In the house of representatives, a lot going on today. If you want to find out more about the activity, go to our website at cspan. Org. We now take you to the house. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] rage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 17, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the ouse of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders fo
Speaker. As chairwoman of the committee on science, space, and technology, its an honor to stand before you today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. The morning of july 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and buzz aldrin lifted ff from nasas cape kennedy. That day, millions watched in 11 s nasa launched Apollo Saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. As president kennedy said in his speech at Rice University in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. There is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. We choose to take joint leaps. We choose to know the unknown. We choose to lead into the future. On july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as the first steps were taken on the moon. Again, hundreds of millions of
Ntsb announcing they will launch a go team to investigate the accident. That came out moments ago. Investigation into the crash. Youre seeing pictures on the screen right now. Lots of news coming out on this. Tariq, i quill start with you, youre wellknown covering space issues. What do you make of what is going on tonight . What do you expect out of this press conference . This is definitely a sad day for both the families involved and Virgin Galactic as well as commercial spaceflight industry in general. And, i guess what were, really hoping to find out what do we know right now that happened . We have heard anecdotal reports so far about the drop and, and, the initial engine ignition. Of course the breakup and the crash. Were hoping to know who was killed in the crash, the status of the other pilot and what investigation. Because there is sure to be one, will be like out there in mojave. Gerri tom jones, to you, youre a former astronaut. You were on the space shuttle, many flights. Y
Survive the crash. Ntsb announcing they will launch a go team to investigate the accident. That came out moments ago. Investigation into the crash. Youre seeing pictures on the screen right now. Lots of news coming out on this. Tariq, i quill start with you, youre wellknown covering space issues. What do you make of what is going on tonight . What do you expect out of this press conference . This is definitely a sad day for both the families involved and Virgin Galactic as well as commercial spaceflight industry in general. And, i guess what were, really hoping to find out what do we know right now that happened . We have heard anecdotal reports so far about the drop and, and, the initial engine ignition. Of course the breakup and the crash. Were hoping to know who was killed in the crash, the status of the other pilot and what investigation. Because there is sure to be one, will be like out there in mojave. Gerri tom jones, to you, youre a former astronaut. You were on the space shutt
Survive the crash. Ntsb announcing they will launch a go team to investigate the accident. That came out moments ago. Investigation into the crash. Youre seeing pictures on the screen right now. Lots of news coming out on this. Tariq, i quill start with you, youre wellknown covering space issues. What do you make of what is going on tonight . What do you expect out of this press conference . This is definitely a sad day for both the families involved and Virgin Galactic as well as commercial spaceflight industry in general. And, i guess what were, really hoping to find out what do we know right now that happened . We have heard anecdotal reports so far about the drop and, and, the initial engine ignition. Of course the breakup and the crash. Were hoping to know who was killed in the crash, the status of the other pilot and what investigation. Because there is sure to be one, will be like out there in mojave. Gerri tom jones, to you, youre a former astronaut. You were on the space shutt