --> 00:48:00,240
to our future right here on earth

1030
00:48:05,030 --> 00:48:02,240
i'm very very proud of the work that's

1031
00:48:07,510 --> 00:48:05,040
being done here and i look forward to

1032
00:48:08,470 --> 00:48:07,520
houston continuing

1033
00:48:13,990 --> 00:48:08,480
to

1034
00:48:17,829 --> 00:48:14,000
new longer strides in human space

1035
00:48:18,950 --> 00:48:17,839
exploration to the moon to mars and even

1036
00:48:20,950 --> 00:48:18,960
beyond

1037
00:48:23,030 --> 00:48:20,960
i would like to echo some more words

1038
00:48:25,829 --> 00:48:23,040
that president kennedy used to close his

1039
00:48:27,670 --> 00:48:25,839
speech 60 years ago

1040
00:48:30,150 --> 00:48:27,680
he asked

1041
00:48:32,630 --> 00:48:30,160
i asked for god's blessing on the most

1042
00:48:35,510 --> 00:48:32,640
hazardous the most dangerous and the

1043
00:48:36,710 --> 00:48:35,520
greatest adventure on which man has ever

1044
00:48:38,870 --> 00:48:36,720
embarked

1045
00:48:40,549 --> 00:48:38,880
the mission continues

1046
00:48:42,710 --> 00:48:40,559
thank you houston

1047
00:48:45,349 --> 00:48:42,720
and now i'd like to introduce

1048
00:48:48,390 --> 00:48:45,359
my good friend al green who represents

1049
00:48:51,340 --> 00:48:48,400
texas ninth congressional district thank

1050
00:48:58,630 --> 00:48:56,630
[Applause]

1051
00:49:02,309 --> 00:48:58,640
congressman thank you very much for your

1052
00:49:05,430 --> 00:49:02,319
very kind and warm introduction

1053
00:49:10,870 --> 00:49:05,440
to the students here here today

1054
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:16,230
do you believe we can go to mars

1055
00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:20,470
you like to go to mars

1056
00:49:25,510 --> 00:49:21,589
well first you're going to have to

1057
00:49:30,150 --> 00:49:27,750
friends

1058
00:49:32,630 --> 00:49:30,160
president kennedy

1059
00:49:34,230 --> 00:49:32,640
had something unique

1060
00:49:37,030 --> 00:49:34,240
the french

1061
00:49:39,270 --> 00:49:37,040
call it genesequoir

1062
00:49:41,109 --> 00:49:39,280
something very special

1063
00:49:43,270 --> 00:49:41,119
it was that something special that made

1064
00:49:46,230 --> 00:49:43,280
him very special among the presidents of

1065
00:49:48,870 --> 00:49:46,240
the united states of america

1066
00:49:50,950 --> 00:49:48,880
and when he

1067
00:49:53,270 --> 00:49:50,960
gave his speech right here at rice

1068
00:49:54,910 --> 00:49:53,280
university

1069
00:49:56,470 --> 00:49:54,920
he explained to us

1070
00:49:59,510 --> 00:49:56,480
[Music]

1071
00:50:02,790 --> 00:49:59,520
and engendered within us

1072
00:50:03,990 --> 00:50:02,800
a can do we can do it and it must be

1073
00:50:05,589 --> 00:50:04,000
done

1074
00:50:10,549 --> 00:50:05,599
attitude

1075
00:50:15,430 --> 00:50:13,430
in his inaugural address

1076
00:50:18,309 --> 00:50:15,440
he indicated

1077
00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:18,319
let us go forth to lead the land we love

1078
00:50:21,589 --> 00:50:19,359
asking

1079
00:50:24,710 --> 00:50:21,599
his blessings and help

1080
00:50:28,069 --> 00:50:24,720
but knowing that here on earth

1081
00:50:31,750 --> 00:50:28,079
god's work must truly be our own

1082
00:50:34,069 --> 00:50:31,760
he was a believer in getting it done by

1083
00:50:37,030 --> 00:50:34,079
putting our hands on whatever issue was

1084
00:50:40,710 --> 00:50:37,040
to be done and making sure that we were

1085
00:50:43,349 --> 00:50:40,720
successful because we are americans we

1086
00:50:45,190 --> 00:50:43,359
do things we get them done and we will

1087
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:45,200
be the first to do them because we were

1088
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:48,730
the first to go to the moon

1089
00:50:48,730 --> 00:50:53,430
[Applause]

1090
00:50:58,390 --> 00:50:56,230
nearly two years later

1091
00:51:01,910 --> 00:50:58,400
president kennedy

1092
00:51:05,910 --> 00:51:01,920
this was after his inaugural address

1093
00:51:06,829 --> 00:51:05,920
reduced the impossible to the difficult

1094
00:51:09,510 --> 00:51:06,839
and the

1095
00:51:11,829 --> 00:51:09,520
difficult he reduced

1096
00:51:14,069 --> 00:51:11,839
to a matter of choice

1097
00:51:15,109 --> 00:51:14,079
when he proclaimed

1098
00:51:16,470 --> 00:51:15,119
that

1099
00:51:18,390 --> 00:51:16,480
we

1100
00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:18,400
choose to go to the moon

1101
00:51:24,549 --> 00:51:22,160
in this decade and do the other things

1102
00:51:27,190 --> 00:51:24,559
not because they are easy

1103
00:51:29,190 --> 00:51:27,200
but because they are hard

1104
00:51:31,030 --> 00:51:29,200
but what he said about going to the moon

1105
00:51:32,630 --> 00:51:31,040
was something that young people across

1106
00:51:34,470 --> 00:51:32,640
the length and breadth of this country

1107
00:51:36,870 --> 00:51:34,480
took to heart

1108
00:51:39,430 --> 00:51:36,880
young people decided that they wanted to

1109
00:51:41,670 --> 00:51:39,440
do the difficult things they decided to

1110
00:51:44,790 --> 00:51:41,680
major in math and physics and

1111
00:51:47,270 --> 00:51:44,800
engineering because they wanted to

1112
00:51:49,109 --> 00:51:47,280
assure this country that they too

1113
00:51:50,470 --> 00:51:49,119
believed that we could do the difficult

1114
00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:50,480
things

1115
00:51:55,670 --> 00:51:52,400
these young people

1116
00:51:57,829 --> 00:51:55,680
did these things because they were hard

1117
00:51:59,910 --> 00:51:57,839
and his response president kennedy's

1118
00:52:01,030 --> 00:51:59,920
response to the naysayers and doubting

1119
00:52:03,510 --> 00:52:01,040
thomases

1120
00:52:05,829 --> 00:52:03,520
was captured when he extolled

1121
00:52:08,549 --> 00:52:05,839
by way of exemplar

1122
00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:08,559
this city of houston texas

