| 00:04:09 |
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WHAT WE'LL DO IS GO AHEAD AND GET SOME OF THE INTRODUCTIONS DONE SO THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVES WE'LL ABLE TO GET RIGHT INTO THE MEAT OF THE HEARING. I WANT...
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| 00:09:08 |
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COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR NELSON, FOR INVITING US HERE. THIS IS A SPECTACULAR RESULT THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING...
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| 00:10:40 |
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THE AUDIENCE. >> THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE CURIOSITY TEAM WHO ARE WITH US BESIDES JOHN AND I. ROB MANNING
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| 00:10:49 |
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CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT AND CLEARLY RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOLVING A LOT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WE HAVE ON THE SPACECRAFT AND DEVELOPMENT. AND BETH DUALL....
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| 00:11:18 |
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SAY THAT THIS MAY WELL BE THE LAST SCIENCE AND SPACE HEARING FOR SENATOR HUTCHISON. BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, SHE HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE AFTER A VERY...
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| 00:12:47 |
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WE MIGHT HAVE ONE MORE HEARING BECAUSE I DO WANT TO LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING HERE IS THE PROTECTION...
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| 00:16:17 |
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ON WHERE WE ARE WITH CURIOSITY. BEFORE WE DO THAT
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| 00:16:20 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY DEEP GRATITUDE FOR YOUR SUPPORT THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO DEVELOP, TO FLY AND TO LAND THIS ROVER A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO. ...
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| 00:18:35 |
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| 00:18:37 |
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SECOND. STANDING BY FOR SEPARATION. WE ARE IN POWER FLIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] ALTITUDE, NOW DESCENDING. STANDING BY. SCOTT GREEN STARTED. >> REMAIN STRONG....
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| 00:19:21 |
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TODAY RIGHT NOW THE WHEELS OF CURIOSITY HAVE BEGUN TO BLAZE THE TRAIL FOR HUMAN FOOTPRINTS ON MARS. THIS IS AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. >>
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| 00:19:52 |
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TODAY ON MARS HISTORY WAS MADE ON EARTH. THE SUCCESSFUL LANDING OF CURIOSITY MARKS WHAT IS REALLY AN
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| 00:20:00 |
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UNPRECEDENTED TECHNOLOGICAL TOUR DE FORCE. IT WILL STAND AS AN AMERICAN POINT OF PRIDE FAR INTO THE FUTURE. [ APPLAUSE ] >>> SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE...
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| 00:20:28 |
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PROJECT SCIENTIST THAT LEAD THE SCIENCE TEAM FOR THIS MISSION AND EARLIER HE SHOWED TO ME, SHOWED A LOT OF PROMISE FOR FUTURE EXCITING SCIENCE DISCOVERY...
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| 00:20:53 |
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PRESENT SOME OF THE SCIENCE. I GUESS I PRESS THIS ONE. SO HERE'S OUR LANDING SITE. YOU SEE IT WAY OUT IN SPACE AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF BIG CRATERS...
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| 00:26:44 |
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THERE, HOW MANY MINUTES DO YOU SAY IT TAKES TO TRANSMIT TO MARS? >> RIGHT NOW IT TAKES ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO GO ONE WAY FROM EARTH MARS AND MARS BACK....
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| 00:26:59 |
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ABOUT HOW YOU GO ABOUT PLANNING WHAT THAT PACKAGE OF INSTRUCTIONS IS GOING TO TELL THE ROVER TO DO? >>
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| 00:27:07 |
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OKAY. MAYBE, JOHN, YOU CAN DESCRIBE ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ROVER. >> OKAY. ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF ROVER
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| 00:27:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
START WITH US WORKING ON MARS TIME AND BECAUSE MARS HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ORBIT,
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| 00:27:19 |
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IT'S 24 HOURS 39 MINUTES, WE HAVE TO ADJUST EVERY DAY. SO THE SCIENCE TEAM GETS JET LAGGED EVERY DAY BY ANOTHER 40 MINUTES. WE GET UP. FIRST THING...
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| 00:28:42 |
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YOU LOOKING FOR CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE SOIL AND ROCKS? >> IT'S A MIXTURE OF NA LIANALYTICAL OBSERVATION -- WE CAN DIG MUCH DEEPER INTO IT TO BEGIN...
