Good morning, and welcome to the u. S. Chamber of commerce and to launch, the space economy, our Second Annual space summit. Events such as this are a team effort and we deeply appreciate the support of our sponsors, boeing, northrop, rocket lab, oneweb, hawkeye 360, and ascend. We have been businessy over the past year. From policy discussions ranging from management of commercial aviation and space launch airspace, to small satellite encryption and deorbit insurance and commercial opportunities aboard the iss and future gateway. We even convened a roundtable with a commandant of the u. S. Coast guard regarding the need of greater use of spaceenabled surveillance of the arctic waterways. Suffice to say the chambers procurement and Space Industry Council has an everexpanding set of policy pursuits. Fortunately, we have an enthusiastic space industry ceo here at the chamber. After last years summit tom donahue bro an articwrote an ar which i will quote. He wrote, harnessing the economic
History and future of human spaceflight. My name is deeann. I am an engineer. I have never been to space. [laughter] in brevard county, florida, and have watched many of you launched into space. It has been an inspiration and one reason i chose to pursue engineering. Im and engineering tv host nowadays, founder and ceo of future engineers. We have a challenge where students can name the next mars rover. It is until november 1. If you have kids or grandkids who want to be a part of space history, i encourage them to go online and submit their names. I am going to tell you about our panelists. Isir placement tier onstage not a coincidence. We have a chronology here, from apollo onto thinking about going to mars. Tomy left we have General Stafford, former nasa astronaut with the gemini and Apollo Programs. Crippen,aptain bob shuttle astronaut, joined in 69, the apollo days. We have dr. Sandy magness, former shuttle astronaut to spent four and a half months on the International Space stati
Hammers away at House Speaker nancy pelosi for holding up his impeachment trial. This as the president faces new heat for tweeting an article that allegedly named the anonymous whistleblower in the case against him those stories plus desperate search a rescue operation underway in hawaii this morning for a missing helicopter carrying tourists on a sightseeing trip touching tribute the fiancee of the espn reporter reveals new details about his final days and the circumstances surrounding his death. And footbrawl eastern michigans quarter ejected for throwing punches the wild weekend today friday december 27th, 2019. We start this morning the full forecast for us in just a moment and the worlds busiest airport. Hartsfield Jackson International in atlanta and its still go and already piling up and with the hoopts coming to a close millions are headed home and into a potentiae punch of flooding, strong winds and heavy snow, shutting down parts of busy interstate 5 in los angeles. There was
They have had such a stellar record for so long and complacency can be a dangerous thing. Particularly in industries that produce that are truly safety critical. Despite this, we are not aware of any key efforts or initiatives in the faa to emphasize and reenergize the Safety Culture that once existed. We do understand that you spoken to your staff about not rushing grounding the an maxes and providing safety first, but has the faa fire hired Safety Experts from outside the the industry to look at the process . And have you hired more experts as some reviews have suggested. Have you sat down with managers and technical staff in the Seattle Office to hear the themmendations to improve faa and concerns about following and oversight. I would like to know what you have done to address safety and oversight issues. Thank you. Its a great question i welcome the opportunity to respond. On my first day at the agency, at my first town hall, i talked culture, importance of we need to have a syste
Different states are working together toward a common goal the peaceful resolution of the privileges conflicts. No female members are religious for peace from the middle east or demanding the larger media. The female peacemakers story string we fish. No contact phrases for more strike action flight attendants at subsidiary german wednesday theyll stage walk ons on monday turn one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Also coming up wheeling and dealing its been a rough year for the Auto Industry but a fascinating one for cars well take a look at some of the automotive highlights from 2090. 9 once upon a time this middletown in the year old didnt have much of the future and to add things are looking sweeter in time for the power of. Big business on k. Ferguson welcome. Germanys Biggest Airline is gearing up for more strikes the all for union that represents cabin crew has called on staff id love to hang a subsidiary german wings to stage walkouts for 3 days starting on monday its the