1123
00:52:11,190 --> 00:52:09,760
this state

1124
00:52:13,109 --> 00:52:11,200
this country

1125
00:52:15,430 --> 00:52:13,119
of the united states

1126
00:52:17,190 --> 00:52:15,440
was not built by those who

1127
00:52:20,230 --> 00:52:17,200
waited and rested

1128
00:52:22,950 --> 00:52:20,240
and wish to look behind them

1129
00:52:25,990 --> 00:52:22,960
further he indicated the exploration of

1130
00:52:27,750 --> 00:52:26,000
space will go ahead whether we join in

1131
00:52:29,990 --> 00:52:27,760
it or not

1132
00:52:32,390 --> 00:52:30,000
no nation which expects to be the leader

1133
00:52:34,230 --> 00:52:32,400
of other nations can expect

1134
00:52:36,870 --> 00:52:34,240
to stay behind

1135
00:52:38,790 --> 00:52:36,880
in the race for space

1136
00:52:41,510 --> 00:52:38,800
president kennedy

1137
00:52:44,790 --> 00:52:41,520
the great president

1138
00:52:47,510 --> 00:52:44,800
the president who led us into space

1139
00:52:51,109 --> 00:52:47,520
led this nation to believe

1140
00:52:55,190 --> 00:52:51,119
that although the magnificent insular

1141
00:52:57,990 --> 00:52:55,200
this island that we know as earth

1142
00:53:01,109 --> 00:52:58,000
is our genesis

1143
00:53:03,990 --> 00:53:01,119
our preeminent destiny

1144
00:53:05,910 --> 00:53:04,000
my preeminent destiny

1145
00:53:08,650 --> 00:53:05,920
is the stars

1146
00:53:10,309 --> 00:53:08,660
are you ready to go to the stars

1147
00:53:13,430 --> 00:53:10,319
[Music]

1148
00:53:15,349 --> 00:53:13,440
let's do it it is our preeminent destiny

1149
00:53:17,430 --> 00:53:15,359
god bless you

1150
00:53:19,990 --> 00:53:17,440
it is now

1151
00:53:22,549 --> 00:53:20,000
my preeminent privilege

1152
00:53:24,950 --> 00:53:22,559
and my superlative pleasure

1153
00:53:28,309 --> 00:53:24,960
to introduce the honorable

1154
00:53:36,630 --> 00:53:28,319
congresswoman sylvia garcia give her a

1155
00:53:40,069 --> 00:53:38,490
thank you congressman

1156
00:53:42,390 --> 00:53:40,079
[Music]

1157
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we're no zeast

1158
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hello everybody

1159
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well i was reflecting on the 60 years

1160
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and first i want to thank everybody from

1161
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nasa from the receptionist and the

1162
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people who helped put people at the moon

1163
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thank you

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creativity your innovation that's gotten

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us to the moon

1166
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because the challenge that was made here

1167
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six years ago would be an empty

1168
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challenge

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if we did not have the funding if we did

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not have the collaboration if we did not

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have the partnerships to get it done

1172
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so thank you to the entire nasa family

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for doing

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your best in getting this done

1175
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then i started thinking about when i was

1176
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about the age of all of these students

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i grew up one of 10 children

1178
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in south texas

1179
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and i'm sort of in between the nasa uh

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the space

1181
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the uh air station in kingsville and in

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air station in corpus christi

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and i remember many times seeing the

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jets flying

1185
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we'd rush out of the house

1186
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and just watch the planes go by

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and wonder

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what it would be like to fly

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now kids today

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look at the moon and look at mars and

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wonder

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what it would like to walk on the moon

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and later go on to mars

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that's what this is all about

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is dreaming

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so while we celebrate 60 years i look

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forward to the next 60 to make sure that

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we choose to go to the mars and more

1199
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and getting there i want to thank and

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celebrate also

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nasa's commitment to diversity and

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inclusion

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you heard it

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artemis will have the first woman and

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the first people a person of color to to

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walk on the moon

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that took a long time to do

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we still remember sally ride our first

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woman

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we still remember

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dr

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chang diaz our first latino

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but we need more

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because just like hisd

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has kids that speak 122 languages

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representing all kinds of countries we

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want to make sure that the moon and

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marsh looks like hisd in houston

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so thank you nasa for your commitment

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and for your strength and moving forward

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so as i look again and think about those

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years growing up

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all my brothers played football

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all my sisters were cheerleaders

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i was the nerd

1226
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i was not a cheerleader

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but now i'm a nasa nerd and i cheer for

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nasa

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so all things good

1230
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so again thank you to rice for hosting

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us

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thank you to all of nasa it is now my

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pleasure to introduce one of my

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colleagues who serves on the committee

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with jurisdiction over nasa and nasa

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funding lindsey fletcher

1237
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thank you so much congresswoman garcia

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i am so glad to be with all of you today

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on this historic day

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where we stand again where president

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kennedy stood

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60 years ago

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and addressed the assembled crowd

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as well as the nation and the world

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in that moment

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he challenged americans

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to continue the work to expand our

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understanding of the world around us

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and the universe beyond by exploring

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space

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man in his quest for knowledge and

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progress is determined

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and cannot be deterred he told the crowd

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explaining that no nation which expects

1255
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to be the leader of other nations

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can expect to stay behind in this race

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for space

1258
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he did so of course as we've heard this

1259
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morning

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knowing that the work to bring together

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a broad coalition

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of the greatest minds

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the most innovative thinking

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and the most committed explorers

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would be a challenge

1266
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but we know here in houston

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that that is the community

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and we often remember now as just about

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every single speaker has reminded us

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that he said we chose

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we choose to go to the moon in this

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decade

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and to do other things not because they

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are easy

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but because they are hard

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our country

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our city

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space city accepted this challenge

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across the country and around the world

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people watched and dreamed and

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celebrated when just a few years later

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neil armstrong took the first step on

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the moon

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and most of us here i think all of us

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here know

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that the first word ever spoken from the

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moon

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over the last 60 years

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we have worked here here in this city

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here in this university

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and here at nasa's johnson space center

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to meet this challenge

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to continue the search for knowledge and

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progress

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and to do so as president kennedy said

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in pursuit of peace

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and we see that reflected so

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beautifully

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in those who are assembled here today

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the students the nasa alumni the

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community members the people here in

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this community

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who have taken that challenge

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president kennedy challenged all of us

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as americans

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to come together for the good of all

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mankind

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and that remains our challenge

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and that is the work of those who are

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here today administrator nelson director

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wise president derose and so many others

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whose lives and work

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reflect this vision

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and this commitment

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and so today

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i hope that the 60th anniversary

