WELL, I'M HAPPY TO JOIN YOU HERE
TODAY IN MY THIRD WEEK AS
NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO TALK
ABOUT THE AGENCY'S VISION FOR
MARS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK
ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE
WATCHING ONLINE.
I HAVE HEARD IT'S THOUSANDS, AND
IT'S GREAT INTERESTS SO MUCH
FROM IN THIS EFFORT OF THIS
NATION AND THE WORLD TO GET TO
MARS.
MAY 4TH, 1801, THOMAS JEFFERSON
DELIVERED HIS FIRST INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.
DISCUSSING "A RISING NATION
SPREAD OVER A WIDE AND FRUITFUL
LAND, TRAVERSING ALL THE SEAS
WITH RICH PRODUCTION OF THEIR
INDUSTRY, ENGAGED IN COMMERCE
WITH THE NATION.
ADVANCING RAPIDLY TO
DESTINATIONS BEYOND THE REACH OF
MORTAL EYE.
THEY SAY THAN TWO YEARS LATER
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON SENT A
CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST TO CONGRESS
ASKING FOR $2,500 TO EXPLORE THE
WEST.
WHEN APPROVED HE GAVE
INSTRUCTIONS TO MEREWETHER LEWIS
AND WILLIAM CLARK.
IT WAS CLEAR HIS INTERESTS WAS
SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY.
>> HE REQUESTED DESCRIPTION OF
ANIMALS, VEGETABLES AND MINERALS
AND OTHER CURIOUS THINGS.
FOR THE NEXT 66 YEARS, OUR
MOBILITY WAS LARGELY UNCHANGED.
OUR MOBILITY WET.
MANY IDEAS AND CONCEPTS WERE
DEVELOPED AND PLANS MADE, BUT
THE GOVERNMENT SIMPLY COULD NOT
DO IT ALONE.
NOTHING MATERIALIZED.
IN 1860 AND 1861.
THE US HOUSE PASSED BILLS TO
BUILD A RAILROAD WEST.
THE SENATE REFUSED.
CONGRESS PASSED A PACIFIC
RAILROAD ACT.
ENABLING PUBLIC FUNDS TO SUPPORT
PRIVATE EQUITY AND PRIVATE BONDS
TO FINALLY BUILD THE RAIL ROADS
WEST.
AND DELIVER MORE COMMERCE, MORE
SETTLEMENT, MORE ECONOMIC GROWTH
AND A STRONGER PROSPEROUS
AMERICA WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO
A FREER AND SAFER WORLD.
ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1962, JOHN F
KENNEDY DELIVERED HIS OWN
SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY CHALLENGE
FOR AMERICA.
AT RICE UNIVERSITY, MY ALMA
MATER, AND ON JULY 20TH.
1969.
NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALD RUM
WALKED ON THE LUNA SURFACE.
WE IN THIS ROOM KNOW THAT THIS
IS THE BEGINNING.
NEIL AND BUZZ ALD RUN.
IF HE WAS HERE HE'D TELL YOU
BUZZ ALDRIN IS BUZZ ALDRIN.
AFTER 66 YEARS AFTER LEWIS AND
CLARK EXPEDITION WE BUILT THE
RAILROAD.
IT TOOK 66 YEARS.
49 YEARS AFTER APOLLO 11, IT'S
TIME TO BUILD OUR OWN RAILROAD.
LIKE THEN, WE NEED TO ENABLE
PUBLIC FUNDS TO SUPPORT PRIVATE
EQUITY AND BONDS TO DELIVER MORE
COMMERCE.
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOLIDIFY
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE,
SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY.
I'M FORTUNATE THAT MY TIME COMES
ON THE HEELS OF MICHAEL GRIFFIN,
CHARLIE BOLDEN WHO ENVISIONED
AND ADVANCED THE ORBIT.
LOWERING THE COST AND INCREASING
THE ACCESS TO SPACE.
THE MODEL CAN BE EXTENDED TO AND
AROUND THE ROOM AND DEEPER INTO
SPACE, INCLUDING MARS.
MOVING INTO THE PRESENT.
SATURDAY, WE LUGED INSIGHT TO
MARS.
THIS WAS A GOVERNMENT LANDER
BUILT BY AMERICAN INDUSTRY WITH
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, LAUNCHED
ON A COMMERCIALLY PROCURED
ULA ROCKET FROM AN AIR FORCE
BASE.
>> THIS IS, IN FACT, EVIDENCE
THAT WE ARE BUILDING THE
RAILROAD.
TIE BY TIE, STAKE BY STAKE.
INSIGHT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND
THE HISTORY OF MARS.
SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR
OWN PLANET.
SOME PEOPLE ONLINE MAY NOT BE
AWARE.
THERE ARE PROBABLY YOUNG FOLKS
LISTENING TODAY.
MARS USED TO HAVE A VAST OCEAN.
TWO-THIRDS OF MARS HAD AN OCEAN.
A MAGNETOSPHERE TO PROTECT IT.
AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST MARS
CHANGED.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
CAUSED THAT.
WHAT IS THE HISTORY SO WE CAN
BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR OWN
PLANET.
SINCE THIS IS THE HUMAN TO MARS
SUMMIT.
INSIGHT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND RISK
TO MUSEUM.
MARS IS CLOSER TO THE ASTEROID
BELT.
IT HAS ITS OWN MEDIA SHOWERS.
AND A LESS THICK ATMOSPHERE
MEANS THERE'S MORE DANGER SHOULD
HUMANS - WHEN HUMANS GETS TO
MARS.
MARS HAS MARS QUAKES AND VOOL
CANOES.
>> INSIGHT IS BETTER GOING TO
UNDERSTAND THE RISK TO HUMANS.
WHEN WE GO WE'LL BE BETTERED
INFORMED AND PREPARE.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, A FEW DAYS
AGO MANY RELEASED A DRAFT RSP TO
HELP US DELIVER PAYLOADS TO THE
MOON.
SOME OF YOU ARE CONCERNED, IF I
SHOULD SAY SOME OF YOU ARE
CONCERNED THAT THE FOCUS IN THE
COMING YEARS IS THE MOON, DON'T
BE.
THE PRESIDENT'S VISION
EMPHASISED THAT OUR EXPLORATION
CAMPAIGN WILL ESTABLISH AMERICAN
LEADERSHIP IN THE EXCLAMATION OF
MARS.
WE ARE DOING THE MOON AND MARS
IN TANDEM AND THE MISSIONS ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER.
OUR RETURN TO THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON WILL ALLOW US TO IMPROVE
AND ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES THAT
WILL FEED FORWARD TO MARS.
PRECISION LANDING SYSTEMS.
ORBITAL HABITATION.
SURFACE HABITATION AND MOBILITY.
LONG DURATION LIFE SUPPORT.
OPERATIONS AND MUCH MORE
ENABLING US TO LAND THE FIRST
AMERICANS ON THE RED PLANET.
WHILE THESE LUNAR EFFORTS ARE
UNDER WAY, WE ARE PREPARING FOR
MARS 2020.
WHICH WILL BE THE MOST ADVANCED
ROVER EVER LAUNCHED TO MARS.
AND WHICH INCLUDES A CRITICAL
HUMAN MISSION PRECURSOR PAYOFF
MOXY.
IT WILL DEMONSTRATE FOR THE
FIRST TIME OUR ABILITY TO
PROCESS OXYGEN FROM THE CARBON
DIOXIDE IN THE MARCHAND ATMOSS
(MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE, AND
HARDWARE FOR A SCAMP RETURN
MISSION.
IT WILL ENABLE AND INFORM FUTURE
HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS.
NASA IS WORKING TO BUILD A
SUSTAINABLE AND ENDURING
CAPABILITY STEADY CADENCE OF
MISSIONS TO DEEP SPACE.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED A THRIVING
LEO ECONOMY EXPANDING DEEPER
INTO SPACE, AND WE NEED A
GOVERNMENT BACKBONE TO EXPLORE
WHERE AN ECONOMY DOESN'T YET
ECONOMIST.
WE NEED THE SPACE SYSTEM AND THE
ORION CREW VEHICLE.
WE NEED A THRIVING INDUSTRIAL
BASE, AND A WORLDWIDE COALITION
FOCUSED ON THE GOAL AND
SUSTAINING IT BY INSPIRING THE
NEXT GENERATION.
THE HUMAN TO MARS SUMMIT.
SERVES AS PART OF IT.
I SAW THE MASSIVE IMPACT THAT
THE WORK OF THE SPACE COMMUNITY
HAS, ON INSPIRING CHILDREN AND
CHANGING LIVES.
EVERY PERSON HAS A LIFE
EXPERIENCE, GETTING THEM
INTERESTED IN SCIENCE DISCOVERY
AND EXPLORATION.
THIS SUMMIT IS CRITICAL.
WE NOT ONLY NEED ALL OF YOU IN
THIS ROOM WHO ARE SOLD ON THE
EXPLORATION, OR THE AEROSPACE
GROUPS AND PASSIONS THAT ARE
TIED TO IT.
WE NEED THE NEXT GENERATION.
THOMAS JEFFERSON'S DESIRE TO
EXPLORE PROCEEDED THE INAUGURAL.
HE WAS INSPIRED BY THE STORIES
OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK WHO LED
EXPEDITIONS.
DISCOVERING NEW PLACES AND
MAKING SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES.
THIS MOTIVATED THOMAS JEFFERSON
TO LEAD AMERICA TOWARDS SCIENCE,
DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION
RESULTING IN MORE COMMERCE,
SETTLEMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND A STRONGER PROSPEROUS
AMERICA, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO
A FREER AND SAFER WORLD.
YOU IN THIS ROOM ARE DOING NO
LESS, AND I AND THE NASA
FAMILY ARE EXCEPTIONALLY
GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ CLAPPING ]
