Ok. Welcome, everybody. Thank you for being here. You heard the statements already, so the floor is yours and you can ask all of the questions you want. Please, raise your hand and tell , andur name and your media if you have a specific speaker he would like to answer your question. Thank you. I would like to start with administrator bridenstine. Everyone talks about the importance of exploration but words get transformed into concrete action like an extension of the iga, bilateral agreements, or something binding that gets the various agencies working together. I try to enter what your asking for. You are asking, in general terms, and with all of these agencies, there are already activities going on in corporations, not only in the International Space station, but also in other programs of the bilateral and multilateral agreements. If you ask concretely about the gateway, this is another question for. That we are looking for is more for this to be more important. The agreement has to
This is about 45 minutes. Good morning. Good morning, welcome to the society for International Developmentu. S. Chapters 2024 annual conference. Im kat repb, president of sidus. Its my pleasure to congress off what i know will be a remarkable day of connecting, sharing, and reflecting. This promises to be siduss largest conference ever. I know i say that every year, but every year we are, in fact, larger. We are expecting well over 1,200 people in person today. And another many, many hundreds of people online. You are coming in from all over the world. In person well welcome people from 30 states and 18 countries, and online you are coming in from everywhere. One of my favorite features of our virtual platform is the map under the participants tab that shows you where everyone is coming in from. So i hope everyone will take a look at that, including those of you in person. Hope youll get online late. We have more than 100 speakers, 96 sponsors, 12 inperson breakout panels, 13 virtual b
Good morning. Good morning, welcome to the society for International Developmentu. S. Chapters 2024 annual conference. Im kat repb, president of sidus. Its my pleasure to congress off what i know will be a remarkable day of connecting, sharing, and reflecting. This promises to be siduss largest conference ever. I know i say that every year, but every year we are, in fact, larger. We are expecting well over 1,200 people in person today. And another many, many hundreds of people online. You are coming in from all over the world. In person well welcome people from 30 states and 18 countries, and online you are coming in from everywhere. One of my favorite features of our virtual platform is the map under the participants tab that shows you where everyone is coming in from. So i hope everyone will take a look at that, including those of you in person. Hope youll get online late. We have more than 100 speakers, 96 sponsors, 12 inperson breakout panels, 13 virtual breakout, three learning la
At the hearing will come to order. I am pleased to welcome acting administrator Robert Lightfoot to the commerce and science appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine nasas fiscal year 2018 budget request. Mr. Lightfoot my works well together during his tenure as the director of nasas Flight Center in huntsville alabama. Mr. Lightfoot thank you for serving as nasas leader during this time of change and i appreciate you joining us here today. The administration has proposed a fiscal year 2018 budget of 19. 1 billion for nasa which is a reduction of 2. 9 from the current year level. While this overall cut is less than many other agencies that have experienced the president s budget request reflects a significant reduction of 561 million dollars. This budget request attempts to navigate a challenging fiscal environment that would disrupt Ongoing Missions and delay future explorations for years to come. There are proposals to eliminate the entire education director at using the ration
Budget. He was asked about cuts to programs in a such as education, science and satellite servicing technology. The Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing is about one hour. The hearing will come to order. Im pleased to welcome acting administrator Robert Lightfoot to the commerce of justice and science appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine nasa fiscal year 2018 budget request. Mr. Lightfoot and i worked well together in his tenure as director of Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center in huntsville, alabama. Mr. Lightfoot, thank you for serving as nasa leader during this time of change and appreciate you joining us here today. The administration has proposed a fiscal year 2018 budget of 19. 1 billion for nasa which is a reduction of 2. 9 for the current year level. While this overall cut is lessening of agencies that have experienced in the present budget request, it still reflects a significant reduction of 561 million. His budget request attempt to navigate a challenging fisc