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commemoration

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inspires us all

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to commit ourselves again to this

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purpose

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to this vision that president kennedy

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laid out right here

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60 years ago

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to the challenge of doing the learning

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and the leading

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so that together

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we can make progress for all

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and with that i am so proud to introduce

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a man who personifies that spirit

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thank you thank you so very very much

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if you will

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let me adopt everything that has already

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been said

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let me thank you all uh for

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being a fantastic audience

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60 years ago

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president roach it was hot and steamy

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administrative white

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it was not easy people were sweating it

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was hot

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but the very fact that you all have been

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here and listened to one person after

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another

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it signifies it has not been easy

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but you have chosen to be a part of this

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audience and that's what houston is all

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about

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we endure the heat we endure the steam

1349
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we fan we sweat but in the end we make

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it happen so to my council members

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councilman mary cameron councilmember

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robinson to nasa to the johnson space

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center to rice university the professors

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and the staff

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now let's move forward this is a

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different city

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than 60 years ago we are more diverse we

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are even smarter we are more prepared

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and we are ready to make it happen now

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let's go back to the moon let's go to

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the mars and i'll see you down the road

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[Music]

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the great british explorer george

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mallory

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who was to die

1366
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on mount everest was asked why did he

1367
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want to climb it

1368
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he said because it is there

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well space is there

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and the moon and the planets are there

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and new hopes for knowledge and peace

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available and therefore as we set sail

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we ask god blessings on the most

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hazardous

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and dangerous

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and greatest adventure on which man has

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[Music]

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we set sail on this new sea

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because there is new knowledge to be

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gained

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and new rights to be won

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and they must be won and used

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for the progress of all people

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space and related industries

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are generating new demand

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investment and skilled personalities the

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growth of our science and education will

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be enriched by new knowledge of our

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universe and environment

1390
01:04:35,349 --> 01:04:27,599
to solve these mysteries to solve them

1391
01:04:40,950 --> 01:04:38,710
hello again so for nearly 22 years

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humans have lived and worked in space in

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a continuous unbroken streak to test new

1394
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technologies conduct scientific research

1395
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and learn what it takes to explore deep

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space

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at the moon and eventually mars

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at this very moment this work is ongoing

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aboard the international space station

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let's now travel 250 miles straight up

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to hear the crew of expedition 67

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reflect on this particular moment in

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greetings from the international space

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station to all of you at rice stadium in

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houston i'm nasa astronaut chelle

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01:05:19,510 --> 01:05:17,119
lindgren joined by my crewmates and

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fellow nasa astronauts bob hines and

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jessica watkins as well as european

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space agency astronaut samantha christa

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ferretti

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we are honored to join

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the 60th anniversary celebration of john

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f kennedy's historic moonshot speech

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today is a day to reflect on how far we

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have come

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and to reaffirm our commitment to the

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exploration of space for the benefit of

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all

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the apollo program was an awe-inspiring

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example of what we are capable of when

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we commit our talents and resources to a

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complex goal we are proud to continue

1423
01:05:55,910 --> 01:05:53,680
that bold tradition today with more than

1424
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two decades of continuous presence

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aboard the international space station

1426
01:06:02,309 --> 01:06:00,079
the work we're doing here on station

1427
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builds on the apollo program and helps

1428
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to prepare us for the next chapter in

1429
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human history under the artemis program

1430
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we'll return to the moon and from there

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we'll prepare for human exploration of

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mars

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as a test bed for deep space exploration

1434
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the station is helping us learn how to

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keep astronauts healthy during long

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duration space travel and demonstrating

1437
01:06:25,910 --> 01:06:23,039
technologies for human and robotic

1438
01:06:28,150 --> 01:06:25,920
exploration beyond low earth orbit

1439
01:06:30,710 --> 01:06:28,160
international collaboration is what made

1440
01:06:33,270 --> 01:06:30,720
the dream of a scientific and commercial

1441
01:06:35,029 --> 01:06:33,280
orbital laboratory a reality

1442
01:06:37,029 --> 01:06:35,039
the remarkable achievements of the

1443
01:06:40,069 --> 01:06:37,039
international space station are made

1444
01:06:42,870 --> 01:06:40,079
possible by the diversity of talents and

1445
01:06:45,990 --> 01:06:42,880
experience international partners bring

1446
01:06:47,990 --> 01:06:46,000
to the project with artemis nasa and its

1447
01:06:49,990 --> 01:06:48,000
international partners will build on the

1448
01:06:53,029 --> 01:06:50,000
decades of collaboration to press

1449
01:06:54,870 --> 01:06:53,039
forward to the next frontier and land

1450
01:06:57,190 --> 01:06:54,880
the first woman and the first person of

1451
01:06:59,109 --> 01:06:57,200
color on the surface of the moon

1452
01:07:01,270 --> 01:06:59,119
our long-term goal has always been to

1453
01:07:03,270 --> 01:07:01,280
send humans to mars and the moon is an

1454
01:07:05,349 --> 01:07:03,280
important step on that journey with the

1455
01:07:07,029 --> 01:07:05,359
experience we gain through artemis we

1456
01:07:09,910 --> 01:07:07,039
will establish sustainable human

1457
01:07:12,549 --> 01:07:09,920
transportation habitation infrastructure

1458
01:07:14,870 --> 01:07:12,559
operations and science that enables deep

1459
01:07:17,109 --> 01:07:14,880
space exploration as we celebrate

1460
01:07:18,950 --> 01:07:17,119
president kennedy's historic speech we

1461
01:07:20,950 --> 01:07:18,960
are reminded that we count on the next

1462
01:07:22,230 --> 01:07:20,960
generation to carry on the passion of

1463
01:07:23,510 --> 01:07:22,240
exploration

1464
01:07:25,510 --> 01:07:23,520
we need you

1465
01:07:28,069 --> 01:07:25,520
the next generation of scientists

1466
01:07:29,910 --> 01:07:28,079
engineers explorers and other stem

1467
01:07:33,109 --> 01:07:29,920
professionals to join us in the

1468
01:07:34,630 --> 01:07:33,119
excitement and make this dream possible

1469
01:07:37,109 --> 01:07:34,640
the apollo generation laid the

1470
01:07:39,510 --> 01:07:37,119
foundation of exploration the artemis

1471
01:07:44,580 --> 01:07:39,520
program will now carry us to the moon

1472
01:07:44,590 --> 01:07:51,680
[Music]

1473
01:07:57,750 --> 01:07:55,750
[Applause]

