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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YO
FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, AMERICA'S
SPACE CORPS.
60 YEARS AGO KENNEDY WAS
ESTABLISHED TO MEET THE
CHALLENGE OF LANDING A HUMAN ON
THE MOON AND RETURNING HIM
SAFELY TO EARTH.
FOR THE LAST SIX DECADES KENNED
HAS SUPPORTED AMERICA'S SPACE
PROGRAM AND LAUNCHED THE DREAMS
OF OUR NATION.
TODAY, WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE
FUTURE AND THE EXCITING WORK
THAT NASA IS DOING AS WE EXPLOR
OUR UNIVERSE.
PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN WELCOMING
OUR NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL
NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY, ARE YOU READY?
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
ARE YOU READY FOR THAT OUT THERE
?
ON PAD 39B?
WELCOME TO THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS THAT WE
WERE RIGHT HERE AND OUR EYES
WERE FIXED ON THIS ICONIC
AMERICAN BUILDING.
THE 322-FOOT MEGA MOON ROCKET
BEGAN INCHING ITS WAY OUT OF
THAT BIG VEHICLE ASSEMBLE
BUILDING.
FROM THERE, THE CRAWLER
TRANSPORTED IT FOR MILES OUT
THERE TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
AND SOON IT WILL UNDERGO THE
FINAL TESTING BEFORE ITS FIRST
FLIGHT AROUND THE MOON.
ARTEMIS ONE'S JOURNEY FROM BAY
THREE TO THE PAD IS SYMBOLIC OF
OUR WORK.
THE METICULOUS PLANNING, THE
LATE NIGHTS, THE RELENTLESS
SPIRIT KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.
THAT IS WHAT NASA DOES BEST.
THAT IS WHAT WE DO BEST AND
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER.
THAT OPENING VIDEO SHOWED HOW
OUR AGENCY IS INVENTING
GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY, HOW
IT'S IGNITING IMAGINATIONS AND
IT'S INSPIRING FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION
TODAY BECAUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN
AND HIS ADMINISTRATION RELEASED
THIS BUDGET REQUEST AND IT CAME
THIS MORNING.
NASA'S $26 BILLION FISCAL YEAR
BUDGET FOR '23, IT'S A REQUEST
FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM US AND
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
OVER LAST YEARS BUDGET.
IN FACT, IT'S 8% MORE THEN THE
ENACTED FEDERAL SPENDING LEVELS
THE APPROPRIATION BILL FROM
FISCAL YEAR '22.
IT'S THE LARGEST REQUEST FOR
SCIENCE IN NASA HISTORY.
BUT GREATER THAN ANY NUMBER OR
STATISTIC OR A FACT, IT'S WHAT
THIS BUDGET REQUEST REPRESENTS.
IT'S A SIGNAL OF SUPPORT OF OUR
MISSIONS IN A NEW ERA OF
EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN THE
BUSINESS AND THE CORPORATIONS
AND THE UNIVERSITIES THAT ALL
PARTNER WITH NASA IN ALL 50
STATES.
BY THE WAY, GOOD PAYING JOBS
THAT THEY CREATE.
IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR NATION.
IT'S GOING TO HELP THE WORLD.
IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
AND IT UNDERSCORES S.T.E.M.
EDUCATION AND IT PROMOTES
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY.
IT EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN THIS
EXTRAORDINARY WORK FORCE THAT W
THAT MAKES NASA.
YOU KNOW IT.
THE BEST PLACE IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO WORK.
NOW, THE PANDEMIC REALLY
CHALLENGED US.
IT CHALLENGED US UNLIKE ANYTHIN
EVER BEFORE.
IT CHALLENGED US PERSONALLY WIT
OUR FAMILIES.
IT CHALLENGED US PROFESSIONALLY.
DURING THE PERIOD OF COVID, THE
NASA FAMILY NEVER MISSED A BEAT.
NEVER STOPPED GIVING HOPE TO TH
COUNTRY THAT WE SERVE AND TO AL
OF HUMANITY.
YOUR RELENTLESS SPIRIT TO KEEP
PUSHING FORWARD, YOUR
PERSEVERANCE, IT INSPIRED NASA'
NEW VISION STATES.
THIS TIME WE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY
WITH THE VISION STATEMENT.
EXPLORING THE SECRETS OF THE
UNIVERSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.
IT IS THAT VISION THAT WILL
GUIDE OUR WORK OVER THE NEXT
YEAR.
SO, WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHAT
HAVE WE DONE?
WE LAUNCHED THE MOST POWERFUL
TELESCOPE EVER BUILT.
THE WEB TELESCOPE HAD THE WORLD
ON THE EDGE OF THEIR STREETS
DURING THE MILLION MILE VOYAGE.