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| 00:29:15 |
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WHETHER OR NOT THAT AQIOUENVIRONMENT CAN SUPPORT LIFE. >> WE ALWAYS HEAR THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE COULD FIND IS THAT THERE MIGHT BE EVIDENCE OF...
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| 00:29:45 |
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AS SENATOR NELSON. IF YOU FOUND SOMETHING THAT APPEARED THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FORMED WITH A WATER OR AQUEOUS ATMOSPHERE, WOULD YOU THEN BE ABLE...
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| 00:30:31 |
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GET A SENSE FOR HOW, WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY THAT THE WATER WAS PRESENT IN. OF IT THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WE'LL BE...
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| 00:32:06 |
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BENEFIT OF THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS WHO BROUGHT ROCKS BACK TO THE EARTH FROM THE MOON THAT
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| 00:32:12 |
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CALIBRATED THE CRATER RATE AND SO WE KIND OF APPLY THAT TO MARS AND SO WE HAVE A ROUGH SENSE OF HOW OLD THESE ROCKS ARE THERE AT GAIL CRATER. PROBABLY...
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| 00:32:56 |
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FAST CAN THE CURIOSITY MOVE SO THAT IT CAN COVER THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO COVER IN THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE? >> THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY...
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| 00:33:16 |
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IT'S A PROCESS ROVER INTERACTING WITH ORBITERS. WE HAVE MAPS WHERE WE THINK THE GOOD STUFF IS. WHEN WE PICKED THE LANDING SITE, WE PICKED THE LANDING...
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| 00:34:25 |
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YOU HAVE A FAIRLY UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME >> WELL, WE TESTED THE SPACECRAFT TO DELIVER A TWO YEAR MISSION AND IN COMPARISON MER WAS BUILT
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| 00:34:37 |
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TO GO THREE MONTHS AND WE'RE GOING ON 8 1/2 YEARS. SO AFTER TWO YEARS THE WARRANTY WEARS OFF ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO A REAL...
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| 00:35:01 |
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FACT, CURIOSITY CAN GREET THE HUMAN
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| 00:35:04 |
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CREW WHEN THEY
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| 00:35:08 |
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LAND? [ LAUGHTER ] DO YOU HAVE ANY OPINION AS WE TRY TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT WOULD TAKE US TO MARS IN THE...
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| 00:35:39 |
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OUT IN
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| 00:35:40 |
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THE DECADAL SURVEY THAT WE AS
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| 00:35:43 |
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A COMMUNITY EMBRACE IS THE RIGHT STEP TO TAKE TO GET US ON THE WAY TO PUTTING HUMANS ON MARS. YOU MUST HAVE THIS CAPABILITY TO LAND SOMETHING ON THE SURFACE...
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| 00:36:13 |
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ON MAKING THE COUNTRY PROUD. AND SEEING YOU ALL JUMP UP AND DOWN WAS A DELIGHTFUL SIGHT. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL NATION. LET'S CALL-UP THE...
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| 00:37:07 |
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CHARLES KENNEL, CHAIR OF THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES. AND MR. JIM MASER, PRESIDENT OF PRATT AND WHITNEY. DR. SQUYRES, WE'LL START...
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| 00:37:30 |
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NAME IS STEVE SQUYRES. I'M PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL. A CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE NASA AUTHORIZATION...
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| 00:42:22 |
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INVITATION TO
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| 00:42:23 |
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TESTIFY. I HAVE SOME WRITTEN REMARKS I WOULD LIKE, LONGER WRITTEN REMARKS I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE RECORD. MY TOPIC TODAY IS LEADERSHIP. OH,...
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| 00:55:37 |
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OF GOALS FOR COLLABORATION ENHANCES THE LEADERSHIP AND NOT JUST IDENTIFY A FEW NICE TO HAVES WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HARMONIZE...
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| 00:57:27 |
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HUTCHINSON, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY IN THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.
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| 00:57:31 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO START BY RECOGNIZING SENATOR HUTCHINSON FOR HER DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU HAVE BEEN A FEARLESS AND LONG TIME CHAMPION, IN PARTICULAR...
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| 01:05:07 |
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WE'RE DEVELOPING A HUMAN CAPSULE CALLED ORION. ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE THE AVERAGE AMERICAN THINKS THAT THE SPACE PROGRAM IS OVER BECAUSE THEY...