1474
01:08:01,910 --> 01:07:57,760
good morning

1475
01:08:04,710 --> 01:08:01,920
at the time of president kennedy's page

1476
01:08:07,510 --> 01:08:04,720
i was a character at the french air

1477
01:08:10,470 --> 01:08:07,520
force academy

1478
01:08:12,069 --> 01:08:10,480
like many other young people on the

1479
01:08:13,750 --> 01:08:12,079
planet

1480
01:08:15,829 --> 01:08:13,760
i understood

1481
01:08:18,229 --> 01:08:15,839
that a new era

1482
01:08:20,470 --> 01:08:18,239
of space exploration

1483
01:08:23,349 --> 01:08:20,480
had begun

1484
01:08:26,950 --> 01:08:23,359
i understood that fantastic doors

1485
01:08:28,789 --> 01:08:26,960
were quickly opening over our heads

1486
01:08:32,070 --> 01:08:28,799
and i realized

1487
01:08:34,630 --> 01:08:32,080
that our brains would impose

1488
01:08:36,709 --> 01:08:34,640
efforts and sacrifices

1489
01:08:38,550 --> 01:08:36,719
and occasionally

1490
01:08:39,990 --> 01:08:38,560
losses

1491
01:08:42,630 --> 01:08:40,000
one phrase

1492
01:08:44,550 --> 01:08:42,640
in president kennedy's speech remained

1493
01:08:47,590 --> 01:08:44,560
in my mind

1494
01:08:51,110 --> 01:08:47,600
and helped sometimes

1495
01:08:52,789 --> 01:08:51,120
if this capsule history

1496
01:08:53,990 --> 01:08:52,799
of our progress

1497
01:08:54,789 --> 01:08:54,000
teaches

1498
01:08:56,630 --> 01:08:54,799
us

1499
01:08:59,590 --> 01:08:56,640
anything

1500
01:09:02,470 --> 01:08:59,600
it is that man in his quest

1501
01:09:04,470 --> 01:09:02,480
for knowledge and progress

1502
01:09:07,749 --> 01:09:04,480
is determined

1503
01:09:08,709 --> 01:09:07,759
and cannot be deterred

1504
01:09:12,470 --> 01:09:08,719
thanks

1505
01:09:15,829 --> 01:09:12,480
to president bush to space exploration

1506
01:09:17,030 --> 01:09:15,839
each of us in the job

1507
01:09:18,709 --> 01:09:17,040
got his

1508
01:09:20,390 --> 01:09:18,719
or her

1509
01:09:23,510 --> 01:09:20,400
inspirational

1510
01:09:29,430 --> 01:09:26,149
i was not alive when president kennedy

1511
01:09:31,990 --> 01:09:29,440
made his speech here in this stadium

1512
01:09:34,490 --> 01:09:32,000
but i was a four-year-old living in

1513
01:09:35,910 --> 01:09:34,500
houston when we first walked on the moon

1514
01:09:38,709 --> 01:09:35,920
[Music]