344 SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE.
SKEPTICS FOCUSED IN ON
EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG,
BUT WHAT A SCIENCE TEAM WE HAVE
AT NASA.
THEY POURED EVERYTHING INTO IT
AND IT WORKED.
AND IT HAS WORKED SO FAR, EVEN
BETTER THAN PLANNED.
THIS SUMMER WE WILL SEE THE
FIRST IMAGES.
I HAVE SEEN, AND YOU ALL HAVE A
WELL, THE FIRST TARGET STAR.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE IN THE
IMAGES THAT ARE COMING IS
REVEALING THE STARS IN THE
GALAXIES THAT HAPPEN TIMES
HAPPENED TO FORM THE FIRST
GALAXY 13.5 BILLION YEARS AGO
JUST AFTER THE BEGINNING.
THINK ABOUT THAT.
LIGHT TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF
LIGHT FOR 13.5 BILLION YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
CAPTURE.
LOOK ALSO AT WHAT ELSE WE HAVE
DONE.
WE HAVE EXTENDED THE COMMITMENT
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION OPERATIONS THROUGH 2030.
AND THIS DECISION EMPOWERS NASA
TO CONTINUE CONDUCTING
GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND
COLLABORATING WITH OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
ASTRONAUT MARTIN IS COMING HOME
WEDNESDAY, THE DAY AFTER
TOMORROW AND HE IS COMING HOME
WITH HIS RUSSIAN CREW AND WE AN
HE WILL CELEBRATE A HISTORIC 35
DAYS IN SPACE.
AND FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR
ASTRONAUTS, THE WORKING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NASA AND
OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
CONTINUES.
THAT INCLUDES THE PROFESSIONAL
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COSMONAUTS AND OUR ASTRONAUTS.
AND SOON, WE ARE GOING BACK TO
THE MOON AS ARTEMIS.
WE ARE GOING TO LEARN TO LIVE
AND WORK IN A HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN IT'S ON TO MARS IN THE
LATE 2030'S.
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S $20 BILLION
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NASA WILL
BEGIN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW
THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
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ANY SPACECRAFT AS BEFORE.
IN TWO YEARS, THEN FROM ARTEMIS
ONE, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
APOLLO 8, ARTEMIS WILL FLY
ASTRONAUTS AROUND THE MOON.
IT WILL NOT BE LEVEL.
IT WILL BE A CREW THAT WILL BE
ANNOUNCED LATER THIS YEAR.
IT WILL TAKE THEM FARTHER INTO
SPACE THAN ANY HUMANS HAVE EVER
TRAVELED BEFORE.
WHEN WE LAND THE FIRST WOMAN AN
FIRST PERSON OF COLOR ON THE
MOON AS PART OF THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM, WE WILL INSPIRE THE
NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS
AND ENGINEERS AND EXPLORERS.
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AFTER TH
APOLLO PROGRAM.
YOU HAD SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF
ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS AND
TECHNICIANS THAT ALL CAME OUT A
A RESULT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
WORK ON APOLLO.
BUT NOW, THE APOLLO GENERATION
HAS PASSED THE TORCH TO THE
ARTEMIS GENERATION.
THIS NEW GENERATION IS PREPARIN
TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT
WE KNOW TO BE POSSIBLE.
IT WILL NOT BE A SERIES OF
ISOLATED MISSIONS.
INSTEAD, EACH MISSION WILL BE A
GROUNDBREAKING COMPONENT BUILT
ON THE LAST.
ON THE MOON AND BEYOND.
SO, LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO
ARTEMIS LAUNCH DIRECTOR CHARLIE
BLACKWELL THOMPSON TO TELL US
MORE.
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>>> I AM JOINED BY ARTEMIS ONE
LAUNCH DIRECTOR CHARLIE
BLACKWELL THOMPSON.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE SEE THE ROCKET ON THE PAD.
HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL?
>> WELL, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT
ROCKET ON THE PAD, IT'S A MIX O
EMOTIONS FOR ME.
IT'S EXCITEMENT.
I FEEL A SENSE OF PRIDE FOR THE
TEAMS IN FOR ALL THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS
ROCKET TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU SE
IT AND IT'S AMAZING.
AND REALLY, IT'S MADE UP OF
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, ELEMENTS,
PIECE PARTS THAT COME FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT
REPRESENTS THE WORK AND THE
DEDICATION OF MEN AND WOMEN FRO
ALL ACROSS OUR 50 STATES.
>> WHAT DID IT TAKE FOR YOU AND
YOUR TEAM TO GET TO THIS MOMENT?
