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>> I'M JOHN SANKOVIC,
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
OF THE OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE.
THE OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE
AND OUR SPONSORS HAVE BEEN
HONORED TO WORK WITH
NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
TO SHOWCASE THE FANTASTIC WORK
BEING DONE AT THE CENTER
THROUGH THE EVENING
WITH THE STARS EVENT.
FOR 80 YEARS, NASA GLENN
HAS BEEN DEVELOPING
TECHNOLOGIES TO TAKE AMERICANS
HIGHER, FARTHER, AND FASTER.
THROUGH THIS PLATFORM,
WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO FEATURE AMAZING ACHIEVEMENTS
IN AVIATION, INNOVATIONS
IN SPACE PROPULSION AND POWER,
AND ADVANCES IN
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES.
INTEGRATING THE TECHNOLOGIES
INTO SYSTEMS, WE CAN SEE
HOW THEY WILL TAKE US
BACK TO THE MOON
AND ON TO MARS.
OF COURSE, ALL THESE
TECHNOLOGIES ARE EXCITING,
BUT EVENING WITH THE STARS IS
MORE THAN HARDWARE.
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT
MAKE THOSE IDEAS REALITY.
IT GIVES US A PLATFORM
TO SPOTLIGHT THE INNOVATORS
AT NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND THAT ARE OUR FRIENDS
AND NEIGHBORS.
THE OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE
IS PROUD TO HELP TELL
THEIR STORIES TO INSPIRE
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND NOW, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
AND THANK NASA GLENN
CENTER DIRECTOR
DR. MARLA PÉREZ-DAVIS,
WHO HAS BEEN THE KEY
SUPPORTER OF THE EVENT
SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
>> OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS,
AN EVENING WITH THE STARS
HAVE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART
OF NORTHEAST OHIO'S
AEROSPACE COMMUNITY,
PROVIDING A YEARLY OPPORTUNITY
TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE,
AND NETWORK.
IN 2014, THE FIRST EVENT WAS
HELD AT THE GREAT LAKES
SCIENCE CENTER, AND FEATURED
AN OVERVIEW OF NASA GLENN'S
CORE COMPETENCIES: POWER,
PROPULSION,
COMMUNICATIONS,
AND ADVANCED MATERIALS--
ALL OF WHICH HAVE ALLOWED
OUR CENTER TO PLAY
A CRITICAL ROLE IN
AMERICA'S AVIATION
AND SPACE EXPLORATION
FOR THE PAST 80 YEARS.
AS THE EVENT BECAME
A YEARLY CELEBRATION,
WE LOOK BACK AT A CENTURY
OF DREAMING BIG
AND SHOOTING FOR THE STARS
AT THE CLEVELAND
HISTORY CENTER, WHERE
WE DISCUSSED GLENN'S
MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH,
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS,
AND SOLAR ELECTRIC
PROPULSION WORK.
THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
HOSTED IN 2016,
AS WE CELEBRATED NASA GLENN'S
75th ANNIVERSARY,
WITH EMPHASIS ON
THE ORION SPACECRAFT,
NEXT-GENERATION AIRCRAFT,
AND HOW NASA'S VARIOUS
TECHNOLOGIES HELP CITIZENS
IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.
WE THEN EXAMINED HOW NASA GLENN
SHAPES THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
AT THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY,
WITH PRESENTATIONS ABOUT
OUR WORLD-CLASS TESTING
FACILITIES, HOW WE'RE USING
COGNITIVE AND QUANTUM SYSTEMS
TO CHANGE HOW WE COMMUNICATE
IN SPACE, AND WE OUTLINED
OUR EFFORT TO SEND
HUMANS TO THE MOON, MARS,
AND BEYOND.
WE ROCKED OUT ON THE LAKESHORE
IN 2018 AT THE ROCK & ROLL
HALL OF FAME,
AS OUR NASA STARS, FEATURED
ALONGSIDE MUSIC'S BIGGEST STARS,
TOLD US MORE ABOUT
OUR UNMATCHED TEST CAPABILITIES
AT THE RECENTLY RENAMED
NEIL A. ARMSTRONG TEST FACILITY
IN SANDUSKY, INNOVATIVE
NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS
FOR SPACE EXPLORATION,
AND HOW OUR AIRCRAFT
ICING RESEARCH HAS IMPROVED
FLIGHT SAFETY.
AT OUR MOST RECENT EVENT,
WE WELCOMED OUR AUDIENCE
TO THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY
TO TALK ABOUT HOW NASA'S
GATEWAY IN ORBIT AROUND THE MOON
WILL ENABLE US TO LAND
THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE NEXT MAN
ON THE MOON BY 2024,
HOW ONCE ON THE MOON
OR MARS WE WILL USE
THE RESOURCES WE FIND
TO LIVE AND WORK SUSTAINABLY
ON THESE CELESTIAL BODIES,
AND HOW DECADES OF AIRCRAFT
PROPULSION EXPERIENCE
IS ALLOWING US TO USHER IN
ELECTRIC COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE
HOSTED HUNDREDS OF GUESTS
AND HIGHLIGHTED
MANY SIGNIFICANT
EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY,
AND SCIENCE CONTRIBUTIONS.
BUT THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT
IS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT
OF THE OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE,
OUR SPONSORS, AND A MYRIAD OF
SUPPORTS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED
INTEREST IN NASA GLENN.
WHILE WE ARE DISAPPOINTED
TO HAVE POSTPONED THE EVENT,
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
NASA GLENN IS STILL
HARD AT WORK, AT HOME
AND IN A LIMITED SAFE CAPACITY
ONSITE, TO ENSURE
OHIO AND THE UNITED STATES
STAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE
OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY.
IN FACT, THIS YEAR MARKS
NASA GLENN'S 80th ANNIVERSARY,
WHICH IS A TESTAMENT
TO NOT ONLY DECADES
OF HARD WORK BY OUR STAFF,
BUT THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVE
FROM THE GREATER
CLEVELAND COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO SAFELY
GATHER TOGETHER AGAIN, I CAN
ASSURE YOU, OUR PRESENTERS--
OTHMANE BENAFAN,
RAY CASTNER,
AND DAVID URBAN-- WILL
INSPIRE YOU WITH THEIR WORK
TO PUSH BOUNDARIES
AND BREAK BARRIERS
BOTH HERE, ON AIR,
AND IN SPACE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
OF AN EVENING WITH THE STARS,
AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED
INTEREST IN NASA GLENN
AND OHIO'S AEROSPACE COMMUNITY.
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU IN PERSON SOON.
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