Think all of you know, from the standpoint of defense, we will be doing the space of force, i assume you are all in favor of the spaceports. I would be surprised if you work. We are very close to getting that operating. It will be very exciting. Lots of things are happening. We have buzz aldrin with us. He has been an incredible gentleman. We have been friends for a long time. A fantastic man. Apollo collins, he flew 11 overhead. Aldrin and armstrong walked on the moon. Thats for sure. You have armstrongs son mark. These are incredible space families. Incredible men. Gotten to knowe some of the women in the family. Men andmen and great great jeans. Tomorrow is a big day. Tomorrow is a day where, 50 years, and we also have jim and he is the head of nasa. Is a different thing. He is somebody that everybody wanted that job. There is a love for space that is unparalleled. Mike pence and myself felt strongly about jim. We gave him the job and he has surpassed any of our expectations. Nasa i
Army and has held that position since trump came into office. He has been waiting in the wings. When Patrick Shanahan was the nominee after jim mattis laughed, he was viewed as in the running but did not get the not. Now he is on the fast track. He has sailed through confirmation. The only pushback he got from senators was from Elizabeth Warren who pushed him on his board for raytheon. He was a vp for Government Relations and their top lobbyist on capitol hill. She asked whether that would present a conflict of interest and wanted him to make a commitment to not work for another defense contractor for four years after leaving government service. He would not commit to that. She asked for other concessions he would not agree to, on the advice of his counsel at dod. It seemed like the other senators on the committee were very laudatory of him. He was introduced by senator tim kaine, a democrat, who had nice things to say about him. The word is there going to have the first vote on him on
We are pleased Jim Bridenstine is here to discuss the future of Space Exploration. Signed, President Trump returning humans to the moon for the First Time Since 1972. This time, it will be for longterm exploration and use and will be followed by manned missions to mars. To theanned to return moon by 2028, but in a speech in april, Vice President pence announced a dramatic acceleration of that timeline. , wer the Artemis Program will name the next woman and man on the moon by 2024 and establish a presence on the moon and lunar orbit by 2025. As i told the administrator before this appearance, the United States has entered a new byce race driven primarily the expansion of chinas space power ambitions and the potential growth for space commerce. On Ambitious Goals timelines to achieve mission success. In order to reach these goals, nasa and its partners will have to accomplish a great deal of work in a short amount of time. System, crewnch capsule need to be tested soon as possible. We al
Enters a third day. The u. S. Is moving an Aircraft Carrier strike group closer to the region. We are watching wider diplomatic fallot as one report says iran helped hamas plan its unprecedented crossborder assault. Shery watching the wildcard in the oil markets. At the potential the conflict could spread to the rest of the middle east. Gains for oil prices on that potential up 86 per barrel for wti. Rent is past 88 per barrel after oil posted the biggest weekly drop since march. Iran is a Major Oil Producer and key backer of the hamas group. Though there is no immediate threat is applied. People are watching what will happen with the shipping on the strait of hormuz where tehran has threatened to close it in the past. I did the treasury space Higher Oil Prices could mean higher global government yields freed we saw the 10 year yield and 30 year yield at the highest levels since 2007 last week. We saw a little more stabilization through the week with cash treasuries closed monday for t
Legislation pushing Joe Biden to ratchet up sanctions on Iranian crude oil is on track to become law as soon as this week. But don’t expect the president to fully use his new powers any time soon. The measure was passed by the US House of Representatives over the weekend…