Areas, it excites them, it is something they think is cool, it is the future, it is making a contribution back to the planet. When you at this opportunity to be entrepreneurs, i think we are onto something. I cant think of anything that would excite them more. In new york city which doesnt have its own nasa center, there is still great interest. Thank you very much. I have seen that with astronaut that travel to new mexico. The young people with all the stem fields. Sorry to excuse myself i hope to get back and ask some additional questions. Thank you both. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I will be following my colleagues from new mexico after the question dialogue. I dont think there is anything that captures the human imagination like exploration. 28 years ago, i wrote a letter. I would have been nine years old i wrote a letter to nasa. Here is a copy. This is the response back from nasa. Thank you for your recent letter and your recent letter and her interest in wantin
Find our complete Television Schedule at cspan. Org. Let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Call us, email us, or send us such week. Join the cspan conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. The cspan city story takes book tv and American History tv on the road. Traveling to u. S. Cities to learn about their history and literary life. This weekend, we partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston , texas. The rising win through them. They watched in amazement as both of these factors that are the beachfront structures. At that time, we had wooden bathhouses and out over the gulf of mexico. We also had peers. We even had a huge pavilion. As the storm increased in intensity, these beach structures literally were turned into matchsticks. The 1900 storm struck galveston saturday, september 8, 1900. The storm began before noon, increased indymac intensity, and finally tapered off toward the night. Midnight that evening. This hurricane, was, and still
Neil. He was one of our most esteemed members, passed away unexpectedly this summer. You were at the memorial service. I was at the Funeral Service in cincinnati. I missed the memorial service. Tell us what that was like at that service and what was Neil Armstrong like as a man and as an astronaut . The Funeral Service was in cincinnati, outside under a covered tent. Mostly family and astronauts and close family were there. We got to see a lot of the apollo era astronauts. Bob jacobs, the pr that represented nasa. It was more of a member is of neil from his sons and a couple close friends. The eulogies were mostly about his humility. That is what i remember most about neil. One of the most humble guys i ever met, most selfeffacing, never bragged. Never thought about looked at me, i am first on the moon. And it probably the most talented guy i knew as far as pilot skills go. You were if prior you were a Fighter Pilot. Right, and so was he, in korea. Then he got out of the navy. So he wa
Mostly family and astronauts and close family were there. We got to see a lot of the apollo era astronauts. Bob jacobs, the pr that represented nasa. It was more of a member is of and a from his sons couple close friends. The eulogies were mostly about his humility. That is what i remember most about neil. One of the most humble guys i ever met, most selfeffacing, never bragged. Never thought about looked at me, i am first on the moon. And it probably the most talented guy i knew as far as pilot skills go. You were if prior you were a Fighter Pilot. Right, and so was he, in korea. Then he got out of the navy. So he was an accomplished pilot when he came to nasa. I think if anybody should have been first on the moon, it was Neil Armstrong because he had the skill and the humility to carry that load. We talked last night at dinner. When you were flying at the lunar module down, commander is on one side and the other guy is on the other side. It makes it easier for one person to get out f
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