1515
01:09:41,829 --> 01:09:38,719
i remember being in my backyard

1516
01:09:43,910 --> 01:09:41,839
with my parents and my older sister

1517
01:09:45,749 --> 01:09:43,920
looking up at the moon

1518
01:09:47,430 --> 01:09:45,759
that was rising over the roof of our

1519
01:09:49,669 --> 01:09:47,440
house

1520
01:09:51,829 --> 01:09:49,679
i remember my parents saying something

1521
01:09:55,110 --> 01:09:51,839
to the effect of

1522
01:09:57,910 --> 01:09:55,120
we have people there

1523
01:10:01,510 --> 01:09:57,920
it was then that i decided

1524
01:10:06,470 --> 01:10:03,750
the part of president kennedy's speech

1525
01:10:08,470 --> 01:10:06,480
that always resonated with me

1526
01:10:09,350 --> 01:10:08,480
is that a chronic line

1527
01:10:12,149 --> 01:10:09,360
about

1528
01:10:15,030 --> 01:10:12,159
doing things because they are hard

1529
01:10:16,550 --> 01:10:15,040
but then it's the next phrase

1530
01:10:18,550 --> 01:10:16,560
he said

1531
01:10:21,830 --> 01:10:18,560
because that goal

1532
01:10:25,990 --> 01:10:21,840
will serve to organize and measure

1533
01:10:28,310 --> 01:10:26,000
the best of our energies and our skills

1534
01:10:30,790 --> 01:10:28,320
it was certainly true then

1535
01:10:31,669 --> 01:10:30,800
and it is still true now

1536
01:10:34,310 --> 01:10:31,679
big

1537
01:10:37,030 --> 01:10:34,320
difficult challenges demand the best of

1538
01:10:41,350 --> 01:10:37,040
our energies and our skills

1539
01:10:44,870 --> 01:10:42,709
the future

1540
01:10:48,229 --> 01:10:44,880
of humanity

1541
01:10:50,630 --> 01:10:48,239
through space exploration

1542
01:10:52,070 --> 01:10:50,640
depends on the strong

1543
01:10:53,750 --> 01:10:52,080
acceptance

1544
01:10:55,350 --> 01:10:53,760
of ethical

1545
01:10:57,110 --> 01:10:55,360
values

1546
01:10:58,390 --> 01:10:57,120
that should already

1547
01:11:01,590 --> 01:10:58,400
drive

1548
01:11:05,990 --> 01:11:03,270
all of us

1549
01:11:07,430 --> 01:11:06,000
space travelers

1550
01:11:09,990 --> 01:11:07,440
can witness

1551
01:11:12,550 --> 01:11:10,000
that the more we climb

1552
01:11:14,790 --> 01:11:12,560
the more we forget

1553
01:11:16,630 --> 01:11:14,800
about the struggles

1554
01:11:19,030 --> 01:11:16,640
on earth

1555
01:11:21,590 --> 01:11:19,040
and the more we feel

1556
01:11:23,510 --> 01:11:21,600
the fragile soul

1557
01:11:24,830 --> 01:11:23,520
of our beautiful

1558
01:11:29,590 --> 01:11:24,840
home

1559
01:11:31,270 --> 01:11:29,600
planet the full beauty of the earth

1560
01:11:33,510 --> 01:11:31,280
appears with

1561
01:11:35,910 --> 01:11:33,520
distance

1562
01:11:39,430 --> 01:11:35,920
and we can appreciate

1563
01:11:41,510 --> 01:11:39,440
thanks to the amazing discoveries

1564
01:11:43,430 --> 01:11:41,520
of the hubble

1565
01:11:46,630 --> 01:11:43,440
and james webb

1566
01:11:49,669 --> 01:11:47,669
jean lu

1567
01:11:51,189 --> 01:11:49,679
you are right about the beauty of the

1568
01:11:54,390 --> 01:11:51,199
earth

1569
01:11:57,270 --> 01:11:54,400
looking down from the space station one

1570
01:11:59,750 --> 01:11:57,280
has a unique vantage point to take in

1571
01:12:01,189 --> 01:11:59,760
the wonders of our planet

1572
01:12:04,310 --> 01:12:01,199
the continents

1573
01:12:07,110 --> 01:12:04,320
the oceans the clouds

1574
01:12:08,390 --> 01:12:07,120
you can see that we are all one

1575
01:12:09,910 --> 01:12:08,400
together

1576
01:12:11,510 --> 01:12:09,920
on our precious

1577
01:12:14,070 --> 01:12:11,520
and yes

1578
01:12:16,870 --> 01:12:14,080
our fragile earth

1579
01:12:20,310 --> 01:12:16,880
turning one's gaze to the stars you can

1580
01:12:22,470 --> 01:12:20,320
feel the enormity of the universe

1581
01:12:24,390 --> 01:12:22,480
you know that we need to continue to

1582
01:12:26,950 --> 01:12:24,400
explore

1583
01:12:28,550 --> 01:12:26,960
and we need to continue it

1584
01:12:30,310 --> 01:12:28,560
in peace

1585
01:12:33,910 --> 01:12:30,320
and harmony

1586
01:12:39,750 --> 01:12:34,950
let's

1587
01:12:41,990 --> 01:12:39,760
the beauty

1588
01:12:44,790 --> 01:12:42,000
of our planet

1589
01:12:47,110 --> 01:12:44,800
and get ready to pursue

1590
01:12:48,790 --> 01:12:47,120
on the same ship

1591
01:12:50,390 --> 01:12:48,800
the fantastic

1592
01:12:52,070 --> 01:12:50,400
odyssey

1593
01:12:55,270 --> 01:12:52,080
of space

1594
01:12:59,110 --> 01:12:57,669
and we are doing that

1595
01:13:00,870 --> 01:12:59,120
right now

1596
01:13:01,990 --> 01:13:00,880
on a launch pad at the kennedy space

1597
01:13:05,030 --> 01:13:02,000
center

1598
01:13:06,470 --> 01:13:05,040
is our first artemis rocket

1599
01:13:08,870 --> 01:13:06,480
very soon

1600
01:13:10,470 --> 01:13:08,880
we'll be launching once more towards the

1601
01:13:12,390 --> 01:13:10,480
moon

1602
01:13:15,910 --> 01:13:12,400
nasa is working with our commercial

1603
01:13:18,709 --> 01:13:15,920
partners and international partners

1604
01:13:21,510 --> 01:13:18,719
to establish the first long-term

1605
01:13:22,950 --> 01:13:21,520
presence at the moon

1606
01:13:25,030 --> 01:13:22,960
jointly

1607
01:13:26,229 --> 01:13:25,040
we will venture out into our solar

1608
01:13:28,229 --> 01:13:26,239
system

1609
01:13:29,910 --> 01:13:28,239
to explore

1610
01:13:30,830 --> 01:13:29,920
and see

1611
01:13:38,950 --> 01:13:30,840
and

1612
01:13:45,110 --> 01:13:40,630
space

1613
01:13:46,950 --> 01:13:45,120
is a peaceful place where international

1614
01:13:49,350 --> 01:13:46,960
cooperation

1615
01:13:52,870 --> 01:13:49,360
is a success

1616
01:13:54,630 --> 01:13:52,880
and this is a kind of a drug

1617
01:13:56,470 --> 01:13:54,640
just ask

1618
01:13:59,030 --> 01:13:56,480
politicians

1619
01:14:02,070 --> 01:13:59,040
why spaceships

1620
01:14:03,990 --> 01:14:02,080
such as their atmospheric

1621
01:14:05,510 --> 01:14:04,000
colleagues

1622
01:14:07,590 --> 01:14:05,520
don't drop

1623
01:14:10,630 --> 01:14:07,600
a flight plan

1624
01:14:13,510 --> 01:14:10,640
before flying over

1625
01:14:15,110 --> 01:14:13,520
so many foreign countries

1626
01:14:18,310 --> 01:14:15,120
sometimes

1627
01:14:19,910 --> 01:14:18,320
not so friendly

1628
01:14:21,750 --> 01:14:19,920
thanks

1629
01:14:24,630 --> 01:14:21,760
america

1630
01:14:26,709 --> 01:14:24,640
for your international

1631
01:14:30,950 --> 01:14:26,719
cooperation

1632
01:14:34,950 --> 01:14:33,030
and thank you

1633
01:14:37,550 --> 01:14:34,960
and thanks to all our international

1634
01:14:38,950 --> 01:14:37,560
partners who are with us on this journey

1635
01:14:41,510 --> 01:14:38,960
[Music]

1636
01:14:44,540 --> 01:14:41,520
and now it is my honor to introduce our

1637
01:14:46,910 --> 01:14:44,550
nasa associate administrator bob cabana

1638
01:14:50,709 --> 01:14:46,920
[Music]