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| 01:07:12 |
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FIRST AND FOREMOST AND START TO TRY OUT AND TEST ALL OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED AND EVOLVED SINCE WE HAVE LAST BEEN THERE AND ALSO ...
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| 01:09:19 |
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ABOUT. >> EXACTLY. >> UNTIL WE WENT THERE. LET ME ASK DR. KIMMEL. GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES
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| 01:09:27 |
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OF SCIENCE MISSIONS THAT
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| 01:09:29 |
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WOULD BE ENABLED BY EITHER CRUDE OR UNMANNED LAUNCHES OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM. >> BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT. >> YES. >> THERE ARE SEVERAL. WE HAVE...
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| 01:09:48 |
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SAMPLE RETURNS FROM
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| 01:09:49 |
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ASTROIDS WHICH
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| 01:09:50 |
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WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF THE CHEMISTRY. THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD ASTROIDS. THERE IS A DISTANT BUT IMPORTANT SECURITY GOAL THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY APPROACHING...
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| 01:11:48 |
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OF STEPS, AND, DR. SQUIERS, TELL US WHAT TYPES OF PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS DOES THE UNIQUE CAPABILITY OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, THIS NEW BIG ROCKET...
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| 01:12:19 |
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CREW, THE ONE NON-ASTRONAUT ON THE CREW THAT CONDUCTED A TWO-WEEK LONG MISSION IN YOUR HOME STATE OF FLORIDA, SIMULATING THE KINDS OF EDA, EXTRA VEHICULAR...
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| 01:13:49 |
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THROUGH THE DESIGN OF THAT
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| 01:13:52 |
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NASA AUTHORIZATION BILL TO MAKE THE SYSTEM EVOLVABLE SO THAT IT STARTS OUT WHAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS AND THE CAPABILITY FOR NOW BUT IT CAN GROW TO WHATEVER...
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| 01:14:14 |
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TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE SHUTTLE THAT'S GOING TO GO TO AND FROM THE SPACE STATION THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERABLE TO THE HEAVY LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH ORION...
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| 01:15:18 |
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RECENT PLANETARY SURVEY IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST STEP IN A SET OF MISSIONS THAT WOULD HAVE ROBOTICALLY RETURNED SAMPLES FROM...
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| 01:16:33 |
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WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE STAGES, I THINK YOUR MESSAGE IS A CLEAR MISSION IN STAGES, SO THAT YOU ACCOMPLISH A MISSION AND THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT MISSION...
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| 01:17:21 |
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A LAUNCH IN 2018. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO DO THAT. DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO LAUNCH A SPACECRAFT TO MARS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER. SOME ARE ENERGETICALLY...
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| 01:18:18 |
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PUT MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE TOWARDS THE BEST PRIORITY, IS THAT THE BEST PRIORITY USE OF OUR EXPLORATION FUNDS TO DO THAT OR WOULD IT BE BETTER TO NOT...
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| 01:18:59 |
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COULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE FIELD OF PLANETARY SCIENCE BY NASA'S SPACE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE, THE SINGLE HIGHEST PRIORITY AS I SAID THAT WAS...
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| 01:20:19 |
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THE ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT BE DANGEROUS FOR A HUMAN IN A OBVIOUSLY A SPACE SUIT BUT DO WE KNOW FOR SURE FROM WHAT WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT IT WILL BE...
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| 01:20:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DIRECTLY ON THAT QUESTION. THERE IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT IS A RADIATION DETECTOR THAT IS SPECIFICALLY THERE TO CHARACTERIZE THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT...
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| 01:21:55 |
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BEST ACHIEVE ABLG GOALS AND YOU HAVE STATED OUR FOR ROBOTICS AND FOR HUMAN AND YOU DON'T THINK THEY'RE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. HERE IS MY QUESTION. IS NASA'S...
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| 01:23:41 |
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SEVERAL FUNCTIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND FAA IN PARTICULAR THAT NOBODY ELSE IS, AND ACTUALLY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU WOULD GET FOR IT THAT YOU...