>> WELL, I MEAN, THIS TEAM HAS
BEEN BUSY DEVELOPING FLIGHT
HARDWARE, THE SLS ROCKET, THE
ORION SPACE ROCKET AND OUR BIG
TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT HAS GONE FROM A CLEAN SHEET
OF PAPER TO A CONCEPT, TO A
DESIGN, TO CUTTING METAL AND
MANUFACTURING PARTS.
AND THEN THE INTEGRATION AND
TESTS FOR THIS VEHICLE YOU SEE
BEHIND ME.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE EFFORT.
WHAT HAS IT TAKEN?
IT'S TAKEN DEDICATION AND
SUPPORT FROM A TEAM OF PEOPLE
FROM ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
MOST RECENTLY AS PART OF THE
WORK HERE AT THE WATCH COMPLEX
39B.
AFTER ROLL OUT, IT HAS BEEN ALL
ABOUT GETTING THIS TESTED PRIOR
TO WET DRESS.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY WITH THAT
.
BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING BACK OVE
TIME, THE EFFORTS ON THIS ROCKE
STARTED SOME TIME AGO AND IT
SPANNED MANY DIFFERENT TEAMS AN
MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
>> YOU MENTIONED WET DRESS.
THAT'S THE NEXT CRITICAL STEP
BEFORE WE CAN DECLARE A LUNCH
DATE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS TEST?
>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.
OUR TEAM IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT IS A BIG MILESTONE AND IT IS
THE LAST BIG TEST BEFORE LAUNCH.
WHEN I SAY THAT EVEN NOW, I GET
A LITTLE BIT OF GOOSEBUMPS.
IT'S A BIG MILESTONE.
IT'S A BIG DEAL.
ARE WE READY?
WE ARE READY.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR
THIS.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR TABLE
TOPS AND PROCEDURES.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TRAINING.
OUR PRETEST BRIEFING IS
SCHEDULED JUST A COUPLE DAYS
FROM NOW.
IT IS A VERY EXCITING TIME.
>> WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING
FORWARD TO FOR LAUNCH DAY?
>> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
TEAM.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS.
THE FIRST THING IS I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO OUR TEAM HAVING AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE ALL
OF THE WORK, ALL OF THE TRAININ
THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN FOR A
COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
FROM A HARDWARE AND FIRING
PERSPECTIVE I LOOK FORWARD TO
COMING IN ON LAUNCH DAY, DRIVIN
INTO THE LCC AND STEPPING OUT O
THE CAR AND LOOKING OUT AT THE
PAD AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE
HOURS AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
IN SEEING THAT EXCITEMENT IN TH
TEAM, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING
INTO TERMINAL ACCOUNT AND SEEIN
THE LAST MINUTES AND SECONDS
TICK OFF THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK
KNOWING THAT WE ARE POTENTIALLY
ONCE WE GET INTO TERMINAL COUNT
VERY CLOSE TO ENGINE START.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THE LAST MOMENTS OF LAUNCH
COUNTDOWN.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY T
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED THEIR HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION TO GET US HERE TO
THIS MOMENT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU
.
A HEARTFELT THANK YOU.
THIS ROCKET SITS ON THE PAD
READY FOR WET DRESS BECAUSE OF
THE DEDICATION, THE SUPPORT, TH
EXCELLENT WORK BY A TEAM OF
PEOPLE.
I WOULD SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE
DONE TO GET US HERE.
>> THANK YOU, CHARLIE.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BACK TO YOU.
>>> THANKS, CHARLIE.
THE EXPLORATION GROUND SYSTEMS
TEAM, THANK YOU.
EVERY MEMBER OF THE NASA FAMILY.
THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE
WAS IN BIG PART BECAUSE OF YOU.
THROUGH THESE ARTEMIS MISSIONS,
WE WILL MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES AN
ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES.
YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT.
WE WILL DO IT IN A WAY THAT WE
HAVE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.
JUST LAST WEEK WE ANNOUNCED A
PLAN FOR MORE COMPETITION TO AD
ADDITIONAL LANDERS TO CARRY
ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON'S SURFACE
.
WE EXPECT TO LAND ABOUT ONCE A
YEAR FOR MORE THEN A DECADE.
WE WILL PUT AN OUTPOST OR
SOMETHING LIKE A STATION IN
LUNAR ORBIT.
IT WILL BE IN A POLAR ORBIT OF
THE MOON.
WE WILL CALL IT GATEWAY.
IT WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL
SUPPORT FOR OUR RETURN TO THE
LUNAR SURFACE, BUT IT WILL ALSO
SERVE AS A STAGING POINT IN DEE
SPACE EXPLORATION.
OUR GOAL IS TO APPLY WHAT WE
HAVE LEARNED LIVING AND
OPERATING ON THE MOON AND
CONTINUE THAN OUT INTO THE SOLA
SYSTEM.