1639
01:14:55,030 --> 01:14:53,350
thank you shannon

1640
01:14:57,750 --> 01:14:55,040
all right

1641
01:15:01,910 --> 01:14:57,760
we are going

1642
01:15:04,310 --> 01:15:01,920
now as jfk declared 60 years ago

1643
01:15:06,070 --> 01:15:04,320
we are choosing to go

1644
01:15:09,110 --> 01:15:06,080
and we're going together

1645
01:15:10,709 --> 01:15:09,120
we're going because of our unified goal

1646
01:15:12,709 --> 01:15:10,719
and the strength that comes from our

1647
01:15:15,189 --> 01:15:12,719
diversity

1648
01:15:18,149 --> 01:15:15,199
the impact of apollo and the achievement

1649
01:15:21,189 --> 01:15:18,159
of bold exploration goals has rippled

1650
01:15:23,510 --> 01:15:21,199
out in ways that would be impossible to

1651
01:15:25,910 --> 01:15:23,520
precisely measure

1652
01:15:28,550 --> 01:15:25,920
we not only went to the moon

1653
01:15:31,110 --> 01:15:28,560
but we are not looking at stars form in

1654
01:15:34,470 --> 01:15:31,120
the earliest parts of our universe we're

1655
01:15:36,070 --> 01:15:34,480
flying helicopters on mars

1656
01:15:39,110 --> 01:15:36,080
and we're using advancements in

1657
01:15:43,030 --> 01:15:39,120
technology and science to understand our

1658
01:15:47,830 --> 01:15:45,270
nasa has also changed

1659
01:15:49,910 --> 01:15:47,840
we've moved forward we're more inclusive

1660
01:15:52,550 --> 01:15:49,920
we're more diverse

1661
01:15:54,310 --> 01:15:52,560
we have a whole generation

1662
01:15:56,149 --> 01:15:54,320
a few thousand of

1663
01:15:57,910 --> 01:15:56,159
those are here with us today and they

1664
01:16:00,950 --> 01:15:57,920
were really smart they moved up under

1665
01:16:04,870 --> 01:16:02,870
uh anyway they're with us today

1666
01:16:07,270 --> 01:16:04,880
including

1667
01:16:10,630 --> 01:16:07,280
our next and final speaker

1668
01:16:14,950 --> 01:16:10,640
the talented and accomplished houston

1669
01:16:15,830 --> 01:16:14,960
youth poet laureate avion hogans

1670
01:16:20,149 --> 01:16:15,840
now

1671
01:16:22,550 --> 01:16:20,159
anyone that is 21 years old or younger

1672
01:16:24,709 --> 01:16:22,560
for their entire life

1673
01:16:27,990 --> 01:16:24,719
people have been living and working

1674
01:16:29,990 --> 01:16:28,000
aboard the international space station

1675
01:16:34,149 --> 01:16:30,000
for them

1676
01:16:37,189 --> 01:16:34,159
humanity as a space faring species is

1677
01:16:39,350 --> 01:16:37,199
just a part of what we do

1678
01:16:41,350 --> 01:16:39,360
i had the extreme good fortune to fly

1679
01:16:42,630 --> 01:16:41,360
four space shuttle missions as a nasa

1680
01:16:44,550 --> 01:16:42,640
astronaut

1681
01:16:45,750 --> 01:16:44,560
and i often get asked which one was my

1682
01:16:48,950 --> 01:16:45,760
favorite

1683
01:16:50,550 --> 01:16:48,960
and and it's easy it was my last one

1684
01:16:52,630 --> 01:16:50,560
the first assembly mission of the

1685
01:16:55,270 --> 01:16:52,640
international space station

1686
01:16:59,189 --> 01:16:55,280
and and one of my crewmates rice alum dr

1687
01:17:02,310 --> 01:16:59,199
jim newman is here in the audience today

1688
01:17:05,030 --> 01:17:02,320
since november 2nd of 2000

1689
01:17:06,950 --> 01:17:05,040
humans have been continually living and

1690
01:17:08,709 --> 01:17:06,960
working in space

1691
01:17:11,590 --> 01:17:08,719
that's significant

1692
01:17:14,229 --> 01:17:11,600
it impacts the way we see the world

1693
01:17:18,790 --> 01:17:14,239
it's why i always encourage people

1694
01:17:20,790 --> 01:17:18,800
to get out look up watch it fly overhead

1695
01:17:22,470 --> 01:17:20,800
now if you missed it at 5 30 this

1696
01:17:23,830 --> 01:17:22,480
morning i doubt most of you were out

1697
01:17:25,990 --> 01:17:23,840
then

1698
01:17:27,990 --> 01:17:26,000
weather permitting there's another

1699
01:17:30,310 --> 01:17:28,000
four-minute opportunity

1700
01:17:31,990 --> 01:17:30,320
at 8 30 this evening as it comes over

1701
01:17:34,550 --> 01:17:32,000
houston

1702
01:17:36,630 --> 01:17:34,560
i love to watch it pass over and know

1703
01:17:39,350 --> 01:17:36,640
that my friends are up there

1704
01:17:42,310 --> 01:17:39,360
advancing technologies we need for the

1705
01:17:45,350 --> 01:17:42,320
new artemis missions to the moon and

1706
01:17:47,350 --> 01:17:45,360
paving our way to the future

1707
01:17:48,950 --> 01:17:47,360
today's students those here with us

1708
01:17:51,430 --> 01:17:48,960
today

1709
01:17:53,510 --> 01:17:51,440
and in classrooms throughout the country

1710
01:17:55,030 --> 01:17:53,520
and around the world

1711
01:17:56,830 --> 01:17:55,040
have not seen us

1712
01:17:59,270 --> 01:17:56,840
send people to the

1713
01:18:00,709 --> 01:17:59,280
moon yet

1714
01:18:02,709 --> 01:18:00,719
but they will

1715
01:18:07,750 --> 01:18:02,719
we are going

1716
01:18:09,910 --> 01:18:07,760
what is life like on the south pole of

1717
01:18:12,390 --> 01:18:09,920
the moon what can we learn from the

1718
01:18:13,750 --> 01:18:12,400
formation of our own planet by being on

1719
01:18:16,630 --> 01:18:13,760
the moon

1720
01:18:19,030 --> 01:18:16,640
how can we live further away from earth

1721
01:18:20,870 --> 01:18:19,040
our goals are ambitious

1722
01:18:23,990 --> 01:18:20,880
it's not easy

1723
01:18:27,030 --> 01:18:24,000