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| 01:25:38 |
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AND I WOULD LIKE ANY OTHER VIEW,
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| 01:25:42 |
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THAT WE ARE BETTER OFF WITH NASA AS A UNIT AS IT IS
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| 01:25:45 |
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AND THERE IS NOT ANY PART OF NASA THAT YOU WOULD JETTISON IN ORDER TO GET MORE OF THE MONEY FOR THE FOCUS ISSUES THAT WE ALL AGREE ARE SO VERY IMPORTANT?...
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| 01:26:07 |
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IN THE FUTURE, BUT AT THIS LEVEL OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF NASA, I DON'T SEE ANY VALUE IN SEPARATING IT AT THE PRESENT TIME. >> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY...
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| 01:26:28 |
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FIRST STEP IN MY MIND WOULD BE WHAT ARE OUR TRUE PRIORITIES, AND AT SOME POINT, IN BUSINESS WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME, I GET REQUESTS FOR MY RESEARCH...
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| 01:28:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF NASA THAT IS CONSIDERED MAYBE NOT SYNERGISTIC WITH THE PURPOSES THAT WE BELIEVE, SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND SPACE, COULD IT GO TO ANOTHER PLACE WHERE...
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| 01:30:13 |
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ABOUT AERONAUTICS. IN MY TIME AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL, I HAVE PERSONALLY COME TO THE OPINION THAT THE AERONAUTICS PROGRAM IS REALLY...
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| 01:31:54 |
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WAS TO TRY TO IMMATERIAL PART SOME BUTTING AND ENGINEERING REALISM TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SO IN ADDITION TO SCIENTISTS WE INCLUDED ENGINEERS AND INDEPENDENT...
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| 01:33:11 |
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DO BECAUSE THERE IS A TERM LIMIT ON THAT OF 2020, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN OUR AUTHORIZATION BILL WAS TO MAKE THE U.S. PART OF THE SPACE...
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| 01:34:27 |
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2020, WE ALSO SUGGESTED INDEFINITE EXTENSION IN THE SENSE THAT IF PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT USEFUL IN 2018, THEY WILL DECIDE TO CONTINUE, AND IT IS...
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| 01:37:10 |
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RESEARCHER INTERESTED IN DOING RESEARCH IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT, THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL BARRIERS TO TRYING TO GET AN EXPERIMENT ON BOARD THE SPACE...
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| 01:38:53 |
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ONE THAT WE THOUGHT THE
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| 01:38:56 |
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INDEPENDENT NGO ORGANIZATION COULD OVERCOME, THAT WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION WHO CAN TAKE THE REQUIREMENTS AND HOPES OF A SPACE...
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| 01:40:06 |
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IS ON THE -- YOU SAID WE SHOULD HAVE MORE, NOT JUST PARTICIPATION BUT REAL USE WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN BOTH OBVIOUSLY THE SPACE STATION BUT...
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| 01:40:43 |
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ROBOTIC SPACE EXPLORATION AND PARTICULARLY SAMPLE RETURN FROM MARS, THERE ARE SEVERAL NECESSARY ELEMENTS TO A SAMPLE RETURN CAMPAIGN. ONE IS A ROVER...
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| 01:41:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 01:41:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PLANETARY BUDGET MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE PROJECTING THE BUDGET FORWARD TO CARRY OUT THAT MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ESA SO NASA WALKED AWAY FROM THE PARTNERSHIP...
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| 01:43:40 |
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UPS AND DOWNS, ACCIDENTS, VARIOUS DEFAULTS ON THE PART OF OTHER PARTNERS AND YET IT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY, 14 NATIONS WORKING TOGETHER ON THE STATION,...
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| 01:45:16 |
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A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IT WENT THROUGH IS BECAUSE OF OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS, AND I WOULD ARGUE, YOU KNOW, A BIG PART...
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| 01:46:11 |
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THE LONG-TERM CLEAR GOAL THAT YOU DISCUSSED AS THE FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE CERTAINLY TO GET OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO REUP INTO...
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| 01:49:41 |
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POTENTIALLY OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS BRINGING PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TO CREATE A MORE ROBUST DEEP SPACE CAPABILITY, BUT THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT, THEY...
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| 01:51:13 |
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VALUE IN THE SHORT TERM. AND SO THE TRIPS TO
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| 01:51:15 |
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THE STATION ARE PROVIDING VALUE IN THE SHORT TERM, AND THE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE, IF IT PROVES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, I THINK IS GOING TO BROADEN THE SOCIAL...