OUR PLAN IS FOR HUMANS TO WALK
ON MARS BY 2040.
WE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR LIFE.
WE HAVE.
WE ARE DIGGING IN MARS RIGHT NO
AS ONE OF OUR TARGETS.
WE KNOW ROVERS ARE CRITICAL
COMPONENTS.
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT, YOU
HAVE TO PUT A HUMAN IN THE LOOP.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
EXPLORATION.
THE DESTINY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
IS TO EXPLORE.
THIS YEAR, A NEW INFLATABLE HEA
SHIELD IS BEING DEVELOPED THAT
CAN ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN AND
SURVIVE REENTRY ON MARS IN THIS
BUDGET.
TO SUSTAIN LIFE ON THE MOON AND
THEN ON TO MARS, WE WILL NEED
SURFACE POWER.
WE SECURED ADDITIONAL FUNDING T
BUILD THAT ESSENTIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
MARS, OF COURSE, IS MILLIONS OF
MILES AWAY.
RESEARCH INTO NUCLEAR PROPULSIO
IS IMPORTANT.
IT WILL CUT DOWN THE TIME IT
WILL TAKE FOR OUR PIONEERS TO
TRAVEL TO MARS.
IT, TOO, IS IN THE PRESIDENT'S
BUDGET.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MARS IS
CALLING US.
LAST FEBRUARY THE PERSEVERANCE
ROVER ARRIVED AT THE CRATER ON
MARS AND THE MARS SAMPLE RETURN
MISSION WILL COME BACK TO EARTH
BRINGING THE SAMPLES GATHERED B
PERSEVERANCE FROM THE CRATER
FLOOR.
PERSEVERANCE IS PUTTING IN
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THESE
VIALS THAT ARE ABOUT THAT LONG.
THEY ARE PUTTING A STASH OF THE
HERE AND A STASH OF THEM THERE.
THE MARS ROVER WILL GO AROUND
WITH OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS AND
PICK THEM UP.
THEN WE PUT IT IN A MARS ASSET
VEHICLE AND IT GOES UP AND IT
RENDEZVOUSED WITH A SPACECRAFT
IN MARTIAN ORBIT THAT WILL BRIN
IT BACK TO THE MOON.
JUST THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
SEE IN THOSE SAMPLES.
IT COULD POSSIBLY CONFIRM THE
ULTIMATE QUESTION.
DID LIFE EXIST ON MARS?
DOES IT EXIST NOW?
IF IT DOES, WE'RE ELSE IN THE
UNIVERSE DOES IT EXIST?
AT NASA WE DREAM BIG AND ARE
CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE LIMIT OF
WHAT WE KNOW TO BE POSSIBLE.
THAT IS WHY IT'S CRITICAL TO
LEVERAGE THE SPEED AND
INNOVATION OF THE COMMERCIAL
SECTOR AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY
HAS ALREADY ALLOWED MORE
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
IN DECEMBER, NASA SIGNED
AGREEMENTS WITH THREE AMERICAN
COMPANIES TO DEVELOP DESIGNS OF
SPACE STATIONS AND OTHER
COMMERCIAL DESTINATIONS.
FIRST IN LOW EARTH ORBIT AND
THEN WHO KNOWS WHAT OUT OF LEO.
THIS BUDGET PROVIDES FUNDING FO
THESE EFFORTS.
IT ENABLES A COMMERCIAL ECONOMY
IN LOW EARTH ORBIT WERE THE U.S
WILL MAINTAIN AN UNINTERRUPTED
PRESENCE AFTER THE PLANNED
RETIREMENT OF THE ISS.
SO, PART OF NASA'S COMMITMENT T
LEAD IN SPACE MEANS THAT WE WIL
ALSO CONTINUE TO LEAD RIGHT HERE
.
ON EARTH.
LAST JANUARY DR. KATE CALVIN
JOINED THE NASA FAMILY AS THE
AGENCIES CHIEF SCIENTIST AND
FIRST SENIOR CLIMATE ADVISER.
TODAY, SHE AND THE DIRECTOR OF
NASA'S EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION,
KAREN ST. GERMAIN, ARE JOINING
US FROM GODDARD TO EXPLAIN HOW
NASA IS AT THE POINT OF THE
SPEAR ON CLIMATE RESEARCH.
LET'S TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM
AT THE GODDARD SPACEFLIGHT
CENTER.
>>> THANK YOU, ADMINISTRATOR
NELSON.
AS YOU MENTIONED WE ARE AT
GODDARD SPACEFLIGHT CENTER IN
MARYLAND.
ONE OF THE EARTH SCIENCE AND
CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH.
I AM HERE WITH CAROL AND KATE.
WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR NASA
TO CONTINUE CLIMATE CHANGE AND
CAN YOU BRING THAT INFORMATION
TO THE PUBLIC?
>> OBSERVING OUR PLANET AND HOW
IT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME AND HO
HUMAN ACTIVITIES IMPACTED IT IS
NOT NEW TO NASA.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR
DECADES.
WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED
TO GO BEYOND GATHERING
INFORMATION.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAV
WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE INFORMED
DECISIONS.
WE WILL CONTINUE CLIMATE
RESEARCH LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE, GREENHOUSE
GASES, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
IN THAT, ACCESSIBILITY TO DATA
IS CRITICAL.
WHILE ALL OF OUR DATA IS
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC NOW, WE
ARE WORKING IN THE FUTURE TO
MAKE SURE IT IS EASIER TO USE
AND IN GOOD FORMATS AND THAT
PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AND
ARE MAKING DECISIONS.
WHETHER THOSE ARE ABOUT CLIMATE
MITIGATION, ADAPTATION OR
PLANNING.
>> THANKS KAREN, NASA IS WORKIN
TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION
OF EARTH HAVING SATELLITES.
HOW WILL THAT SERVE THE SCIENCE
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AT LARGE?
>> NASA HAS BEEN A GLOBAL LEADE
IN OBSERVATION, SCIENCE AND
MODELING FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
BUT THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE
CHANGE IN PARTICULAR MEANS WE
NEED MORE INFORMATION AND WE
NEED IT FASTER.
THAT IS WEAR THE EARTH SYSTEM
OBSERVATORY COMES IN.
DES OH IS THE NEXT GENERATION O
SATELLITE MISSIONS THAT WILL
LAUNCH BY THE END OF THIS DECAD
AND THEY WILL GIVE US A 3-D
HOLISTIC FEW OF OUR EARTHS
SYSTEM AND A LEVEL OF PRECISION
AND ACCURACY THAT WE HAVE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE.
JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT WE AR
DOING AND HOW WE ARE DOING IT.
WE WILL INVOLVE INDUSTRY TO
BRING AN INNOVATION.
WE ARE WORKING WITH
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO
LEVERAGE THEIR CAPABILITIES AND
WE ARE DOING IT ALL UNDER OPEN
SCIENCE PRINCIPLES TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET TO THE SCIENCE AND
THE INFORMATION PRODUCTS THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS A
QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
>> HOW DOES NASA'S CLIMATE
CHANGE RESEARCH HELP THE AVERAG
PERSON?
LET'S START WITH KAREN.
>> IN MOST CASES, TODAY PEOPLE
GET ACCESS TO AN NASA DATA
THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES, FEDERAL
STATE AND LOCAL AS THEY MANAGE
COASTAL FLOODING AND WILDFIRES
AND EVEN THROUGH THE U.S.
DROUGHT MONITOR, WHICH SUPPORTS
THE ENTIRE U.S. AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY.
SPEAKING OF AGRICULTURE, OUR
NASA TEAM JUST WENT TO A MAJOR
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE
COMMODITIES MEETING TO MEET WIT
FARMERS AND AGRICULTURE
PRODUCERS AND OTHER KEY PLAYERS
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THEY US
NASA DATA TODAY, WHAT THEY NEED
IN THE FUTURE, AND HOW THEY NEE
THAT INFORMATION TO MOVING
FORWARD.
>> WEATHER PEOPLE MAY REALIZE I
OR NOT, NASA RESEARCH IS LIKELY
IMPACTING THINGS THAT AFFECT
THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES OR ARE USE
IN LONG-TERM PLANNING.
WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE THAT
EASIER IN THE FUTURE.
IN ADDITION WE DEVELOP
TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN HELP
MITIGATE OR ADAPT TO CLIMATE
CHANGE.
>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
MANY THANKS TO BOTH.
ADMINISTRATOR NELSON, BACK TO
YOU.
>>> THANKS YOU TOO.
IF WE CAN MEASURE THIS CHRIST
CRISIS WE CAN MITIGATE IT.
THAT IS NASA'S EXPERTISE.
EIGHT OF THE TOP 10 WARMEST
YEARS ON OUR PLANET OCCURRED IN
THE LAST DECADE.
THIS IS INDISPUTABLE AND IT
UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR BOLD
ACTION TO SAFEGUARD OUR FUTURE.
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET WILL
EMPOWER NASA TO LAUNCH AN EARTH
INFORMATION CENTER.
THEY WILL NOT LET ME CALL IT A
MISSION CONTROL CENTER, SO THEY
HAVE GUSSIED UP THE NAME.
IT'S AN EARTH INFORMATION CENTER
.