but we can accomplish hard things

1724
01:18:29,110 --> 01:18:27,040
we dare mighty things

1725
01:18:30,550 --> 01:18:29,120
we are so close to launching the first

1726
01:18:32,390 --> 01:18:30,560
artifice mission

1727
01:18:35,350 --> 01:18:32,400
with our mega moon rocket the space

1728
01:18:37,750 --> 01:18:35,360
launch system and the orion crew capsule

1729
01:18:39,830 --> 01:18:37,760
with four astronauts

1730
01:18:42,070 --> 01:18:39,840
we're going to put those spacecraft

1731
01:18:45,030 --> 01:18:42,080
through a rigorous mission without crew

1732
01:18:47,510 --> 01:18:45,040
in the extreme environment of deep space

1733
01:18:49,750 --> 01:18:47,520
to prove we're ready to fly crew on the

1734
01:18:51,910 --> 01:18:49,760
artemis ii mission

1735
01:18:54,470 --> 01:18:51,920
on this first artemis mission

1736
01:18:57,590 --> 01:18:54,480
orion will fly further from earth than

1737
01:18:59,430 --> 01:18:57,600
any spacecraft built for humans has ever

1738
01:19:01,669 --> 01:18:59,440
flown

1739
01:19:04,950 --> 01:19:01,679
and stay in space longer

1740
01:19:08,149 --> 01:19:04,960
without docking to a space station

1741
01:19:10,630 --> 01:19:08,159
than any ship has ever done before and

1742
01:19:13,750 --> 01:19:10,640
then it will return home faster and

1743
01:19:15,430 --> 01:19:13,760
hotter than ever before

1744
01:19:19,030 --> 01:19:15,440
astronauts on their first flight aboard

1745
01:19:20,950 --> 01:19:19,040
the orion spacecraft on artemis 2

1746
01:19:22,630 --> 01:19:20,960
will lead the way so we can land the

1747
01:19:25,990 --> 01:19:22,640
first woman and the first person of

1748
01:19:27,910 --> 01:19:26,000
color on the moon on artemis iii

1749
01:19:29,910 --> 01:19:27,920
these early missions

1750
01:19:32,630 --> 01:19:29,920
will enable future learner surface

1751
01:19:35,030 --> 01:19:32,640
missions preparing us to send astronauts

1752
01:19:37,750 --> 01:19:35,040
to mars

1753
01:19:39,510 --> 01:19:37,760
you are living in an incredible time for

1754
01:19:42,149 --> 01:19:39,520
human space flight

1755
01:19:44,709 --> 01:19:42,159
and i hope that you are as excited about

1756
01:19:47,750 --> 01:19:44,719
it as i am

1757
01:19:50,709 --> 01:19:47,760
the scientific discoveries we'll make

1758
01:19:53,430 --> 01:19:50,719
on these missions will enable humanity

1759
01:19:55,990 --> 01:19:53,440
to learn more about our universe

1760
01:19:58,070 --> 01:19:56,000
and artemis is just one part of what

1761
01:20:00,070 --> 01:19:58,080
we're doing at nasa

1762
01:20:02,070 --> 01:20:00,080
we have a place for you

1763
01:20:03,510 --> 01:20:02,080
no matter what

1764
01:20:05,189 --> 01:20:03,520
come join us

1765
01:20:06,709 --> 01:20:05,199
it doesn't matter what you're passionate

1766
01:20:08,070 --> 01:20:06,719
about it just matters that you're

1767
01:20:12,550 --> 01:20:08,080
passionate

1768
01:20:16,470 --> 01:20:13,669
evian

1769
01:20:18,550 --> 01:20:16,480
i am so looking forward to you sharing

1770
01:20:20,630 --> 01:20:18,560
your poem with us i can't wait to hear

1771
01:20:22,950 --> 01:20:20,640
what poems you're going to write

1772
01:20:24,709 --> 01:20:22,960
and compose after the first woman at

1773
01:20:26,870 --> 01:20:24,719
first person of color stepped down on

1774
01:20:29,110 --> 01:20:26,880
the surface of the moon

1775
01:20:31,030 --> 01:20:29,120
so let's keep charging

1776
01:20:32,630 --> 01:20:31,040
but don't forget

1777
01:20:34,310 --> 01:20:32,640
keep looking up

1778
01:20:36,470 --> 01:20:34,320
see the stars

1779
01:20:38,470 --> 01:20:36,480
and look for the space station

1780
01:20:39,750 --> 01:20:38,480
and wave hello to those astronauts up

1781
01:20:41,350 --> 01:20:39,760
there

1782
01:20:43,430 --> 01:20:41,360
as we go to the moon

1783
01:20:44,980 --> 01:20:43,440
and further with artemis

1784
01:20:52,390 --> 01:20:44,990
thank you

1785
01:20:53,910 --> 01:20:52,400
[Applause]

1786
01:20:55,510 --> 01:20:53,920
well thank you i want to thank the all

1787
01:20:58,470 --> 01:20:55,520
of our speakers today

1788
01:21:01,750 --> 01:20:58,480
um the message is loud and clear we are

1789
01:21:03,510 --> 01:21:01,760
going to the moon

1790
01:21:05,030 --> 01:21:03,520
so let us continue to encourage our

1791
01:21:06,310 --> 01:21:05,040
present and future generation of

1792
01:21:08,229 --> 01:21:06,320
explorers

1793
01:21:09,830 --> 01:21:08,239
we know that the curiosity of curiosity

1794
01:21:12,790 --> 01:21:09,840
and passion will help us to achieve the

1795
01:21:14,630 --> 01:21:12,800
next step in space exploration

1796
01:21:16,790 --> 01:21:14,640
giving life and continuing the legacy of

1797
01:21:18,709 --> 01:21:16,800
president kennedy's world

1798
01:21:20,790 --> 01:21:18,719
i know of no better way to close this

1799
01:21:22,790 --> 01:21:20,800
program than from a member of this the

1800
01:21:24,790 --> 01:21:22,800
artemis generation

1801
01:21:26,390 --> 01:21:24,800
it gives me great pleasure to introduce

1802
01:21:28,550 --> 01:21:26,400
avalon hogan

1803
01:21:30,950 --> 01:21:28,560
houston's youth poet laureate and our

1804
01:21:33,030 --> 01:21:30,960
proud rice university freshman who will

1805
01:21:39,190 --> 01:21:33,040
give a special rendition of our poem

1806
01:21:43,110 --> 01:21:40,830
[Applause]