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| 01:52:26 |
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CREW, AND GIVEN THAT WE WANT TO DO IT AS AFFORDABLY AS POSSIBLE. TYSON SAID LOWER ORBIT IS WHERE HUNDREDS HAVE GONE BEFORE, AND I THINK THE POINT...
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| 01:54:22 |
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JUST BECAUSE I THINK WE GREED THAT THAT WAS JUST MORE THAN WE COULD TAKE AWAY FROM SLS AND ORION, BUT NOW THEY'RE AT 2 1/2 -- >> THAT WAS POSITIVE...
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| 01:54:41 |
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NEXT DECISION POINT, I THINK CLEARLY WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW MANY REAL MISSIONS ARE THERE OUT THERE AND HOW MANY SUPPLIERS ARE APPROPRIATE. >> WELL, THE...
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| 01:55:00 |
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JUST AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAD WE KEPT IT ALL IN NASA, AND I THINK THE DOWN SELECT, WHICH WE PRETTY MUCH FORCED, IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT...
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| 01:56:04 |
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YEARS ON THIS TOPIC THAT YOU ARE VERY,
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| 01:56:07 |
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VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE VALUE OF COMPETITION IS THAT INSTEAD OF YOUR ROCKET COMPANY BEING THE ONLY ONE IN TOWN, YOU GET...
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| 01:58:00 |
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BUT CHEMICAL PROPORTIONULSION SYSTEMS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED A DRAMATICALLY NEW TECHNOLOGY. THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL. ONE CAN...
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| 01:59:36 |
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I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT THE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL PROBABLY IS GOING TO STIMULATE ALL SORTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRY THINGS...
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| 02:00:43 |
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AND THE CERTAINTY OF THE FUNDING. NOW, WE'RE LIVING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES WITH THE BUDGETARY SITUATION AS IT IS. IF YOU LOOK AT NASA AS A FEDERAL AGENCY...
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| 02:02:37 |
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AT POTENTIALLY. BUT GENERALLY WHAT WE LOOK FOR IS A VIEW TO WHAT FUNDING IS GOING IN OUT YEARS AND WE SIZE AND ORGANIZE AROUND THAT, AND THEN AS A BUDGET...
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| 02:04:07 |
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YEAR AGO. THE
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| 02:04:10 |
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ACTUAL DECISION ON THE SLS, I BELIEVE. >> NO, SIR, THE AUTHORIZATION IN 2010 SET THE COURSE, THE BLUEPRINTS, FOR THE SLS AND SET
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| 02:04:20 |
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THE PARAMETERS. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING OF IT. WELL, THE FUNDING, AND THERE AGAIN I
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| 02:04:28 |
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THANK SENATOR
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| 02:04:29 |
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HUTCHISON BECAUSE SHE'S ON THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AS WELL, THE FUNDING STARTED TO IMPLEMENT THE AUTHORIZATION BILL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE...
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| 02:05:06 |
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YEAR IN 2010, 2011, AND 2012, WE HAVE MADE REDUCTIONS DOWN TO THE SIZE WE FELT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR BUSINESS GOING FORWARD STARTING IN 2010....
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| 02:06:39 |
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AND TO NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR THEM OR TO COMPETE AND WIN AND THEN HAVE THEM CANCELED IS A CHALLENGE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. >> DR. KIMMEL, I WOULD...
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| 02:07:00 |
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OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SCENARIOS, INCLUDING SEQUESTRATION EVEN THOUGH THIS SENATOR DOESN'T THINK SEQUESTRATION WILL GO INTO EFFECT, OR IF IT DID GO...
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| 02:07:31 |
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SENSE OF WHAT IS AT RISK AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REDUCTION WILL, I THINK, BE VERY USEFUL. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT, I THINK, FOR US TO DO IT OVER THE NEXT...
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| 02:08:18 |
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BILL FOR THE EXPLORATION PROGRAM WITH REGARD TO MARS. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. >> YES. I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO CONSIDER THAT. WE'D HAVE TO WORK...
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| 02:08:41 |
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TO SEE WHAT THE NEW NASA COMMITTEE IS SAYING. WE VERY MUCH WANT TO EVALUATE. SENATOR HUTCHISON, ANY FURTHER -- THIS HAS BEEN VERY ILLUMINATING. THANK...
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