WE WILL USE IT AS A MISSION
CONTROL TO MONITOR OPERATIONS
DURING SPACEFLIGHT.
WE ARE EMBARKING WITH THIS
EFFORT TO MONITOR CONDITIONS
HERE ON OUR HOME PLANET.
THIS EFFORT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER
AGENCIES AND PARTNERS.
IT WILL MONITOR GREENHOUSE GASES
.
IT WILL INTEGRATE DATA FROM A
VARIETY OF SOURCES.
REMEMBER, THIS IS A WHOLE
COMPLEX OF ASSETS THAT ARE UP
THERE, INCLUDING THE GREAT
OBSERVATORIES THAT WE ARE GOING
TO PUT UP OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
OBSERVATORIES THAT WILL GIVE US
PRECISE DATA ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO OUR PLANET AND THA
WILL LOOK AND GIVE US PRECISE
MEASUREMENTS ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO THE WATER, TO THE
LAND, TO THE ICE AND TO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
THE GOAL IS SIMPLE, TO MAKE NAS
DATA MORE ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE
FOR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, UNIVERSITIES,
RESEARCHERS AS WELL AS THE
PUBLIC.
ALL OF THAT AT THE EARTH
INFORMATION CENTER, LIKE A
MISSION CONTROL.
BUT IT WILL BE VIRTUAL AS WELL.
IT WILL EVEN BE IN A KIOSK
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THIS BUDGET WILL GIVE US THE
CAPACITY TO ACT MORE BOLDLY AND
WITH GREATER URGENCY ON TRYING
TO HELP SAVE OUR PLANET.
NOW, THIS BUDGET IS ALSO GOING
TO ALLOW US TO HELP MITIGATE TH
CLIMATE IMPACTS IN AVIATION.
>> IT WILL RESULT IN SAFER SKIES
, SMOOTHER PASSENGER
EXPERIENCES AND FASTER AIRCRAFT.
THAT INCLUDES THE X59, WHICH IS
GOING TO FLY THIS YEAR AS WELL.
A SUPERSONIC BUT LOW SONIC BOOM
FLIGHT THAT CAN FLY OVER
POPULATED AREAS.
LET'S HAND IT OVER TO THE
ARMSTRONG FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTE
WHO ARE JOINING US LIVE.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
ADMINISTRATOR NELSON.
WELCOME BACK TO ARMSTRONG FLIGH
RESEARCH CENTER.
75 YEARS AGO THE COURSE OF
AVIATION WAS CHANGED FOREVER
WHEN THE LATE CHUCK YEAGER BROK
THE SOUND BARRIER IN THE FIRST
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, THE X 1.
TODAY, NASA CONTINUES THAT
TRADITION OF PUSHING THE
ENVELOPE THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL
FLIGHT IN PURSUIT OF ADVANCING
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FOR ALL OF
US.
I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF THE X
57 MAXWELL.
IT'S A P2060T THAT HAS BEEN
RETROFITTED AS AN ALL ELECTRIC
AIRCRAFT.
I HAVE WITH ME ONE OF NASA'S
TEST WHILE THIS TRAINING TO FLY
THE X57 FOR THE PROJECT, TIM
WILLIAMS.
TIM, LET'S START.
WHAT IS THE X57 AND WHAT MAKES
IT A UNIQUE AIRCRAFT?
>> THIS IS NASA'S FIRST ALL
ELECTRIC CREWED AIRCRAFT.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS GOING
BUT BASICALLY ALL ELECTRIC,
ELECTRIC MOTORS AND A BATTERY A
WELL.
IT'S COOL STUFF.
>> EXCELLENT.
CAN WE GET A CLOSER LOOK?
YOU HAVE FLOWN SO MANY DIFFEREN
NASA AIRCRAFT IN YOUR CAREER
HERE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TRAINING TO FLY
A UNIQUE AIRCRAFT LIKE THE X57?
>> THE KEY TO ANY SUCCESSFUL
PROJECT LIKE THIS IS A SIMULATOR
.
IT IS PART OF THE WHOLE
EVOLUTION WIN WE GO.
I GO BACK TO THE SIMULATOR.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK OVER
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IN
BUILDING UP THE SIMULATOR TO
MATCH EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE IN
THIS COCKPIT.
IT'S JUST ME IN THIS ONE.
NORMALLY IT HAS FOUR SEATS BUT
WE TOOK OUT A SEAT AND PUT IN A
PALLET.
THE REST OF THE AIRPLANE IS ALL
BATTERIES.
I CANNOT WAIT TO FLY THIS.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
I WILL KICK IT UP TO MY
COLLEAGUE SARAH MAN WHO IS WITH
HEATHER AT THE X57 SIMULATOR.
SARAH?
