He is a great american, great patriot, he has served nasa for 42 years. We arelso true that moving to a new era in human spaceflight. Where the administration is interested in going fast. Interested in doing things a different way. We believe it is important to leadership. It was entirely my decision. At the end of the day, we need to be very clear that nasa is schedule. To call and i thought it was important to make this change at this time. A quick follow on that. Coming at a time when we are about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. , the program of returning to the moon. You reassigned ahead of human exploration. Why was that done at this moment . Jim we are landing on the south pole of the moon with the next man and the first woman in 2024. We dont have a lot of time to waste. If we are going to have new leadership it needs to happen now. A lot of things need to go right. The schedule matters. Schedule matters not just what happened 50 years ago we are proud of. It giv
As the administrator of nasa. Thanks for joining us. Jim thank you. Host joining him is christian davenport, who covers the space and defense industries. And a Senior Writer for space news. Both of you, thanks for joining us. Mr. Administrator, on wednesday you announced that you were signing a couple of Key Administration officials including the longtime associate administrator for human exploration operations. Why make that change and why now . Jim we just reassigned him to a different role inside of nasa. He is a great american, great patriot, he has served nasa for 42 years. It is also true that we are moving to a new era in human spaceflight. Where the administration is interested in going fast. Interested in doing things a different way. We believe it is important to have new leadership. It was entirely my decision. At the end of the day, we need to be very clear that nasa is committed to cost and schedule. I thought it was important to make this change at this time. A quick foll
Continue beyond 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Butterfield, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize the achievements of a great public servant, a mother, a wife, a friend to many, and the longest serving employee of the Washington County, North Carolina, school system, ms. Eleanor patterson barber. Some refer to her as mother barber. She was born in indianapolis, indiana, on november 13, 1933. A graduate of the historic christmas attics high school, she trained as a concert pianist and graduated in indianapolis. She met her husband, the reverend william jay barber i, a educator, activist with deep roots in eastern North Carolina. With a strong passion and conviction for justice and quality, the barber couple relocated to eastern North Carolina to play an essential role in the integration of the county schools. Though it ha
He is a great american, great patriot, he has served nasa for 42 years. We love him. It is also true that we are moving to a new era in human spaceflight. Where the administration is interested in going fast, we are interested in doing things a different way. We believe it is important to have new leadership. It was entirely my decision. At the end of the day, we need to be very clear that nasa is committed to cost and schedule. Safety is the highest priority, but we are committed to cost and schedule. I thought it was important to make this change at this time. A quick follow on that. You are coming at a time when we are about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. About to fly crews from american soil for the first time. As you mentioned, the Artemis Program of returning to the moon. You reassigned ahead of human exploration. I was curious if you could give us some insight. Why was that done at this moment . Jim we are landing on the south pole of the moon with the next man
There has been longstanding concerns about the caucus system where it requires people to turn up on a certain day, certain time. For an hour or more, to express their to the president. This year, asked any state sticking with the caucus system, to find some way to have remote participation. Nevada, and two early caucus states were going with virtual online appbased options that both decided to stick with the Old School Technology and do a vote by phone. They are still offering the traditional caucus meetings, but this is a new, additional way people can express their preference next february. Host how do they secure this system . How do you know the person on the phone is the person they say they are and they are a member of the Democratic Party and not someone time to spoof the system . Guest some of that is still remaining to be seen. Party Officials Say they are working through these issues and have experts from the dnc Security Team helping to test when they are up and running late