1807
01:21:45,590 --> 01:21:43,120
avalon hello

1808
01:21:48,310 --> 01:21:45,600
my name is avalon hogans

1809
01:21:50,870 --> 01:21:48,320
along with being houston's youth poet

1810
01:21:52,870 --> 01:21:50,880
laureate i am also a freshman here at

1811
01:21:56,229 --> 01:21:52,880
rice university

1812
01:21:57,990 --> 01:21:56,239
i wrote a poem entitled skyline of mine

1813
01:21:59,830 --> 01:21:58,000
it's about houston

1814
01:22:02,790 --> 01:21:59,840
as a native houstonian

1815
01:22:05,430 --> 01:22:02,800
many things make me proud to live here

1816
01:22:07,510 --> 01:22:05,440
i am proud to attend the sixth best

1817
01:22:09,750 --> 01:22:07,520
school in the nation

1818
01:22:13,030 --> 01:22:09,760
i am proud to be here today to

1819
01:22:15,990 --> 01:22:13,040
commemorate such a monumental occasion

1820
01:22:17,590 --> 01:22:16,000
i feel special connection with nasa

1821
01:22:19,990 --> 01:22:17,600
my grandmother worked there for many

1822
01:22:21,590 --> 01:22:20,000
years as a government worker

1823
01:22:23,830 --> 01:22:21,600
and even received a letter from

1824
01:22:26,229 --> 01:22:23,840
president obama before her retirement

1825
01:22:29,030 --> 01:22:26,239
honoring her work at nasa

1826
01:22:31,830 --> 01:22:29,040
my grandmother inspires me daily to be

1827
01:22:33,910 --> 01:22:31,840
resilient and to follow my dreams

1828
01:22:35,030 --> 01:22:33,920
and i see this also in the city of

1829
01:22:39,830 --> 01:22:35,040
houston

1830
01:22:43,590 --> 01:22:39,840
it's full of talented hard-working

1831
01:22:46,870 --> 01:22:43,600
individuals who inspire one another

1832
01:22:48,950 --> 01:22:46,880
this inspired my poem skyline of mine

1833
01:22:50,870 --> 01:22:48,960
which is about how the people make this

1834
01:22:53,590 --> 01:22:50,880
city so bright

1835
01:22:55,110 --> 01:22:53,600
i was born and raised here in the fourth

1836
01:22:57,750 --> 01:22:55,120
ward area

1837
01:22:59,910 --> 01:22:57,760
as a shy kid who loved to write but was

1838
01:23:01,669 --> 01:22:59,920
scared to speak her mind

1839
01:23:04,229 --> 01:23:01,679
but as i got older

1840
01:23:06,470 --> 01:23:04,239
i uncovered more and more about how

1841
01:23:09,669 --> 01:23:06,480
truly unique and beautiful

1842
01:23:12,830 --> 01:23:09,679
houston's art and culture is here

1843
01:23:14,470 --> 01:23:12,840
it has been impossible to deny my own

1844
01:23:16,950 --> 01:23:14,480
aspirations

1845
01:23:18,310 --> 01:23:16,960
houston is full of creation and

1846
01:23:20,310 --> 01:23:18,320
innovation

1847
01:23:22,709 --> 01:23:20,320
from the museum district to the med

1848
01:23:25,189 --> 01:23:22,719
center to our own neighborhoods and the

1849
01:23:27,990 --> 01:23:25,199
stadium we're in right now

1850
01:23:30,550 --> 01:23:28,000
i feel so proud to grown up to be a

1851
01:23:32,709 --> 01:23:30,560
houston artist i hope one day i can

1852
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:32,719
inspire others to shine and reach for

1853
01:23:36,070 --> 01:23:33,930
their own stars too

1854
01:23:39,030 --> 01:23:36,080
[Music]

1855
01:23:42,149 --> 01:23:39,040
skyline of mine

1856
01:23:43,830 --> 01:23:42,159
my heart beats along to the foot traffic

1857
01:23:46,430 --> 01:23:43,840
of downtown

1858
01:23:49,030 --> 01:23:46,440
sidewalk sky meets my potential

1859
01:23:51,910 --> 01:23:49,040
skyscrapers point me to my limitless

1860
01:23:55,990 --> 01:23:51,920
limits i hold my head high because i'm

1861
01:23:58,629 --> 01:23:56,000
h-town bound our culture so influential

1862
01:23:59,750 --> 01:23:58,639
paints such a beautiful and diverse

1863
01:24:04,229 --> 01:23:59,760
image

1864
01:24:07,350 --> 01:24:04,239
my city sparks hope my city gives lights

1865
01:24:09,990 --> 01:24:07,360
my city's my only home and locally made

1866
01:24:12,629 --> 01:24:10,000
my city's my birthright i've seen

1867
01:24:15,110 --> 01:24:12,639
fireworks out my window i've imagined my

1868
01:24:17,990 --> 01:24:15,120
own afro-american dream

1869
01:24:20,550 --> 01:24:18,000
i've seen thunder out my window

1870
01:24:21,750 --> 01:24:20,560
i watched flooded gloom drain back to

1871
01:24:25,350 --> 01:24:21,760
gleam

1872
01:24:28,629 --> 01:24:25,360
houston strong we rebuilt our legacy

1873
01:24:31,430 --> 01:24:28,639
brick by brick we regenerated our home

1874
01:24:34,550 --> 01:24:31,440
the days were long and dark in hurricane

1875
01:24:37,990 --> 01:24:34,560
harvey but houston hope doesn't drown it

1876
01:24:38,870 --> 01:24:38,000
floats the days were long and dark last

1877
01:24:42,070 --> 01:24:38,880
year

1878
01:24:45,350 --> 01:24:42,080
when texas snow turned to power gone

1879
01:24:46,870 --> 01:24:45,360
but as the freeze froze over we huddled

1880
01:24:49,350 --> 01:24:46,880
in closer

1881
01:24:51,669 --> 01:24:49,360
leaning on our community to keep us

1882
01:24:53,750 --> 01:24:51,679
powering on

1883
01:24:56,149 --> 01:24:53,760
dress to impress

1884
01:24:57,270 --> 01:24:56,159
my home is the most diverse in the

1885
01:25:00,390 --> 01:24:57,280
nation

1886
01:25:02,390 --> 01:25:00,400
beyonce blessed my home is the heart of

1887
01:25:06,470 --> 01:25:02,400
aspiration

1888
01:25:09,350 --> 01:25:06,480
but the art is in the artist and the who

1889
01:25:11,030 --> 01:25:09,360
the singer is in the song and the author

1890
01:25:12,470 --> 01:25:11,040
is in the book

1891
01:25:15,110 --> 01:25:12,480
it's the people

1892
01:25:17,350 --> 01:25:15,120
who make this place worth praising

1893
01:25:19,189 --> 01:25:17,360
it's the culture that makes this place

1894
01:25:22,550 --> 01:25:19,199
so amazing

1895
01:25:24,310 --> 01:25:22,560
who says you can't see stars in the city

1896
01:25:26,950 --> 01:25:24,320
they're coming down the highway they're

1897
01:25:29,430 --> 01:25:26,960
running through the park who says stars

1898
01:25:32,229 --> 01:25:29,440
don't shine as bright in the city

1899
01:25:34,870 --> 01:25:32,239
in houston space city nickname we can

1900
01:25:37,430 --> 01:25:34,880
see stars in the light and in the dark

1901
01:25:40,870 --> 01:25:37,440
houston we have a problem and our

1902
01:25:43,830 --> 01:25:40,880
houstonians can solve it home to the

1903
01:25:46,070 --> 01:25:43,840
wisest and kindness you'll ever meet

1904
01:25:48,229 --> 01:25:46,080
shout out to the first gen students at

1905
01:25:50,790 --> 01:25:48,239
rice university

1906
01:25:53,590 --> 01:25:50,800
growing up and living in houston has

1907
01:25:56,149 --> 01:25:53,600
taught me so much about having pride

1908
01:25:58,310 --> 01:25:56,159
and i'm so proud to live under this

1909
01:25:59,610 --> 01:25:58,320
skylight of mine

1910
01:26:07,110 --> 01:25:59,620
thank you

1911
01:26:15,830 --> 01:26:09,030
i actually didn't think it was possible

1912
01:26:19,510 --> 01:26:17,430
and visions for houston

1913
01:26:21,270 --> 01:26:19,520
so before leaving the stage to the right

1914
01:26:23,430 --> 01:26:21,280
marching out band i want to thank you

1915
01:26:25,669 --> 01:26:23,440
all for being our guests for this very

1916
01:26:28,470 --> 01:26:25,679
special celebration and to remind you

1917
01:26:30,790 --> 01:26:28,480
that the future in space starts with you

1918
01:26:37,050 --> 01:26:30,800
please enjoy the exhibit space and have

1919
01:27:01,380 --> 01:26:55,200
[Music]