>>> THANKS, MATT.
WE ARE HERE IN THE X57 SIMULATO
WITH HEATHER AND RYAN WALLACE.
HEATHER, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US
THE CONTRIBUTION THE X57 HAS
GIVEN TO THE INDUSTRY?
>> THE X57 PROJECT IS A
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE
INDUSTRY.
AS A REFERENCE PLATFORM WE ARE
ABLE TO IMPLEMENT STANDARDS IN
THE FUTURE OF ELECTRIC AVIATION.
THE INDUSTRY IS INTERESTED IN
DISTURBING ELECTRICAL POTIONS
AND WITH THAT THE PROJECT
STARTED WITH A LEAD TECH WHICH
WAS A MODIFIED ELECTRIC WING
THAT WE PUT ON A SEMI TRUCK THA
WE DROVE ON THE LAKE BED AT THE
RESEARCH CENTER.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVE AND
VALIDATE THAT OUR MOTORS COULD
PRODUCE 300-HORSEPOWER.
>> CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
BATTERY?
>> OUR NASA ENGINEERS DESIGN
BATTERIES THAT CAN COVER THE
ENTIRE SLATE PROFILE.
THEY MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO
THERMAL RUNAWAYS UNTIL WE WERE
ABLE TO SHARE THIS PUBLICLY.
>> THANKS FOR SHARING ALL THIS,
HEATHER.
MATT, BACK TO YOU.
>>> THANKS VERY MUCH, SARAH.
I HAVE JOHN CLARK HERE WHO IS
THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR
THE X57 PROJECT.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A
IMPORTANT MILESTONE COMING UP
FOR THIS AIRCRAFT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
YOU AND I KNOW THAT NASA'S GOAL
IS TO SHARE THE ELECTRIC
PROPULSION DESIGN AND THE
PROCESS WITH REGULATORS.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
>> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO TAK
ALL THE ENGINEERING LESSONS
LEARNED THAT WE WERE PUTTING
INTO THIS AIRCRAFT TO GET IT
INTO FLIGHT THIS SUMMER.
WE ARE ALL WORKING TOWARD THAT
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE
LEARN FROM THE FABRICATION AND
ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT AND
AIRWORTHINESS PROCESS AND SHARE
THAT BACK TO REGULATORS AND
STANDARDS WRITERS SO THE
AIRCRAFT OF THE FUTURE CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE RESEARCH
THAT NASA IS DOING AND PUT THEM
INTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF
ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT.
>> THAT SOUNDS AWESOME.
THANK YOU, SEAN.
THE VALUE THAT THE X57 PROJECT
IS PRODUCING FOR THE SUSTAINABL
AVIATION INDUSTRY IS
FOUNDATIONAL.
WE ARE PROUD TO BE PAVING THE
WAY FOR NASA'S KNEW AND I KNOW
OF CREWED EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT
ALSO KNOWN AS X TO INCLUDE THE
WING WHICH IS COMING SOON AS
WELL AS THE X59 WHICH IS NASA'S
QUIET SUPERSONIC X PLANE THAT
COULD OPEN THE FUTURE TO QUIET
SUPERSONIC FLIGHT OVER LAND,
CUTTING FLIGHT TIMES
COMMERCIALLY IN HALF.
ADMINISTRATOR NELSON, BACK TO
YOU, SIR.
>>> THANKS, GUYS.
LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE FIRST
DAY IN NASA IS AERONAUTICS.
PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER, TO
CHART AMERICA'S PIONEERING
COURSE INTO THE COSMOS, WE MUST
EMBRACE AND EMPOWER THE WHOLE O
OUR NATION.
WE TOOK THE FIRST STEPS WITH TH
LAUNCH OF MISSION EQUITY.
WE HAVE BROADENED OUR REACH OUT
WITH NASA'S FIRST EVER SPANISH
LANGUAGE BROADCAST FOR THE
PERSEVERANCE OF MARS LANDING.
AND WITH $150 MILLION BUDGET FO
S.T.E.M. FOR EDUCATION AND
ENGAGEMENT, THAT WAS A 10%
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
IT IS IN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
LIMITLESS THE POTENTIAL OF ALL
AMERICANS.
LAST SEPTEMBER, NASA RELEASED
ITS FIRST COMIC BOOK TITLED
FIRST WOMAN, NASA'S PROMISE FOR
HUMANITY.
YOU THINK THAT'S A HIT IN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS?
DO YOU THINK THAT THAT IGNITES
THE IMAGINATIONS OF THOSE LITTL
MINDS?
IT IMAGINES THE STORY OF CALLIE
RODRIGUEZ, THE FICTIONAL FIRST
WOMAN TO EXPLORE THE MOON.
THIS IS A NEW GENERATION OF
EXPLORERS.
THE ARTEMIS GENERATION.
IT IS ALSO A STORY OF WEAR WE
ARE GOING AS A COUNTRY.
WE WERE IN THE SUCCESSFUL APOLL
GENERATION.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO THE ARTEMIS
GENERATION.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS AGENCY
PERSONIFIES THE AMERICAN STORY.
IT'S A STORY THAT IS NEVER
ENDING BECAUSE OF THE WORK TO
CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION DOE
NOT IN.
WE HAVE MUCH WORK TO DO, BUT
THIS IS THE WORK WE MUST DO
TOGETHER.
IT IS OUR LEADERSHIP'S TEAMS
PLEDGE TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN
THIS ONGOING WORK.
LET'S RECOGNIZE AND BRING DOWN
THE BARRIERS, BOTH VISIBLE AND
INVISIBLE, THAT HINDER FAIRNESS.
LET'S ENSURE UNDERSERVED AND
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
HAVE ACCESS TO NASA'S PROGRAMS
AND OUR RESOURCES AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT HAS
BEEN A YEAR SINCE PRESIDENT
BIDEN ASKED ME TO REJOIN OUR
NASA FAMILY.
I AM JUST CONSTANTLY INSPIRED B
THE CAN-DO SPIRIT THAT GUIDES
OUR AGENCY.
I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT THE STAT
OF NASA IS STRONG.
IT IS STRONG BECAUSE THE NASA
FAMILY MAKES IT STRONG.
OVER THIS PAST YEAR WE HAVE
ACHIEVED MISSIONS ONCE THOUGHT
IMPOSSIBLE AND WE KNOW THIS YEA
IS BOUND TO BE ANOTHER BANNER
YEAR FULL OF BREAKTHROUGHS AND
DISCOVERIES.
FOR THE WORLD'S CAN DO AGENCY.
IT IS AN HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO
SERVE AT NASA WITH YOU EVERY DAY
.
ONWARD AND UPWARD.
>>> SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE.
WE ARE ALL WORKING TOWARDS A
COMMON GOAL.
JUST SEEING PEOPLE LEARN AND
GROW IN A COMMUNITY BENEFITING
US AS A WHOLE.
WE HAVE VENDORS FROM ALL AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND ALL OF THAT IS
BRINGING IN A LOT OF JOBS AND
GETTING SOME WORK IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> I GIVE BACK BY SEEING THEM
GROW.
MY WORK MEANS SOMETHING.
IT PROVIDES PEOPLE THE ABILITY
TO SEE THEIR FAMILIES.
>> NOT EVERYONE IS AN ENGINEER
OR SCIENTIST IN A WHITE LAB COAT
.
THERE ARE VITAL ROLES.
>> EVERYBODY AT NASA IS VERY
TEAMWORK DRIVEN.
NOTHING THAT WE DO HERE IS DONE
BY ITSELF.
>> ALL SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS, FRO
A TEAM THAT WORKS TOGETHER THAT
IS DIVERSE.
>> WE EACH BRING A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE TO THE TEAM TO HELP
US ACHIEVE OUR GOAL.
>> THERE IS LITERALLY AN EXPERT
WITHIN ARMS REACH THAT YOU CAN
ASK ANY QUESTION TO AND YOU WIL
PROBABLY GET ONE OF THE BEST
ANSWERS IN THE WORLD.
>> WE TAKE A LOT OF OWNERSHIP I
WHAT WE DO.
YOU GET TO SEE A LOT OF THAT
PASSION AND SEE A LOT OF THAT
DRIVE.
PEOPLE WANT TO DO THEIR BEST.
PEOPLE WANT TO PULL TOGETHER TO
BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THA
WHAT ANY OF US CAN ACCOMPLISH O
OUR OWN.
>> NASA IS TECHNOLOGY.
DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DO YOU
CANNOT REST ON YOUR LAURELS.
WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING
OURSELVES.
>> ANY AIRPLANE THAT I GET ON,
IT'S EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT
THAT THIS AIRPLANE PROBABLY AT
SOME POINT PASS THROUGH MANY OF
OUR CENTERS.
WE ARE WITH YOU WHEN WE FLY.
WE ARE COMING UP WITH SAFER AND
NEWER TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE MORE
SILENT AND ENERGY EFFICIENT.
>> JUST TO BE ABLE TO WORK HERE
IN BE ABLE TO DESIGN AND TOUCH
SOMETHING THAT WILL ONE DAY
TRAVEL TO A NEW PLANET IS
AMAZING.
IT'S INDESCRIBABLE.
>> NASA BRINGS HOPE AND
INSPIRATION BY LEADING THE WORL
TO THE PROFESSION OF ALL PEOPLE.